Courtside; well, 3 rows behind the C's bench ... Happy the season ticket holders didn't care to watch the Nets!
All that plus Glen Davis' autograph during the pre-game shootaround!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
SuperBowl Sun. on WDeV FM and AM
MARINA KNIGHT
(www.vermontolympians.com)
Marina Knight is a staff writer for the Stowe Reporter, who is covering her second Olympic Games. In Torino 2006, she reported for the Stowe Reporter on alpine skiing, cross-country and snowboarding.
For the 2010 Games, her coverage has been expanded to daily radio reports on Waterbury’s WDEV Radio, television reports for WCAX – Burlington’s CBS affiliate and The Valley News, a daily paper covering the upper valley of Vermont and New Hampshire.
In addition to covering the Olympics, Knight is the author of World Cup Notes, a weekly column published in the Stowe Reporter about the FIS Alpine World Cup. She has written for Ski Racing Magazine, Berkshire Living Magazine, Forbes.com and published photos in The Boston Globe. In 2009, she wrote for the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, covering World Cup races in alpine, cross-country, nordic combined and freestyle skiing including moguls, aerials and skicross. In 2006, Knight won the Environmental Reporting award from the New England Press Association.
In addition to writing, Knight is the Web editor at The Stowe Reporter.
DANIEL "RUDY" RUETTIGER
(www.rudyinternational.com)
TJ SORRENTINE
PAT WILLIAMS
(Senior VP and Co-founder of the Orlando Magic)
"Pat Williams is Senior Vice President of the Orlando Magic, the NBA team he co founded in 1987. He has been involved in professional sports for over 45 years and has been affiliated with NBA teams in Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers. Known as a master marketer, Pat Williams spearheaded the movement to bring a professional basketball team to Orlando. Twenty-four of his teams have gone to the NBA play-offs and six of them have made the NBA finals. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the “50 most influential people in NBA history.” The Orlando Magic became NBA Finals contenders again in 2009.
Pat Williams is one of America’s top motivational speakers and is the author of over 40 books, including: Go for the Magic, How to Be Like Jesus, The Paradox of Power, Coaching Your Kids to Be Leaders, The Warrior Within, The Pursuit, How to Be Like Walt and What Are You Living For?
Pat Williams was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, earned his Bachelors degree at Wake Forest University, and his Masters degree at Indiana University. He has a doctorate in Humane Letters from Flagler University. Pat Williams is a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame, and is also a member of the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.
As one of America's top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, Pat Williams has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies and the Million Dollar Round Table. He has been a featured speaker at two Billy Graham Crusades and two Peter Lowe Success Seminars. Pat Williams has also spoken on many university campuses.
After serving for seven years in the United States Army, Pat Williams spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office. He then spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization before moving to the National Basketball Association. Since 1968, Pat has been affiliated with teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers, and now the Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. They returned to the finals in 2009.
In his NBA career, Pat Williams has traded Pete Maravich, traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Penny Hardaway, and won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992, 1993 and in 2004. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins and signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. Twelve of Pat Williams’ former players have become NBA Head Coaches and seventeen have become assistant coaches.
Pat Williams helps teach an adult Baptist Sunday school class in Orlando and hosts a weekly sports radio show. He has completed twenty-eight marathons - including the Boston Marathon eight times - and also climbed Mt. Rainier. He is a weight lifter, Civil War buff, and serious baseball fan. Every winter he plays in Major League Fantasy Camps.
