DOCSLIB.ORG

Fred Barakat Sports Dinner Presented by the Carroll Companies Featuring Two-Time National Championship Football Coach Dabo Swinney Postponed Until 2022

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Fred Barakat Sports Dinner Presented by the Carroll Companies Featuring Two-Time National Championship Football Coach Dabo Swinney Postponed Until 2022 FRED BARAKAT SPORTS DINNER PRESENTED BY THE CARROLL COMPANIES FEATURING TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL COACH DABO SWINNEY POSTPONED UNTIL 2022 For Immediate Release. April 12, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Although the United States is making progress in its ongoing battle with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Fred Barakat Sports Dinner presented by the Carroll Companies, originally scheduled for 2020, is now scheduled for 2022, the Greensboro Sports Council announced today. Clemson University Football and two-time National Championship coach Dabo Swinney graciously postponed his appearance a second time and will speak at the 2022 Fred Barakat Sports Dinner presented by the Carroll Companies benefitting the Matt Brown Learn-to-Swim Endowment on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Founded in 2008, The Fred Barakat Sports Dinner was renamed in 2011 in memory of the late associate commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Swinney led the Clemson Tigers to two of the last five College Football Playoff national championships taking the title in 2017 and ’19. Swinney’s appearance at the Fred Barakat Sports Dinner will raise funds for the Matt Brown Learn-to-Swim program which aims to teach every second-grade student in the Guilford County School System water-safety skills. Sixty-four percent of African American, 45 percent of Hispanic/Latino and 40 percent of Caucasian children do not know how to swim. Drowning is the second-leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States, and formal swimming lessons reduce the likelihood of childhood drowning by 88 percent. “I’m looking forward to speaking in Greensboro next spring to help raise money for a great cause and remember the life of Fred Barakat who did so much for ACC Basketball,” Swinney said in 2019 after first accepting the invitation to speak at the Greensboro dinner. “I’ve heard a little about the Learn-to-Swim program this dinner benefits, and if my speaking at this event can help keep kids safe when they’re swimming, that’s a win for all of us!” Swinney’s most recent squad accomplished its “double-double mission” in 2020, going 10-2 in a condensed season to give Clemson 10 consecutive 10-win seasons. Clemson became only the third program in FBS history to accomplish the feat and became the first school to win 10 games in 10 straight seasons as a member of the ACC. Clemson claimed its sixth-consecutive outright conference title with a 34-10 win against Notre Dame in the 2020 ACC Football Championship game. The conference title helped Clemson secure its record-tying sixth College Football Playoff berth, becoming the first program ever to reach the postseason tournament in six consecutive seasons. “We look forward to Dabo Swinney joining us in Greensboro for this worthwhile cause,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. “Dabo is an incredible ambassador for the ACC and college athletics. He is not only a six-time ACC Champion and two-time National Champion, but a dedicated family man who is committed to the student-athletes and helping them become champions on and off the field.” During this event in 2017, the Greensboro Sports Council introduced the Matt Brown Learn-to-Swim Endowment which was created to help fund the Greensboro Aquatic Center’s Learn-to-Swim program. This vital effort aims to teach every second-grade student attending the Guilford County Schools how to swim at no expense to the family; the Learn-to-Swim program is privately funded. The fund was named in honor of Greensboro Coliseum Complex Managing Director Matt Brown who is a passionate supporter of the Learn-to- Swim program. Barakat joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1981 as the supervisor of men’s basketball officials. He was later named assistant commissioner and was then promoted to associate commissioner, director of men’s basketball. For 16 years he served as the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament director along with his other basketball responsibilities that included scheduling, managing the league’s television partners and officiating. He passed away in 2010. The Fred Barakat Sports Dinner is open to the general public; corporate partnerships offering access to the VIP reception with Coach Swinney are currently being sold by the Greensboro Sports Council. Individual tickets are $125, tables of 10 are $1,000; for additional information, please visit www.greensborosportscouncil.com or email [email protected]. For additional information on the Learn-to-Swim program, please visit www.greensboroaquaticcenter.com/learn-to- swim. The Fred Barakat Sports Dinner highlights significant figures in or related to the Atlantic Coast Conference or