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SAN ANTONIO ? Former NBA player and coach John Lucas, current Kansas head coach Bill Self and NCAA coaching legend Charlie Spoonhour will headline the UTSA Men’s Basketball Coaching Clinic set for Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Convocation Center.
Self, the 2000 National Coach of the Year while at Tulsa, will host a half-court offense session at 9:45 a.m. Entering his fifth season with Kansas, Self has posted 10 consecutive 20-win seasons, has won three straight Big 12 Championships and has led Kansas, Illinois and Tulsa to the Elite Eight. Self was a four-year letterwinner and All-Big Eight player at Oklahoma State from 1982-85.
Lucas, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1976 NBA Draft, spent 14 seasons in the league with Houston, Golden State, Washington, San Antonio, Milwaukee and Seattle, and he still owns the NBA record for assists in one quarter with 14. Lucas also was a head coach for five seasons with San Antonio, Philadelphia and Cleveland, including playoff runs in 1993 and 1994 with the Spurs. Lucas will hold an “Individual Improvement” session at 1 p.m.
Spoonhour, the father of current UTSA assistant coach Jay Spoonhour, tallied 751 career combined victories on the high school, junior college and NCAA Division I levels. The 1994 National Coach of the Year led his teams at Missouri State, Saint Louis and UNLV to postseason play 14 times in 18 seasons and posted a .710 career winning percentage. Spoonhour will hold his “Random Digressions” session at 2:30 p.m.
Rick Sherley of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) will open the day at 9 a.m., while a UTSA practice will conclude the clinic from 4-6 p.m.
Entry fee is $50 for those who pre-register and $60 at the door. For more information, please contact the UTSA Basketball Office at (210) 458-4493.
