DII

Cooper named Graduate Assistant at Southern Arkansas

Southern Arkansas Head Men’s Basketball Coach Andy Sharpe has announced the hiring of Michael Cooper as a graduate assistant to the program for the upcoming 2019-20 season. Cooper, a native of Monticello, Minnesota, comes to Magnolia after spending the previous four years as a student assistant at Division II and fellow Central Region member Northern State of the Northern

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Daily Dirt – 7/2/19

A few things as we get ready to roll into the 4th… I have heard that the leader to replace Damian Pitts as the head coach DIII Centenary University (NJ) is current assistant Jason Geleski. A longtime coach (who also spent ten years in the Army), Geleski has had a bunch of stops in the

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Newberry tabs Taylor as new Head Basketball Coach

Newberry College Director of Athletics Ralph Patterson has selected Jason Taylor to serve as Newberry’s 25th head men’s basketball coach in program history. “We were looking for the ‘total package,’ and we couldn’t be more pleased to have Jason lead our men’s basketball program,” Patterson said.   “We were honored to receive more than 240

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Western Oregon Basketball Staff Update

Western Oregon University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Wes Pifer filled out his coaching staff for the upcoming season as Jordan Jamestown will remain on the staff, while Bryan Fisher will join the staff as an assistant coach. “It’s a great day for Western Oregon University basketball to be able to add two coaches of Jordan

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Ryan named Head Basketball Coach at Wheeling Jesuit

 Wheeling Jesuit University has tabbed Will Ryan as the 10th Head Men’s Basketball Coach in program history, announced Monday by Director of Athletics Rudy Yovich. Ryan, who is the oldest son of College Basketball Hall of Famer and former University of Wisconsin Head Coach Bo Ryan, arrives in the northern panhandle after spending the past five

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Salem U. Men’s Basketball Staff Update

Heading into his first season as head coach at Salem University, Robert Ford brings in a new coaching staff with hopes of an even better season than the 17-9 the team posted last year. Ford brings in Assistant Coach Carliss Robinson from Coastal Bend College where he spent the last four years as the head

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Former Tarheel Calabria join Barry U. Basketball Staff

Dante Calabria joins the Barry University men’s basketball coaching staff this fall, director of athletics Michael L. Covone announced. Calabria most recently served as the assistant to Larry Brown for the Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino basketball club in Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A. He was responsible for scouting, recruiting players, game preparations, and practice preparations. Prior

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Daily Dirt – 6/14/19

Today’s DIRT… Youngstown State assistant coach Brady Trenkle has resigned. He spent the 2018-19 season on the YSU staff, and was the head coach at Garden City CC (KS) for five seasons before that. Trenkle, who also spent four years as the head coach at Dodge City CC, will become a high school coach in

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