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- 2008 Basketball Clinic: Getting to know the coaches.
The Palm Springs Coaches Clinic prides itself on getting some of the best coaches in the country to speak at our clinic. Letting them share their experiences and knowledge in a fun, relax learning environment. We want you to not only have a great and fun time, but we also hope you can come away with the knowledge and wisdom to take your teams to the next level of achievement and successes. See you in September!
Steve Alford - Head Coach University of New Mexico
Steve Alford was named UNM’s 19th head coach on March 23, 2007, after spending eight seasons at the University of Iowa. Alford is 332-191 (63%) into his 17th season. His teams have qualified for postseason play 11 times, produced 13 winning seasons and reached 20 wins on nine occasions. Alford needs one win to match the most wins in his NCAA Div. I coaching career. His 2005-06 Iowa team went 25-9.
Alford is facing Cal for the first time in his career. He is in the postseason NIT for the
5th time where he has a 2-4 record. In eight seasons at Iowa, Alford compiled a 152-106 record with a school-record seven consecutive winning seasons, and six postseason appearances. The Hawkeyes won two Big Ten Conference tournament titles (2001 and ‘06). Iowa was 17-14 in 2006-07. It was 9-7 in the Big Ten, tied with NCAA teams Illinois and Purdue for fourth place.
Prior to Iowa, Alford posted a 78-29 record in four seasons (1992-95) at NCAA Division III Manchester (Ind.) College and a four-year (1996-99) record of 78-48 at Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State). The Bears defeated Wisconsin and Tennessee to advance to the Sweet 16 of the 1999 NCAA Tournament before losing to top-ranked Duke in the regional semifinals. In 1997 Alford led the Bears to a 24-9 record (second in the Missouri Valley Conference) and a trip to the National Invitation Tournament.
In somewhat of a rarity, Alford has never been anything but a head coach at the collegiate level. His first position came at Manchester at the age of 27.^Back To Top^
Eric Musselman - Head Coach
Eric Musselman enters his first year as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings. Prior to signing on as the 20th head coach in Kings’ franchise history, Musselman spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies under Mike Fratello.
A young, energetic coach with a proven track record, Musselman has been successful on various levels throughout his coaching career. He was named head coach of the Golden State Warriors on July 6, 2002 at the ripe age of 37, making him the youngest head coach in the NBA at the time. In two seasons, he guided the Warriors to a 75-89 mark (.463), including a 38-44 record during his first season at the helm, which earned Golden State the NBA’s most improved record in 2003 (17-win improvement from the year before). His efforts that season made him the runner-up for the NBA Coach of the Year award. Despite losing young stars Antawn Jamison and Gilbert Arenas the following year via trade and free agency, respectively, Musselman’s Warriors posted a 37-45 mark.
Prior to joining the Warriors, Musselman worked as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks (2000-02) under Lon Kruger and as an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic (1998-00) under Chuck Daly and Doc Rivers. His first NBA coaching experience came as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves (1990-91) on the staff of his late father, Bill Musselman.
Before his assignment with the Magic, Musselman served a seven-year stint as the head coach of the Florida Beach Dogs of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), where he posted a 270-122 record (.688), earning the second-highest winning percentage in league history behind George Karl. From 1990 through 1997, Musselman had 24 players called-up to the NBA, the highest number in the league during that span. He holds the distinction of being the only person in CBA history to coach in five league All-Star Games (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997) and was the first coach in professional basketball history to win 100 games by the age of 28. When he was 23, Musselman became the youngest coach in CBA history. As the Rapid City Thrillers’ (later became Florida Beach Dogs) general manager in 1988-89, he hired current Pistons head coach Flip Saunders as the team’s head coach.
Musselman also was the head coach of the Florida Sharks of the United States Basketball League. In the summers of 1995 and 1996, he coached the Sharks to a combined 53-3 record (.946, including playoffs) and back-to-back USBL Championships. He holds the highest winning percentage in league history .946, 53-3). His teams once won 15 consecutive games, a USBL record, and never suffered a home loss. A graduate of the University of San Diego, Musselman played in two NCAA Tournaments as a member of the Toreros basketball team, and is a three-time member of the West Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic squad. He was selected by the CBA’s Albany Patroons in the fifth round (58th overall) of the 1987 Draft following his collegiate career. ^Back To Top^
Dave Odom - University of South Carolina
Odom won his 400th game as a head coach with a 90-63 win over Radford on Jan. 2, 2008 and finishes as South Carolina's third-winningest coach with 128 wins at USC. Odom was 128-102 in his seven seasons at Carolina. He tutored the Gamecocks to four 20 wins seasons in the past seven years. During that time, USC have won two NIT title (2005, 2006), finished as the runner-up in the NIT (2002) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament (2004). In addition to three trips to the SEC Tournament semi-finals, the Gamecocks have also played in the SEC final once (2006).
