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Jim Harrick
Bob Burke
Kevin McKenna
Donny Daniels
Tom Sterner
Herb Livsey- 2007 Basketball Clinic Coaches
Tim Floyd - University of Southern California
Tim Floyd is in his second season as USC's head men's basketball coach and 19th season of head coaching at the collegiate and NBA levels. Floyd served as a college head coach at Idaho, New Orleans and Iowa State before NBA head coaching stints with the Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Hornets. He has had great success during his 13 seasons at the college level, going 260-143 (.645) overall with five NCAA Tournament appearances. Floyd began his coaching career as a student assistant in 1977 at his alma mater, Louisiana Tech. He then served nine seasons (1978-86) as an assistant and top recruiter at UTEP under Don Haskins. While there, he helped guide the Miners to three straight NCAA berths (1984-86), three NIT appearances (1980, 1981, 1983) and four consecutive Western Athletic Conference championships (no team had ever won two WAC titles in a row before then). Floyd served as the basketball advisor for the hit 2006 movie Glory Road. ^Back To Top^
Garry St. Jean - NBA Basketball Consultant
Garry St.Jean has enjoyed a long Career in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks under Don Nelson, with the Golden State Warriors as top assistant and then as Head Coach of the Sacramento Kings in the Mid 1990's.. St Jean is regarded as one of the top "offensive minds" in the game of basketball.
As a GM of the Golden State Warriors he drafted 2 ALL STARS in Gilbert Arenas, who many feel is one of the top 5 players in the game, and Antawn Jamison...In 2003 he selected Mickael Pietrus, one of the top free agents left to sign for the 2007-08 season..
A tremendous family man, a person with great integrity, and one of the most entertaining personalities in the NBA and all of basketball, we welcome Garry St. Jean. He is working as a NBA basketball consultant & is also a Radio and TV guest analyst from time to time. ^Back To Top^
Jim Harrick - UCLA/Rhode Island/Georgia & Current NBA D-League Coach
Jim has a 470-235 record in 23 seasons as a collegiate head coach. He is one of only three coaches in NCAA history to take four schools to the NCAA Tournament. During his career at Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island, and Georgia, Jim built outstanding teams, winning conference championships at each stop, and reaching the NCAA Tournament an amazing 16 times. In 1995, his UCLA Bruin squad racked up 31 wins and captured the NCAA National Championship. Jim was also the 1995 National Coach of the Year. As a result of his coaching abilities, Jim has an excellent track record for grooming future head coaches including the Pac-10's current Coach of the Year Lorenzo Romar at Washington and Alabama's Mark Gottfried. ^Back To Top^
Kevin McKenna - Indiana State University
Beginning his first season as head coach of the Indiana State basketball program is Kevin McKenna. McKenna recently completed his ninth season at Creighton as an assistant coach, helping the Bluejays to a 22-11 record and the NCAA tournament this past season. In nine years the Bluejays went to four NCAA Tournaments as well as two National Invitation Tournaments. McKenna made the first of two stops on the Bluejays’ bench from 1994 through 2001, and then returned in 2005. He was a member of the Lakers’ 1982 NBA championship team and also played for Indiana, New Jersey and Washington during a six-year NBA career. He remains the only person in league history to win an MVC regular-season title, MVC Tournament title, NBA championship and CBA crown. Following his NBA career, McKenna helped lead the La Crosse Catbirds to the 1989-90 CBA Championship as a player and assistant coach. He then served as the head coach and director of basketball operations for the CBA’s Sioux Falls Skyforce from 1990-93. He spent time as a regional scout for the Washington Bullets in 1993-94 before returning to Creighton as an assistant to Dana Altman in 1994. He earned his bachelor’s degree in organizational communications from Creighton in 1993 and added a master’s degree in counseling education from his alma mater in 1997. ^Back To Top^
Donny Daniels - UCLA Assistant Coach
Donny Daniels enters his fourth season as an assistant coach on the Bruins' staff. In 2004, Rivals.com designated Daniels as one of college basketball's Top 25 recruiters. Before coming to UCLA, Daniels was the men's head basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton for three seasons (2001-03). "Donny's experience as a head coach and running his own program will be invaluable to help us build our UCLA program," said Bruin head coach Ben Howland. "Donny Daniels has a plethora of talents - from recruiting, to coaching on the floor, to game preparation. In all aspects of dealing with young student-athletes and helping them grow, Donny has continually stressed his players' academic advancement and of course, helped them develop into better basketball players." ^Back To Top^
Dwayne Casey - Former Head Coach Minnesota Timberwolves
Dwane Casey was hired as the Head Coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves on June 17, 2005. Previously, he was with the Seattle SuperSonics for 11 seasons as an assistant coach with the last four years also serving as associate head coach. Casey began coaching with Seattle for the 1994-95 season after spending five years as a head coach in Japan. During his time overseas, he coached Japan’s National Team with basketball legend Pete Newell. In the summer of 1998, Casey coached the team to its first World Championship appearance in 31 years. Prior to coaching in Japan, Dwane was an assistant under head coach Eddie Sutton at the University of Kentucky from 1985-90. He also served as an assistant under Clem Haskins at Western Kentucky University from 1980-85. ^Back To Top^
Julie Wilhoit - Loyola Marymount University
Julie Wilhoit enters her 12th season as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount University women's basketball program. The West Coast Conference Coach of the Year three of the last seven seasons, she has steered the Lions to 107 wins in the last six years, including LMU's first ever WCC Championship, an appearance in the 2003-04 NCAA Tournament, and an appearance in the WNIT Tournament in 2000-01. Wilhoit became the winningest coach in LMU women's basketball history with a victory in 2003 over IUPUI. Wilhoit was the first LMU women's basketball coach to earn the WCC Coach of the Year honor in 1999-00. She is the first at LMU to win it in consecutive seasons, and only the second coach in WCC history to garner the award two years in a row. In 11 seasons Wilhoit has led LMU through a march from the bottom half of the conference finishers to the top. Due in large part to Wilhoit's direction and leadership, the Lions have become a consistent top tier WCC team and broke into the national spotlight with their record breaking season in 2003-04. The Lions finished with the best record west of Montana, and the 13th best record in the nation. ^Back To Top^
Dave Hopla - Washington Wizards NBA
Dave is considered by many to be the top shooter in the world. He regularly knocks down 495 out of 500 shots. As a matter of fact last year (2005) Dave made an unbelievable 35,332 out of 35,979 shots during his lectures. That is 99.02 percent. Up from the year before where he made just 98.89 percent. Hopla has worked with numerous NBA, WNBA and NCAA teams, including the Toronto Raptors during the team's 2004 training camp at Brock University. His past clients include Ray Allen, Sue Bird and Kobe Bryant. Hopla also runs his own College and Youth camps during the summer. His knowledge, expertise, enthusiasm, energy, passion and love are unmatched by anyone. As good as a shooter that Dave is he is even a better teacher.
