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September 17, 2009

Northern Iowa Extends Men’s Coach

On the heels of a 23-11 record and a share of the Missouri Valley men's basketball crown last season, Northern Iowa University has given its head coach a contract extension. Ben Jacobson now is set to earn close to $290, 000 per year and has seven ad...

September 17, 2009

Oklahoma Reports Minor Violations

Inadvertent phone calls and text messages from Oklahoma coaches, including assistant women's coach Stacy Hansmeyer, have been reported to the NCAA. All the violations are secondary violations.sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4430129 Oklahoma Rep...

September 17, 2009

One Of California’s Winningest Coaches Dies

Dave Morgan, who coached high school basketball for 52 years and amassed 832 wins, has died at the age of 89. Morgan spending most of his coaching career in California with stops at Del Mar, Denair and Delhi high schools. He also coached in Ohio prio...

September 17, 2009

OSU Locks Up Ford Through 2019

Travis Ford has signed a four-year extension with Oklahoma State to coach the men's basketball team through 2019. Ford went 23-12 last season.sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4465571&campaign=rss&source=NCBHeadlines OSU Locks Up Ford Through 2019...

September 17, 2009

Patterson-Five-Time State Winner Resigns

Faith Johnson Patterson had been coaching the North High (Minneapolis, Minn.) for the last 14 years. She led the team to five state titles and four second-place finishes. And, last season she finished runner-up in state again with four eighth-graders...

September 17, 2009

Pitino “Brand” May Suffer

After carefully calculating his image and "brand" during his coaching career, Rick Pitino now is watching his public persona take a hit. The Associated Press takes a look at how Pitino's indiscretions are going to affect his career as a motivational ...

September 17, 2009

Pitino Extortion Case Takes Turn

Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino has been battling an extortion case recently with a woman whom, he claims, asked for cars and cash from the coach. Now, Pitino has revealed, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal, that he engaged in...

September 17, 2009

Pitino Holds Tense Press Conference

Wanting to get his side of the story to the media and the public, Rick Pitino held a press conference yesterday. He scolded the media and informed the public to wait for all the facts of the case to come out in court.www.usatoday.com/sports/college/m...