THE OFFICIAL NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES
CONVENTION 2014
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Convention National Association of Basketball Coaches 1111 Main Street, Suite 1000 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 Phone: 816-878-6222 • Fax: 816-878-6223 www.nabc.com ________________________________________________
NABC EXECUTIVE STAFF Jim Haney Executive Director Reggie Minton Deputy Executive Director Ernie Kent Associate Executive Director Carol Haney Senior Director of Internal Affairs Troy Hilton Senior Director of Corporate Relations and Association Affairs Stephanie Whitcher Chief Financial Officer Rick Leddy Senior Director of Communications Rose Tate Director of Membership Ebony Donohue Associate Director of Membership Mark Heatherman Senior Director of Special Events Janelle Guidry Director of Convention Wade Hageman Director of Corporate Relations Jenna Wright Director of Convention Housing
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President: Phil Martelli Saint Joseph’s University First Vice President: Page Moir Roanoke College Second Vice President: Ron Hunter Georgia State University Third Vice President: Jeff Jones Old Dominion University Fourth Vice President: Paul Hewitt George Mason University 2012-13 Past President: Larry Gipson Northeastern State University 2011-12 Past President: Ernie Kent Bo Ryan, University of Wisconsin Bill Self, University of Kansas Charlie Brock, Springfield College Lorenzo Romar, University of Washington Mike Brey, University of Notre Dame Gary Stewart, Stevenson University Trent Johnson, Texas Christian University Lennie Acuff, University of Alabama in Huntsville Mark Gottfried, North Carolina State University Cy Alexander, North Carolina A&T Jamie Dixon, University of Pittsburgh Johnny Dawkins, Stanford University Rick Cooper, West Texas A&M John Calipari, University of Kentucky John Thompson III, Georgetown University Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University Bob Burchard, Columbia College Dave Archer, National High School Basketball Coaches Association
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EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Executive Director: Jim Haney Deputy Executive Director: Reggie Minton CPA: Brian Welch, Welch & Associates, LLC General Counsel: Dennis Coleman, Ropes & Gray, LLP Board Secretary: Rick Leddy Sponsorship: Rick Jones, Fishbait Marketing NCAA Board Consultants: David Berst, Vice President, Division I Dan Gavitt, Vice President, Men’s Basketball N A B C I TI M E-OUT
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Departments From the Editor ........................................................................ 4
From Johnny Orr To Tips on the 2014 NABC Convention Rick Leddy
NABC Chaplain’s Corner ....................................................... 6
Doors. Life is full of doors, but only one door is full of life.
Pastor Brett Fuller and Pastor Donnell Jones
From the Executive Director .................................................. 7
Q&A with Executive Director Jim Haney
Jim Haney
National High School Basketball Coaches Association ... 19
Growing the NHSBCA
Rich Czeslawski
National Center for Fathering ............................................ 20
The High Toll of Travel: 4 Ideas for Coach/Dads
Carey Casey
America’s Family Coaches ................................................. 21
Make It Happen
Dr. Gary & Barb Rosberg
Features “One Shining Moment” Bigger Than Ever Before ........ 9 Ken Davis
2013-14 Allstate NABC Good Works Team® Offers Local, National and Global Assistance .......... 13 Garrison & Lambros to Receive 2014 Division III Outstanding Service Awards .......................................... 17 How Coaches Can Help .................................................... 18 2013-2014 Board of Directors ........................................... 22 Preliminary 2014 Convention Schedule ....................... 23 Cover: AT&T Stadium in North Texas (photo courtesy of AT&T Stadium). Photo Credits: Page 4 (courtesy of Iowa State Athletic Communications); page 9 (courtesy of AT&T Stadium); page 10-11 (photo courtesy of Big 12 Conference); page 10, top to bottom (courtesy of Steve Branscombe; Arizona Athletics; Jon Gardiner-Duke Photography; Jeff Jacobsen-Kansas Athletics; Louisville Athletics); Page 11, top to bottom (courtesy of Iowa State Athletic Communications; Ohio State Athletics; Wichita State Athletics; Syracuse University Athletic Communications; San Diego State Athletics); page 12, left (courtesy of Jim Burgess); right (courtesy of Chet White, UK Athletics); page 17 (courtesy of Hendrix College and Hartwick College). Time-Out is published quarterly by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Produced by: Very Digital Layout & Design: Begany Design Printing: Allen Press For advertising information please contact Rick Leddy at ricknabc@gmail.com CO N V E N T I O N 2 0 1 4 I
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From the Editor, Rick Leddy
From Johnny Orr To Tips on the 2014 NABC Convention
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n the final day of 2013, one of college basketball’s most popular and colorful coaches departed this world. It almost seemed fitting that Johnny Orr, known for his grand and energetic entrances to the court before every game at Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum, passed away on a day when so many celebrate the passing of one year to the next. A terrific coach who led Michigan to the NCAA championship game, Orr surprised many when he left the Wolverines for Iowa State. Over the next 14 seasons, he rejuvenated not only the Cyclones’ on-court success but became a beloved icon across the state and his “Hilton Magic” filled the arena. A member of the NABC board of directors for many years, Orr was the association’s president in 1992 during a pivotal time when the NABC hired Jim Haney as its executive director and moved the headquarters to Kansas City to be closer to the NCAA, then located in Overland Park, Kan. Whether in a crowd or a more intimate setting, Orr was entertaining. He called just about everyone coach, almost as a way of drawing you into his circle where there always seemed to be an abundance of laughter. During Orr’s time on the NABC board, the NCAA Division I men’s basketball committee and NABC board got together for an annual summer meeting to discuss the state of the game and the NCAA championship tournament. In the year Orr was president, the meeting was held in Eagle Creek, Col., and in an afternoon golf tournament, he was paired with Former President Gerald Ford and a detail from the Secret Service. This was a perfect recipe for a story and Orr was ready and willing to share one with everybody. It seems that while on the course, Johnny had to use the restroom. The Secret Service, however, had not “secured the building” and, since he was playing with President Ford, the restroom was off limits. That left Orr a little more than perplexed. “I told the Secret Service that the building didn’t have to be secure for me. I had to GO,” Orr said with a grin. “But they wouldn’t let me near the place.” Johnny Orr touched a lot of lives, gave a great deal to college basketball and provided plenty of pleasant memories. He will be missed.
