Taylor Hosts Basketball Coaching Academy
04.14.2009
Taylor University will host the seventh annual Basketball Coaching Academy on May 15-16 in Odle Arena on the Upland campus. The 2009 edition will feature keynote speakers Don Meyer (Northern State), Paul Patterson (Taylor University) and Todd Lickliter (Iowa).
Coach Don Meyer currently stands atop the all-time wins list among basketball coaches in the NCAA. The Hall of Fame coach just completed his 10th season at the helm of the Northern State Wolves after a 24-year stint at Lipscomb University. One of the most sought after clinicians in the country, Coach Meyer was selected to the NAIA Hall of Fame at the age of 47 and named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1990. In 1986 Coach Meyer led the Bison to the NAIA National Championship.
Meyer will speak on the secondary break, the life-altering accident that nearly ended his coaching career at the beginning of the 2008-09 season and thoughts from a championship career in coaching.
Coach Paul Patterson has compiled 667 wins in his 30-year reign of the Taylor University basketball program, including 26 winning seasons and 21 seasons with 20 wins or more. He was named the 1991 NAIA Coach of the Year and inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame the same year. The 11-time District, Region, or Conference Coach of the Year has led his teams to 12 conference championships and 14 National Tournament berths in his 30 years. In the summer of 2005 Patterson was selected as a court coach for the USA Basketball Under 21 Championship team.
Patterson will address making practice competitive and team competitive drills.
Making his first speaking appearance at the Basketball Coaching Academy, University of Iowa head coach Todd Lickliter will provide a look into the nuances of Iowa basketball. Entering his third season at the helm of the Hawkeye program, Lickliter is charged with rebuilding a program with great tradition. Lickliter spent eight seasons as the head man at Butler University before moving to Iowa. In eight years as a college head coach he has led his teams to two NCAA tournament Sweet 16 appearances (2003 and 2007), earned NABC National Coach of the Year (2007) and was named the Horizon League coach of the year on two separate occasions.
The Basketball Coaching Academy provides a unique, intimate atmosphere where attendees are able to ask direct questions of all three coaches and request specific topics to be covered.
Registration for the clinic begins at 5:00 pm on Friday, May 15 and sessions run through Saturday afternoon.
Cost for the academy is $100 for advanced registration, $125 at the door, and $75 per coach for staffs of three or more.
For more information contact Taylor University assistant coach Chad Tapp at 765-998-5341 or chtapp@taylor.edu.
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