King University

NCAA: King U. (TN) men’s basketball program committed violations

The following release is from the NCAA regarding violations by D2 King University’s men’s basketball program, and their former staff. The complete public infractions decision can be found HERE. Sanctions are listed below the press release. The King (Tennessee) men’s basketball program committed violations involving the university’s work-study program, impermissible benefits and academic misconduct, according

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King U tabs Gillespie as new Head Men’s Basketball Coach

King University Director of Athletics, David Hicks announced the hire of Jason Gillespie as head men’s basketball coach on Tuesday morning. Gillespie was an assistant coach for the Tornado in the early 2000s before stints at Cincinnati Christian University, Bluefield College and most recently Reinhardt University. “From my first interactions with Jason, it was apparent

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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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DAILY DIRT Saturday Edition: 3/21/20

Not much difference between a weekday and a weekend at this point I guess. Here are a couple of updates on D2 searches… It sounds like the search at Shaw University (NC) has wrapped up. Dominique Stephens had served as the interim head coach here following the resignation of Joel Hopkins back in October. Word

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