Transportation information for North Texas Complimentary shuttle transportation will be provided from DFW and Love Field Airports to the hotels. The shuttle service is free and being provided by Go Checker Shuttle and Super Shuttle. In order to utilize this shuttle service, proceed to the baggage claim area where NTLOC volunteers will direct you to the shuttle pick-up locations. Please present your shuttle coupon to your driver. The shuttle coupon is located in your transportation permit. Shuttles will operate between the airport and designated hotels. Look for directional signs in the baggage claim area to guide you to the airport shuttles. Present the coupon at the bottom of the transportation permit to the shuttle driver.
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Very important that everyone reads this Bags and purses larger than 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” will not be allowed in the stadium. Please see your hotel’s welcome desk or go to www.NCAA.com/FinalFour for strict policy details. If you bring a non-conforming bag to at&t stadium, it will be confiscated. Please allow plenty of time to get to the stadium; plan to board the shuttle a minimum of 2 hours prior to game times. Friday, April 4: 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Reese’s® Final Four Friday® open practices, Reese’s College All-Star Game, Tip-Off Tailgate™) Saturday, April 5: 12:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. (NCAA Final Four semifinal games and Tip-Off Tailgate™) Monday, April 7: 3:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. (NCAA Championship game and Tip-Off Tailgate™)
Samaritan’s Feet / Feed the Hungry Info This annual event is set for Thursday, April 3, at Fair Park (about a half-mile from Downtown Dallas) from 12 noon to 4p.m. with shoe distribution for about 1,500. A shuttle for NABC members will depart the Sheraton Downtown Hotel (NABC Headquarters) at 11:45 a.m. and will leave Fair Park for a return to the Sheraton at 2 p.m.
Flash Seats – Digital Ticketing The NABC will again be using the NCAA Flash Seats Digital Ticketing for this year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four. This is a paperless ticketing system that will be used for entry into AT&T Stadium. Flash Seats is an ID based ticketing system that allows you to enter an event with just a swipe of your electronic ID (credit card) which you registered with Flash Seats. You will be able to enter the AT&T Stadium with any valid credit/debit card registered with Flash Seats. Your credit card WILL NOT BE CHARGED when you register on Flash Seats or, as you enter the AT&T Stadium; it is only used to identify you as the owner of the ticket. NO EXCEPTIONS: Your Final Four ticket will not be released to you until you complete your NABC registration. NABC members must still pick up and sign for their tickets in-person at registration. Convention Registration begins on Thursday, April 3, 2014. You will be notified by email of your NABC seat assignment by Flash Seats. If you attended the 2013 Final Four in Atlanta and purchased a ticket to the NCAA Final Four through the NABC, you would have a current Flash Seats account. If you need to set up a new Flash Seats account, we recommend you create your Flash Seats account prior to your arrival in North Texas. For detailed information on accessing an existing account, setting up a new account and other information about Flash Seats, go to: http://www.nabc.org/links_for_Time-Out/Time-Out_link_for_flash_seats
Transfer of Tickets / Scalping Tickets purchased by NABC members are the sole responsibility of each member. If you transfer tickets to others (son, daughter, relative, friend, business associate) and those tickets are then sold to a ticket broker, you may lose your privileges to purchase tickets for up to five (5) years and the NABC ticket allotment will be reduced by the number of those tickets that are scalped. The NCAA and Flash Seats have the ability to follow all transfers of the electronic tickets through entry to the stadium. Please Remember: Ultimately, you are responsible for your tickets regardless if the tickets are transferred directly or indirectly to an unauthorized website. Do NOT take a chance of losing your privilege to purchase Final Four tickets for five (5) years. NABC member coaches who register and attend the 2014 NABC Convention in Dallas, but are unable to use their NCAA Men’s Final Four game tickets (for Saturday and/or Monday), can ONLY transfer their Digital tickets for resale on the NCAA-authorized ticket exchange at www.ncaa.com/ncaaexchange .
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NABC Chaplain’s Corner, Pastor Brett Fuller & Pastor Donnell Jones
Doors
Life is full of doors, but only one door is full of life.
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ny given day, we walk through quite a number of doors. Giving little thought to the moment, we pass from one place into another. Every door takes us somewhere. Here are four doors that we may walk through in life.
