National Association of Basketball Coaches

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American organization of college men's basketball coaches. It was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the University of Kansas basketball coach.^[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.

In 1939 the NABC held the first national basketball tournament in Evanston, Illinois at the Northwestern Fieldhouse.^[1] Oregon defeated Ohio State for the first tournament championship. The next year, the NABC asked the NCAA to take over the administration of the tournament.^[1] In exchange, the NCAA provided complimentary tickets for NABC members to the Finals and placed an NABC member on its Tournament Committee.^[1]

NABC initiatives include establishing the original Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, the format of today's NCAA Basketball Tournament, and the College Basketball Experience and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame at the Sprint Center arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. This facility was completed on October 10, 2007.

Awards

• NABC Player of the Year
• NABC Defensive Player of the Year
• Pete Newell Big Man Award
• NABC Coach of the Year

Presidents

Main article: List of presidents of the National Association of Basketball Coaches

See also

• Women's Basketball Coaches Association

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Key Dates in NABC History". http://www.nabc.org/about/about-history-keydates.html. Retrieved 2008-10-22. 

External links

• NABC website