Downer added to Vanguard University Men's Basketball coaching staff - 4 days ago
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Vanguard University Men's Basketball has announced the addition of Justin Downer as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. Downer joins the Blue and Gold from Riverside Poly High School where he has coached the past three seasons as the associate head coach, totaling a 62-29 record. He helped lead RPHS to its first CIF Championship appearance and State Tournament berth since 1983 when Reggie Miller was a senior. They posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time in 15 years. '... [read more]
Vanguard University Men's Basketball has announced the addition of Justin Downer as an assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. Downer joins the Blue and Gold from Riverside Poly High School where he has coached the past three seasons as the associate head coach, totaling a 62-29 record. He helped lead RPHS to its first CIF Championship appearance and State Tournament berth since 1983 when Reggie Miller was a senior. They posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time in 15 years. 'I'm so excited to join the Vanguard University Men's Basketball staff! I've known Coach Soliday since I was a Freshman in High School, so I'm excited to hit the grand running on our previous chemistry,' Downer remarked. 'Having played in the conference at another school, there is a certain level of familiarity that I have with the GSAC, so I'm excited to get to work. Coach Soliday and staff has built a championship culture and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to continue the pursuit of more while leading young men.' Downer is very familiar with the Golden State Athletic Conference as he attended William Jessup University where he graduated Top Five in program history in All-Time three-pointers made and three-point percentage. During his last two years of eligibility for the Warriors, he was elected team captain. Prior to WJU, he attended Skagit Valley College where he was second All-Time in three pointers made and three-point percentage. He was voted team captain and scored 17 points per contest as a sophomore. Working as a coach for NBA Camps for the last eight years, he has been a Site Director in Colorado, Washington, California, Alaska, and Oregon. He has worked as NBC Camps' College Prep Camp Director for four years using the player development, strength and conditioning, and defensive coaching skills he perfected at Riverside Poly High School. 'I've known Justin for almost 10 years and in that time I've seen him grow from being one of the hardest working players I've been around, to being one of the hardest working coaches I've seen out there. His relentless work-ethic has translated into making him one of the brightest up-and-coming coaches today,' Rhett Soliday said. 'He has been influenced by some great mentors who have fueled a passion in him to change lives through the game of basketball.' Downer is the under Armour West Coast Elite Associate Director where he manages all three teams, recruits players into the program, organizes campus visits, and team travel. In this role, he has coached and mentored over 60 NCAA Division I players and was selected as the 2018 West Coast Elite 'Attitude of Gratitude' Award winner. Academically, he graduated from Mount Si High School before finishing his Bachelors of Arts in Psychology at William Jessup and then graduated with his Masters of Arts in Education in 2018. His fiance is currently a graduate student at Loma Linda University, studying Occupational Therapy. Coach Soliday went on to say, 'Justin will be actively involved in every aspect of the day-to-day operations of running our program, and his unique skill set will pay dividends in the development of our student-athletes on and off the court, scouting and game preparation, and in taking our recruiting efforts to another level. Justin adds a great dynamic to our culture and he is a winner. I'm thrilled to incorporate him into our staff as we pursue championship level excellence in everything we do.' Courtesy of: vanguardlions.com
Columbia, Mo.-The Cougars receive exciting news as Coach Tomas Brock has been promoted to Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach at Columbia College. Brock spent the past three seasons as the assistant coach for the men's team before the promotion. Brock has proven to be one of the key factors in the program's success over the past three years. In Brock's time with the Cougars they hold a record of 83-17, have captured regular season conference champions all three years, and claimed one AM... [read more]
Columbia, Mo.-The Cougars receive exciting news as Coach Tomas Brock has been promoted to Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach at Columbia College. Brock spent the past three seasons as the assistant coach for the men's team before the promotion. Brock has proven to be one of the key factors in the program's success over the past three years. In Brock's time with the Cougars they hold a record of 83-17, have captured regular season conference champions all three years, and claimed one AMC Tournament Title. In addition, they have made a National Tournament appearance each year, while making it to the second round two of the three years.
"Tomas has served the student-athletes in our basketball program at an exemplary level for the past three years," said head coach Bob Burchard. "He is an exceptional coach, has been recognized at the highest levels of our profession as a rising star, and mentors our young men providing guidance in their individual development academically, socially, and on the court. This promotion reflects his commitment to our program and the students we serve."
