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The summer is winding down, so we are getting closer to the college basketball season. I cannot wait for it to start, baby!One thing that always interests me before the start of a new season is the list of coaching changes. I know there can be a lack of job security in coaching, and at times a veteran coach will go for a change of scenery.This season, there are a number of coaching moves that have piqued my interest.Here are seven coaching changes to keep an eye on this season. Well see if these veterans can continue to have success at their new schools.Jamie Dixon, TCU Horned FrogsAfter serving 13 seasons as head coach at the University of Pittsburgh, Dixon decided to take over at his alma mater. Dixon returns home to TCU where he played for Jim Killingsworth and led the Horned Frogs to Southwest Conference titles as a junior and senior. Dixon is one of only eight coaches nationally to guide their program to 11 NCAA tournament appearances in the last 13 seasons. It will be a challenge to add to that streak in the competitive Big 12. Give him time and he will build a winner.Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsHe opted to leave Memphis, where he compiled a 167-73 record over seven seasons. The Tigers earned bids to the NCAA tournament four times during his tenure. Moving to the ACC is tough enough, but the Yellow Jackets lost several key players from last season. Rebuilding will not be easy, and Pastner has added a couple of transfers to help out. Fans must be patient as Pastner really knows and loves the game. He eats, drinks and sleeps basketball.Pastner made a good move bringing in former Portland coach Eric Reveno to join his staff.Jerod Haase, Stanford CardinalA former California Golden Bear as a player, Haase takes over for Johnny Dawkins. He comes to Palo Alto after completing his fourth season as the head coach at UAB, where he led the Blazers to a regular-season Conference USA championship in 2016 and the programs 15th all-time NCAA tournament appearance in 2015. Haase compiled an 80-53 overall record while improving the Blazers win total every year. Haase led the Blazers to a 26-7 overall record and a 16-2 conference mark last season.Johnny Dawkins, UCF KnightsThe former Duke All-American wasnt out of work for long. Dawkins arrives in Orlando after an eight-year stint at Stanford, where he led the Cardinal to five postseason appearances, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2014. Dawkins also guided the Cardinal to two NIT Championships during his tenure (2012, 2015). Stanford put together four 20-win seasons in Dawkins time as head coach. He is only the second coach in Stanford history with at least four 20-win seasons. Now he should make a difference in the American.Bryce Drew, Vanderbilt CommodoresHe replaces Kevin Stallings. Drew, a three-time Horizon League Coach of the Year, comes to the Commodores after a five-year stint at Valparaiso, where he averaged 25 wins per season. He won four regular season championships ?and made four postseason appearances, two in the NCAA Tournament and two in the NIT. In his five seasons at Valparaiso, Drew compiled a 124-49 overall record and in 2016, led the Crusaders to a 30-7 overall record, the most wins in program history, and a berth in the NIT title game. The cupboard is not bare as the Commodores have?Luke Kornet?among the veterans returning.Kevin Stallings, Pittsburgh PanthersGoing from the SEC to the ACC is not easy. After spending the previous 17 seasons at Vanderbilt. Stallings enters his 24th season as a head coach with an impressive 455-283 (.617) record overall. 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More ramps and railing can be installed, and other physical changes can be made.But shes also advocating for another type of fix.Barrier-free facilities are by all means important, but I believe that a barrier-free mind is equally vital, Koike said in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, a day before she receives the Paralympic flag -- and four weeks after she took possession of the Olympic flag.Tokyos first female governor, Koike was elected two months ago and is pushing several Olympic-related agendas: Keeping down soaring costs, focusing on the environment, and talking up a womens rights agenda.Add a Paralympic agenda to that list: Making Tokyo easier to navigate for people in wheelchairs, on crutches or with vision problems. Any improvement here could also make life easier for Japans 75-and-over population, which is predicted to reach 25 percent of the population in 2025.We have developed roads that are too narrow, she said. This is a legacy of Tokyo. Furthermore, the doorways are not wide, the ceilings are low in some typical housing. As we welcome athletes as well as spectators from all over the world at the venues, we must overcome these challenges.Koike said expanding some of Tokyos narroww roads, often shared by cars and pedestrians and without sidewalks, means removing utility poles and placing the power lines underground.ddddddddddddGoing toward the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Id like to expand the width of the roads by doing away with the utility poles so we can provide accessibility to everyone, Koike said.Paralympic organizers are expecting big things from Tokyo, although, on the field in Rio, Japan had failed to win a gold medal through competition on Friday. The games close on Sunday.Japanese broadcaster NHK has a long-term deal to telecast the Paralympics through 2024, which will drive interest.I think theres going be a huge awareness level of the games coming to Japan in four years, International Paralympic Committee spokesman Craig Spence said.IPC President Philip Craven four years ago called London the best games ever.From what Ive seen from Tokyo so far, Tokyo has a very, very good chance of surpassing London and becoming the best Paralympics ever, Spence said. Ive never come across an organizing committee so committed, so dedicated and enthusiastic about the Paralympic movement.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade ' ' '