University of Tennessee Athletics
Pearl named District Co-Coach of the Year
March 11, 2008 | Men's Basketball
The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced today that Bruce Pearl was named the District 7 Co-Coach of the Year along with Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings.
Pearl was also named the Southeastern Conference Co-Coach of the Year by the league coaches after guiding the Tennessee Volunteers to a 28-3 overall record and??their first outright conference title since 1967.
Listed below are the NABC Division I All-District coaches.
District 1:?? Jim Calhoun, University of Connecticut
District 2:?? Steve Donahue, Cornell University
District 3:?? Mike Rice, Robert Morris University
District 4:?? John Thompson III, Georgetown University
District 5:?? Bob McKillop, Davidson College
District 6:?? Ronnie Arrow, University of South Alabama
District 7:?? Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt University and Bruce Pearl, University of Tennessee
District 8:?? Dave Dickerson, Tulane University
District 9:?? Rick Barnes, University of Texas
District 10:?? Sean Miller, Xavier University
District 11:?? Bo Ryan, University of Wisconsin
District 12:?? Keno Davis, Drake University
District 13:?? Greg Graham, Boise State University
District 14:?? Trent Johnson, Stanford University
District 15:?? Bob Burton, Cal State Fullerton
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas.?? Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game.?? The NABC currently claims nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men???s basketball coaches.?? All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today???s student-athletes.?? The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education.?? Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.
