MONTANA COACHES ASSOCIATION 47TH ANNUAL MULTI-SPORTS CLINIC July 30TH, 31ST & August 1ST 2014 • Great Falls High School • Great Falls, MT • Don Olsen, Director 375 Ramble Inn Road, Fort Shaw, MT 59443 • Ph/Fax: 406.264.5435 Cell 406-439-5270• E-mail: [email protected] • montanacoaches.com Motivation BB & Motivation Volleyball Football Basketball Basketball John McCarthy Shanna Zolman Jen Greeny Jeff Choate Mike Neighbors Mick Durham John McCarthy has created a Shanna’s biography reads like a Jen Greeny, in her third season Jeff Choate was named defen- Mike Neighbors was promoted Mick Durham’s name is synony- special presentation, Lessons of Who’s Who in women’s basketball. at the helm of the Washington State sive line coach and special teams to head coach in at the University mous with Montana Basketball. Fol- the Legends, What We Can Learn She was the 2002 Indiana “Miss University volleyball program, made coordinator for the U of W Huskies of Washington in 2013, leading the lowing an outstanding high school from Some of America's Greatest Basketball”, the all-time leading significant progress in rebuilding the in December, 2013. He reunited Huskies to a deep run in the WNIT. career at Three Forks, he began Coaches, which has become wildly scorer in Indiana High School and program to national prominence. with Chris Petersen after spending As a result of this outstanding first his coaching career at Shepherd popular for coaching staffs of all holds the all-time consecutive free The Cougars produced an 18-win the previous two seasons at Florida season, he was named a finalist HS. He then served 8 years as an sports at all levels, throughout the throw record at 70. She also led season with five conference wins and Washington State. for the 2014 Spalding Maggie assistant at MSU, taking over the country. In a double general ses- the state in scoring all four years of in 2013, the most wins since the In 2013, Choate served as spe- Dixon Award, which is given to a helm of the Bobcats in 1991. sion on Wednesday, McCarthy will prep school. 2009 season. cial teams coordinator and outside successful DI first year coach. He Durham is a former point guard present “Lessons of the Legends”. Shanna played for Tennessee’s As the head volleyball coach linebackers coach at Florida. The had previously worked as the top (4th all-time in assists and FT% at We are pleased to have McCarthy in legendary Coach Pat Summitt, at Lewis-Clark State College from Gators ranked second in the SEC assistant coach under Kevin McGuff Montana State). He coached at his Montana and hope that all coaches making 3 Final Four appearances, 2007-10, Greeny accumulating an in total defense (314.2) and pass for two seasons with the Huskies. alma mater for 16 seasons, notching will take this outstanding opportunity leading to 2 National Championship impressive 112-24 record (.824) defense (171.8), while they ranked The 44-year-old Neighbors helped a Big Sky Conference record 246 to hear him. Check him out at www. games. While at the University of while turning the Warriors’ program third in rush defense (142.4) and the Huskies to a second-straight 20- wins and winning the conference johncmccarthyjr.com Tennessee, she set the all-time ca- into one of the premier NAIA teams. points allowed (21.1). He joined win season and a return trip to the Coach of the Year award three John McCarthy has been in- reer record for “made 3 pointers” and They won four consecutive Frontier Florida in April after spending the WNIT. Washington finished 21-12, times (1996, 2002, and 2005). He volved in various capacities within set the NCAA free throw percentage Conference regular season titles spring as defensive coordinator including 11-7 in the Pac-12, good also led the MSU Bobcats to a pair college athletics for the past 20 record at 91.2%. and four consecutive berths to the at UTEP for a fifth-place finish. of Big Sky titles and a berth in the years. At the collegiate level, he's In 2009-10 Zolman played NAIA National Tournament. The Choate served as linebackers Neighbors is regarded as one 1996 NCAA Tournament. Mick has been a Head Coach (Wilmington internationally in Slovakia and Warriors finished in the top 13 in coach at Washington State in 2012. of the country's best defensive and the second most victories and the College, DE), Athletic Director Turkey. She returned to the U.S. the nation each year and ended The Cougars were eighth nationally player-development specialists. second longest tenure in MSU his- (Lynn University), Founder of the and played one year for WNBA’s the 2010 season at 31-3 (.912), in tackles for loss (7.7 per game) His accomplishments in women's tory. After taking a two-year hiatus Collegiate Basketball Invitational Tulsa Shock and then spent 4 the best mark in the history of the and 11th in sacks (2.9 per game). basketball speak for themselves. from coaching, he returned as an and Director of the NAIA's Divi- years with the San Antonio Silver program. Greeny was a four-time From 2006-2011, Choate was He's helped sign eight McDonald's assistant at New Mexico State for sion I Men's Basketball National Spurs. Shanna will speak on player Frontier Conference Coach of the an assistant at Boise State in sever- All-Americans, seen eight of his a 3 year stint. Championship. development (guards) and “Playing Year and the American Volleyball al roles. Prior to joining Boise State, players drafted in the WNBA, in- Coach Durham took over the for Pat Summitt”. On Thursday Coaches’ Association’s Northwest Choate served as special teams cluding three who have won WNBA helm of the UAF in 2011 and went she will tell her story at the 5:00 Region Coach of the Year. coach at Eastern Illinois and Utah Championships. Coach Neighbors’ 5-23 his first year with a team he motivational session. State. In his lone season at Eastern weekly newsletter is popular with inherited. In year two, Durham Shanna is currently involved Illinois, the Panthers finished first in coaches at all levels. recruited a team that made one full-time with Fellowship of Christian the Ohio Valley Conference. of the biggest turnarounds in DII Athletes. She will speak at the Choate earned his bachelor’s hoops history recording a 16-12 Thursday morning FCA Breakfast. degree from Western Montana in winning season. In his third season 1993, where he played linebacker the Nanooks achieved an 18-10 and went on to coach the same record. He has been one of our position for the Bulldogs. most popular clinicians and we are pleased to bring him back. Football Ron Lynn Volleyball After serving as Stanford’s assistant head coach and co- LaToya Harris defensive coordinator for the 2008 LaToya Harris enters her fourth T&F - Throws and 2009 seasons, Ron Lynn is in year as the head coach at Lewis- Nathan Fanger his fourth year as the program’s Cheerleading Clark State College. A former Coach Fanger, a Kalispell na- director of player development. Frontier Conference Coach of the tive has coached many champions One of the most respected Akram Hemaidan Year, Harris was a standout player and is respected nationwide as one defensive minds in the game, Hemaidan is back by popular at WSU under Jen Greeny. AD of the top throwing coaches. Lynn’s long line of experience demand after a well-received pre- Harris was a standout volleyball With the Kent State program Wrestling includes holding defensive coordi- sentation last year. Akram started player at Parkrose High School Dave Kapp already widely regarded for success nator positions with the San Diego his career in high school where he in Portland where she earned 12 Dave Kapp, CMAA, is the Ath- in those events, Fanger has taken Steve Sanderson Chargers (1986-91), Cincinnati was a member of one of the top letters and was a starter in all three letic Director at Madison East High the team to new heights during his A three-time Utah Wrestling Bengals (1992-93) and Washington teams in the nation at UCA Nation- sports for four seasons. She signed School in Madison, WI. East is tenure on the coaching staff. Under COY and Hall of Fame member, Redskins (1994-96). He was a als. Akram then went on to be to play volleyball at WSU where she an urban school of almost 1800 his guidance, 40 throwers have Steve Sanderson is a living legend secondary coach in the NFL with Captain of the 6-Time USA National was a starter all four seasons and students, offering 25 varsity sports. won MAC championships, 34 have in the wrestling world. His teams the New England Patriots (1997-99), College Champions, Cheer Empire. earned All-Freshman Pac-10 Con- Kapp went to college at the qualified for NCAA Regional meets, have won 11 Utah State Champi- Oakland Raiders (2000-03) and San He has also made dozens of trips ference honors her first season and University of Wisconsin - Whitewater 19 have qualified for the NCAA onships and he has coached 79 Francisco 49ers (2004). to Cheer Worlds as cheerleader, first-team All-Pac-10 her final three and received a BSE in English Writ- Championships and six have earned individual state champions. Steve’s Lynn got his start in coaching coach and choreographer. Akram seasons. She was the team MVP ing and Coaching Athletics.