Including his tenures at South Carolina, Wake Forest and East Carolina, Odom's career head coaching record is 406-278. He achieved his 200th overall career win on February 12, 1997, in a 55-49 Wake Forest victory over Clemson, win No. 300 over Syracuse in the 2002 NIT semifinals and win No. 100 at USC in a 76-64 win over Michigan in the 2006 NIT Final. Odom spent the summer of 1999 as an assistant coach on the 1999 USA Basketball Junior World Championship team. That team competed in Portugal in July and captured the silver medal at the FIBA Men's Junior World Championships.
In his sixth year at the USC helm, Odom saw three players receive SEC post-season honors. With five transfers on the bench chomping on the bit to play in 2007-08 and a top-20 recruiting class waiting in the wings, Tre' Kelley was named All-SEC First Team on both the AP and Coaches teams; Brandon Wallace was named All-SEC Honorable Mention on the AP list and Dominique Archie was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. In addition to being named All-SEC first team, Kelley was honored as the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winner - given to the nation's top player 6 feet and under. He was also a finalist for the Chip Hilton Award.
Odom joined an all-star cast of college coaches, including Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Oklahoma's Kelvin Sampson, Charlotte's Bobby Lutz, George Washington's Mike Jarvis and former Georgia Tech great Bobby Cremins and ESPN analyst Jay Bilas in August of 2005 on a special mission in the Middle East. The mission, titled Operation Hardwood, was nicknamed "Hoops with the Troops". The group flew to Kuwait and coached a three-day basketball tournament, including slam-dunk and three point contests with U.S. service men and women serving in the Gulf region. Odom's team, Camp Navistar, made the semi-finals with Izzo's team winning it all.
"My week in Kuwait with our troops taught me more about teamwork and commitment than any other single experience in my life," said Odom. In 2004, he joined Cliff Ellis (Auburn and Clemson) as the only two head coaches to receive the nod for conference coach of the year in both the SEC and ACC. In addition to the SEC Coach of the Year award in 2004, Odom was the ACC Coach of the Year three times at Wake Forest; he also received National Coach of the Year honors in 1995.
Odom continues to support his players' progress when their eligibility is over. The summer of 2003 Odom saw two of his former prize pupils, Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) and Rodney Rogers (New Jersey Nets) square off against each other in the NBA Finals. Duncan was also named the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the second straight season in 2003 and led the Spurs once again to the NBA title in 2005.
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Dave Bollwinkel - Scout Chicago Bulls NBA & Building Leadership Specialist
With over thirty years of coaching experience, Dave Bollwinkel is blessed with a wealth of motivational knowledge and teaching experience ranging from high school, through major college, and into the N.B.A. Dave is a scout for the Chicago Bulls, and was formerly the head basketball coach at Saint Mary’s College. Having been an educator and coach throughout his professional career he now combines these skills to speak, train, and coach across the country on a variety of issues that apply to teamwork and leadership.
As a professional speaker, Dave focuses on building better teamwork and enhancing leadership. Through his business, COACH On and Off the Court, he facilitates seminars, delivers keynotes, and provides coaching. All organizations benefit from better teamwork and this is reflected in his wide range of clients that include among others; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, UCLA, RINA Accountancy Corporation, Oakland School District, First Preston Management Inc., Yale University, Network Appliance Inc., and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Dave’s approach to team building has twice be featured in the San Francisco Chronicle and his interactive teaching style can be observed his two DVDs that are designed to assist in building better teamwork; Turn Your Team Into A Championship Team, and TEAM In Training.
Dave’s basketball coaching background includes serving as associate head coach at the University of Wisconsin in the Big Ten, three stints as an assistant in the PAC-10, as well as serving as an assistant in the Mountain West, WAC, Big West, and Conference U.S.A. From 1987 to 1992 he was head basketball coach at Division II Cal Poly University at Pomona. In 1991 his peers chose him California Collegiate Basketball Coach of the Year for the turnaround he accomplished in leading the Broncos to the top of their conference, an award he was again accorded following his first season as head coach at Saint Mary’s College.