one of its sports. Previous featured guests at the event are Duke University Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Syracuse University Men’s Basketball coach Jim Boeheim, former ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan, best-selling author John Feinstein, ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, ESPN college basketball analyst and Duke alumnus Jay Bilas, CBS Sports college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg and former CBS Sports golf analyst Gary McCord. The dinner occasionally features roundtable discussions such as “Legends of the ACC” with Duke’s Mike Gminski, North Carolina’s Phil Ford, NC State’s Derrick Whittenburg and Wake Forest’s Randolph Childress, “Coaches of the ACC” featuring Wake Forest’s Dave Odom, Maryland’s Gary Williams, Georgia Tech’s Bobby Cremins and NC State’s Les Robinson and a reunion of the 1974 NC State University NCAA National Championship team with David Thompson, Monte Towe, Tommy Burleson and assistant coach Eddie Biedenbach. Founded in 1959, the Greensboro Sports Council is the official host organization for the Greensboro Coliseum Complex providing hospitality, resources and community interaction for events held at the Coliseum Complex. The Sports Council supports sports events in Greensboro and Guilford County such as the ACC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, Wyndham Championship PGA TOUR event, U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the ACC Women’s and Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, various NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the ACC Women’s Golf Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, the United States Olympic Committee Table Tennis Olympic Trials, the ACC Baseball Tournament when applicable as well as NCAA Championships hosted in the area. # # # Copyright © 2021 3-G Sports, LLC, All rights reserved. .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Men's Basketball Coaching Records
    MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHING RECORDS Overall Coaching Records 2 NCAA Division I Coaching Records 4 Coaching Honors 31 Division II Coaching Records 36 Division III Coaching Records 39 ALL-DIVISIONS COACHING RECORDS Some of the won-lost records included in this coaches section Coach (Alma Mater), Schools, Tenure Yrs. WonLost Pct. have been adjusted because of action by the NCAA Committee 26. Thad Matta (Butler 1990) Butler 2001, Xavier 15 401 125 .762 on Infractions to forfeit or vacate particular regular-season 2002-04, Ohio St. 2005-15* games or vacate particular NCAA tournament games. 27. Torchy Clark (Marquette 1951) UCF 1970-83 14 268 84 .761 28. Vic Bubas (North Carolina St. 1951) Duke 10 213 67 .761 1960-69 COACHES BY WINNING PERCENT- 29. Ron Niekamp (Miami (OH) 1972) Findlay 26 589 185 .761 1986-11 AGE 30. Ray Harper (Ky. Wesleyan 1985) Ky. 15 316 99 .761 Wesleyan 1997-05, Oklahoma City 2006- (This list includes all coaches with a minimum 10 head coaching 08, Western Ky. 2012-15* Seasons at NCAA schools regardless of classification.) 31. Mike Jones (Mississippi Col. 1975) Mississippi 16 330 104 .760 Col. 1989-02, 07-08 32. Lucias Mitchell (Jackson St. 1956) Alabama 15 325 103 .759 Coach (Alma Mater), Schools, Tenure Yrs. WonLost Pct. St. 1964-67, Kentucky St. 1968-75, Norfolk 1. Jim Crutchfield (West Virginia 1978) West 11 300 53 .850 St. 1979-81 Liberty 2005-15* 33. Harry Fisher (Columbia 1905) Fordham 1905, 16 189 60 .759 2. Clair Bee (Waynesburg 1925) Rider 1929-31, 21 412 88 .824 Columbia 1907, Army West Point 1907, LIU Brooklyn 1932-43, 46-51 Columbia 1908-10, St.
    [Show full text]
  • Georgia Tech in the 2001 Ncaa Tournament 2000-01 Georgia
    GEORGIA TECH IN THE THE YELLOW JACKETS 2001 NCAA TOURNAMENT IN SAN DIEGO NCAA West First & Second Rounds ¥ San Diego, Calif. Facility Thursday, March 15 & Saturday, March 17 Cox Arena 5500 Canyon Crest Drive PRACTICE/PRESS CONFERENCE, Wednesday, March 14 San Diego, CA 92182 All Times Local (Pacific Standard) Phone: 619-594-0234 Georgia Tech Press Conference, 1:30-2:00 p.m. Georgia Tech Practice, 2:10-3:00 p.m. Team Hotel: Town and Country Resort FIRST ROUND PAIRINGS, Thursday, March 15 500 Hotel Circle North All Times Local (Pacific Standard) San Diego, CA 92108 #8 Georgia Tech (17-12) vs. #9 St. Joseph’s (25-6), 11:42 a.m. Phone: 619-297-6006 #1 Stanford (28-2) vs. #16 UNC Greensboro (19-11), 30 min. following Fax: 619-294-5957 #4 Indiana (21-12) vs. #13 Kent State (23-9), 4:55 p.m. #5 Cincinnati (23-9) vs. #12 Brigham Young (23-8), 25 min. following SID: Mike Stamus cell: 404-218-9723 SECOND ROUND, Saturday, March 17 [email protected] All Times Local (Pacific Standard) Assoc. SID: Allison George Cincinnati-Brigham Young winner vs. Indiana-Kent State winner, cell: 678-595-7728 2:38 p.m. [email protected] Stanford-UNC Greensboro winner vs. Georgia Tech-St. Joseph’s winner, 30 min. following Media Hotel: San Diego Marriott Mission Valley 2000-01 GEORGIA TECH ROSTER 8757 Rio San Diego Drive No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (High School/College) San Diego, CA 92108 2 Darryl LaBarrie G 6-3 196 Sr.-R Decatur, Ga.