Door of Counsel The door of wise counsel is priceless. There is an old proverb that says, “You see a man wise in his own eyes. There is more hope for a fool.” In other words, some people regard the own counsel above all others. Is there anyone whose counsel you value and regard above your own? We all have blind spots. Wisdom from others helps us avoid costly experiences and rewards us with great benefits. It’s been said, “Experience is the best teacher.” It’s a great one, but wisdom is a better one. Experience is the ability to learn from your own mistakes. Wisdom is the ability to learn from someone else’s mistakes. Two young men approach a house with a fence enclosing the entire yard. The sign in the front yard reads, “Beware of Dog.” The first guy looks carefully but sees no dog. He motions to open the gate, but his friend warns him not to disregard the sign. He replies, “I see the sign, but I don’t see a dog anywhere.” The first man enters the yard and approaches the door while the other man is unwilling to enter the yard. Before the first guy can ring the bell, a dog attacks him. He ends up in the hospital with 62 stitches. He survived and, no doubt, will learn from his experience, but he missed the moment to walk through the door of counsel. Experience and wisdom are both good teachers, but wisdom is better. Experience usually costs you more and wisdom usually pays if not saves you more. Psalm 32:8-9 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. By receiving wise counsel, we avoid two extremes. We will not be like the horse that can be impulsive and rush ahead or like the mule that is stubborn and often lags behind. Door of Correction Correction is a way of life. If we want to reach our goals we must be wide open to correction. It may be a simple adjustment or a significant one. My wife and I were driving home from a long road trip. At one point in the trip, the British voice of my GPS continued to plead, “Make a U-turn.” After several minutes, my wife gently asked are you going to turn around or just keep ignoring the GPS? How well do you respond to correction? The aim of correction is to point you toward the goal, not just show what you are doing wrong. Is correction a way of life for you? Many are offended by correction. A man driving his car too fast hears someone yell, “Pig!” Insulted, the man yells back, “You’re a pig!” only to find out that, just around the bend, he runs into a herd of pigs. It was a messy sight to say the least. Sometimes you have to slow down and be intentional to receive correction properly. When NASA sends a team of astronauts to the moon, they course-correct all along the way. The correction is always toward the moon. It has been said that if you are off 1 degree from the start, you will miss the moon by thousands of miles. Who is helping you course correct so you don’t miss your goal? Without embracing the door of correction you’ll never know His ways, only your own. (see Isaiah 55:7-8) Look for the next Chaplains’ corner when we discuss the other two doors: The door of Circumstances and Calamity. "Pastor Donnell Jones is pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Washington DC, Character Coach for the Maryland Terrapins and Assistant Chaplain of the NABC." 6
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From the Executive Director, Jim Haney
Q&A with Executive Director Jim Haney Q: You had a dream that relates to your directorship of the NABC these past 21 years. Please share with us that story. A: I am happy to do so in the hope that it encourages those who read this story that their dreams can be fulfilled too! It was the fall of 1985. At the time I was commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference. That particular weekend, I accompanied my young son to an Indian Guides camp. As I slept that evening, I experienced a very real and vivid dream. I was on top of a hill looking across a valley to another hill. The sky behind that opposite hill from where I stood was a brilliant gold color. I could see a very large tree in the valley. Then, I was whisked off the hill into the valley below. As my eyes focused on my surroundings, I was in a garden. The perimeter of the garden was lined with stone fence. Next, I was aware that I was under the canopy of that large tree. My gaze moved upwards and saw basketballs, like fruit hanging on the limbs. Almost immediately, my eyes moved to the ground. The ground was covered with basketballs. My eyes moved from the ground to the tree and back again. The dream ended and I awoke. My mind was now racing. I new that God can share dreams. I then recounted in my mind what I had just witnessed. I did not want to forget one detail of what I had seen. My attention then turned to the question, what did it mean? I sought God for an interpretation. No answer came but there was a quiet assurance that it was meaningful. It would be seven years before I understood the fullness of the dream realized. Q: Tell us what happened then? A: The 1992 NCAA Final Four was in Minneapolis. I was now commissioner of the Big West Conference, living in Southern California. The NABC was in transition with Executive Director Joe Vancisin retiring. The search for a new executive director did not require much looking. USC coach George Raveling was the man! Appropriately, it was George's job if he wanted it. On Championship Monday, my wife Carol and I decided to go for a walk. As we turned right out of the hotel to walk up the street, George was walking toward us on the sidewalk. We greeted each other. Almost immediately, we congratulated George on becoming NABC executive director knowing he would do an amazing job. George responded that he had decided to stay at USC and continue the successful program he had built. We continued our conversation. As we parted ways, Carol and I took several steps. I turned to look at George as he crossed the street heading to the NABC headquarters hotel. At that moment the dream raced through my mind. I turned to Carol and remarked, “we are going to the NABC.” Three months later, I received a call from NABC president Johnny Orr, offering me the job and instructing me to move the NABC national offices to Kansas City to be near the NCAA, which at the time was located there. Q: Thank you for sharing this. You mentioned that you hope those who read this story would be encouraged. What did you learn from this experience? A: First, do not take lightly one’s dreams. The author may be The Lord. Secondly, if it is the Lord who has spoken to you, be patient. He will bring it to pass in due time. God sees the beginning and the end. His timing will be perfect. Although the dream in 1985 had no immediate manifestation in my life, I had a hope that it would in time, even though I had no insight as to when or how. Do not give up on your dreams! Finally, when the fulfillment of the dream does manifest, it may require some step of faith on your part. In our case, we thought we would administer the NABC from our home in Irvine, California. However, God and the NABC had another plan, move the offices to Kansas City. We obeyed and have been blessed every day since. God honors obedience to His commands.
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2014 NCA A FINAL FOUR PREVIEW
“One Shining Moment” Bigger Than Ever Before By Ken Davis
A Final Four tradition that has evolved over the years is reserved for the championship team’s celebration following the trophy presentation on Monday night. As the familiar music from “One Shining Moment” begins to play, coaches and teammates turn their gaze upward, toward giant video screens that flash memorable highlights and top plays from the NCAA Tournament just completed. As the domed stadiums that house the Final Four get bigger, those video N A B C I TI M E-O UT
boards have grown also. With the 2014 Final Four scheduled for North Texas, in the home of the NFL Dallas Cowboys, it’s only fitting that everything will be bigger this time around. It’s a certainty that when the 2014 NCAA champions gather on the podium, they won’t have any trouble seeing the video honoring their crowning achievement. The lavish accommodations at AT&T Stadium include a $40 million video board suspended 90 feet above the field, spanning nearly 60 yards
and weighing 600 tons. It is seven stories and hangs from the stadium’s arches on the retractable roof. And with an anticipation of record-breaking crowds that might exceed 80,000 people, the coaches and players won’t be alone in their scoreboard watching. “The scoreboard is a huge advantage, actually, for the fans that will be the furthest away from the court,” Dan Gavitt, the NCAA vice president of men’s basketball championships, said. CO N V E N T I O N 2 0 1 4 I
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“It’s high definition and it’s so big and so clear that if you are anywhere from eye level on up, you almost can’t help but watch the game on the screen rather than on the court. It magnifies what you are seeing and it’s crystal clear. I think it will be a different experience.” Of course, as the tournament approached, the national media and fans across the country began their annual speculation regarding the field that would gather for the first Final Four in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex since 1986. Back then, at Reunion Arena, Louisville, led by Most Outstanding Player Pervis Ellison, defeated Duke in the championship game. Kansas and LSU were the other participants. Midway through the 2013-14 season, there were only
