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Tyrone Mitchell Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Xavier University of Louisiana

Brandon King

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Xavier University of Louisiana has officially elevated Tyrone Mitchell to head coach of the Gold Rush men’s basketball program, rewarding a longtime member of the program who has helped build Xavier into one of the NAIA’s most consistent basketball programs. Mitchell enters the 2026-27 season as XULA’s head coach after 11 seasons on the program’s coaching staff. He joined Xavier in 2015 and steadily climbed the coaching ranks, earning promotions to associate head coach in 2018 and co-head coach in 2025 before being named the program’s…

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XULA women’s hoops squeaks by Dillard, 64-63

Staff

image via Yamlak Tsega Courtesy of XULA Athletics 63 DILLARD 64 Winner XULA Team 1 2 3 4 F DILLARD 8  18  20  17  63 XULA 14  16  18  16  64 NAIA No. 21 Xavier University of Louisiana held on in the final two minutes Tuesday to earn a 64-63 women’s basketball victory against Dillard in the Crosstown Classic.        It was the final regular-season game for both teams. The Gold Nuggets are 26-2 — their winningest season since 2011-12 — and the Lady Bleu Devils are 18-7.        XULA was outscored in…

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XULA Basketball doubledheader postponed until January 23

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title image via Irving Johnson III Courtesy of XULA Athletics Xavier University of Louisiana has pushed back its Red River Athletic Conference basketball home doubleheader against LSU-Shreveport to Wednesday (Jan. 22) because of a winter storm expected to hit south Louisiana Tuesday.        The National Weather Service forecasts for Tuesday — the original date of the doubleheader — a 90-percent chance of precipitation and a possible snow accumulation of 3-5 inches in New Orleans.        The NWS predicts for Tuesday evening a chance of snow showers before 9 o’clock, then a chance…

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