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Nick Hager Named Head Coach at Bethany College

After a national search, Juniata College assistant coach Nick Hager has been selected as the new head men’s basketball and men’s tennis coach at Bethany, as announced by the College’s Director of Athletics & Recreation Brian Rose. ”We are thrilled to welcome Nick to Bethany as our next men’s basketball and men’s tennis head coach,”

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Falcons Name Hoy Graduate Assistant

After completing an impressive four-year stint as the Falcons’ point guard less than a year ago, Zac Hoy will return to Messiah for the 2015-16 season in a different role. This season Hoy will join head coach Rick Van Pelt and assistant coach Mark Seidenburg on the bench as a graduate assistant coach. Hoy was

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John Jay College Hires Assistant

Sean Clores joins the John Jay staff after working at Chaminade High School in Mineola, NY as an English teacher and guidance counselor from 2012-2015. He was also responsible for overseeing the school-wide intramural sports program. Prior to his time at Chaminade, Clores worked for Passionist Volunteers International, where he served as the varsity basketball coach

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Daily Dirt – 7/28/15

Another busy week at camp…Day 1 yesterday got off to a great start – kid puked during stretching, two others who witnessed it got sick as well.  Awesome.  Anyway, here are a few things that I’ve heard while dodging the chunks… Phone interviews have started at DIII Hunter College (NY).  It now sounds like the

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Johnson State Names Miles Smith, Jr. Head Coach

The Johnson State College athletic department has hired Miles Smith Jr. ’09 as the assistant athletic director and head men’s basketball coach effective August 10th.  Smith replaces Tommy Verdell who served as head coach for two years before leaving to be the assistant director of athletics and compliance officer at Bates College. Athletic Director, Jamey

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Bob Simmons Named Head Coach at Allegheny

 A coaching veteran with over two decades of experience, Bob Simmons has been named the head men’s basketball coach at Allegheny College. Simmons replaces Jim Driggs, who resigned in June due to family obligations, and now becomes the 18th head coach in Allegheny men’s basketball program history. “We are extremely excited to welcome Bob Simmons to the Gator family,”

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Defiance College Names Scott Cutter Head Coach

Defiance College and Yellow Jacket Athletic Director Rudy Yovich announced the hiring of Scott Cutter to take over the men’s basketball program as head coach. “I’m tremendously excited to be the next men’s basketball coach at Defiance College,” said Cutter.  “I appreciate the opportunity given to me by Mr. Yovich, and the search committee. I

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University of Rochester Hires Assistants

The University of Rochester men’s basketball team announced on Tuesday the appointment of two new assistant coaches in advance of the 2015-16 season. Griffin LaDew and Tim McLaughlin have been named the new assistants replacing Jeff Juron and Dan Bozzelli on the Rochester sidelines.  Juron recently was named the new head coach at Suffolk University

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Washington College Hires Assistant

Washington College head men’s basketball coach Aaron Goodman has announced the hiring of Nick Sparacino as an assistant coach for the Shoremen. Sparacino played collegiate basketball first at Lesley University and then, for his final two seasons, at Salisbury University, where he served as a team captain during his senior season of 2014-15. The Sea

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Daily Dirt – 7/16/15

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Eastern Wyoming has named Neal Sherbeyn as the interim head coach.  He replaces Casey Jones who recently resigned.  Sherbeyn spent last season as an assistant for the women’s team at EWC. Dixie State assistant Ryan Sanchez has resigned to pursue opportunities outside of basketball.  He played at Dixie State

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DIII Dirt: Assistants on the Move…

Musical chairs with a few DIII assistants… Wesleyan assistant Tim McLaughlin has headed to Rochester where he will become an assistant.  The former BC manager had been at Wesleyan since 2013 and worked at Wentworth before that. Replacing McLaughlin at Wesleyan will be Bard College assistant Max Sass.  He was a GA at Hofstra before joining

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