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Youngstown State extends Calhoun through 2026-27

After leading the Youngstown State men’s basketball program to three straight winning campaigns for the first time in nearly 40 years and reaching the postseason for the second time in three seasons, Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun has received a contract extension, YSU Executive Director of Athletics Ron Strollo announced. The new agreement is a five-year deal that extends Calhoun

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Youngstown State adds Robinson as Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

Youngstown State men’s basketball Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun announced that 10-year college coaching veteran Mantoris Robinson has joined the program as an assistant coach. “We are thrilled to welcome Mantoris and his family to Youngstown,” Calhoun said. “He is a tremendous addition to our coaching staff, and his familiarity with our culture and system will enable him to hit

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Youngstown State names Asher Assistant Basketball Coach

Youngstown State men’s basketball coach Jerrod Calhoun announced Thursday the hiring of Ben Asher as assistant coach. Asher spent the last five seasons at Rutgers, most recently serving as the Director of Basketball Operations and Recruiting for two years. “Ben will be a tremendous addition to our staff,” Calhoun said. “He has a relentless motor

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REPORT: Calhoun inks extension at Youngstown State

According to a report from 21-WMFJ Sports, Youngstown State head coach has signed a contract extension through the 2024-25 season. Ron Strollo, YSU’s Executive Director of Athletics, told WMFJ that the contract extension was worked out a few weeks ago, and this is year one of that extension. According to the original contract that Calhoun

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Daily Dirt – 6/28/19

A bunch of things to close out the week… I mentioned back on 6/3 that Chinedu Nwachukwu was the leader for the opening at Dartmouth. I have heard that he was offered the job, but will now be headed to Youngstown State instead. He had been on John Beilein’s staff since 2016-17, and was the

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Daily Dirt – 6/14/19

Today’s DIRT… Youngstown State assistant coach Brady Trenkle has resigned. He spent the 2018-19 season on the YSU staff, and was the head coach at Garden City CC (KS) for five seasons before that. Trenkle, who also spent four years as the head coach at Dodge City CC, will become a high school coach in

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Youngstown State Dirt…

I have now heard from multiple sources that Youngstown State will hire Brady Trenkle as an assistant coach. Trenkle had most recently served as the head coach at Garden City CC (KS) where he had spent the past five seasons (94-64). Prior to coming to GCCC, Trenkle was the head coach at Dodge City CC

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Youngstown State Basketball Staff Update

Paul Molinari, Jason Slay, and Mark Richmond have been added to Jerrod Calhoun’s staff at Youngstown State. Paul Molinari Molinari, a 27-year coaching veteran at the Division I and Division II levels, has been named an assistant coach on the Youngstown State University men’s basketball staff, Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun announced on Tuesday. He joined

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FINAL FOUR EDITION: Daily Dirt – 3/31/17

Here’s a Final Four Edition of the Daily Dirt as the parties in Phoenix continue… It’s now been confirmed that Pitt assistant Jeremy Ballard is departing and will become the associate head coach at VCU. Ballard spent 2012-15 on Shaka Smart’s staff at VCU. He then moved on to one-year stints at Illinois State and

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