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Daily Dirt – 10/13/17

Here are some things that are happening as practice gets underway… Brooks Malm has been promoted to Director of Player Development at the University of Idaho. He has worked in administrative roles on Don Verlin’s staff since 2015, and also spent one season at Walla Walla CC. It sounds as though URI assistant coach Tyron

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URI Assistant Basketball Coach Arrested at Arena

Associated Press – Monday, September 18, 2017 SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) – Police say an assistant basketball coach at the University of Rhode Island was arrested at an arena after a disturbance involving members of the team. WPRI-TV reports that a South Kingstown police report says Tyron Boswell faces misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and

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Clemson Dirt…

HoopDirt.com can confirm that Clemson head coach Brad Brownell will add URI assistant coach Antonio Reynolds Dean to his staff. The Atlanta native had worked with Dan Hurley for the past two seasons, and has also been an assistant at the College of Charleston and Northeastern. I’ve also heard that this will not be the

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Dan Hurley Receives Contract Extension Through 2023-24 at URI

The University of Rhode Island and head men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley have agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season. “The University of Rhode Island is pleased to support the two-year extension of Dan Hurley’s contract. Dan’s leadership and commitment to our student-athletes has now firmly established our men’s basketball program as

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University of Rhode Island Staff Update

Head coach Dan Hurley has announced the addition of two new members of the Rhode Island men’s basketball staff – Daniel Anthony and Tyron Boswell – for the start of the 2016-17 season. Boswell joins the Rams’ staff as the director of basketball operations.  He arrives in Kingston after spending the previous seven years with

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URI Dirt…

I have now heard from multiple sources that University of Rhode Island head coach Danny Hurley will add Antonio Reynolds Dean to his staff.  He will replace Luke Murray who became an assistant at Xavier last week. Reynolds Dean is a URI alum (’99) who finished his collegiate career with the Rams scoring 1,576 points

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Daily Dirt – 5/12/15

A lot of things going on – BUSY day already!  Here’s what I’ve heard… Spoke to a great source last night about possible assistants for Al Skinner at Kennesaw State.  Two names that were mentioned were Michael Cotton and Carlton Owens.  Cotton played for Skinnner at Boston College and is currently an assistant at NC

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New England Dirt…

Making our way up the East Coast today – started with our Sunshine State Dirt earlier this morning, and now on to our New England Dirt… I can confirm that Stonehill College (MA) assistant Michael Hauser has departed to become an assistant at league rival Assumption College (MA).  Hauser spent one season on the Stonehill

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OFFICIAL: Skinner Named Head Coach at Kennesaw State

Al Skinner, a former Division I national coach of the year and two-time BIG EAST Conference Coach of the Year, has been named the new head coach of the Kennesaw State men’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Vaughn Williams announced on Sunday (April 26). Skinner, who becomes the sixth head coach in program history, brings 22 years

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BREAKING: Al Skinner to Kennesaw State

HoopDirt.com has just learned that Al Skinner will be named as the next head coach at Kennesaw State.  The former Boston College and URI head coach holds a 385-291 record in his 22 seasons as a head coach.  Skinner has most recently served as the associate head coach for his former assistant Tim O’Shea at

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