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UMass-Boston assistant basketball coach shot, killed

UMass-Boston assistant men’s basketball coach Kendric Price was shot and killed early Saturday morning in Boston. UMass-Boston confirmed Price’s death in a statement Saturday night, saying, “Kendric was a great young coach who worked with our men’s basketball program. We are all saddened by the tragic news of his passing. Our thoughts and prayers are

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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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UMass-Boston Names Zander Tasch Assistant Coach

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Zander Tasch has been named as an assistant men’s basketball coach at UMass Boston.  Tasch becomes the first assistant under newly appointed head coach Jason Harris.  This will be the second time that Tasch has worked with coach Harris, as the two were members of the Long Island University’s historic

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OFFICIAL: Harris Named Head Coach at UMass-Boston

Thanks to some great sources for getting HoopDirt.com out in front of this one.  We first reported back on May 31st that Jay Harris had been hired as the head coach at UMass-Boston.  It was made official today… Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation, Special Projects and Programs Charlie Titus has named Jason Harris as

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DIII DIRT: UMass-Boston set to Name New Head Coach

I have heard that UMass-Boston has found their replacement for long-time head coach Charlie Titus.  According to great sources, the choice will be current LIU Brooklyn assistant coach Jay Harris.  He has spent the past seven seasons on the Blackbirds staff, serving two as the DBO, and the last seven as an assistant.  Harris is

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Daily Dirt – 4/30/15

A few things that I have heard… UMass-Boston will start bringing candidates to campus over the next week or so.  I have heard some pretty good names surrounding this one, including at least one Ivy League assistant and one Little East assistant.  A few other DIII head coaches also involved. Interestingly enough, I’ve heard that

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