Washington State hired Kyle Smith as its basketball coach, following the disappointing tenure of Ernie Kent. Smith was given a six-year contract worth $1.4 million annually.
Washington State fired basketball coach Ernie Kent after five seasons where he was unable to turnaround the Cougars program and had a significant exodus of players.
Former Washington coach Mike Neighbors has been hired as new women's basketball coach at Arkansas.
Neighbors was 98-41 in four seasons with the Huskies and led the school to its first Final Four in 2016. He replaces Jimmy Dykes, who resigned last month after three seasons...
SEATTLE (AP) — Jim Hayford was hired Wednesday as the basketball coach at Seattle, leaving Eastern Washington after six successful seasons for a chance to boost the Redhawks program.
He replaces Cameron Dollar, who was fired earlier this month after eight seasons at Seattle during which he led the Redhawks through their transition to full Division I status...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jim Boeheim says he fully intended for next year to be his last as Syracuse's basketball coach, and he never thought otherwise until Sunday.
That's when longtime assistant Mike Hopkins — and Syracuse's coach-in-waiting — left to become head coach at Washington.
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