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Conti Named Head Basketball Coach at NYIT

Evan Conti, who finished last season as the interim head coach, has been selected as the permanent leader for the program, director of athletics Dan Vélez announced Thursday. Conti, a former standout guard at Quinnipiac, who has professional playing experience in Israel, had joined the NYIT men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach before the

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Hamilton out at D2 NYIT

Kevin Hamilton is no longer the head men’s basketball coach at DII New York Institute of Technology. Assistant coach Evan Conti will assume the role of head coach for the remainder of the season. Hamilton had been the head coach at NYIT since 2016. In his almost three full seasons at the school, he compiled

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NYIT Names Marques McKinney Assistant Basketball Coach

Marques McKinney has joined the NYIT men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, head coach Kevin Hamilton announced. McKinney, 34, served as an assistant coach at Medaille College in Buffalo during the 2016-17 season. He helped lead the Mavericks to a 21-7 record, Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship and Division III NCAA Tournament berth. McKinney

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Daily Dirt – 7/11/16

I hope everyone had a safe and successful time on the road last week. Here are a bunch of things that I have heard… It sounds like North Dakota assistant coach Shawn Dirden is the leader at DII Northwestern Oklahoma State. Dirden has spent the past two seasons on the UND staff, and has also

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Daily Dirt – 6/9/16

A bunch of things that I’ve heard over the past few days… It sounds like Radford assistant coach Chris Hawkins will be joining Reggie Witherspoon’s new staff at Canisius. Hawkins has been at Radford (his alma mater) since 2011, and was also an assistant there from 1997-2000. He has previously worked for Witherspoon at Buffalo

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Daily Dirt- 5/29/15

Here are some things that I’ve heard as we head in to the last weekend in May… Pretty cool story coming out of Illinois State.  Director of Basketball Operations Mitch Gilfillan has resigned, and will take a job as an attorney at a local law firm.  The former Ball State and SIUE assistant graduated from

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