Taking advantage of his coaching experience Dave Bollwinkel works on television as a color analyst for college basketball on Fox SportsNet, Comcast SportsNet, and the Mountain Network. His ability behind the microphone was formerly heard on radio, as the basketball analyst on “Bear Talk” following all University of California men’s basketball games.
A college athlete himself, Dave played football at both Princeton and the University of California at Berkeley, from which he graduated with honors in 1972. He also earned a Master’s Degree in athletic administration from Saint Mary’s College in 1983. Known as a superb teacher and motivator, Dave’s preparation and experience will provide you with a variety of ideas on how you can strengthen teamwork and enhance leadership.
Dave Bollwinkel
COACH
On and Off the Court
www.CoachOnandOfftheCourt.com
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Beth Burns - Head Coach San Diego State
Burns served as San Diego State's head coach from 1989-90 through the 1996-1997 season and is the winningest coach in Aztec women's basketball history. She directed SDSU to four, 20-win seasons and four trips to the NCAA tournament. "Beth is a proven winner, on and off the court," Bohn said. "She possesses a level of professionalism, along with a work ethic and passion, that transcends all facets of being an effective head coach". "I am thrilled with the opportunity that has been given to me by President Weber, Sally Roush and Mike Bohn," Burns said. "I can't wait to get going and to re-connect with a community that I love."
The SDSU women's basketball program made an impressive turnaround during Burns' tenure, going from 7-23 her first year in 1989-90, to 23-7 in her final campaign of 1996-97. During her eight seasons, she compiled a 151-83 record and a program-best 64.5 winning percentage. The Aztecs went to the NCAA tournament on four occasions (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997) and advanced to the second round in 1994. Burns' teams dominated the Western Athletic Conference from 1994-97, capturing a pair of tournament championships and three regular-season titles. The 1993-94 team set a school record for victories with 26, while the 1994-95 squad was a perfect 14-0 in league play. Her final two teams were 20-8 and 23-7, respectively. Her 1996-97 Aztec squad led the nation in team defense, allowing 51.7 points per game. From 1991 to 1997, Burns coached 14 all-conference picks at SDSU, including three WAC players of the year, and from 1993 to 1997 nine of her players were WAC scholar athletes.
The postseason honors were not just limited to her players, as Burns was a three-time WAC coach of the year (1994, 1995, 1997) and was the district coach of the year in 1995. From 1997 to 2000, Burns was on the USA Olympic Team selection committee. Burns departed San Diego State in 1997 to take the head women's basketball position at Ohio State, where she first started her collegiate coaching career as an assistant. In five seasons with the Buckeyes, Burns was 81-65 overall, highlighted by a WNIT title in 2001 and a trip to the NCAA tournament in 1999. While in Columbus, 39 of her players earned academic honors and eight of her players were named to the all-Big Ten first or second teams. Most recently, Burns has been the strength and conditioning coach for the women's basketball program at Stanford (2004-05). The Cardinal finished the regular season ranked first in the nation, advanced to the Elite Eight and won the Pac-10 regular season and tournament titles.
Her collegiate coaching career began at Ohio State as a graduate assistant from 1979-81, under current Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer. She then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina (1981-83), helping the Lady Pirates to a No. 17 national ranking, before moving to Colorado (1983-88) as an assistant under the recently retired Ceal Barry. Prior to taking her first head-coaching job at San Diego State, Burns was an assistant coach at North Carolina State when the Wolfpack advanced to the Sweet 16 in 1989. Burns has a bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Ohio Wesleyan (1979), where she left as the school's all-time leading rebounder and is a member of the hall of fame. She has a master's degree in physical education from Ohio State (1981).
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Ken Cole - Australian Basketball Legend
Ken Cole, current resident of Coronado, CA, was head basketball coach, first division in Australia 1968-1992 is the only person to have coached three State teams (New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. He was the NBL coach of the year in 1986 and coached the NBL all-stars 1989 & 1991. Ken also coached the Southern California Breeze in the USA Professional Women's League and the Egyptian National Team. As a player, Ken represented Australia on the Olympic team in '64 & '68. He played in the World Games from '62-70. Ken travelled with the NY Nationals and Harlem Globetrotters. He won several tittles and MVP awards and was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000. In that same year, he was a torch bearer in the Sydney Olympics. He assisted the men's program with Dale Brown at LSU.