three undefeated teams remaining and Arizona, Syracuse and Wichita State certainly had to be considered serious contenders for the party at Jerry Jones’ palace in Arlington. Coach Sean Miller’s Arizona team was ranked No. 6 in the Associated Press preseason poll but by the sixth week of the season the Wildcats had climbed to the top spot, which had been previously occupied by Kentucky and Michigan State. On the way to the best start in school history, Arizona defeated Duke in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Madison Square Garden and also sent a powerful message about defense with a 60-25 rout of Washington State in its Pac-12 opener. Arizona is led by the powerful combination of junior guard Nick Johnson and forward Aaron Gordon, one of
many dynamic freshmen to make headlines in college basketball this season. But pulling the package together is junior point guard T.J. McConnell, who transferred from Duquesne and gives the Wildcats the relentless, attacking style Miller desired. “They grind on you and grind on you,” Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak told reporters after his Utes lost to Arizona in late January. “Eventually the defense gets tired of being on the field at the end of the game. There’s a lot to be said for the way they play.” Syracuse, pursuing a second consecutive Final Four appearance despite a different cast of characters on Jim Boeheim’s roster, had no trouble making the transition from the Big East Conference to the Atlantic Coast Conference. With senior forward C.J. Fair doing a little bit of everything, the Orange soared to the top of the ACC standings. Trevor Cooney and Jerami Grant played strong supporting roles but freshman point guard Tyler Ennis truly stole the show with his amazing assist-to-turnover ratio that ranked in the top 10 in the nation. Gordon and Ennis were just two of the freshmen who had huge impacts on the season. Duke’s Jabari Parker, Kentucky’s Julius Randle, and Andrew Wiggins of Kansas were showcased in the Champions Classic doubleheader in Chicago on Nov. 12 and that began a year of comparisons and rankings with the talented rookie class. Wiggins, a Canadian import, was the most hyped of the bunch but an unselfish 12
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and balanced attack at Kansas also featured classmates Wayne Selden, Jr., and Joel Embiid, the 7-foot center from Cameroon who became the midseason focus of the nation for his rapidly improved play. The Jayhawks lost four times before Big 12 play, including a 61-57 setback to San Diego State that ended a 68-game non-conference winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse. KU then rolled off four straight victories against ranked teams, the first to do that since the 1996-97 North Carolina Tar Heels. “I think Embiid is the best player in the country,” Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said after the Jayhawks won in Ames. Fans in Kansas and Iowa were considering booking hotel rooms in Dallas. Iowa and Iowa State were both ranked and the Cyclones won state bragging rights with a win in Ames in December. Kansas State and Wichita State joined the Jayhawks in the rankings, making the Sunflower State unique with that claim. Anyone who thought Wichita State’s run to the 2013 Final Four was a fluke had to reconsider when Cleanthony Early, Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet helped the Shockers position themselves for a possible No. 1 seed this time around. The Big 12, featuring sensational sophomore Marcus Smart of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and the Big Ten, renewing the bitter rivalry between Michigan and Michigan State at the top of the standings, triggered a hot debate over the toughest conference in the country. In the 12th week of the season, the Big 12 had six teams in the AP Top 25 and the Big Ten checked in with five, including Ohio State and Wisconsin. Florida lost at Wisconsin and Connecticut early in the season, but when Billy Donovan’s team overcame the injury bug, the Gators climbed to No. 3 in the AP poll by the final week of January. Casey Prather and Scottie Wilbekin led a team ready to battle young Kentucky for the Southeastern Conference title. The Big East, fractured by realignment, made noise early in the season with
the rapid ascent of Villanova after the Wildcats upset Kansas in the Bahamas. Jay Wright’s team was cruising along undefeated in conference play until Creighton, featuring likely national player of the year Doug McDermott, unloaded a barrage of 3-pointers in the Bluejays’ first visit to Philadelphia for a Big East game. Defending national champion Louisville, despite the loss of Peyton Siva and the December dismissal of Chane Behanan, regrouped to stay in the rankings and battle Cincinnati, Memphis, Connecticut and Southern Methodist in the new American Athletic Conference. Rick Pitino’s team, along with the previous four national champions, had their “shining moment” in front of crowds in excess of 70,000 fans. In Dallas, everything figures to be bigger – if not better. “This transcends football,” Jones, the owner of the Cowboys said, when the new Dallas stadium opened in 2009. And now, the same can be said for college basketball and the Final Four.
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2013-14 Allstate NABC Good Works Team® Offers Local, National and Global Assistance Throughout the college basketball season, we watch the outstanding performances of student-athletes on the court. Whether it’s on national television or in small college facilities, we hear and read about the leading scorers, top rebounders and game-winning efforts. What most of us do not know or hear much about are how many of these student-athletes impact lives in their communities, across the nation and in other parts of the world. This year, 117 men’s basketball student-athletes were nominated by their colleges and universities in NCAA® Divisions I, II and III and the NAIA for the 2013-14 Allstate NABC Good Works Team®, which recognize these young men for their charitable achievements and community activities off the basketball court. This is the second year for the program, a partnership between Allstate Insurance Company and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Allstate and the NABC assembled a high-profile voting panel to select the members of the Allstate NABC Good Works Team® including former college basketball players Grant Hill (Duke), Greg Anthony (UNLV) and former Final Four MVP Mateen Cleaves (Michigan State); former head coaches Bobby Cremins (Georgia Tech, College of Charleston) and Seth Greenberg (Virginia Tech); media members Seth Davis (Sports Illustrated/CBS) and Dana O’Neil (ESPN); and Pam Hollander, senior director of marketing at Allstate. This outstanding panel selected five (5) student-athletes from NCAA Division
I and five (5) from NCAA Divisions II and III and the NAIA as members of the 2013-14 Allstate NABC Good Works Team®. The team will be honored in April during the NCAA Men’s Final Four® in North Texas. The following student-athletes have been selected to represent NCAA Division I: Utah State University (USU) junior forward Danny Berger used his own life-changing experience to enhance the lives of others. On Dec. 4, 2012, Berger collapsed in practice, where CPR was performed and an automated external defibrillator (AED) was used on him. A short time later, doctors inserted a small defibrillator underneath Berger’s skin in his chest that would restart his heart if it stops again. Berger has since participated with the Ryan Gomes Hoops for Heart Health Foundation, started by the former Providence College star, which provided the defibrillator used on him to bring attention to having an AED available in training and athletic facilities nationwide. He worked with the Utah legislature to pass a bill allocating $300,000 to purchase portable defibrillators for facilities around the state. Berger, back on the court this season, and his father presented an AED to the Kids Unlimited Activity Center in their hometown of Medford, Ore. “A Kid Again” is an organization that provides fun experiences for kids with life threatening illnesses. Ohio State University senior Aaron Craft has been active in the Columbus, Ohio, chapter, working with his teammates to give some of the children an opportunity to play basketball with the Buckeyes. Craft also impacted children who were unable to participate in
practices with visitations to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A campus leader for Athletes in Action (AIA), Craft traveled with Mission of Hope to Haiti for a week in August where he spent time with children and taught, helped plant trees, cleaned the community, and more. Back in Columbus, he serves meals to the homeless and less fortunate at Manna Café, reads with children in local schools and is active with Make-A-Wish Foundation. In four seasons at the University of Virginia, Joe Harris has been the face of the Cavaliers’ program both on and off the court. Harris has participated in numerous activities including working with the Virginia Athletics Foundation, the Charlottesville Boys & Girls Club and presented a “good eating” program at a local elementary school, where he also mentors students weekly. He helped organize and took part in a visit to Camp Holiday Trails for children with special health needs and has been a team representative for several campus student athlete groups including the Student Athletes Committed to Honor - working as a liaison to the UVA Honor Committee. The founder and director of the Dut Jok Youth Foundation, University of Pennsylvania senior guard Dau Jok aims to fight poverty and violence in post-conflict South Sudan through access to sports and academics. In this position, Jok oversees a group of eleven volunteers that have helped raised $14,000. With these funds, the group delivered sports equipment and school supplies to over 200 youth in three South Sudanese cities, paid two years of tuition for two South Sudanese high school students in Kenya.
