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December 14, 2009

U of Missouri Women’s Coach Apologizes

At her post-game press conference Sunday, University of Missouri women's basketball coach Cindy Stein apologized to the community, the athletic administration and "the whole Mizzou nation" after two of her leading scorers were indefinitely suspended....

December 11, 2009

Coach Moves Forward With New Season Without Star Son

Lou Dawkins, head boys basketball coach at Saginaw High (Mich.), and who has led the squad to two of the last three state titles, was looking forward to coaching his star son this year who was to enter the ninth grade. However, Dawkins' son, Dorian, ...

December 11, 2009

Husband Coaches Boys, Wife Coaches Girls At Same School

The Post-Tribune (of Northwestern Indiana), ran an interesting feature on a husband-wife duo at a school that coaches the boys and girls basketball teams respectively. It focuses on how they manage their time between work, coaching and parenting (the...

December 11, 2009

Lickliter Eyes Dec. 19 Return To Iowa Sideline

Todd Lickliter, who will miss his third game as head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday when the team plays in-state rival Iowa Stae, expects to return Dec. 19 for Iowa's game against Drake. Lickliter has been sidelined due to having his carotid art...

December 11, 2009

Northeastern State (Okla.) Coach Wins 500th

Tulsa-Northeastern State head men's basketball coach Larry Gipson won his 500th game Thursday night with a 77-53 victory over Texas A&M-Kingsville. He has coached for 13 years at Northeastern State and has won 213 games with this school.http://www.kt...

December 10, 2009

Gillom Wanted To Return To WNBA’s Lynx

Despite citing her desire to return to the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, head coach Jen Gillom has been replaced by Cheryl Reeve. Contract negotiations between the Lynx and Gillom broke off, causing the team to go in a different direction. Reeve has sp...

December 10, 2009

Ohio State Assistant Fighting For Airline Safety

Ohio State basketball assistant Kevin Kuwik is at the forefront of attempting to make the skies safer for travel. On Feb. 12 of this year, Kuwik's girlfriend, Lori Mauer, passed away in a plane crash in Buffalo, which killed 45 people. Kuwik has been...

December 10, 2009

UC Riverside Extends Wooldridge

UC Riverside has signed men's basketball coach Jim Wooldridge to a contract extension keeping him at the school through the 2013-14 season. Wooldridge went 9-21 in his first season with Riverside (2007-08) but went 17-11 last year. The team is 5-2 th...