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Championship Coaches Ranked in the Men’s AP Top 25!

Filed December 11, 2007 at 1:37 pm under Basketball by nate.landas

The following coaches are ranked in the AP Top 25 of the 2008 Men’s Basketball Rankings (Dec. 10):

#1 - North Carolina (Coached by Roy Williams)
#3 - Kansas (Coached by Bill Self)
#6 - Duke (Coached by Mike Krzyzewski)
#9 - Michigan State (Coached by Tom Izzo)
#10 - Marquette (Coached by Tom Crean)
#11 - Pittsburgh (Coached by Jamie Dixon)
#12 - Tennessee (Coached by Bruce Pearl)
#13 - Indiana (Coached by Kelvin Sampson)
#16 - Oregon (Coached by Ernie Kent)
#17 - Xavier (Coached by Sean Miller)
#19 - Gonzaga (Coached by Mark Few)
#21 - Arizona (Coached by Lute Olson)

Wrestling Programs Ranked in Polls

Filed December 11, 2007 at 12:27 pm under Wrestling by nate.landas

The following wrestling programs are ranked in the USA Today/ Intermat/ NWCA Division I Coaches Poll:

 #1 - Iowa (Coached by Tom Brands)
#4 - Minnesota (Coached by J Robinson)
#5 - Oklahoma State (Coached by John Smith)
#8 - Missouri (Coached by Ben Askren)
#10 - UT - Chattanooga (Coached by Chris Bono)
#11 - Nebraska (Coached by Mark Manning)
#12 - Ohio State (Coached by Tom Ryan)
#13 - Wisconsin (Coached by Barry Davis)
#17 - Cornell (Coached by Rob Koll)
#22 - Penn (Coached by Rob Eiter)
#25 - Northern Iowa (Coached by Tolly Thompson)

In addition, the following programs are are ranked in the Brute - Adidas NWCA Division III Poll:

#3 - Wartburg College (Coached by Jim Miller)
#3 - UW - La Crosse (Coached Dave Malacek- former assistant to Jim Miller at Wartburg)
#13 - UW - Stevens Point (Coached by Dennis Hall)

Championship Coaches Ranked in the Women’s AP Top 25!

Filed December 10, 2007 at 1:50 pm under Basketball by nate.landas

The following coaches are ranked in the AP Top 25 of the 2008 Women’s Basketball Rankings (December 10):

#2 - Connecticut (Coached by Geno Auriemma)
#3 - North Carolina (Coached by Sylvia Hatchell)
#4 - Maryland (Coached by Brenda Frese)
#5 - Stanford (Coached by Tara VanDerveer)
#6 - Rutgers (Coached by C. Vivian Stringer)
#7 - Georgia (Coached by Andy Landers)
#9 - Oklahoma (Coached by Sherri Coale)
#15 - Duke (Coached by Joanne P. McCallie)
#16 - DePaul (Coached by Doug Bruno)
#19 - Ohio State (Coached by Jim Foster)
#20 - Texas (Coached by Gail Goestenkors)

2007 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship

Filed December 10, 2007 at 8:23 am under Volleyball by nate.landas

The 2007 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championships will take place this weekend (December 13 - 15) in Sacramento, California.  The semifinals will feature:

Stanford (Coached by John Dunning) vs. USC (Coached by Mick Haley)
Penn State (Coached by Russ Rose) vs. California

Good luck to all programs & coaches!

Arseneault Sets NCAA Assists Record

Filed December 9, 2007 at 11:22 am under Basketball by nate.landas

Grinnell College Head Basketball Coach, David M. Arseneault, has a reputation for his innovative offense.  His successful offensive philosophy has led the NCAA in scoring for 10 straight years and broken school & NCAA records.  His son, David N. Arseneault, recently broke the NCAA assists record.  He dished out 34 assists in Grinnell’s 151-112 victory of North Central University of Minnesota, eight more than the previous record. 

The 39th Annual Iowa Track Coaches Clinic

Filed December 4, 2007 at 3:36 pm under Track & Field by nate.landas

39th Annual Iowa Track Coaches Clinic to Feature Legendary Running Coach Dr. Jack Daniels, Renowned Sports Psychologist Jerry Lynch, and 3x Olympic Track Team Coach Dan Pfaff

Ames (IA)  The 39th annual Iowa Track Coaches Clinic will be held Dec. 7-8 at the Gateway Hotel & Conference Center in Ames. Featured clinicians include Dr. Jack Daniels, who coached his NY-Cortland teams to eight Division III NCAA titles as well as trained/advised such running legends as Joan Benoit Samuelson (first women’s Olympic marathon winner), Jim Ryun (3x Olympian and world record holder), and sub 2:10 marathoners Ken Martin and Jerry Lawson.  Renowned Sports Psychologist Jerry Lynch, a well-known author of several books and instructional DVDs and is best known for his collaborations with NCAA-winning sports teams at Duke, Maryland and Stanford.  Other coaches scheduled to speak at the 2 day coaching clinic include: Iowa State University’s throws coach John Dagata, Florida State University Associate Head Coach Harlis Meaders, Tennessee’s Norbert Elliott, Central College’s Eric Pingel, and Dan Pfaff, who has been on three Olympic track coaching staffs and seven World Championship staffs, may be best known around the world as the coach of the 1996 100-meter dash gold medallist and world record holder, Donovan Bailey.

Instructional sessions will begin Friday at 12:30 p.m. and end Saturday at 12:30 p.m. There will be a total of 18 sessions covering many varied aspects of track & field and cross country, including an Iowa High School rules session.  The Iowa Track Coaches and Iowa Track Officials Hall of Fame and Coach/Official of the Year Awards Ceremony and Banquet will immediately follow the clinic.

Early registration for the two-day event is $110 per coach. Those interested can register online www.ChampionshipProductions.com or call (800) 873-2730. A complete schedule for the clinic is also posted online. For more information call Championship Productions at (800) 873-2730.

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