Santa Clara Broncos Men's Basketball Coaches - Dick Davey, Bob Feerick, Kerry Keating, Brian Katz (Paperback)

Chapters: Dick Davey, Bob Feerick, Kerry Keating, Brian Katz. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dick Davey (born 1942) is an American college basketball coach, and the associate head men's basketball coach at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins. Davey is best known as head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University from 1992-2007. Davey was born and raised in Ceres, California and attended the University of the Pacific, lettering in baseball and basketball. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants and played in their minor-league system for two years. Davey then coached at San Jose's Leland High School for three years before becoming an assistant coach at Cal in 1971. After serving as assistant to longtime Broncos head coach Carroll Williams since 1977, Davey was elevated to head coach after the 1992 season with Williams' move to Athletic Director. In his first season, Davey's Broncos finished third but won the WCC tournament and became only the second 15-seeded team to win in the first round, defeating 2-seed Arizona 64-61. Led by future NBA MVP Steve Nash, Santa Clara would go on to win the West Coast Conference regular season in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 and garner NCAA Tournament berths. The 10-seed Broncos beat Maryland in the first round in 1996. Santa Clara was expected to falter after Nash's departure to the NCAA in 1997, but again won the league title led by long range bomber Marlon Garnett. Despite mediocre achievements in several subsequent injury riddled seasons Davey was awarded a seat on the NABC Board of Directors by his fellow coaches and the Broncos continued to shock high flying opponents such as eventual NCAA champion North Carolina in 2004. Davey 'retired' as Santa Clara coach with a statement on Februa...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1662139