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January 2, 2013

Vanderbilt A.D. Says Bowl Games Aren’t Money-Makers

Nashville Business Journal, Jamie McGeehttp://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2013/01/02/bowl-games-are-no-money-makers.htmlVanderbilt University, the victor of the 2012 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, was the hometown team, but still ...

January 2, 2013

Coaches Abandoning Old School Motivational Tactics

NJ.comhttp://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/index.ssf/2013/01/in_wake_of_mike_rices_suspensi.html This past Saturday afternoon, most of the head coaches at the other 346 Division 1 basketball programs across the country went to work like they do every ...

January 2, 2013

UMass Coach Thriving With 3-Guard Lineups

MassLive.comhttp://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/index.ssf/2012/12/umass_basketball_coach_derek_k_6.html The University of Massachusetts has prided itself on length and up-tempo, fast-break basketball, but with the Minutemen not yet hitting their ...

December 31, 2012

Rutgers Coach Returns From Suspension

The Associated Presshttp://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/50320194/ns/sports-college_basketball/ Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice returned to the court Saturday after a three-game, 16-day suspension for inappropriate behavior and language.Rice held a...

December 31, 2012

UConn Coach Kevin Ollie Gets 5-Year Extension

ESPN.comhttp://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8790495/kevin-ollie-uconn-huskies-basketball-coach-receives-new-five-year-contract Connecticut has given men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie a five-year contract extension worth just more t...

December 28, 2012

Arkansas High School Coach Works To Make Boys Into Men

Daily News-Minerhttp://www.newsminer.com/sports/article_b3b1c98e-4fe1-11e2-837a-001a4bcf6878.html Kimani Shotwell, like any high school boys basketball coach, works on such skills as shooting, rebounding, passing and defense for his players.The firs...

December 28, 2012

Larry Brown Likes The Fit At SMU

The Associated Presshttp://www.newsobserver.com/2012/12/28/2569304/larry-brown-likes-the-fit-at-smu.html Larry Brown was a young assistant on coach Dean Smith's staff at North Carolina in the mid-1960s when he turned down his first head coaching offe...

December 27, 2012

$63K Video Board Positively Impacting Entire School, Not Just Athletics

West Fargo Pioneer, Daniel Determanhttp://www.westfargopioneer.com/event/article/id/20935/group/News/This past April, the West Fargo High School, with assistance from the Packer Backers and a number of sponsors, installed a new, 8-foot by 9-foot stat...