Ken is considered by many experts to be in the Top 3 individual players in Australian basketball history! He is a diabetic who used to take massive doses of painkillers for severe neuropathy and his wife had to test the bathwater for he had no feeling, until he was introduced to a natural whole food supplement (encapsulated powdered fruits and vegetables) that have brought his health back to normal. He even plays a mean game of tennis 3 X a week. Ken represents several health/nutrition companies (radio ad for MorActives by Imagentix, Inc sold at Costco). Ken is in the process of setting up a marketing team with a Korean doctor who will revolutionize blood testing and stem cell therapies. He is an incredible public speaker and well versed in basketball
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Jim Wooldridge – Head Coach UC Riverside
Wooldridge has a 312-237 record in 19 seasons as a collegiate head coach. The Oklahoma City, OK native has earned the reputation as a skilled program builder and coach whose teams emphasize teamwork, hard-nosed defense and rebounding. "Jim Wooldridge brings a wealth of knowledge about what it takes to build a program and to position a team to not only compete, but to win," Director of Athletics Stan Morrison said.
Wooldridge has coached at the collegiate or professional level for 29 years, including stops as head coach at Central Missouri State, Texas State, Louisiana Tech and Kansas State and two years as an assistant coach to Tim Floyd with the Chicago Bulls. Wooldridge spent six years at Kansas State (2000-01 through 2005-06), leading the Wildcats to their first winning season in six years in the 2004-05 season when the team posted a 17-12 record in the Big 12 Conference. His teams never finished with fewer than 11 wins and his 83 wins rank sixth on Kansas State's all-time wins list. Wooldridge saw six players earn All-Big 12 honors and coached 2004 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Jeremiah Massey. Guard Larry Reid (2002), forwards Cartier Martin (2006, 2007) and Massey (2005) each earned All-Big 12 second team honors during their careers.
In 1998-99 and 99-00, Wooldridge worked as an assistant coach under former college teammate Floyd. He was instrumental in the development of several top NBA players, including 1999-2000 Co-Rookie of the Year Elton Brand and Ron Artest, who earned All-Rookie team honors in 1999-2000. He was considered the staff authority on the triangle offense, having taught it as the head coach at Louisiana Tech, and learned it from friend and triangle "guru" Tex Winter.
Wooldridge started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech in the 1977-78 seasons, and then spent four years as an assistant coach at the NAIA's East Central State. He returned to the NCAA in 1982 as a member of Lynn Nance's staff at Division II Central Missouri State, where he was the program¹s chief recruiter. When Nance left following the 1985 season, Wooldridge was named head coach. He led the team to 20-or-more wins four times, including a 27-6 season in which they lost to CS Bakersfield in the NCAA Finals. Wooldridge is the only coach in CMSU history to record back-to-back 25-win seasons (1989-90 and 1990-91). For his efforts, Wooldridge was inducted into the Central Missouri State Athletic Hall of Fame on February 28, 2004.
He made his Division I head coaching debut when he was hired at Texas State (then Southwest Texas State) in 1991-92. He turned around a program that had suffered through seven consecutive sub-.500 seasons, getting the program above .500 in his second season. By his third year, the squad was 25-7 and made the Bobcats' first trip to the NCAA tournament. From there, Wooldridge was hired at his alma mater, Louisiana Tech. He took over a program that had won just nine games the previous two years combined and guided the Bulldogs to a pair of winning seasons in his first three seasons, including a 14-13 record in his first campaign. It was a remarkable improvement considering Louisiana Tech was coming off NCAA probation and a 2-25 record the previous season (1993-94). Even more impressive was the fact that the Bulldogs posted a .500 conference slate (9-9) in Wooldridge's inaugural season, after going winless in Sun Belt play the year before (0-18). Wooldridge played on Putnam City High School's class 4A state championship team in Oklahoma City in 1972. He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Louisiana Tech in 1977, and then earned a master's degree in education from East Central University in 1979.
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Bob Burton - Head Coach Cal State Fullerton
In just four years, Bob Burton has resurrected the Cal State Fullerton men's basketball program. The Titans have posted three consecutive winning seasons for the first time in two decades and this past season they won 20 games for only the fifth time ever and second in the last three years. Burton's CSF record is 68-51 including 57-34 over the last three seasons. The fact that last year's 20-10 record and tie for second place in the Big West Conference were deemed a disappointment by some - even Burton said "it should have been better" -- is testimony to the raised level of expectations the veteran community college coach has brought to Titan Gym. Similarly, a 3-game run in the post-season NIT in 2005 fueled unrealistic expectations for the 2005-06 team that went 16-13 despite the loss of three senior forwards from the previous season.
