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Head Coach
DOB: 16/7/66
1st NBL Season
RAMS STYLE OF PLAY
“The
Rams will play an uptempo style of basketball
with an emphasis on pressuring defence to cause
turnovers from the opposition. We will fast break
at every opportunity and use our fitness to run
the opponents off the court. This should be a
very exciting spectacle for both basketball
purists and those new to the game.“
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- Winner of the
2002 Coach of the Year
- Finished Rookie
Season with a 11-win, 5-loss record in 2002 (tied
for first in NBL)
- First season as head
coach of the Rams
- A director of the team
and is responsible for managing all of the Rams
operations
- Is the fuel (and the
fuel pump!) that keeps the Rams engine running
- Has an exhaustive
knowledge of the game after going through the US
system
- Coach at Irish National
Basketball Camp 1988-90
- Waterford Wildcats
(Irish National League) Coach in 1990
- Coached the 1998
Checkers Men Premier Team in the Canterbury
Basketball Assn.
- Canterbury Knights
Assistant in 1999
- Canterbury Rams
Assistant Coach in 2000
- Stand-out at Bucknell
University from 1985-1989 - Captain 1987-89
- Helped team to NCAA
appearances in 1987 and 1989 where they faced
Georgetown and Syracuse in the first rounds
- After college travelled
to the UK and played with the Waterford Wildcats
(Ireland) in 1990 and Hemel Hempsted Royals
(England) in 1991
- Upon arrival in New
Zealand trained with the Rams and played
on-and-off as a replacement American 20 NBL
Games: 1996, 1998, 2000-01
- Hustling style of play
earned him the nickname “Mr Intensity"
- Scored the game winning
basket in a home game victory vs Otago and led
the Rams in steals with 2.6 per game in 2000
- Born in Detroit,
Michigan, USA
- Married to Leslie and
proud father of three: John “Buzz” (5),
Noah (3) and Stephen (1)
- Earned a BS & MS in
Marketing from Bucknell University and Ph.D in
Marketing from Pennsylvania State University
- Re-located to New
Zealand with Leslie in 1995
- Works as a Marketing
Lecturer at the University of Canterbury
- Became a New Zealand
Citizen in March 2001
- Had a deep ‘love
for the game’ since an early age - received
a basketball when baptised!
- Father was most
influential person on his career “he was my
coach and mentor”
- Enjoys family walks,
skiing and any sports
- First Job: Set up a
lawn mowing business at age 12
- Personal Motto:
“Never give up.”
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