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Todd Named Head Coach at MSU

Greg Todd, who has won nearly 80 percent of his games as a head coach, has been named head women’s basketball coach at Morehead State. A press conference to formally introduce Todd will be held Monday at 2 p.m. ET in the EAGLE Center on MSU’s campus. The press conference is open to the public

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BREAKING: Fresno State names White head coach

Fresno State Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh announced the hiring of Jaime White on Wednesday. White becomes the 10th head coach in the history of the Bulldog women’s basketball program. An official introductory press conference will be held on Thursday at 4 p.m. White comes to Fresno State after eight seasons as the head coach

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5 Mistakes That Will Ruin Your Coaching Career

All great basketball coaches share a common trait……they learn from mistakes of others. Ask any successful person in any profession and they’ll tell you the same. How does this relate to your career? Coach Randy Brown’s 30+ years of experience were used to create the "Five Most Common Mistakes of Aspiring College Basketball Coaches." Two

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OFFICIAL: Adair to Georgetown

Following up on a rumor that we posted last week… Georgetown University Director of Athletics Lee Reed named Natasha Adair the new head coach of the women’s basketball program on Monday. Adair becomes the ninth women’s basketball head coach in the history of the program. She comes to the Hilltop from the College of Charleston

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HOT: Text us your "Dirt"!

As we move into the 21st century here at WHoopDirt, you can now TEXT us your "Dirt". Our "Dirt Hotline" is (208) 495-4129. As always, submissions will remain anonymous. For all of you who are going to Google the 208 area code, I can save you the trouble…it’s Melba, Idaho. It’s not going to help

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OFFICIAL: Fortier named head coach at Gonzaga

After spending much of the last decade as a member of the Gonzaga University women’s basketball staff, including the past seven as an assistant, Lisa Fortier has been named the program’s head coach. Gonzaga Athletic Director Mike Roth introduced Fortier during a news conference Monday at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Fortier, GU’s seventh coach since

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Gonzaga rumor…

Gonzaga has scheduled a press conference to announce their new women’s basketball coach. Multiple sources are reporting that the choice to replace Kelly Graves will be assistant coach Lisa Mispley Fortier. She has been on Graves staff for the past nine seasons and has also served as an assistant at Northern Colorado. She is married

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URI rumors…

I blogged the other day that I have heard Northeastern head coach Daynia La-Force’s name mentioned surrounding the vacancy at the University of Rhode Island. Two other names have also popped up on my radar. They are: • Jeff House – Former assistant coach Kentucky. Was just released this past month. Before joining the UK

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OFFICIAL: Cimino to Binghamton

Thanks to a great source for getting us out in front of this last night…it’s now official, Linda Cimino has been named as the new head coach at Binghamton. Cimino will be introduced at a press conference at 2 p.m. Friday. Cimino, a dynamic coach with strong Northeast recruiting ties, comes directly from Caldwell College

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BREAKING: Mitchell out at Marquette

Marquette University head women’s basketball coach Terri Mitchell will not return in 2014-15, Interim Vice President & Director of Athletics Bill Cords announced Wednesday night. "I would like to thank Father Wild, Bill Cords, and the University for allowing me to be a part of the Marquette Community for the past 23 years," Mitchell said.

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