Jok also manages and supervises foundation volunteers for youth empowerment organization in South Sudan, and develops the sports and leadership building curriculum for facilitators and coaches, and coordinates the delivery of sports equipment and donations to South Sudan. The Foundation was a 2011 Kathryn Davis 100 Projects for Peace award recipient. Jok also traveled to Nigeria last summer with “We Play to Win” and was a Fellow at the Benin City 2013 Youth Development and Sports Camp. A graduate of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering with a degree in industrial and operations engineering, Jordan Morgan is currently enrolled in Michigan’s graduate program in engineering for manufacturing. Active in the community, Morgan works with Mott’s “From the Heart” Program, spoke to Wines Elementary School Run-a-Thon on the importance of fitness, and visited Joshua’s Lemonade stand in Detroit to assist Joshua Smith, a 9-year-old Detroit boy who is trying to save the city - one cup of lemonade at a time. He helps promote education with Big Brothers and Big Sisters and delivers lunches with Meals on Wheels. Morgan recently traveled to the Ivory Coast, where he visited an orphanage and worked basketball clinics for high school boys, high school girls and coaches. The following student-athletes have been selected to represent NCAA Divisions II and III and the NAIA: Peter Kazickas, a junior forward who plays for Hamilton (N.Y.) College, volunteers in the campus community, spending time at a local food bank, adopting a family for the holiday season, and helping with blood drives. His good works have taken on a global aspect in the summers of 2011 and 2013, working in Zimbabwe with HOOPS 4 HOPE (H4H), a global not-for-profit organization that has supported youth development throughout
southern Africa for more than 15 years. Kazickas has done everything from raising funds for H4H, teaching children life skills including HIV/AIDS awareness, the importance of education, and how to become positive contributor to society using lectures, songs, and games, including basketball. Already a two-year captain as a junior guard, Nick LaGuerre’s leadership skills stand out at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. A type one diabetic who manages his disability on a daily basis, he travels from school to school in the local community as a reading tutor, a peer mentor, and speaks to children and adults about diabetes awareness. LaGuerre volunteers for Habitat for Humanity and will travel to Kenya during the summer of 2014 with Travel Bond, a service group with basketball as its theme to help the local community and orphans. Even as a two-sport athlete playing soccer and basketball at Hope (Mich.) College, Grant Neil finds time to be an active volunteer in the community. The senior forward has organized lunch meetings for senior citizens and counseled youths at a summer camp for physically and emotionally challenged individuals since he was in high school. Neil coordinates after-school visits by the basketball team to a local elementary school and solicited the help of his teammates to assist a local family whose daughter is suffering from cancer with the workload around their home. Mount Aloysius (Pa.) College senior Aaron Patrick is always one of the first to arrive on campus each fall. For a week before the start of the semester, Patrick mentors a group of incoming freshmen on proper study techniques, test taking strategies, and sound decision making as part of the college’s mentoring program. He is involved in fund raising and cooking for a local shelter and preparing and
sharing meals at a local retirement home. He recently visited the impoverished nation of Guyana to volunteer at St. John’s orphanage, working to improve the quality of life for the children through education and with his own physical labor around the facility. In his first four semesters at Columbia (Mo.) College, Tanner Sutton has been near perfect on the basketball court and in the classroom. The Cougars have won 62 games, including 35 straight in 2012-13 while Sutton has achieved a 4.0 grade-point average. Prior to the start of the season, the junior guard volunteered at the Columbia Boys and Girls Club and spent the summer at Camp Barnabas, a nationally renowned Christian camp for kids and teens, ages seven to 17, with life-threatening illnesses and disabilities. Through its official corporate partnership with the NCAA, title sponsorship of the Allstate® Sugar Bowl®, and the Allstate “Good Hands®” Field Goal Net program, Allstate has become one of the most recognizable sponsors in college sports. Since 2008, Allstate has also sponsored the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, which for 22 years has honored college football players whose charitable involvement and community service contributions stand out among the more than 50,000 student-athletes participating in the sport. This year will also mark the second Allstate WBCA Good Works Team®, a partnership between Allstate and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to recognize women’s college basketball players for their “good works” off the court and in their communities. NCAA and Final Four are trademarks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Garrison & Lambros to Receive 2014 Division III Outstanding Service Awards
Having combined for close to a century of service to their respective institutions, Cliff Garrison of Hendrix College and Nick Lambros of Hartwick College have been selected as the recipients of the 2014 NABC Division III Outstanding Service Awards. These awards have been presented annually since 1997 and are given to coaches whose actions “inside and outside the lines” of coaching have distinguished them as valuable members of their communities. Garrison and Lambros will be honored on Saturday, April 5, at the Sheraton Hotel in Dallas during the Division III meeting at the annual NABC Convention. Garrison was named head basketball coach at Hendrix in 1972 and guided the Warriors for 31 seasons. His teams won 463 games and advanced to national championship tournaments in both the NAIA and NCAA. One of the winningest college coaches in Arkansas history and the all-time wins leader at Hendrix, Garrison coached his teams to five Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference championships and was a two-time NAIA District coach of the year. In over 37 years of coaching, Garrison was a long-time NABC member, served on numerous committees and boards, and was a tireless clinician and promoter of the N A B C I TI M E-OUT
sport in Arkansas, Africa and China. He also served as director of athletics at Hendrix, was inducted into the Hendrix College Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. “Cliff is an incredible man and the true definition of a coach,” said current Hendrix head coach Thad McCracken. “He wasn’t in the game for wins and losses. He cared about all of the relationships he built.” “Cliff has had a huge impact on this entire campus,” McCracken said. “He comes around all the time to practices and travels the state with me sometimes when I’m recruiting. Everyone knows him and he seems to know everyone.” Having grown up in Oneonta, N.Y., Lambros has a 60-year affiliation with Hartwick, where he played baseball and basketball as an undergraduate. He was the head basketball coach for 21 seasons and his teams had a record of 353-191 with seven 20-win seasons. He was the NCAA Division II coach of the year in 1979 and won the same honor in Division III in 1988, when he led the Hawks to the Division III Final Four. Lambros was the first inductee into the Hartwick College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995 and was inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.
