In a span of 12 days, Tony Levine became the first Jewish head football coach in the history of the University of Houston and the only Cougars coach to end a season undefeated.
A whirlwind finish to the best football season in UH history ended Jan. 2, with Levine being drenched with Gatorade after leading the [...]
MIAMI (FL) – Coach Josh Pastner of the University of Memphis was named the 2011 Red Auerbach Coach of the Year during a ceremony at the Final 4 in Houston, Texas. The Red Auerbach Award is given annually to the nation’s top Jewish college coach, as voted on by the members of the Jewish Coaches [...]
MIAMI (FL) — The four finalists for the 2011 Red Auerbach College Coach of the Year Award were announced on Monday.
Gary Manchel- Mercyhurst College
In his eighth year at Mercyhurst College, Coach Gary Manchel guided the Mercyhurst Lakers to one of their best seasons in school history, accumulating a 20-7 record and reaching the PSAC quarterfinal [...]
By Brian ‘Shifty’ Schiff
March Madness is upon us and although this is not an overly strong year in Division 1 Jewish College Basketball there will be a decent amount of representation in the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
Players
Bryan Cohen, Junior — Bucknell
Cohen won an unprecedented 2nd straight Patriot Defensive Player of the Year Award, started all 33 [...]
The Jewish Coaches Association (JCA) will host its annual meeting at George R. Brown Convention Center (CC / 320) in Houston, Texas on Saturday, April 2 at 9:45am. Please join us as we celebrate the 2010-11 season over breakfast!
All are welcome!
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, Texas 77010
via Yahoo! Sports
It’s been over a decade since a Sports Illustrated article turned him into an overnight celebrity and yet there’s still always someone that recognizes him in public at shopping malls, airports and the like.
“Are you the Jewish Jordan?” they ask.
Yes, Tamir Goodman tells them, that’s me. After all, Goodman’s still pretty easy to [...]
via BallinEurope.com
America’s National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2011, well representing basketball with an NBA executive, a college notable and one of the most significant figures ever in Maccabi Tel Aviv history.
In the spirit of “last shall be first,” BallinEurope first congratulates Talbot “Tal” Brody. After his senior, All-America year [...]
January 30, 2011 1:00 PM
The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in conjunction with the Sports Legacy Institute, will offer a Concussion Clinic at the Suffolk Y JCC on January 30, 2011.
Sports Legacy Institute (SPI), a non-profit organization is proud to offer a SLI Concussion Clinic, a cutting edge multimedia educational presentation vital for [...]
The 13th European Maccabi Games (http://www.emg2011.eu/home) will be held form July 5-13, 2011 in Vienna, Austria. The Maccabi Games are the biggest Jewish sports events and are organized in a similar way to the Olympic Games. The Games are one of the five biggest international sporting events worldwide.
The United States delegation, Co-Chaired by Jacqui Pearl, [...]
The Jewish Coaches Association’s Adam Rosenfield recentally sat down with WNBA great and current Texas Legends coach Nancy Lieberman to discuss her career and Jewish heritage.
Why did you get into coaching?
When you’ve done something for many years (playing basketball) it’s a natural progression. After I retired in 1997 (from playing with the WNBA [...]
The Jewish Coaches Association was founded in 2006. The organization supports Jewish-American college, high school and youth basketball coaches around the United States.