    [Show full text]
  • College of Charleston Coaches 1986-87 Georgia Tech 16-13 Coach Seasons Years W L Pct
    COLLEGE OF CHARLE S TON I 2008-09 Cougars Roster NTRODUCT No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown/Last School 1 Donavan Monroe G 6-1 180 So. Waxhaw, N.C./Fork Union Military Aca. 2 Matt Sundberg F 6-8 195 Fr. Kennnesaw, Ga./Harrison I 3 Andrew Goudelock G 6-1 170 So. Lilburn, Ga./Stone Mountain ON 5 Jermaine Johnson F 6-7 250 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif./Winchendon 11 Dustin Scott F 6-8 220 Sr. Jamestown, S.C./Tallahassee CC 12 Quasim Pugh G 5-11 165 Fr. Oakdale, Conn./St. Thomas More 20 Evan Turkish G 6-1 170 Fr. New Orleans, La./Isidore Newman 21 Jeremy Simmons F 6-8 225 So. Lithonia, Ga./Tucker P. George Benson 30 Tauras Skripkauskas G 6-5 200 So. Vilnius, Lithuania President 31 Marcus Hammond G 6-3 190 Sr. Memphis, Tenn./Brewster Academy S 32 Tony White, Jr. G 6-0 150 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden OUTHERN 35 Jordan Turok G 6-0 180 So. Chapin, S.C./Chapin 40 Garrett Campbell F 6-8 230 Jr. Myrtle Beach, S.C./Myrtle Beach 42 Casaan Breeden F 6-8 205 Sr. Clio, S.C./Florida State C 44 Antwaine Wiggins F 6-7 180 So. Greeneville, Tenn./Greeneville ONFERENCE Quick Facts 2008-09 Schedule Location: ...........................................Charleston, S.C., 29409 Founded: ............................................................................. 1770 Date. Opponent Time Enrollment: ......................................................................11,617 Nov. 14 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (CSS)$ 7 p.m. Nickname: ..................................................................... Cougars Nov. 15 TEMPLE/ETSU$ 11:30 a.m./2 p.m. Joe Hull Colors: ............................................ Maroon, Gold and White Director of Athletics President: ...............................................Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Coaches Vs Cancer
    YOUTH & HIGH SCHOOL TOOLKIT coachesvscancer.org | 1.800.227.2345 Coaches vs. Cancer Council LON KRUGER, CHAIR MIKE KRZYZEWSKI University of Oklahoma Duke University MIKE ANDERSON DAVID LEVY University of Arkansas Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. WARNER BAXTER Ameren PHIL MARTELLI St. Joseph’s University JAY BILAS ESPN FRAN MCCAFFERY Come and Play for Us University of Iowa JIM BOEHEIM The American Cancer Society and the National Association of Syracuse University GREG MCDERMOTT Creighton University Basketball Coaches (NABC) have teamed up in the fight against cancer. GARY BOWNE Hickory Christian Academy REGGIE MINTON Each year, youth and high school teams across the country have done NABC TAD BOYLE their part to raise funds and awareness in these efforts. Once again, we University of Colorado GARRY MUNSON Whitney Capital Company, invite schools and leagues to unite with basketball coaches across the MIKE BREY LLC country this season to raise funds to beat cancer. Teams have already University of Notre Dame DAVE PILIPOVICH signed up to participate. JIM CALHOUN Air Force Academy University of Saint Joseph As a coach and leader in your community, we’re asking you to use MICHAEL PIZZO BOBBY CREMINS GCA Advisors, LLC your influence to promote cancer awareness and raise funds for the Retired Head Coach DAVE R OSE American Cancer Society. FRAN DUNPHY Brigham Young University Temple University BO RYAN Don’t sit on the bench. Join in to make a difference in the fight DONNIE EPPLEY Retired Head Coach against cancer. International Association of Approved Basketball BOB SANSONE Officials, Inc. iTrust Advisors LLC ERAN GANOT MIKE SHULT What is Coaches vs.
