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Oakland Dirt…

HoopDirt.com has learned that Oakland head coach Greg Kampe will add Mychal Covington to his staff as an assistant coach. He will replace Drew Valentine who became an assistant at Loyola back in early June. Covington played in 113 games at Oakland from 1998-2002, and had spent time as the head coach at Detroit’s Melvindale

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Tony Jones Named Assistant Basketball Coach at Oakland

Tony Jones has been named Oakland University men’s basketball assistant coach, announced by Greg Kampe on Tuesday. Jones, a native of Detroit, has 19 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. “I’m very excited to join the Oakland University basketball family,” said Jones. “I’d like to thank Greg Kampe and the administration for allowing

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Daily Dirt – 3/8/17

Some things that I’ve heard today… Last week, I published a list of early Austin Peay names. I’ve now heard that VCU assistant coach Wes Long, former Tennessee associate head coach Tony Jones, and Northwest Florida head coach Steve DeMeo can be added to the list. Multiple sources tell me that Long is the one

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Two former NCAA Coaches Land in Pro Ranks

Two former NCAA coaches have recently landed jobs at the professional level. Jerome Allen – The former head coach at Penn will join Brad Stevens staff with the Boston Celtics.  Allen took over at his alma mater mid-way through the 2009 season and was dismissed following this past season (65-104 overall).  The former two-time Ivy League Player

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