NBA and College Coaching Legends Gather for Sold-Out Clinic at USD

Had their resumes and accolades been printed out, together they might have stretched across all 28,000-square-feet of the University of San Diego’s new Basketball Performance Center. 

Eight NBA Championships.

Thirty NCAA Tournament appearances.

Eleven Coach of the Year awards across both the NBA and NCAA.

More than 1,500 head coaching wins.

It was nearly a century of combined experience on the sideline, and in mid August, it was all at local youth and high school coaches’ fingertips as they flocked to Alcala Park for a chance to learn from the best in the business — an unprecedented West Coast gathering of high-profile coaches for a clinic of this scale. 

"It was special to be back at USD for the inaugural Coaches Clinic,” said New York Knicks head coach and USD alumnus Mike Brown '92, who spent a pair of seasons playing for the Toreros. “The energy from the players, Coach Alverson and Coach Lavin was great to see.” 

Brown was part of a star-studded panel that included fellow USD alums and NBA leaders James Borrego, David Fizdale, and Chris Grant, as well as women’s basketball staples Lindsay Gottlieb and Beth Burns from USC. San Diego ranks second nationwide with five alums who have gone on to be full-time NBA head coaches, and three were in attendance that afternoon.

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— USD News Center