    [Show full text]
  • 2010-11 NCAA Men's Basketball Records
    Coaching Records All-Divisions Coaching Records ............... 2 Division I Coaching Records ..................... 3 Division II Coaching Records .................... 24 Division III Coaching Records ................... 26 2 ALL-DIVISIONS COACHING RECORDS All-Divisions Coaching Records Some of the won-lost records included in this coaches section have been Coach (Alma Mater), Schools, Tenure Yrs. Won Lost Pct. adjusted because of action by the NCAA Committee on Infractions to forfeit 44. Don Meyer (Northern Colo. 1967) Hamline 1973-75, or vacate particular regular-season games or vacate particular NCAA tourna- Lipscomb 76-99, Northern St. 2000-10 ........................... 38 923 324 .740 ment games. The adjusted records for these coaches are listed at the end of 45. Al McGuire (St. John’s [NY] 1951) Belmont Abbey the longevity records in this section. 1958-64, Marquette 65-77 .................................................... 20 405 143 .739 46. Jim Boeheim (Syracuse 1966) Syracuse 1977-2010* ..... 34 829 293 .739 47. David Macedo (Wilkes 1996) Va. Wesleyan 2001-10* ... 10 215 76 .739 48. Phog Allen (Kansas 1906) Baker 1906-08, Haskell 1909, Coaches by Winning Percentage Central Mo. 13-19, Kansas 08-09, 20-56 .......................... 48 746 264 .739 49. Emmett D. Angell (Wisconsin) Wisconsin 1905-08, (This list includes all coaches with a minimum 10 head coaching seasons at NCAA Oregon St. 09-10, Milwaukee 11-14 ................................. 10 113 40 .739 schools regardless of classification.) 50. Everett Case (Wisconsin 1923) North Carolina St. 1947-65 ................................................... 19 377 134 .738 Coach (Alma Mater), Schools, Tenure Yrs. Won Lost Pct. * active; # Keogan’s winning percentage includes three ties. 1. Clair Bee (Waynesburg 1925) Rider 1929-31, Long Island 32-43, 46-51 ......................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Sports Publishing Fall 2018
    SPORTS PUBLISHING Fall 2018 Contact Information Editorial, Publicity, and Bookstore and Library Sales Field Sales Force Special Sales Distribution Elise Cannon Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. Two Rivers Distribution VP, Field Sales 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor Ingram Content Group LLC One Ingram Boulevard t: 510-809-3730 New York, NY 10018 e: [email protected] t: 212-643-6816 La Vergne, TN 37086 f: 212-643-6819 t: 866-400-5351 e: [email protected] Leslie Jobson e: [email protected] Field Sales Support Manager t: 510-809-3732 e: [email protected] International Sales Representatives United Kingdom, Ireland & Australia, New Zealand & India South Africa Canada Europe Shawn Abraham Peter Hyde Associates Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. General Inquiries: Manager, International Sales PO Box 2856 195 Allstate Parkway Ingram Publisher Services UK Ingram Publisher Services Intl Cape Town, 8000 Markham, ON 5th Floor 1400 Broadway, Suite 520 South Africa L3R 4T8 Canada 52–54 St John Street New York, NY, 10018 t: +27 21 447 5300 t: 800-387-4333 Clerkenwell t: 212-581-7839 f: +27 21 447 1430 f: 800-458-5504 London, EC1M 4HF e: shawn.abraham@ e: [email protected] e: [email protected] e: IPSUK_enquiries@ ingramcontent.com ingramcontent.co.uk India All Other Markets and Australia Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. General International Enquiries Ordering Information: NewSouth Books 7th Floor, Infinity Tower C Ingram Publisher Services Intl Grantham Book Services Orders and Distribution DLF Cyber City, Phase - III 1400 Broadway,
    [Show full text]
  • The Tipoff (Jan. 2012)
    BASKETBALL TIMES Visit: www.usbwa.com January 2012 VOLUME 49, NO. 2 Time tells us that history will keep taking twists and turns RALEIGH, N.C. – In college basketball and sports- lar knockout in the conso- writing, you never know how things will turn out. lation game the next night. I certainly had no idea back in March 1966, before I Terry Holland remembers had a serious inkling about going into journalism or even fellow Davidson assistant a driver’s license. I caught a ride with an equally obsessed Warren Mitchell telling Dri- Lenox Rawlings friend and traveled to Reynolds Coliseum for the NCAA esell that he needed another East Regional, a Friday-Saturday whirlwind that propelled timeout. Lefty responded, Winston-Salem Journal Duke toward the Final Four. more or less: “Timeout, The regional unfolded on N.C. State’s gleaming heck. I’m so embarrassed I wood floor under an I-beam skeleton obscured by the fog would like to crawl under President of cigarette smoke. The smoke grew thicker by the hour, the floor. Let that clock run competing for sensory attention with popcorn smells from and let’s get our butts out of machines about 40 feet off the court. here.” Lefty Driesell, the flamboyant young Davidson coach, In the final, Duke coach Vic Bubas rode strong per- black starters, beat the all-white outfit nicknamed “Rupp’s stomped his big feet and flapped his jaws. The Saint Jo- formances from Bob Verga (the outstanding player with Runts.” Black players had decided several earlier champi- seph’s Hawk flapped its wings incessantly – such a tough 21 points on 10-for-13 shooting), Jack Marin, Mike Lewis onships, with Bill Russell and K.C.
