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OFFICIAL: Peterson joins NKU Basketball Staff

I mentioned this one earlier today in the DAILY DIRT – here’s the official statement from NKU’s hiring of Ryan Peterson… Northern Kentucky head men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn announced the addition of Ryan Peterson to the Norse coaching staff on Friday. Peterson, a former standout student-athlete and rising star in the coaching ranks, makes his way

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DAILY DIRT – 8/2/24

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) Been quiet at HoopDirt on the DIRT front over the last month – sometimes life gets in the way. As many of you know HD is not my full-time job. Even though I’m done coaching, I still work in college athletics. Recently however, I assumed a bit of a new role

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Northern Kentucky Basketball Staff Update

I mentioned both of these moves at Northern Kentucky in the Daily Dirt back on 8/4. They are now official as Isaac Wodajo and TJ Kaufmann’s bio’s have been posted on the Northern Kentucky website. Here they are: ISAAC WODAJO Wodajo joined the Norse staff after a year’s stint as the Head Coach at Division I

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Daily Dirt – 8/4/23

Story: Adam Nelson (@HD_DirtKing) A few things to wrap-up the first week of August… I have heard that Northern Kentucky has hired Isaac Wodajo – most likely as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach. Wodajo spent last season as the head coach at Wabash Valley College. He also served as a graduate assistant at

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REPORT: Darrin Horn to NKU

According to a report by Gary Parrish, Darrin Horn will be hired as the new head basketball coach at Northern Kentucky. Horn, the former head coach at South Carolina (2008-12) and Western Kentucky (2003-08), has been an assistant at Texas since 2015. In his nine seasons as a head coach, he compiled a 171-112 record,

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Daily Dirt – 6/30/15

DK was on the run yesterday – a bunch of “dirt” to get caught up on today… A great source has told me that Army assistant Sean Rutigliano will be named as an assistant at Lipscomb.  Rutigliano just completed his fourth season at Army, and was an assistant at Ouachita Baptist (AR) before joining the Black Knights

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DII DIRT: Rockhurst Finalists

 According to multiple sources, there are four finalists at DII Rockhurst University (MO).  They are in the hunt to replace Bill O’Connor who retired back in March after 21-seasons at the school.  From what I have heard, the final group includes: Dave Bezold – Former head coach Northern Kentucky.  Spent 11-seasons as the head coach

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