IBCA E-Newsletter

IBCA Clinic a ‘go’ for April 22-23 at Lawrence North

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Three NCAA Division I coaches and a number of high school coaches highlight the agenda for the 2022 Indiana Basketball Coaches Association annual clinic, returning to an in-person event in the spring for the first time since 2019.

Notre Dame’s Mike Brey, Toledo’s Tricia Cullop and Ohio State’s Chris Holtmann are headliners on an itinerary that also includes a round-table of former coaches, an IBCA Issues & Answers session and sessions with nearly a dozen high school coaches.

Sessions begin at 10 a.m. Friday, April 22 and run through 7:45 p.m. at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. Sessions resume at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23 and conclude about noon.

Cost to attend the clinic is $50 for current-year IBCA members and $100 for non-members.

In addition to the featured speakers, 10 of the 12 IBCA Coaches of the Year will offer their secrets to success.

Boys coaches scheduled to speak are Brent Dalrymple of North Daviess, Travis Hannah of John Glenn, Kirk Manns of Seymour, Ben Rhoades of Mt. Vernon (Fortville) and Marc Urban of Chesterton. Girls coaches on the itinerary include Donna Buckley of Noblesville, Tony Hasenour of Forest Park, Joe Huppenthal of Lake Central, Bob Lapadot of Garrett and Ginny Smith of Westfield. Also, Monroe Central boys’ assistant Bryan Matheny will speak in lieu of Monroe Central boys’ head coach Justin Ullom.

More information about the IBCA Coaches of the Year can be found elsewhere in this e-Newsletter.

A roundtable of retired coaches tips off the clinic agenda. Former coaches Tom Megyesi, John Milholland and Marvin Tudor will be on a panel moderated by Indiana SportsTalk host Bob Lovell. The three coaches will discuss steps that they took to make their programs successful for the long run. Questions from those in attendance will be encouraged. (More on these three coaches also can be found elsewhere in this e-Newsletter.)

The 2020 Clinic was converted to a virtual clinic because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Clinic was split into two parts – a virtual clinic with high school coaches in April and a one-day in-person clinic last October – also because of COVID-19. This clinic is the first in three years of the “normal” two-day, in-person format.

We hope to see you there.

Featured Speakers

Mike Brey, Notre Dame

Mike Brey recently completed his 22nd season as the Notre Dame men’s basketball coach, guiding the Fighting Irish to a 24-11 record, a 15-5 mark in the Atlantic Coast Conference and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

During his time in South Bend, Brey has amassed a 472-259 with 13 NCAA Tournament berths and five other postseason appearances during his tenure. His 2014-15 Fighting Irish compiled a program-best 32-6 record, won the ACC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA “Elite Eight.”

Other notable Notre Dame seasons included NCAA Tournament berths in 2001 (20-10), 2002 (22-10), 2003 (24-10 and Sweet 16), 2007 (24-8), 2008 (25-8), 2010 (23-12), 2011 (27-7), 2012 (22-12), 2013 (25-10), 2016 (24-12 and Elite Eight) and 2017 (26-10).

Brey was chosen national Coach of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the Associated Press in 2011. He also was voted Big East Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2011. He was named the NABC District 10 Coach of the Year in 2003. He also was chosen America East Conference co-Coach of the Year while at Delaware in 1997.

In addition, Brey was presented the 2008 Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, which goes to an NCAA men’s Division I coach who exhibits strong moral character, and the 2014 Ray Meyer Coach Award, presented by the Chicago-based Ed Kelly Sports Foundation to an individual who has made significant professional and person contributions to his community.

Brey, a 1982 George Washington University graduate, served as an assistant coach at Duke for eight years and head coach at the University of Delaware for five years with a record of 99-52, two America East Conference titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances before moving to South Bend. Brey played three seasons at Northwestern State in Louisiana, then transferred to GWU and played one season there in 1980-81.

Before becoming a college coach, Brey played for and coached with legendary coach Morgan Wootten at DeMatha High School in Washington, D.C. Brey played two years at DeMatha, helping the Stags to a 55-9 record. After his graduation from GWU, Brey spent five seasons as a DeMatha assistant coach, helping the program go 139-22 with four league titles and a national No. 1 ranking by USA Today in 1984.

Brey then assisted coach Mike Krzyzewski at Duke from 1987-95 before becoming a head coach at Delaware from 1995-2000. He has been inducted into the George Washington University and the University of Delaware athletic Halls of Fame.

In addition to his sideline success, Brey currently serves on the “Coaches vs. Cancer” national council and has helped raise more than $3 million for the American Cancer Society. He also has partnered with the American Heart Association to create the “Men of Heart” initiative, raising funds and awareness for men’s heart health.

Brey also is on the National Advisory Board of the Positive Coaching Alliance, and he served as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 2019-20.

Tricia Cullop, University of Toledo

Tricia Cullop has led the University of Toledo women’s basketball program to tremendous success over 14 seasons. Chief among her teams is her 2021-22 squad, which posted a 29-6 mark in the recently completed campaign, including a 19-1 record in the Mid-American Conference and a quarterfinal appearance in the postseason Women’s NIT. The 29 victories a school record for most wins in a season, matching the total of UT’s 2010-11 and 2012-13 teams.

During her 14 seasons, the Rockets have posted a 296-158 overall mark and a 161-85 MAC ledger. Her 296 victories are the most in program history, and she has averaged a MAC-best 21.1 wins per season during her tenure.

Overall, Cullop has a 22-year record of 419-268 as a college head coach. That total includes eight seasons at the University of Evansville, where she compiled a 123-110 slate that included a Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title in 2008 and a berth in the Women’s NIT.

