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Released: 10/07/2009
WAHPETON, N.D. – (October 7, 2009) – The North Dakota State College of Science men’s basketball staff will be hosting a coach’s clinic at the Clair T. Blikre Activities Center on Wednesday, October 21, starting at 3:30 p.m.
The event is a chance for coaches from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota to hear and learn from others at the highest amateur levels. There will be presentations by three head coaches at the collegiate level, as well as an open NDSCS practice beginning at 3:30 p.m.
The first speaker, Dakota State University head coach Gary Garner, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Garner has amassed over 300 wins, and will be entering his first season at DSU. Garner has experience in both the professional and college ranks. He has been a head coach at Southeast Missouri State, Drake University, Missouri Southern, and Fort Hayes State prior to his time at Dakota State. His 1995-96 Fort Hayes team won the national championship for NCAA Division II with a perfect record of 34-0; he also led Southeast Missouri State to the NCAA Tournament in 2000.
The second speaker is Southern Conference member and University of Tennessee Chattanooga head coach John Shulman. The Mocs were a participant in last season’s NCAA Tournament, facing UCONN in the first round. Chattanooga has been to the NCAA Tournament twice under Shulman’s guidance as head coach, and has won the Southern Conference championship three times. Shulman was named Tennessee Sports Writer Association Coach of the Year in 2005. Overall, Shulman’s teams have been to the Southern Conference championship game seven times.
The final speaker is University of North Dakota head coach Brian Jones. Jones is in his third season as Fighting Sioux head coach, overseeing the university’s transition to Division I. Under Jones’s tutelage, the Sioux won the North Central Conference championship for the first time since 2002. Overall, the team was 15-15 for the season. Prior to his time at UND, Jones was an assistant coach for the University of Iowa and Southwest Missouri State under Steve Alford.
"We hope to give coaches at all levels the opportunity to listen and learn from some of the best and brightest coaches in the business,” said Scott Schumacher, second-year Wildcat head coach. “We believe we have a good group of speakers who can offer perspectives from not only different schools, but different levels of basketball.”
For more information, contact Brandon Colvin at 701-671-2548 or by e-mail at Brandon.Colvin@ndscs.edu. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for the clinic.
NDSCS is a two-year, comprehensive, residential college with its main campus located in Wahpeton, N.D., and a second site, referred to as the Skills and Technology Training Center, located in Fargo, N.D. NDSCS offers degrees, certificates, and diplomas in over 80 academic options in traditional career and technical studies as well as the liberal arts. The college also offers a variety of Distance Education courses. Approximately 95% of graduates from its technical programs find jobs in their chosen fields.
Unlike most two-year colleges, NDSCS boasts a university atmosphere for its students, complete with residence halls, 35 affiliated clubs and organizations, music groups, theater productions, intercollegiate athletics, intramural athletics, and numerous social activities. For more information, visit www.ndscs.edu.
