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December 7, 2009

Pregame Technical Slows Team

A pregame technical foul called on Hall High School (Ill.) for dunking during warmups, put the squad at a definite disadvantage against Serena High Saturday. Because the technical came prior to the game, head coach Billy Gaull, was not allowed to sta...

December 4, 2009

Fordham Dumps Whittenburg As Coach

Just five games into the season, Fordham University has fired its men's basketball coach, Dereck Whittenburg. Whittenburg was 69-112 during his six-plus seasons as the head coach, including a 1-4 start this year. Assistant coach Jared Grasso has been...

December 4, 2009

Former Coach Wins Title IX Lawsuit

Lorri Sulpizio, the former Mesa College (Calif.) women's basketball coach who sued the school in July 2008 alleging violations of Title IX, has been awarded $28, 000 from a San Diego Superior Court jury. Sulpizio was fired in 2007 after making her in...

December 4, 2009

K-State Extends Women’s Coach Patterson

The all-time winningest coach in Kansas State University women's basketball history is the owner of a new contract extension keeping her with the Wildcats through the 2014 season. Deb Patterson, who is in her 14th season at K-State, has an overall re...

December 3, 2009

Binghamton Assistant Reassigned

All the news coming from Binghamton University recently has been negative and the reassigning of an assistant coach follows that pattern. Assistant Julius Allen has been reassigned to another assignment within the program but it means the school now ...

December 3, 2009

Floyd Finally Speaks About USC Dismissal

Tim Floyd, who was fired as the head men's coach at USC after rumors about his paying former player O.J. Mayo to come to the school, finally spoke about the dismissal yesterday. Floyd denied all allegations against him.http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/sto...

December 3, 2009

Jazz Sign Sloan For 23rd Season

Jerry Sloan, the longest tenured head coach in the NBA, just signed a deal to return to the team for a 23rd year next season. Sloan, 67, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iyz6...

December 3, 2009

Most Serious Charge Against Otis Dropped

Russell Otis, the former coach of Compton Dominguez High in Los Angeles, had the most serious charge of meeting a minor for a lewd purpose dropped when the L.A. County district attorney's office decided not to seek a retrial on the deadlocked decisio...