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HOT RUMOR: Clark (WA) to hire HS coach

According to multiple sources, Clark College (WA) is set to announce the hiring of Al Aldridge as their next women’s basketball coach. Aldridge has been the head coach at Prairie HS for the past 32 seasons amassing a 710-134 record. Prairie is located in Vancouver, Washington – the same city Clark is in. The official

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HOT RUMOR: Cooper out at UNCW, accepts Texas So. job

UNC-Wilmington head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke has resigned and will be named as the next head coach at Texas Southern. The former WNBA star is just waiting for approval from the Texas Southern Board of Regents before the hiring can be mad official. Cooper-Dyke won 44 games in her two seasons at UNCW, and appeared in

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HOT RUMOR: Marshall’s Chadwick headed to Texas A&M-CC

According to multiple sources, Marshalll head coach Royce Chadwick has resigned and will become the next head coach at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Chadwick is a Texas native who has spent the past 11-seasons at Marshall (145-155). He has also been the head coach at Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, and Oklahoma Panhandle (397-266

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HOT RUMOR: NW Missouri set to name Kellogg

According to multiple sources, Northwest Missouri State will announce the hiring of Fort Lewis head coach Mark Kellogg this afternoon. A press conference has been called for 2:30pm (EST) today. Kellogg has gone 173-46 in his seven seasons at Fort Lewis. More on this when it becomes official.

BREAKING: Providence names new coach

Providence College Athletics Director Bob Driscoll announced that Susan Robinson Fruchtl has been named head women’s basketball coach. Robinson Fruchtl becomes the ninth head coach in the program’s 38-year history, and replaces Phil Seymore, who resigned in March to pursue other options. Robinson Fruchtl comes to Providence College after spending the last five seasons at

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BREAKING: Botham resigns at Milwaukee

Women’s Basketball Head Coach Sandy Botham has accepted a new position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Coach Botham, who will now work with UWM Alumni Relations, leaves the Panther Basketball program as the Horizon League record holder for the most career league victories as a women’s basketball head coach. During her 16 years as head

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Fresno State hires Pebley

A former WNBA player and coach from a strong pedigree that resurrected the Utah State program has been hired to lead the Bulldog women’s basketball team. Fresno State Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh announced Saturday the hiring of former Utah State head coach Raegan Pebley to the same position for the Bulldogs’ women’s basketball program.

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George Washington announcement today

George Washington University will hold a 12:00 press conference to announce the hiring of a new Women’s Basketball Coach. According to multiple sources, the choice will be Notre Dame assistant Jonathan Tsipis. We first reported this as a rumor on Tuesday (http://www.whoopdirt.com/blog/62e83722/daily-dirt-4-3-12/……), looks now like it’s a done deal. More after the presser.

Daily Dirt – 4/5/12

A fairly quiet day out there today. Here are some of the things that I’ve heard…. • I’ve heard that McNeese State assistant Sallie Guillory has been offered a spot on the staff at Louisiana-Lafayette. Guillory was on new ULL head coach Garry Brodhead staff at McNeese State, and also worked for him at Teurlings

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BREAKING: Gilbert resigns at EMU

AnnMarie Gilbert has resigned this morning as the head coach at Eastern Michigan. She was 94-64 in her 5 seasons at the helm. Before joining Eastern, Gilbert spent five years as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Michigan State University. She previously served as the head women’s basketball coach at Oberlin College for eight years.

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