At .571, Burton boasts the second-best winning percentage of any Titans' coach, trailing only Bobby Dye (109-78, .583, in 1973-74 thru 1979-80), whom he had surpassed when the Titans went to 18-5 last year. In the last three seasons, the Titans are 28-25 on the road where they were 30-115 over the previous 10 years. And Burton has done it with an entertaining up-tempo style that has rekindled interest in Titan Gym. Burton came to Fullerton after one year as an assistant coach at Fresno State. He also was an assistant to Lynn Archibald for one season (1986-87) at Utah. But where he made his many basketball connections was at West Valley Community College in Saratoga in Northern California, where he compiled a 488-158 record in 21 seasons, three times reaching the state championship game. He sent more than 80 players to Div. I programs and more than 100 to other four-year colleges.
Burton won eight conference championships at West Valley and was selected conference coach of the year nine times. He was selected California Community College Coach of the Year four times. Burton left West Valley to help former Coach Ray Lopes clean up the Fresno State program. Lopes had played for Burton and been his assistant coach at West Valley. The 2002-03 Bulldogs went a surprising 20-8, won the Western Athletic Conference championship and saw their team grade-point average improve from 2.31 to 2.68. In Burton's one season at Utah, the Ute’s went 19-10 to earn an NIT berth.
Burton graduated from Fresno State in 1968 with a degree in social sciences. He earned a masters degree a year later at Cal Poly SLO, where he began his coaching career as an assistant in 1968-69. He became a head coach in 1972 at Willow Glen High School in San Jose and compiled a 143-52 record.
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Vance Walberg - Assistant Coach UMASS
Vance Walberg, who has a rapidly growing reputation for building exciting, attacking basketball programs, is now in his second season as the head men’s basketball coach at Pepperdine University. Walberg, who was hired on April 18, 2006, is the 12th head coach in the 69-year history of the Pepperdine men’s basketball program. He spent the previous 17 years building winning programs at Clovis West High School and Fresno City College. He is well known for his high-scoring AASAA offensive system and a suffocating full court pressure defense. Other coaches have borrowed heavily from his methods, including John Calipari at Memphis. "Shoot, shoot and shoot some more," said Walberg in describing his system. "It's really very simple. What we do is I spread you out and attack the different gaps. We call it AASAA – Attack, Attack, Skip, Attack, and Attack. Everybody gets a big plus out of it. In four years as head coach at Fresno City College from 2003-06, Walberg compiled a 133-11 (.924) record, including a perfect 34-0 mark and the California state community college championship in 2005. Using his AASAA offensive system, his teams regularly scored more than 100 points per game.
In addition, Walberg’s Fresno City College teams won four straight Central Valley Conference titles, made four consecutive trips to the Northern California Playoffs, advanced to the Final Four of the state championships three times and appeared in the state title game in 2003 and 2005. Walberg and his 2004-05 Rams became just the third team, and the first in 35 years, to post an undefeated season in California community college history. Fresno City College’s 83-68 victory over San Bernardino College in the championship game also marked Walberg’s 100th coaching victory at the school, a milestone he reached in just three years.
In 2005-06, Fresno City College went 33-6 and advanced to the semifinals of the state championships before falling 71-67 to Fullerton College at Selland Arena in Fresno, Calif. Walberg was twice named California Community College Coach of the Year (2003 and 2005) and was tabbed the CVC Coach of the Year in each of his four seasons. During a 13-year career (1990-2002) as head coach at Clovis West High School in Fresno, Calif., Walberg guided his teams to a 343-68 (.834) overall record, nine league titles, 10 CIF Central Section Championships appearances (including six titles) and three showings in the Southern State Championship Game. Clovis West earned Top 10 rankings in the state six times (1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002) and was ranked nationally in the USA Today Top 25 in 2000 and 2001. The 2001 team finished the year ranked #12 nationally. Prior to taking over at Clovis West, Walberg was head basketball coach at Newark (Calif.) Memorial High School for five seasons (1985-89). There, he won one league title and made two appearances in the CIF North Coast Section Championships. He also served as badminton coach at James Logan High School (1983-84) and head basketball coach at Los Altos High School (1981-83) and Mountain View High School (1978-81).
