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 [...]
Darryl Slater
Richmond Times Dispatch
Oct 22, 2010
Last month, something happened behind closed doors in Chicago that could change the way college basketball teams build their teams. The Conference Commissioners Association voted unanimously, 31-0, to eliminate the July evaluation period starting in 2012.
The period is really two, 10-day periods, during which college coaches travel across the country [...]
The 12th Pan American Maccabi Games, which will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil over the New Year’s holiday in December of 2011. Exact dates are not yet confirmed. The USA will be fielding 4-6 basketball teams – male U16, U18, Open (anyone) and Masters (over 40, with 3 players between 35-40); and possibly U18 [...]
The President and First Lady have invited Basketball Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman to the White House in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.
Lieberman will join other prominent Jewish Americans at a reception with President Obama and his family on May 27.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for me and I look forward to visiting the White House [...]
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NATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INDUCTION CEREMONY SLATED FOR APRIL 18, 2010
Commack, NY- Seven distinguished people in the world of sports will be inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Museum at the 18th annual induction ceremony on April 18, 2010 at 10:30am at The Suffolk [...]
Coach Bruce Pearl of the Tennessee Volunteers was named the 2010 Red Auerbach Coach of the Year during a ceremony at the Final 4 in Indianapolis, Indiana. 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 Association (JCA).
The award [...]
MIAMI (FL) — The five finalists for the 2010 Red Auerbach College Coach of the Year Award were announced on Monday.
Three of the finalists, Josh Pastner (Memphis), Keith Dambrot (Akron) and Brad Greenberg (Radford), lead their teams to second place conference finishes during the regular season. Two of the finalists, Bruce Pearl (Tennessee) and Seth [...]
The Jewish Coaches Association (JCA) will host its annual meeting at Shapiro’s Delicatessen - Downtown Indianapolis on Saturday, April 3 at 9:45am. Please join us as we celebrate Passover and the 2009-10 season over breakfast at one of the nation’s best Jewish Delis!
All are welcome!
Shapiro’s Downtown
808 S Meridian St
Indianapolis, IN 46225
317.631.4041
By: Brian ‘Shifty’ Schiff
In the NCAA Tournament:
Tennessee:
Bruce Pearl, Head Coach
USA Open Maccabiah ’09 (Head Coach)
Steven Pearl – 27 games, 10.7 min, 1. 4 pts, 1. 3 rebounds
USA Open Maccabiah ’09
Villanova:
Jason Donnelly: Assistant Coach
UC Santa Barbara:
Jordan Weiner — started 10 games, 14.3 minutes, 3.0 pts
Siena:
Adam Chaskin, Assistant Coach
Greater Washington Maccabi; [...]
To college basketball fans, the recent hardwood battles between the University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis has been the stuff of legend. Most notably, the 2008 game pitted #2 Tennessee against #1 Memphis, in which the Volunteers snapped the Tigers 47-game home winning streak on the way to their own #1 ranking. A [...]
The Jewish Coaches Association was founded in 2006. The organization supports Jewish-American college, high school and youth basketball coaches around the United States.
