{"id":78532,"date":"2015-08-06T11:11:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T16:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=78532"},"modified":"2015-08-07T11:01:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T16:01:35","slug":"magnani-resigns-neville-new-uj-mens-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=78532","title":{"rendered":"Magnani resigns, Neville new UJ men’s head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown Head men\u2019s basketball coach,Alan Magnani has resigned, and Assistant coach Danny Neville has been named the new Jimmies head coach.<\/p>\n

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Magnani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Magnani was the Jimmies Head coach for one season, posting a 20-9 record.<\/p>\n

From the University of Jamestown:<\/p>\n

University of Jamestown Athletic Director Sean Johnson announces that Alan Magnani has resigned as the head men\u2019s basketball coach.<\/p>\n

Johnson says, “We are very grateful for Coach Magnani\u2019s leadership of the Jimmie men\u2019s basketball program through a very successful season which culminated in a 2015 NSAA regular season title.\u3000 We respect and appreciate his dedication to his family and his desire to return home to Iowa and wish him nothing but the best.\u00a0 I cannot begin to thank the University of Jamestown, President Badal, and Lawrie Paulson for the confidence they had in hiring me to direct the men\u2019s basketball program.\u3000 It was my honor to be the head coach of such a tradition-rich program.\u00a0 II will always treasure the successes our team achieved in 2014-15, both on the court and academically.\u3000 I will also cherish the relationships that have been fostered with my assistants Danny Neville and Brady Cameron, as well as our players and hope they are all ones that last a lifetime.”<\/p>\n

Magnini served as head coach since June 2014. He led the Jimmies to a 20-9 record and the North Star Athletic Association regular season championship. He was also named NSAA Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n

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Neville<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University has named Danny Neville as Magnani\u2019s successor. Neville has served as the assistant coach of the Jimmie\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team for the past three years. Prior to coming to Jamestown, he was the assistant men\u2019s basketball coach at Presentation College. Neville played at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. While at Grand View, he helped Grand View go 50-17 in his last two years. The Vikings were ranked in the top 25 both years and were ranked as high as #7 in the country. Neville earned his\u3000BA in Sports Management\/Business from Grand View University in 2010\u3000and his MA in Athletic Administration from Concordia Irvine University in 2015.<\/p>\n

Neville says, “This is an exciting opportunity that I have been preparing for since I began my coaching career, and I am grateful to lead the University of Jamestown men’s basketball program and continue to build on the great tradition.\u00a0 I want to thank President Badal, Polly Peterson, and Sean Johnson for their belief in me to guide the Jimmie basketball program into the future.”<\/p>\n

Johnson adds, “We are fortunate to have Danny Neville step into this important leadership role.\u00a0 Coach Neville has the unanimous support of our coaching staff and administration, and his hard work and dedication to the University of Jamestown is reflected in this appointment.\u3000 He is an outstanding communicator, recruiter, educator and is dedicated to the game of basketball.\u3000 We always strive to do what is best for our student-athletes, and today\u2019s decision reflects the dedication to this goal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamestown (CSi) University of Jamestown Head men\u2019s basketball coach,Alan Magnani has resigned, and Assistant coach Danny Neville has been named the new Jimmies head coach. Magnani was the Jimmies Head coach for one season, posting a 20-9 record. From the University of Jamestown: University of Jamestown Athletic Director Sean Johnson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":78587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78532"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78647,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78532\/revisions\/78647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}