Registration for the Virginia Tech men’s basketball coaches clinic on Oct. 17 in the new basketball practice facility is available on-line. To register for the event, contact the men’s basketball office in Cassell Coliseum at 540-231-6725 or click the link to the application on hokiesports.com/mbasketball. The event is open to all coaches, male and female, including high school, youth and amateur league coaches. The event will feature a group of clinicians highlighted by Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg. The clinic schedule will also include a lectures by Bill Hodges, who was the head coach at Indiana State in 1979 when the Sycamores advanced to the NCAA Championship Game and Ernie Nestor, former head coach at Elon and a former assistant at Wake Forest. In addition to these lectures, the clinic will also include the ability to observe Virginia Tech men’s basketball team practices, as well as a question & answer session with the entire Virginia Tech coaching staff. Rooms are available at the brand new Hilton Garden Inn for those who might need overnight housing. Please call 540-552-5005 and mention that it is for the VT Coaches Clinic. “We have a terrific line-up of speakers for this year’s coaches clinic,†head coach Seth Greenberg said. “Bill Hodges, Larry Bird’s collegiate coach who led Indiana State to the championship game of the 1979 NCAA Tournament and Ernie Nestor, who helped build Wake Forest into one of the elite basketball programs in the country, along with myself, will headline this year’s clinic. The clinic is designed for both men and women coaches of all ages, with an emphasis on player development and team concepts.†Cost of the clinic is $50 per coach. Participants will receive a clipboard and t-shirt and lunch will be provided.