    [Show full text]
  • 2014 CLEMSON TIGERS Football Clemson (22 AP, 24 USA) Vs
    2014 CLEMSON TIGERS Football Clemson (22 AP, 24 USA) vs. Florida State (1 AP, 1 USA) Clemson Tigers Florida State Seminoles Record, 2014 .............................................1-1, 0-0 ACC Record, 2014 .........................................2-0, 0-0 in ACC Saturday, September 20, 2014 Location ......................................................Clemson, SC Location ..................................................Talahassee, Fla Kickoff: 8:18 PM Colors .............................. Clemson Orange and Regalia Colors .......................................................Garnet & Gold Doak Campbell Stadium Enrollment ............................................................20,768 Enrollment ............................................................41,477 Athletic Director ........Dan Radakovich (Indiana, PA, ‘80) Tallahassee, FL Athletic Director ............... Stan Wilcox (Notre Dame ‘81) Head Coach .....................Dabo Swinney, Alabama ‘93 Head Coach ..................... Jimbo Fisher(Samford ‘87) Clemson Record/6th full year) ..................... 52-24 (.684) School Record ..................................47-10 (5th season) Television : ABC Home Record ............................................. 33-6 (.846) Overall ............................................47-10 (5th season) (Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox) Away Record ............................................ 14-14 (.500) Offensive Coordinator: .......................Lawrence Dawsey, Neutral Record ........................................................5-4
    [Show full text]
  • Terrapinbasketball
    This is TERRAPINBASKETBALL COACHING STAFF 34 • Coaching Staff Coaching Staff • 35 2007-08 MARYLAND Men’s BasketBALL 2002 NCAA CHAMPIONS 2004 ACC CHAMPIONS GARY WILLIAMS HEAD COACh • MARYLANd ‘68 19TH SEASON AT MARYLAND (378-200, .654) 30TH SEASON OVERALL (585-328, .641) Since returning to the College Park campus in 1989, Gary Williams (Maryland ’68) has led his alma mater’s basketball program from a period of troubled times to an era of national prominence. With 12 NCAA Tournament berths in the last 14 seasons, seven Sweet Sixteen appearances, a pair of consecutive Final Four showings, and the 2002 national championship – the first of its kind in Maryland basketball history – Williams and his staff have literally forged what is now more than a decade of dominance in college basketball’s most storied and competitive conference. Now, with 378 victories as Maryland’s head coach, Williams is the school’s Terrapins all-time winningest head coach, eclipsing the mark of former Terp mentor Charles “Lefty” Driesell, who amassed 348 victories in 17 seasons from 1969-70 to 1985-86. The Terrapins have averaged 23.0 wins per year since the 1994-95 season. With 585 career victories in 29 seasons overall, Williams is the seventh-winningest active head coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball. Williams was heralded as the national and ACC Coach of the Year during the Terps’ 2002 championship run. He is one of just 12 active coaches in America to boast a national title and one of only three in the conference. He has become the third-winningest coach in ACC history after transforming the Maryland program into one of the nation’s most formidable, and building a Baltimore-D.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Nominees for the 29 Annual Sports Emmy® Awards
