FOR P.M. RELEASE FRIDAY March 22, 1985 NABC PICKS CALHOUN KODAK DISTRICT COACH OF THE YEAR BOSTON, Mass. -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has picked James Calhoun as a 1985 Kodak Coach of the Year for District I of Division I. Calhoun was one of 15 Division I district coaches of the year named by his colleagues in NABC. The 15 form the pool of leading candidates for the national Kodak Coach of the Year in this division. The national winner will be selected by NABC next week during its annual convention at the NCAA Final Four Tournament in Lexington, Ky., and announced at a press conference in the Radisson Hotel on Sunday morning, March 31. (SID insert one or more paragraphs on the winning coach.) In addition to the 15 Division I district coaches, the NABC today also named 8 Division II district coaches and 8 Division III district coaches. A Kodak Junior College Coach of the Year will also be named in Lexington. Eastman Kodak Company supports the NABC coach of the year awards because of the close relationship between coaching and photography. Following are the district coaches of the year for each division. MORE -2- The Division I district coaches of the year are: District I: James Calhoun, Northeastern District I I: Louis Carnesecca, St. John's District III: John Chaney, Temple District IV: Paul Evans, Navy District V: Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech District VI: Gene Bartow, Alabama-Birmingham District VII: Tom Deaton, Tennessee Tech District VII I: Andy Russo, Louisiana Tech District IX: Gerald Myers, Texas Tech District X: Don Donoher, Dayton District XI: Bill Frieder, Michigan District XII: Billy Tubbs, Oklahoma District XIII: Don Haskins, Texas-El Paso District XIV: Boyd Grant, Fresno State District XV: Stan Morrison, Southern ·California The Division II district coaches of the year are: New England: Frank Sullivan, Bentley College East: Edward Wilson, Mansfield South Atlantic: Dave Robbins, Virginia Union south: George Scholz, Florida Southern College Great Lakes: Ralph Underhill, Wright State North Central: Gene Zulk, South Dakota State South Central Rich Meckfessel, Missouri-St. Louis West: Pete Cassidy, California State-Northridge The Division III district coaches of the year are: Northeast: Dick Whitmore, Colby College East: Richard Sauers, SUNY at Albany Middle Atlantic: Alan Rowe, Widener South Atlantic: Ed Green, Roanoke College South: Tom Bryant, Centre College Great Lakes: Larry Hunter, Wittenberg Midwest: Bill Warden, North Central College West: Gary Smith, Redlands .