"I'm proud of the work we've done and the success we've had over the past three seasons," said Brock. "It's always a joy for one's work to be recognized with a promotion, and I'm grateful to Bob Burchard for this recognition. I look forward to continuing to serve our student athletes in this new role."
Changes coming to NAIA basketball in 2020-21 - 24 days ago
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Big changes are on the horizon for men's and women's basketball teams in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. First, the NAIA will consolidate its two divisions into one for the 2020-2021 season after member schools voted in April to make the change. Division I schools now can offer up to 11 scholarships to players who actually get playing time. Division II schools can currently offer up to six scholarships [read more]
Big changes are on the horizon for men's and women's basketball teams in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. First, the NAIA will consolidate its two divisions into one for the 2020-2021 season after member schools voted in April to make the change. Division I schools now can offer up to 11 scholarships to players who actually get playing time. Division II schools can currently offer up to six scholarships. When the merger of the divisions takes place, schools would be able offer up to eight scholarships. Culver-Stockton College and Hannibal-LaGrange University play in Division I, which had 94 teams last season. Division II had 135 teams last season. The NAIA handles scholarships differently than NCAA schools. Players on NCAA teams who receive scholarships must be counted toward the school's limit, whether they play or not. Players on NAIA teams who receive scholarships are only counted if they play. Culver-Stockton, for example, had 38 men's basketball players and 29 women's basketball players for the 2016-17 season. Obviously, not all of them played, but Athletic Director Pat Atwell said most of them are receiving some sort of athletic scholarship that could range from $1,000 or $2,000 to as much as a full tuition grant of $24,990. C-SC's men's team was credited with using 6.57 scholarships or "equivalencies" for the 2016-17 season, and five teams in the 13-team Heart of America Athletic Conference used more than eight. C-SC's women used just 3.54 equivalencies, and only two Heart teams used more than eight. Jason Nichols, athletic director at Hannibal-LaGrange, said his school typically uses "between 3.5 and 4.5 equivalencies." He said some of the schools in the 13-team American Midwest Conference give less, but he believes the number of teams that give eight or more equivalencies "is comparable to the Heart." Schools can keep the number of equivalencies low by claiming exemptions for good grades. A full exemption is given to a student with a grade-point average higher than 3.6, and a half exemption is given to a student with a grade-point average higher than 3.3. C-SC's women had 9.5 exemptions last season, while the men had 4.5. Atwell says trimming three exemptions for the 2020-21 season won't have much of an impact at C-SC. "The smaller (Division II) schools might not embrace the full enrollment aspect, because they believe they can't afford to give that many scholarships," he said. "To us, it's OK to do that. We voted for it. We had no issue with it whatsoever. We have a discount rate for every student, and the income is still there for the college. It's just schematics for us. "Some of the smaller schools are worried. Time will tell." Nichols says the change might help balance out the haves and have nots in the AMC. "It doesn't affect us much now, but it could eventually," he said. "Our competition can offer three less scholarships. There's always going to be ones who have more than others, but resources are never completely equal. We could complain about it, but this is what we have, and we'll do the best with it." The merger also affects the crown jewel of the NAIA's postseason offerings -- the 32-team Division I men's tournament. The first NAIA bracket had just eight teams in 1937, and a year later, it went to 32 teams. It has since remained that way. The past 54 tournaments have been played at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. The Division II men's tournament, as well as both women's tournaments, also have 32 teams. In 2020-21, however, 64 teams will qualify for the NAIA men's and women's tournaments. The new format will have 16 regional sites of four teams each. Those games will be played on a campus or a neutral setting, the sites awarded by bid. Sixteen winners will advance to the finals sites. The changes are the result of a multi-year study. "A higher percentage of teams were qualifying for the national tournament in basketball than any other sports," Atwell said. "In Division I, you had a one in three shot of going to this marathon (six-day) tournament. They're trying to spread the wealth a little more." Twenty-one conferences are afffiliated with the NAIA. Atwell guesses that each conference will get two bids to the 64-team field, with the rest filled by at-large teams. Culver-Stockton has qualified for the NAIA men's national tournament seven times, with its most recent appearances in 2013 and 2014. Quincy College participated nine times, finishing third in 1977-78. Hannibal-LaGrange qualified in 1998. No C-SC or QC team has played in the NAIA women's national tournament. HLGU qualified three times. " (The changes do) lessen the chances to make the national tournament a little more," Atwell said. "But if we're good enough, we'll make it." Courtesy of: whig.com
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