At Toledo, Cullop has directed her Rockets to eight Women’s NIT appearances, including the 2011 WNIT championship, and one NCAA Tournament berth in 2017. Her teams have won the MAC regular-season title three times and the MAC Tournament once. She has been named the MAC Coach of the Year four times (2009, 2011, 2013 and 2022) and the WBCA Region 4 Coach of the Year in 2013.

Cullop is one of just three coaches to be honored as MAC Coach of the Year four or more times, joining former Bowling Green coach Curt Miller (six times) and former Toledo coach Mark Ehlen (four times).

This year, Cullop also was presented the 2022 WBCA Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award. The award is given to a coach who exemplifies Eckman’s spirit, integrity and character through sportsmanship, commitment to the student-athlete, honesty, ethical behavior, courage and dedication to purpose. In addition, her program has raised more than $157,000 in an annual cancer-benefit game over the past 13 years.

A native of Bicknell, Ind., Cullop is a 1989 graduate of North Knox High School where she scored 1,461 career points while playing for coach Rick Marshall and was chosen to the Indiana All-Stars.

Cullop went on to play for coach Lin Dunn at Purdue University from 1989-93. In West Lafayette, she appeared in 104 career games, was a captain as a senior, helped the Boilermakers to the program’s first Big Ten title in 1991 and played in three NCAA Tournaments 1990, 1991 and 1992 – twice making the NCAA Sweet 16. She also was a three-time Academic all-Big Ten honoree, the Mortar Board Student-Athlete of the Year and the recipient of Red Mackey Award.

Cullop joined the coaching ranks after graduation. She was as an assistant for two years at Radford University, one year at Long Beach State and four years at Xavier University. She helped Radford qualify for two NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994 and 1995 as well as Xavier earn an NCAA spot in 2000.

She then became a head coach at Evansville, guiding the Aces through a building phase that was capped by an MVC regular-season title, WNIT berth and MVC Coach of the Year accolades in 2008. She has gone on to outstanding success at Toledo and is highly respected by her peers, indicated by her election to a two-year term as president of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association from 2019 to 2021.

Chris Holtmann, Ohio State

Chris Holtmann recently completed his fifth season as the Ohio State University men’s basketball coach, guiding the Buckeyes to a 20-12 season that included include a 12-8 Big Ten finish and an NCAA Tournament appearance.

During his tenure in Columbus, Holtmann’s teams have posted a 107-56 ledger with four NCAA tournament berths. The only season his Buckeyes did not play in the NCAA Tournament was 2019-20 when the tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He was the Big Ten Coach of the Year and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year in 2018 after leading the Buckeyes to a 25-9 record, a 15-3 Big Ten mark and a second-round NCAA Tournament appearance. He also was the District 7 NABC Coach of the Year, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association District V Coach of the Year and a finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award that season.

OSU went 20-15 and again reached the NCAA Tournament second round in 2018-19. The Buckeyes were 21-10 and positioned for another NCAA appearance in 2019-20 with victories over four Top-10 opponents and four conference champions. In 2020-21, OSU went 21-10, finishing as runner-up in the Big Ten Tournament and earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

In 11 seasons as a college head coach, Holtmann has amassed a 221-141 record with seven NCAA Tournament appearances. That includes a 70-31 record and three NCAA berths in three seasons at Butler and a 44-54 mark in three seasons at Gardner-Webb. His teams have won 20 games or more in each of the last nine seasons.

A native of Nicholasville, Ky., Holtmann was an NAIA All-America guard as a player at Taylor University while playing for coach Paul Patterson. Holtmann helped lead the Trojans to a 29-5 record, a No. 1 national ranking and a berth in the NAIA National Tournament as a senior in 1993-94.

After college, he served as a graduate assistant coach at Taylor in 1997-98, spent one season as an assistant coach at Geneva College and then returned to Taylor as an assistant to Patterson for four years. In his final two seasons as a Taylor assistant, the Trojans posted a 50-16 record, won back-to-back conference titles and were ranked in the “Top 15” of the NAIA national poll.

Holtmann then moved Gardner-Webb for five seasons as an assistant, the last four as associate head coach. There, he worked for Rick Scruggs and helped the Runnin’ Bulldogs to a post a 69-81 record while members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Holtmann became an assistant for two seasons at Ohio University, working for fellow Taylor alumnus and former Butler assistant John Groce. While there, the Bobcats went 37-32, won the 2010 Mid-American Conference Tournament and beat Georgetown in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament.

Holtmann returned to Gardner-Webb as head coach in 2010-11, leading the North Carolina school through a successful rebuilding effort. He took the Runnin’ Bulldogs from eight wins in the season that preceded his arrival to a school Division I-record 20 victories and a berth in the CollegeInsider postseason Tournament in his third year. Gardner-Webb won 10 of its final 11 games in 2012-13 and was runner-up in the Big South Conference. For his efforts, Holtmann was named the 2013 Big South Conference Coach of the Year and NABC District 3 Coach of the Year.

He then became an assistant coach at Butler in 2013-14. The next fall, Holtmann found himself back in the lead chair when Brandon Miller requested a leave of absence in October 2014. Holtmann initially was appointed interim head coach and was elevated to permanent head coach in January 2015.

At Butler, his first team went 23-11, qualified for the NCAA Tournament and he was a finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year and the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year awards in 2015. His second Butler team went 22-11 and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2016. And his third Butler team went 25-9, reached the NCAA Sweet 16 and he was named Big East Conference Coach of the Year in 2017. He also was a finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award in 2017.

Holtmann earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Taylor in 1994 and a master’s degree in athletic administration from Ball State in 2000. He and his wife, Lori, have one daughter, Nora Jane.

2022 IBCA Clinic itinerary

Friday, April 22, 2022

Saturday, April 23, 2022