“Our arena is named after Nick and his name is synonymous with Hartwick College,” said Todd McGuinness, the current Hawks’ coach. “At 76, he is still with me on the bench at every game and most practices and has taught me so much. Whenever I tell anyone I’m from Hartwick, they ask me how Nick’s doing. He made so many friends through the years here.” Lambros was also the long-time general manager of the Oneonta minor league baseball team in the New YorkPenn League. An affiliate of the New York Yankees for more than 30 seasons, Lambros watched over Yankee stars like Don Mattingly (1979), Bernie Williams (1987) and Jorge Posada (1991) along with NFL hall-of-fame quarterback John Elway (1982) in his brief professional baseball career. The NABC is extremely pleased to honor these gentlemen who, throughout their careers, have been outstanding coaches, great teachers, and significant leaders in their communities. They have done a terrific job in communicating strategies and techniques to their respective teams, distinguished themselves as wonderful role models to their players and associates, and embody the spirit of coaching.
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New NCAA Division I Initial-Eligibility Standards
How Coaches Can Help The initial-eligibility standards for NCAA Division I student-athletes are changing. Student-athletes entering a Division I college or university on or after Aug. 1, 2016 (this year’s 10th-grade class), will need to meet new academic standards in order to receive athletics aid, practice and compete during their first year. Academic achievement has always been important, but now more than ever, students must pay attention to their courses and grades. This starts in the ninth grade. Because of the changes in rules, students will no longer be able to make up for early academic missteps by loading up on courses late in their high school careers. First, you should know the basics. Division I student-athletes will fall into one of the following categories: Full Qualifier: A student-athlete who may receive an athletics scholarship, practice and compete in the first year of enrollment. Academic Redshirt: A student-athlete who may receive an athletics scholarship in the first year of enrollment and may practice in the first semester or quarter but may NOT compete. After the first term, the student-athlete must be academically successful at his college or university to continue to practice for the rest of the year. Nonqualifier: A student-athlete who can’t receive an athletics scholarship, can’t practice or compete in the first year of enrollment. Here are the new requirements: A Full Qualifier must: 1. Complete 16 core courses, 10 of which must be completed before the seventh semester (senior year) of high school. Seven of those 10 core courses must be English, math or science; 2. Have a minimum core-course GPA of 2.300. Grades earned in the 10 courses required before the senior year are “locked in” for purposes of GPA calculation, meaning a repeat of the locked-in courses after the seventh semester cannot be used to improve the GPA; 3. Meet the competition sliding scale requirement of GPA and ACT/SAT score; 4. Graduate from high school.
A Nonqualifier is a student-athlete who fails to meet the standards for a qualifier or for an academic redshirt. What Can You Do to Help? Educate yourself: Visit www.NFHSLearn.com and join the more than 6,000 other coaches who have completed the free online NCAA Initial Eligibility course; Educate your recruits: This rule impacts this year’s 10th-grade class and beyond, but any information you can give even your current recruits works its way through teammates, other players, coaches, etc.; Educate high school coaches: Even though the NCAA Eligibility Center has reached out to high school athletics organizations regarding these new rules, the information doesn’t always get to everyone. You can help spread the word to the high school coaching community; Educate other coaches: Summer-team coaches, AAU coaches, even some of your colleagues may not be aware of the new rules; Educate parents: Parents or guardians can be great advocates in helping get the word out to other parents, players, coaches, etc.; Educate athletics directors: The Eligibility Center sent letters to thousands of high school athletic directors, but you can help emphasize what they’ve received from us by reminding them of the changes; Educate school counselors: Counselors also received a letter from the Eligibility Center. When requesting transcripts or on visits to high schools, take a moment to talk with the counselors to make sure they are familiar with the rules. You are an integral part in helping spread the word about these rule changes. It is more important than ever to emphasize academics and the fact that, from the beginning of ninth grade, courses and grades are more important than ever. Share this information, including the available resources, with players, coaches, parents and high school administrators. Together we can make sure students have the information they need to be successful both on and off the court. Available Resources
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For more information, see www.2point3.org and the high school resources page at www.eligibilitycenter.org. On the NCAA Eligibility Center’s website, you will find the initial-eligibility Resource Index which explains the variety of resources available to help communicate about the new standards. Of special note is a new virtual presentation that walks step-by-step through the new standards, enabling you to bring an expert into any setting.
