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BREAKING: Change in Leadership at Southern University; Banks Elevated to AD, Scott Named Interim Head Basketball Coach

The Southern University System (SUS) Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of Roman Banks as the director of athletics, University officials announced Friday. The decision removes the existing interim title for Banks, who held the post in an interim capacity for more than 18 months while also serving as the head coach of the Southern

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Grambling State Dirt…

HoopDirt.com can confirm that Julius Allen has been named as an assistant basketball coach on Shawn Walker’s staff at Grambling State University. Allen is a veteran DI assistant coach who spent last season as an assistant at DIII Sarah Lawrence College (NY). The New York native has also served as the head coach at Pratt

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Prairie View A&M Dirt…

HoopDirt.com has learned that Prairie View A&M head coach Byron Smith will hire Derrick Daniels as an assistant coach. Daniels was most recently the director of basketball operations at UT Arlington. He had also spent six seasons as an assistant at UT Arlington before heading to the HS ranks, and eventually returning to Scott Cross’

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Prairie View A&M Names Landon Bussie Assistant Coach

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Landon Bussie has been added as an assistant coach for the Prairie View A&M men’s basketball team. Bussie previously served as an assistant on the women’s side for one season and was involved with the day-to-day operations of the program, with a special emphasis on recruiting and guard development. Bussie played

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Mike Smith Joins Alabama A&M Staff

Matthew “Mike” Smith has joined Alabama A&M as assistant men’s basketball coach. Smith, who was head coach at Lawson State and named Alabama Community College Conference North Division Coach of the Year in 2014, will coach the post players as well as recruiting for the Bulldogs, said A&M men’s basketball Head Coach Willie Hayes. “We

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Jackson State Staff Update

Ben Walker and De’Suan Dixon have been named as assistant coaches of the Jackson State men’s basketball program. Walker comes to JSU following a successful stint as an assistant coach with the Butler Grizzlies. In his only season with the Grizzlies, Walker helped Butler win the Jayhawk West Conference title and reached the NJCAA Division

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