National Association of Basketball Coaches
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American organization of men's college basketball coaches. It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, head men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas.[1]
Formation of the NABC began when Joint Basketball Rules Committee, then the central governing authority of the game, announced without notice that it had adopted a change in the rules which virtually eliminated dribbling. Allen, a student of basketball founder James Naismith, organized a nationwide protest which ultimately resulted in the dribble remaining part of the game.[2]
In 1939, the NABC held the first national basketball tournament in
NABC initiatives include establishing the original
Awards
- NABC Player of the Year
- NABC Defensive Player of the Year
- NABC Freshman of the Year
- Pete Newell Big Man Award
- NABC Coach of the Year
All-District
NABC annually names its All-District Teams, which honors the top
District | Conferences |
---|---|
1 | America East Conference |
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | |
2 | Atlantic Coast Conference |
3 | ASUN Conference
|
Big South Conference | |
4 | Atlantic 10 Conference |
5 | Big East Conference |
6 | Big Sky Conference |
Western Athletic Conference | |
7 | Big Ten Conference |
8 | Big 12 Conference |
9 | Big West Conference |
West Coast Conference | |
10 | Colonial Athletic Association
|
11 | Conference USA |
12 | Horizon League |
The Summit League | |
13 | Ivy League |
Patriot League | |
Independents (none since 2014–15)
| |
14 | Mid-American Conference |
15 | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
16 | Missouri Valley Conference |
17 | Mountain West Conference |
18 | Northeast Conference |
19 | Ohio Valley Conference |
20 | Pac-12 Conference |
21 | Southeastern Conference |
22 | Southern Conference |
23 | Southland Conference |
Southwestern Athletic Conference | |
24 | Sun Belt Conference |
25 | American Athletic Conference |
Presidents
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Key Dates in NABC History". Retrieved 2008-10-22.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "What is the NABC and what does it do?". Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ "2009-10 NABC Division I District Alignment" (PDF). cstv.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ "National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2014-15 Division I All-District Teams and UPS All-District Coaches" (PDF) (Press release). National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 27, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2016.