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Daily Dirt – 6/24/19

A few things to start the week…. I have heard that Nate Bollinger has been hired in an administrative role on Dane Fischer’s new staff at William & Mary. He had most recently been an assistant at Saint Vincent College (PA), and had previously served as the Director of Player Development at High Point. I

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Daily Dirt – 3/14/19

A few things to start the day… An interesting early name at William & Mary is former Georgetown and Princeton head coach John Thompson III. W&M AD Samantha Huge was the associate AD at Georgetown when JTIII was the Hoyas head coach. Obviously really early here though. I have heard Xavier assistant Jonas Hayes’ name

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HoopDirt.com Daily News – 10/29/18

Bruce Pascoe from the Arizona Daily Star penned a good piece with an update on what the recent convictions in the college basketball pay-for-play scandal could mean for former Wildcat assistant Book Richardson. Pascoe examines some of Richardson’s tweets from last week, and checks in with his attorney. The full story can be found HERE.

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Daily Dirt – 10/15/18

Big day today, as the DIII’s finally start practice. A few things that I’ve heard… Ball State assistant Brian Thornton has departed for a job in enforcement with the NCAA. Thornton, who played at Vanderbilt and Xavier, had been at BSU for the past four seasons. He has also been the DBO at Xavier and

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Daily Dirt – 10/9/18

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Earlier today, I posted a Delaware State men’s basketball staff update. In the story, new DSU head coach Eric Skeeters mentioned that a third assistant will be named shortly. I can confirm that choice will be Stephen Stewart. A former player and assistant at MEAC rival Coppin State,

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Saint, Henderson Join Georgia Basketball Staff

T.J. Saint and Allison Henderson have joined the Georgia Basketball staff, head coach Tom Crean announced on Tuesday. Saint will serve as the Bulldogs’ Director of Basketball Strategy and Video, and Henderson will be the program’s Creative Services Coordinator. Saint will be responsible for preparing strategy during the pre-scouting process and then assisting the coaching

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Daily Dirt – 9/13/18

A bunch of things going on as the season inches closer… With Kevin Gamble departing the Central Michigan staff for the NBA, word on the street is that Central Michigan head coach Keno Davis will the vacant slot with one of his former assistant coaches. More on this one shortly. I have heard that North

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Reed Announces Updates to Lehigh Coaching Staff

Lehigh head men’s basketball coach Brett Reed announced two staff updates on Friday. Entering his second year in the program, Billy Dunn will now serve multiple roles as director of operations and enrichment, while Greg Tarca joins the staff as video coordinator. Tarca comes to Lehigh after graduating from Quinnipiac this past May as a

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Daily Dirt – 9/7/18

It’s been a crazy week with the start of school – finally getting caught up on a bunch of things I’ve heard… Syracuse staffer Eric Devendorf will become the assistant to the head coach to Mike Davis at Detroit. The former Orange standout had spent the past two seasons as the assistant strength and conditioning

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Okeson joins Nevada men’s basketball staff

University of Nevada head men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman has announced that former Wolf Pack star Todd Okeson has joined his staff as the assistant director of operations.  Okeson helped the Pack reach its first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 in 2004. “We are excited to welcome Todd and his family back to Wolf Pack nation,”

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Daily Dirt – 8/27/18

A few things that I’ve heard as school gets underway… New Southern New Hampshire head coach Jack Perri will add Tim Lee to his staff. Lee is a 2002 SNHU alum who scored 1,291 career points for the Penmen. He most recently served as the head coach at Bishop Brady (NH) HS. Lee will join

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