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Growing the NHSBCA by Rich Czeslawski, NHSBCA Communications Director rich@nhsbca.org website: www.nhsbca.org Twitter: @NHSBCA
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he National High School Basketball Coaches Association exists with an educational mission to unite, mentor, and support the basketball coaches associations in each state. We currently support over 30 state associations representing over 50,000 coaches nationwide, have a seat on the NABC Board of Directors as the voice of high school basketball coaches, and run a Rising Senior Academy in conjunction with our annual Summer Board Meeting. NHSBCA membership is included when you join your state coaches association, and in those states where an association does not exist, coaches may sign up for free on our website. We have grown the organization significantly in the past 3 years, but are looking to do much more. Our goals for 2014 are to increase awareness of the NHSBCA and its mission on a national level, grow our membership base to include coaches in all 50 states, increase the number of female coaches represented, and enhance the resources available to our member coaches. Until now, we have largely employed a “top-down” strategy for growth by either approaching state associations or trying to help
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start an association in states that do not have one. While that will continue to be a major focus, this year we have also begun a national outreach program designed to speak to the individual coach. We believe that high school coaches can benefit greatly by becoming part of their state coaches association, and by extension the NHSBCA. These organizations provide support, mentoring, education and solidarity that can help make this increasingly difficult job more manageable. We work to provide contacts and resources, as well as build relationships with organizations that can help make coaches’ lives easier. By linking the state associations on a national level and growing our membership base to a critical mass, we can continue to increase the strength of our voice, improve the quality of resources we provide, create new programs that can help mentor and support the high school coach, and become an even bigger influence in the national basketball landscape. Representative of our recent growth, at this year’s NABC Convention we have moved our annual Friday night HS Coaches Social to a venue that can accommodate more coaches, and have combined our annual HS Coaches Roundtable with the Rules Discussion on Saturday morning in an effort to maximize our presence at the PDS Clinics. In doing so, we are now able to bring in both nationally renowned basketball athleticism guru Alan Stein, as well as social media recruiting expert Alex Cervasio, to speak on Saturday in separate sessions. Our presence at the NABC Convention has grown steadily each year, and allows us to involve more high school coaches in this fantastic event. In addition to our Annual Board Meeting this July in Indianapolis, we will also host our 2nd Annual Rising Senior Academy at Ben Davis High School. This event is designed to provide an educational basketball experience for next season’s top seniors from each state. Teams will participate in games as well as attend educational sessions covering topics such as skill development, leadership, academics, use of social media, dealing with the pressures of college athletics, recruiting, time management and more. Last year’s guest speakers included Clark Kellogg, Brett Ledbetter, Ira Childress, and Bob Lovell. There will be a social component as well, allowing players to interact and get to know one another on a personal level, while enjoying some of the great basketball attractions the state of Indiana has to offer. Thanks to last year’s highly successful event, portions of this year’s event will be available to view online. Details on this year’s schedule and who is participating will be posted at http://nhsbca.org. We need your help to continue to grow the NHSBCA and support high school coaches across the nation. Please visit our website if you are interested in more information, and help us grow the organization by telling your coaching staff, colleagues, and contacts about us. If I can ever be of assistance to you in any way, please don’t hesitate to contact me at rich@nhsbca.org.
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The High Toll of Travel: 4 Ideas for Coach/Dads by Carey Casey, CEO, National Center for Fathering
One of the few things I know about coaching basketball is that it’s a tireless job. Rewarding, sure, but the hours are long and there’s lots of travel. I know that traveling for work is a challenge for a lot of dads in today’s world. I too travel quite often. I'm away from home more than I would like to be, but at the same time, my family knows that there’s a purpose behind why I’m gone. Still, I have to be careful as a road warrior dad; my absence could be a big detriment to the strength of my family and my son’s well-being. Maybe you’re in the same boat: you love your kids, but can't be there as much as you’d like. So let me offer four brief thoughts that have helped me stay connected at home. 1. Have a heart-to-heart talk with your family members. Is your absence creating deficits in your relationships? You might be ignoring some warning signs or losing touch with your wife and children more than you realize. Sometimes I'll ask my son, Chance, "Am I gone too much?" And he'll say, "No, Dad, I'm okay. I know what you're doing." Ask your bride, too. If your family relationships are suffering or even dangerously at-risk, be open to the possibility that significant changes might be necessary. I believe it's worth changing
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jobs to save your marriage or to be an involved father. That might seem like an extreme option, but it's much easier than a divorce, if you're married, or seeing your children go through major challenges. 2. Find ways to stay in touch while you're apart. Invest some extra effort and expense, whether that means texting, Skyping or whatever. Set up regular times for phone calls, so everyone can be available and expect your call. Be creative and find new ways to connect. Maybe even take a child with you on some trips. 3. Conduct yourself with integrity. This might seem totally separate from your role as a father or a husband, but it's all connected. Your character as a coach will spill over to your kids—even when you aren't with them. Doing what's right and keeping your poise while you’re away makes you a better man, which makes you a better husband and father. You will bless your kids by maintaining a high reputation and a virtuous life. 4. When you’re home, really be there. After a trip, I know it’s hard to shift back into “daddy" mode right away. You’re tired and probably still thinking about that shot that did or didn’t go in or that
recruit who did or didn’t seem to like you. It will take real effort to focus on your children, but that’s exactly what you must do. Your kids deserve your very best, and it will pay great dividends. What do I mean by “focus”? I think about times when I’m traveling, meeting new people or seeing old friends or speaking to groups. I’m very conscientious about how I act and what I say. I look people in the eye, show interest, give my full attention and try to ask thoughtful questions. I’m definitely not sitting back, folding my arms, acting like I want to be left alone. And for sure I’m not looking for reasons to be critical or point out things that need to be changed. No, in those situations I’m trying to make a good impression; I’m on my best behavior. If I can put that focus and energy into those interactions out in public, don’t my family members deserve at least that much effort from me—or more? I know that if I can take that approach at home, it will go far. Travel already puts enough strain on your family. So do all you can to make your time at home a celebration. Carey Casey is Chief Executive Officer at the National Center for Fathering and author of Championship Fathering (available at fathers.com). He is married with four children and five grandchildren. See more articles and resources for dads at www.fathers.com, or contact the Center with a question or comment at dads@fathers.com.
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Make It Happen Greetings from your marriage coaches, Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg! We want to challenge you to experience a great marriage by getting rid of the excuses that keep a marriage from growing… and just make it happen!
