SCIBA holds free basketball coaching clinic Saturday at Hope International

Godinez Coach Greg Coombs (pictured with his team) will be running Saturday’s basketball clinic. (Photo Tim Burt, OC Sports Zone)

The Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association will host its annual fall coaches clinic at Hope International University on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Registration will be at 8 a.m.

“The event offers coaches an opportunty to collaborate with their peers while being able to learn from some of the top coaches in the sport,” said Greg Coombs, executive director of SCIBA and Godinez boys basketball coach.

Coaches will begin the day watching a full team practice followed by  a question and answer session with Hope International Head Coach Billy Czech and his staff.

Following the Hope practice session, Tim O’Brien, Head Coach at Northwood high school and recent inductee to the SCIBCA  Hall of Fame will the give a presentation “Challenging your Coaching Philosophy” from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The clinic is free to all Southern California coaches of all levels of play,  and will include coffee and donuts in the morning followed by a free lunch

After the events at Hope International Cal State Fullerton will allow coaches to attend their intra-squad scrimmage at Titan gym  and have a question and answer session with Head Coach Dedrique Taylor from 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Coaches with any questions regarding the event may contact Greg Coombs via E-Mail at Gscoombs@cox.net.