    NOMINEES FOR THE 29 TH ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCE AT IMG WORLD CONGRESS OF SPORTS Winners to be Honored During the April 28 th Ceremony At Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center Frank Chirkinian To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award New York, NY – March 13th, 2008 - The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 29 th Annual Sports Emmy ® Awards at the IMG World Congress of Sports at the St. Regis Hotel in Monarch Bay/Dana Point, California. Peter Price, CEO/President of NATAS was joined by Ross Greenberg, President of HBO Sports, Ed Goren President of Fox Sports and David Levy President of Turner Sports in making the announcement. At the 29 th Annual Sports Emmy ® Awards, winners in 30 categories including outstanding live sports special, sports documentary, studio show, play-by-play personality and studio analyst will be honored. The Awards will be given out at the prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center located in the Time Warner Center on April 28 th , 2008 in New York City. In addition, Frank Chirkinian, referred to by many as the “Father of Televised Golf,” and winner of four Emmy ® Awards, will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award that evening. Chirkinian, who spent his entire career at CBS, was given the task of figuring out how to televise the game of golf back in 1958 when the network decided golf was worth a look. Chirkinian went on to produce 38 consecutive Masters Tournament telecasts, making golf a mainstay in sports broadcasting and creating the standard against which golf telecasts are still measured.
    [Show full text]
  • Two-Time National Championship Football
    TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL COACH DABO SWINNEY WILL SPEAK AT 2020 FRED BARAKAT SPORTS DINNER PRESENTED BY THE CARROLL COMPANIES; 2019 Dinner with Naismith Hall of Fame Coach Jim Boeheim Raises $30,328 For Immediate Release. Oct. 17, 2019 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Clemson University Football and two-time National Championship coach Dabo Swinney will speak at the 2020 Fred Barakat Sports Dinner presented by the Carroll Companies benefitting the Matt Brown Learn-to-Swim Endowment, the Greensboro Sports Council announced today. Founded in 2008, The Fred Barakat Sports Dinner was renamed in 2011 in memory of the late associate commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 2020 event is set for Wednesday, May 13 on the Greensboro Coliseum arena floor. Swinney led the Clemson Tigers to two of the last three College Football Playoff national championships. He took over as the Clemson head coach during the 2008 season and never looked back winning 122 of his 152 games including six wins this season for a .802 winning percentage. Swinney’s appearance at the Fred Barakat Sports Dinner will raise funds for the Matt Brown Learn-to-Swim program which aims to teach every second-grade student in the Guilford County School System water-safety skills. Sixty-one percent of all children and 64 percent of African American children do not know how to swim; drowning is the second-leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. “I’m looking forward to speaking in Greensboro next spring to help raise money for a great cause and remember the life of Fred Barakat who did so much for ACC Basketball,” Swinney said.
    [Show full text]
  • BUFFS RETURN HOME to FACE WILDCATS in ANNUAL FAMILY WEEKEND GAME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017 6:07 P.M
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309‐0357 © 2017 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492‐5626 (FAX: 303/492‐3811; E‐mail (FB contacts): [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Jason Clay (Associate SID), Troy Andre (Associate SID/CUBuffs.com M.E.), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), Andy Schlichting COLORADO (Assistant SID), Maggie Still (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Ryan Megay (Grad Asst./Football) 2017 COLORADO BUFFALO Football WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFS RETURN HOME TO FACE WILDCATS IN ANNUAL FAMILY WEEKEND GAME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017 6:07 p.m. MDT Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, COlo. RELEASE NUMBER 6 (October 2, 2017) PAC-12 NETWORK (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) return home this Saturday, Oct. 7 second of two opponents CU will play this year that had a bye prior to facing for their fifth game on seven inside the state of Colorado as they will host the the Buffaloes (Northern Colorado was the other, though that was unscheduled; Arizona Wildcats (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) in a 6:07 p.m. MDT kickoff at Folsom its game at Florida was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma) ... The Buffs snapped Field ... The game is part of CU’s Family Weekend, the centerpiece of several a four-game overall losing streak to the Wildcats with a 49-24 win last year in events on campus as the fall semester completes its sixth of 15 weeks; the Tucson; though CU leads the series 14-5, UA has three of the last four in Buffs are 18-7 in Family Weekend games (list of page 4) ..
    [Show full text]