Businesses
2008 Collegiate Business Conference
Universal Hilton
Universal City, CA
Friday, August 8, 2008
Keynote Speakers
Combine a deadly jump shot, tenacious defense, obsessive perfectionism, unabashed confidence, and an uncompromising will to win, and you’ve got Jerry West, one of the greatest guards in NBA history. He was an All- Star every year of his career and led Los Angeles to the NBA Finals nine times. |
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The player against all others labeled "all-around" are judged, and he may remain the standard forever. In just his second year in the league the "Big O" averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game - an average of a triple-double for an entire season. |
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Presenting Topics and Guest Panelists
- Player/Coach Relationships
Chuck Daly & Isiah Thomas
- Legends Roundtable Discuss State of the Game
Jerry Tarkanian, Dale Brown,Nolan Richardson, Denny Crum & Eddie Sutton
- Evolving Role of Sports Marketing in Intercollegiate Athletics
Casey Wasserman
- Maximize Your True Potential
Dan Lier, America’s Coach
- How to Effectively & Proactively Deal with the Media When Addressing Press Conferences, Interviews, Press Releases, as well as Managing a Crisis
- Jeff Goodman, FOX Sports
- Gary Parrish - CBS Sports
- Mike DeCourcy, Sporting News
- Doug Gottlieb, ESPN
- Coaching Clinics by:
- Pat Summitt, Univ. of Tennessee
- Tony Bennett, Washington State University
- Dana Altman, Creighton University
- John Calapari, University of Memphis
- Jim Christian, Kent State University
- Evolving Role of Player Representation at the Collegiate Level
Jordan Bazant, Partner, The Agency Sports Management Group
- Athletic Director Roundtable Address the Issues of Today on College Campuses
- Ken Kavanagh, Bradley
- McKinley Boston, New Mexico State
- Cary Groth, University of Nevada-Reno
- Eugene Doris, Fairfield
- Skip Bertman, LSU
- Dave Blank, Elon