Get Rid of the Excuses When storms of stress and change blow into my life or yours — it takes sheer determination to get through it with the goal that those changes will always push you toward something BIGGER! It takes an attitude that, no matter what as a couple, we are going to win this battle; that we are going through united; and we are going to overcome it TOGETHER! You WIN AS A COUPLE IN MARRIAGE when you decide to be on each other’s team and not let anything divide you: get rid of the excuses as to why you can’t make it and stop wallowing in self-pity. Once you stop fabricating excuses you can start spending energy creating victories in marriage.
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marriage. Perseverance strengthens the bonds of love and grows you closer together, strengthening your friendship and your family. How can you make sure you and your spouse have what it takes? Here are five vital keys to persevering to win the race in your marriage: Connect and stay connected! Your ability to endure together in the hard times is directly proportional to the depth of your partnership in good times. If you want to stay glued together in difficulties, you have to apply the cement of partnership now! Take time out during your day to tell your spouse you love them, connect with them throughout the day and let them know they matter to you. Make your relationship a safe place! Is your relationship a safe place where both of you can run from the troubles and terrors of life? Your spouse needs to know now that your loving arms will always be a shelter in the midst of trial or tragedy. He or she will sense that assurance only if you practice empathy and comfort now! Safety happens when your spouse is emotionally present – totally with you – and you are present for him or her. Your relationship becomes a safe place
when you lower your defenses and share yourself fully with your spouse. Keep communicating! When you isolate from your spouse, deny them access to your emotions or presume they don’t understand your position, the cancer of defeat can begin to spread in your marriage and steadily eat away at your resolve. When you begin to feel yourself pulling away from your spouse, confront the problem head on, discover what you need from each other and never be too proud to solicit outside help. Decide to tackle trouble together – wherever it takes you! In the storms of life you may wonder if your spouse will draw closer to you and stand with you or turn away and let you do the battle alone. You may also wonder if you have the strength to hang in there with your spouse or if you will be tempted to walk away. Now is the time to decide together: Together we will tackle anything that comes our way, and we will stay together in it no matter where it goes. One wise person said, “You can’t fix the tire by changing the driver.” And I also love what Cortes said after he burned his boats, “We can’t turn back, either we SUCCEED or we die here. EXCUSES ARE NOT an option.” As a married couple you just can’t allow difficulties to sink you — what separates the champions from others is how they react to disappointments and choose to get right back into the race after they have fallen down. And how YOU respond and show grace to people that disappoint you is a part of life!
Dr. Gary & Barb Rosberg, America’s Family Coaches, are award-winning authors, popular radio hosts and internationally known speakers. Through a unique program called The Great Marriage Experience, the Rosbergs equip couples, churches and military marriages with the resources, events and tools they need to keep their marriages growing stronger for a lifetime. Join them on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to be coached UP! in your marriage and relationships. Learn more at americasfamilycoaches.com.
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2013-14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Phil Martelli Saint Joseph’s University
First Vice President: Page Moir Roanoke College
Second Vice President: Ron Hunter Georgia State University
Third Vice President: Jeff Jones Old Dominion University
Fourth Vice President: Paul Hewitt George Mason University
2012-13 Past President: Larry Gipson Northeastern State University
2011-12 Past President: Ernie Kent
Bo Ryan University of Wisconsin
Bill Self University of Kansas
Charlie Brock Springfield College
Lorenzo Romar University of Washington
Mike Brey University of Notre Dame
Gary Stewart Stevenson University
Trent Johnson Texas Christian University
Lennie Acuff University of Alabama in Huntsville
Mark Gottfried North Carolina State University
Cy Alexander North Carolina A&T
Jamie Dixon University of Pittsburgh
Johnny Dawkins Stanford University
Rick Cooper West Texas A&M
John Calipari University of Kentucky
John Thompson III Georgetown University
Jim Boeheim Syracuse University
Bob Burchard Columbia College
Dave Archer, National High School Basketball Coaches Association
PRELIMINARY 2014 CONVENTION CONVEN SCHEDULE Thursday, April 3
Saturday, April 5
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12:30 pm 2:15 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm
Convention Registration MARKETPLACE & Locker Room Hospitality PDS Clinic PDS Clinic PDS Clinic PDS Clinic Black Coaches’ & Administrator’s Meeting PDS Clinic Summit League Meeting Nike NABC Welcome Reception
Friday, April 4 9:00 am
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Division I Head Coaches’ Meeting Convention Registration MARKETPLACE & Locker Room Hospitality NAIA Coaches’ Meeting PDS Clinic Division II All-America Committee Meeting Division III All-America Committee Meeting PDS Clinic NHSBCA Meeting Assistant Coaches’ Meeting PDS Clinic Hillyard NABC Champions Luncheon PDS Clinic Academics Committee Meeting General Membership Meeting Division II Coaches’ Meeting PDS Clinic Division II Coaches’ Meeting Division III Congress Meeting Junior College Coaches’ Meeting Rules Committee Meeting Research Committee Meeting PDS Clinic NABC Ministry Team Coaches’ Forum PDS Clinic Division I Congress Meeting Latino Coaches’ Meeting Asian Coaches’ Meeting Reese’s College All-Star Game High School Coaches’ Reception
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Northwestern Mutual Road to the Final Four® 5K Ethics Committee Meeting Missouri Basketball Coaches Assoc. Meeting High School Rules Discussion PDS Clinic Division II Congress Meeting MARKETPLACE & Locker Room Hospitality Division III Coaches’ Meeting PDS Clinic Jewish Coaches’ Association Meeting PDS Clinic High School Roundtable Discussion NABC Alumni Reception & Gathering NABC Foundation Meeting High School Clinic NABC International Coaches’ Forum NCAA Division I Men’s Semi-Final Games
Sunday, April 5 10:00 am 11:30 am 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 6:00 pm
Ministry Team Worship Service Past Presidents’ Luncheon PDS Clinic PDS Clinic PDS Clinic PDS Clinic AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show
Monday, April 7 8:30 am 9:30 am 10:30 am 11:30 am 8:18 pm Post Game
PDS Clinic PDS Clinic PDS Clinic PDS Clinic NCAA Division I Men’s Championship Game NCAA NABC Coaches’ Trophy Presentation
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