Gonzaga University's Hall of Fame Coach Jerry Krause will be coming to Regina June 2 and 3 for a basketball Coaching Clinic and Players Camp at Riffel High School.
"I am very much looking forward to coming up to Regina and to spend some time in Saskatchewan" says Krause. "This will be my second time coming through the province for a basketball clinic, and I always enjoy working with the local basketball coaches, and the up-and-coming basketball players."
The two day clinic will feature an adult coaching clinic in the morning, both days, from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. In the afternoon Coach Krause will be conducting a players camp for boys and girls ages 11-17, both days from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs have established themselves as one of the Elite NCAA programs over the past decade, with four trips to the Sweet Sixteen, and Coach Krause has been a key part of that success. They have appeared in the NCAA tournament in each of the past 12 years, and were ranked as high as #3 in the AP Top 25 in 2003-04 after a 28-3 record and another West Coast Conference Championship. Gonzaga saw three Canadian's on their roster this past season - Robert Sacre (North Vancouver, BC), Kelly Olynyk (Kamloops, BC) and Kevin Pangos (Newmarket, ON).
Krause returned for his second stint with the Gonzaga University Mens team in the summer of 2001, after serving 8 years as an assistant coach from 1985-92. He had a 17-year career as head coach at Eastern Washington University, during which he recorded a 262-196 record and a .572 winning percentage.
In addition to being a Hall of Fame coach, Krause is the most widely published coach in basketball history, having written over 30 books on coaching basketball, and having produced 30 instructional videos. Krause was a long-standing member of the NCAA Rules committee, the Board of Directors of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and served on the Selection Committee of the National Basketball Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the NAIA Basketball Coaches and National Association for Sports and Physical Education Halls of Fame.
For more information about the clinic, contact David Munro at the Sports Institute at 604-527-5041 or email [email protected]