What the Experts Are Saying:
Kobe Bryant - NBA All Star - Los Angeles Lakers "I never miss an opportunity to work with Dave. He's the best in the business."
George Karl - Head Coach - Milwaukee Bucks “Dave is the best shooter on the planet; probably in the universe. He's an even better teacher."
Rick Marjerus - Head Coach - University of Utah - "I'm more impressed with Dave's overall knowledge about the game of basketball than his shooting ability. That's really saying something since he makes 98% of his shots."
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Tom Sterner - Orlando Magic
Sterner joined the Orlando Magic in June of 1989 and was an assistant coach for nine seasons (1994-2002). He also served as the top assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors from 2002-04. Sterner's coaching responsibilities have included detailed game and opponent preparation, as well as individual player development. While the top assistant in Golden State, he helped the Warriors improve on both ends of the court. In 2003-04, with Sterner acting as 'defensive coordinator,' Golden State was the most improved defensive team in the NBA, allowing 9.6 fewer points per game than the previous season. He was in charge of the team’s offense in 2002-03. The Warriors ranked second in the league in scoring that season, averaging 102.4 points per game. He served as chairman of the NBA Technology and Scouting Committee from 1994-2004 and was instrumental in the development of the Coaches' Tools software currently used by NBA teams for scouting purposes. ^Back To Top^
Bob Burke - Portland Trailblazers NBA
Burke, who most recently served an assistant coach at the University of Hawaii for three years, spent 22 seasons at Chowan. He turned the former junior college into a NCAA Division III powerhouse where he posted an overall record of 454-258. Upon his resignation, Burke was the third winningest active college coach in North Carolina behind Mike Krzyzewski of Duke and Jerry Steele of High Point College. Before Chowan achieved Division III status in 1993, Burke had guided the Braves to three National Junior College national tournaments, twice advancing to the round of 16 and reaching the Final Four in 1984. From 1980 to 1992, Chowan posted 12 consecutive 20-win seasons. Burke has the distinction of being one of a very few who have coached at every collegiate level from junior college through the NAIA and NCAA Divisions’ II and III to NCAA Division I. Burke holds a master’s degree in education from North Carolina A&T. ^Back To Top^
Herb Livsey - Atlanta Hawks NBA
Herb started playing basketball in the fourth grade in New York. He played through high school and
at Florida Southern College, but even in high school his ambition was to be a coach. “I was far more valuable helping to coach the freshman basketball team at FSC. Prior to his hiring with the Blazers, Livsey served as Director of Player Development for the Continental Basketball Association, a feeder to the NBA, for two years. Livsey, was honored for his longtime service to the profession by the National Association of Collegiate Coaches at the 1990 NCAA Final Four. Building a player from the ground up, individual development within a team concept from Elementary school to the University level, Drills for developing the best players, that is Herb Livsey mission and passion. ^Back To Top^
Russ May - Head Coach Los Alamitos HS
Over seven seasons, Los Alamitos coach Russ May has led the Los Alamitos Griffins to six Sunset League titles (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007), and over the last two season, leading the team to the school's only two CIF Southern Section basketball championships. In 2003, the only year his team did not win the league championship, the Griffins reached the CIF Division I semi-finals. Over the past seven seasons May has compiled a record of 151 wins and 59 losses, good enough for a .719 winning percentage. The 35-year old May was an assistant coach for seven seasons at Cerritos College and Mayfair High and a top notch prep player at Mayfair prior to that. May first gained local notice as a center for the Mayfair Monsoons in the late 1980s, earning All- CIF honors in 1989 while scoring over 21 points per game. He became an assistant coach at Cer ritos College from 1993 through 1999, and in his last year there the team won the California State Community College Championship. In 1999-2000 May returned to Mayfair as an assistant coach and helped lead Mayfair to the CIF Division II semi-finals. 2006 CIF Div. 1AA Coach of the Year &2007 CIF Div 1A Coach of the year and OC Register Coach of the year.^Back To Top^