In 2001, Walberg was selected the Cal-Hi State Coach of the Year. He also earned league coach of the year honors nine times, section coach of the year on six occasions and was tabbed the California and West Region (Section 7) Coach of the Year in 1999. Walberg, a 1974 graduate of Monta Vista High in Cupertino, Calif., was a two-year varsity letterwinner in basketball. He helped the Matadors to a league championship was named the team’s Most Valuable Player. In two seasons at De Anza Community College, he won two conference championships and concluded his career as the schools all-time steals leader. While at Cal State Bakersfield for the following two seasons, Walberg was twice named the school’s Defensive Player of the Year and served as team captain his senior year. ^Back To Top^
Bob Hurley - Head Coach St. Anthony High School New Jersey
Bob Hurley head basketball coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey. Coach Hurley has amassed 23 state championships and more than 900 wins in 35 years as a coach, creating a national powerhouse despite substandard facilities and financial limitations. Five of his teams have gone undefeated, including his 2007-08 team.
Hurley's undefeated 1989 team, which featured Jerry Walker, Hurley's son Bobby Hurley, Jr., Terry Dehere and Rodrick Rhodes, was ranked first in the nation by USA Today. Three of the players on that team — Bobby Hurley, Dehere and Rhodes — were first round draft choices in the NBA draft. That team won New Jersey's first Tournament of Champions and amassed 50 straight victories in a two-year span.
Hurley's 2007-08 squad was also undefeated, finishing with 32 wins and no losses and ranked number one in the U.S. even though no starter is taller that 6-foot-6. The '08 team, with six seniors accepting Division I basketball scholarships, also won Hurley's 10th Tournament of Champions, winning its state tournament games by an average of more than 27 points per game. The team also won St. Anthony's 25th state championship, more than any other school in U.S. history. Hurley was the coach for 23 of those teams and an assistant coach on the other two. His teams are known for their speed, defensive intensity, and precise ball movement.^Back To Top^
Bob Burke - Assistant Coach Portland Trailblazers NBA
Nate McMillan reached back to his basketball roots when he added Bob Burke as an assistant coach on the Trail Blazers staff this fall. McMillan played for Burke for two years at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, N.C., and was a junior college All-American there in 1984. 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.
After graduation from Campbell University in Buis Creek, N.C., Burke started his career in 1971 at Greensboro College in North Carolina, becoming the nation’s youngest head coach at the age of 25. Subsequently, he served as an assistant at his alma mater and at Guilford College. In his three seasons at Hawaii, Burke was responsible for recruiting and working with the offense.
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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^
Michael Butler B.A.; P.T.A.; CSCS; PES; NMT
Michael is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education/ Athletic Training in 1991. He currently holds a license as a Physical Therapist Assistant, Certifications through the C.H.E.K Institute as a level 2 practitioner, Paul St Johns Neuromuscular Therapy and as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and Performance Enhancement Specialist. He also holds certifications in Sports Nutrition, Metabolic Typing and is certified as a First Aid/CPR and AED instructor through American Red Cross.
Michael has been in the healthcare field industry for the past 20 years. He was the former Director at Rancho Physical Therapy in Palm Desert, where he has rehabilitated and trained athletes from all disciplines and has directed conditioning camps here in the valley for the past 4 years. Through his SwingFit program he has trained golfers both at the professional and amateur levels, and offered seminars in the prevention of golf injuries. Michael has also written weekly golf fitness articles for The Desert Sun . Michael sees the need to helping the youth reach their fitness/ wellness goals and to offer a high caliber of functional training skills to the athlete in the pursuit of reaching the next level, whether it be a division1 scholarship, or reaching the professional level in their sport.
Michael has been committed to his field for the past 20 years and is a strong supporter in the community offering his services to the American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation, ,Desert United Youth Soccer, Palms to Pines Rotary, Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce and the National Sports Wheel Chair Society.
Offering Services...
SwingFit Golf Performance Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning, Sports Specific Conditioning, Sports Conditioning Camps, Nutrition and Lifestyle coaching/ Metabolic Typing, Post Rehabilitation Services, Neuromuscular Therapy, Lactate Testing for Endurance Athletes, Comprehensive Postural and Fitness Assessments, Technical Training for Weightlifting, C.P.R. Classes through American Red Cross
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