From my friend Brian Williams and The Coaching Toolbox:Our next HoopClinics webinar is scheduled for Tuesday May 12 at 9:00 pm EST. Our guest will be legendary St. Anthony's High School Coach Bob Hurley.
As with each of the previous webinars that we have conducted, you will be able to submit questions to Coach Hurley and listen to his answers to all of the questions he receives. There is no cost to participate.
Here is the link to register:
As with each of the previous webinars that we have conducted, you will be able to submit questions to Coach Hurley and listen to his answers to all of the questions he receives. There is no cost to participate.
Here is the link to register:
Bob Hurley is the basketball coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, NJ. Coach Hurley has amassed 23 state championships and more than 900 wins in 35 years as a coach, creating a national powerhouse despite substandard facilities and financial limitations. Five of his teams have gone undefeated, including his 2007-08 team.
Hurley's undefeated 1989 team, which featured Jerry Walker, Hurley's son Bobby Hurley, Jr. Terry Dehere and Rodrick Rhodes, was ranked first in the nation by USA Today. Three of the players on that team — Bobby Hurley, Dehere and Rhodes — were first round draft choices in the NBA draft. That team won New Jersey's first Tournament of Champions and amassed 50 straight victories in a two-year span. It is generally considered one of the best teams in New Jersey history.
Hurley's 2007-08 squad was also undefeated, finishing with 32 wins and no losses and ranked number one in the U.S. even though no starter is taller that 6-foot-6. The '08 team, with six seniors accepting Division I basketball scholarships, also won Hurley's 10th Tournament of Champions, winning its state tournament games by an average of more than 27 points per game.
The team also won St. Anthony's 25th state championship, more than any other school in U.S. history. Hurley was the coach for 23 of those teams and an assistant coach on the other two. His teams are known for their speed, defensive intensity, and precise ball movement.
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