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| System ID: | jl-124dd6948f1a6b1b18fbe4679a85eef3 |
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| Title: | Siena hires Marquette assistant Smith as new HC |
| Link: | Original article on espn.com |
| Region: | IT |
| Topics: | head; coach; assistant; great; different; smith; really; staff; siena; spoelstra; marquette; think; nevada; hires; level; Gerry McNamara; Duke Blue Devils men's basketball |
| Datetime: | 4/1/2026, 11:07:01 PM |
| Summary: | McNamara was at Siena for two seasons and left to become coach at Syracuse, his alma mater. "We were really rooting for this opportunity," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Wednesday. "He could have been a head coach probably at a different school, different level, the last few years. Siena fans will love the style of basketball that he coaches and the players will love it as well. Smith has also been a head coach at the Division III level and inherits a program that is coming off its seventh appearance in the NCAA tournament and its first since 2010.... |
