Georgia Southern

Georgia Southern will not renew Burg’s contract

Georgia Southern University Director of Athletics Jared Benko announced today that head men’s basketball coach Brian Burg‘s contract will not be renewed. “I would like to thank Brian Burg for his contributions to our men’s basketball program over the past three seasons,” said Director of Athletics Jared Benko. “No one wanted to bring a Sun Belt title home

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Georgia Southern Basketball Staff Update

Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Brian Burg announced today that Glynn Cyprien has joined his staff as an assistant coach and Cam Buchanan has been named the director of development and recruiting. Cyprien comes to Statesboro with nearly three decades of experience between the NBA, the NBA G League, the NCAA Division I, the Junior Olympic and the International levels and

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Daily Dirt – 9/30/21

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) I can confirm through multiple sources that Towson will hire D2 Millersville University assistant Chris Conway as the Director of Player Development. Conway joined the Milersville coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2017 and was elevated to the program’s full-time assistant coach prior to the 2019-20 season. Before coming to

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Georgia Southern Basketball Support Staff Update

Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Brian Burg announced today that he has added Anthony Johnson, Rusty Grafel and Reed Ridder to his staff. Johnson spent last season as the director of player development/video coordinator at the College of Charleston. Prior to that stint, he served as a graduate assistant coach at Texas Tech. During his

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Daily Dirt – 6/11/20

A few quick things as another long week winds down…. According to a tweet from the Washington Post’s Steven Goff, former George Washington head coach Maurice Joseph will become an assistant at George Mason. He spent last season as an assistant at FDU following a three year run at GW. Dannton Jackson has been hired

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Georgia Southern Basketball Staff Update

Georgia Southern men’s basketball coach Brian Burg announced today that he has named Shawn Forrest, Chris Shumate and Tim MacAllister assistant coaches. “I am really excited about the staff we have put together,” said Burg. “These guys are proven winners with a non-ego mentality.  They embody the blue-collar mentality that we embrace here at Georgia

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Daily Dirt – 4/14/20

A few things that I’ve heard… Last week, I mentioned that Austin Peay assistant Sergio Rouco was headed to Samford (Daily Dirt 4/9). It now sounds like another APSU assistant could be on the move – I’ve heard Darryl Dora’s named mentioned multiple times now at Georgia Southern. He and new head coach Brian Burg

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Daily Dirt – 4/7/20

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Yesterday, I mentioned the easy/obvious staff additions at James Madison (Daily Dirt – 4/6). I’ve now heard of two more…It sounds like Mount St. Mary’s (MD) assistant Xavier Joyner and UMES assistant Calvin Baker will both be joining Mark Byington’s staff. Joyner has been at The Mount for

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Daily Dirt – 4/6/20

Some things I’ve heard while continuing to adjust to the new normal… It sounds like NC State Director of Basketball Operations Travis Hackert is joining Takayo Siddle’s new staff at UNC Wilmington. Hackert has spent the past three seasons at NC State in administrative roles, and served in similar capacities previously at UNCW under Kevin

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Daily Dirt – 3/24/20

Here are a few things that I’ve heard… Tarleton State officially opened yesterday (but had been in the works for a while – teased it last week here). As TSU leaves the Lone Star Conference and transitions to DI (headed to the WAC), a bunch of names have already come up here. The one I

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