Mike McBride to Speak at NABC National Convention
New Orleans, Louisiana. Holy Cross College men's basketball coach Mike McBride was recently selected to speak at the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Convention held at the NCAA Div. 1 Men's Basketball Final Four in New Orleans March 31-April 4.
Fellow presenters/speakers at the event include Michigan State University head coach Tom Izzo, Yale University head coach James Jones, the University of Michigan associate head coach Phil Martelli and civil rights leader Dr. Harry Edwards.
McBride will speak as part of the Professional Development Series (PDS) Clinics that help coaches develop new skillsets. Recent NABC Conventions have offered PDS Clinics from the likes of John Beilein, Ben McCollum, Ed Cooley and Gregg Popovich among others.
Coach McBride recently completed his 9th season at the helm of the Holy Cross College men's basketball program. Under coach McBride, the Saints have consistently been amongst the leaders of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference and been nationally ranked and recognized numerous seasons. The 2019-2020 campaign, men's basketball finished the year ranked No. 10 in the country before their season was cut short due to Covid-19, after they had advanced to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's Basketball Sweet 16 of the National Tournament. McBride was honored that season as the NABC-NAIA National Coach of the Year. Prior to McBride's arrival, Holy Cross averaged just seven wins per season in program history.
The NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All NABC members are expected to uphold the four core values of being a Guardian of the Game (advocacy, leadership, service and education) by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes.
The Holy Cross College Saints compete in eight intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past ten years, Holy Cross has produced 169 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Team honors and 91 All-Conference members. Founded in 1966, Holy Cross College is a Catholic, residential, coed, four-year institution of higher learning, offering an applied liberal arts curriculum. The mission of Holy Cross College is to educate and form global citizens with the competence to see and the courage to act.