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Archive for January, 2009

New Basketball Videos Featuring Billy Donovan, Steve Alford, and more!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, January 26, 2009

We have recently released new basketball DVDs featuring Billy Donovan, Steve Alford, Sean Miller, Steve Cleveland, and Bob Kloppenburg. Click on the titles below to view the descriptions and sample clips from the basketball videos.

Billy Donovan: Drills for Shooting and Defending the 3-Point Shot
Steve Alford: Cutting and Screening Motion Offense
Sean Miller: Dominating Man-to-Man Defense
Steve Cleveland: Screening Zone Offense
Advanced SOS Defensive System

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Basketball Coach, Kay Yow Dies at 66

By nate.landas - Last updated: Sunday, January 25, 2009

North Carolina State women’s basketball coach, Kay Yow, passed away on Saturday. Yow, 66, fought breast cancer 20+ years as she was first diagnosed in 1987.

Yow spent 34 years with the Wolfpack and compiled a 737-344 career record. Despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, Yow guided the U.S. Olympic’s women’s team to a gold medal in 1988. She compiled four ACC tournament championships, 20 NCAA tournament bids, and reached the Final Four in 1998. In 2002, Yow was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame.

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The 15th Annual Iowa Volleyball Coaches Clinic!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The 15th Annual Volleyball Coaches Clinic will be held March 6 & 7, 2009 in Ames, IA. The clinic will include a world renowned staff, door prizes, volleyball vendors, coaches social, and graduate credit will be available. The sessions on Friday will take place at the Gateway Hotel & Conference Center and the sessions on Saturday will take place at Forker Gym on the Iowa State campus.

The 2009 volleyball clinic will feature the following clinicians:

Mary Wise
John Kessel
Gwen Egbert
Sharon Dingman
Ann Kordes
Christy Johnson
Tom Sonnichsen

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2009 NCAA DI Preseason Softball Rankings!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The USA Today/ NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll announced their preseason rankings. The Top 10 teams include:

1. Florida (Coached by Tim Walton and Jennifer Rocha)
2. Arizona State
3. Alabama
4. UCLA
5. Texas A & M
6. Louisiana – Lafayette
7. Arizona (Coached by Mike Candrea and Larry Ray)
8. Michigan
9. Northwestern
10. Oklahoma (Coached by Patty Gasso)

More notables include:

15. Depaul (Coached by Eugene Lenti and Cat Osterman)
20. Virginia Tech (Coached by Scot Thomas and Barb Sherwood)
25. San Diego State (Coached by Steve Miner)