Pat Williams and his wife Ruth are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 18 to 32. For one year, 16 of his children were all teenagers at the same time. Pat and his family have been featured in Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, Focus on the Family, New Man Magazine, plus all of the major television networks, The Maury Povich Show and Dr. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power." Courtesy of www.bigspeak.com/pat-williams
DAVID CHADWICK
(www.foresthill.org)
Education:
Bachelor of Arts- UNC Chapel Hill
Graduate Degree-University of Florida
Master of Divinity and Dr. of Ministry-Columbia Theological Seminary
College Career:
Member of the 1969 NCAA Final Four Basketball Team
Other Achievements:
Pastor of Forest Hills Church in Charlotte, NC Since 1980
Hosts a Weekly Radio Program: "The David Chadwick Show"
Authored 3 Books: 'The Twelve Leadership Principles of Dean Smith'; 'My Father, My Friend' ; 'Moments of Hope'
(courtesy of mvpspeakers.com/Bio.asp?SpeakerName=Chadwick%2C+David)
(www.vermontolympians.com)
Marina Knight is a staff writer for the Stowe Reporter, who is covering her second Olympic Games. In Torino 2006, she reported for the Stowe Reporter on alpine skiing, cross-country and snowboarding.
For the 2010 Games, her coverage has been expanded to daily radio reports on Waterbury’s WDEV Radio, television reports for WCAX – Burlington’s CBS affiliate and The Valley News, a daily paper covering the upper valley of Vermont and New Hampshire.
In addition to covering the Olympics, Knight is the author of World Cup Notes, a weekly column published in the Stowe Reporter about the FIS Alpine World Cup. She has written for Ski Racing Magazine, Berkshire Living Magazine, Forbes.com and published photos in The Boston Globe. In 2009, she wrote for the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, covering World Cup races in alpine, cross-country, nordic combined and freestyle skiing including moguls, aerials and skicross. In 2006, Knight won the Environmental Reporting award from the New England Press Association.
In addition to writing, Knight is the Web editor at The Stowe Reporter.
DANIEL "RUDY" RUETTIGER
(www.rudyinternational.com)
TJ SORRENTINE
PAT WILLIAMS
(Senior VP and Co-founder of the Orlando Magic)
"Pat Williams is Senior Vice President of the Orlando Magic, the NBA team he co founded in 1987. He has been involved in professional sports for over 45 years and has been affiliated with NBA teams in Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers. Known as a master marketer, Pat Williams spearheaded the movement to bring a professional basketball team to Orlando. Twenty-four of his teams have gone to the NBA play-offs and six of them have made the NBA finals. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the “50 most influential people in NBA history.” The Orlando Magic became NBA Finals contenders again in 2009.
Pat Williams is one of America’s top motivational speakers and is the author of over 40 books, including: Go for the Magic, How to Be Like Jesus, The Paradox of Power, Coaching Your Kids to Be Leaders, The Warrior Within, The Pursuit, How to Be Like Walt and What Are You Living For?
Pat Williams was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, earned his Bachelors degree at Wake Forest University, and his Masters degree at Indiana University. He has a doctorate in Humane Letters from Flagler University. Pat Williams is a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame, and is also a member of the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame.
As one of America's top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, Pat Williams has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies and the Million Dollar Round Table. He has been a featured speaker at two Billy Graham Crusades and two Peter Lowe Success Seminars. Pat Williams has also spoken on many university campuses.
After serving for seven years in the United States Army, Pat Williams spent seven years in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, two as a minor league catcher and five in the front office. He then spent three years in the Minnesota Twins organization before moving to the National Basketball Association. Since 1968, Pat has been affiliated with teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers, and now the Orlando Magic which he co-founded in 1987 and helped lead to the NBA finals in 1995. They returned to the finals in 2009.
In his NBA career, Pat Williams has traded Pete Maravich, traded for Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Penny Hardaway, and won four NBA draft lotteries, including back-to-back winners in 1992, 1993 and in 2004. He also drafted Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Maurice Cheeks, Andrew Toney and Darryl Dawkins and signed Billy Cunningham, Chuck Daly, and Matt Guokas to their first professional coaching contracts. Twelve of Pat Williams’ former players have become NBA Head Coaches and seventeen have become assistant coaches.
Pat Williams helps teach an adult Baptist Sunday school class in Orlando and hosts a weekly sports radio show. He has completed twenty-eight marathons - including the Boston Marathon eight times - and also climbed Mt. Rainier. He is a weight lifter, Civil War buff, and serious baseball fan. Every winter he plays in Major League Fantasy Camps.
Pat Williams and his wife Ruth are the parents of 19 children, including 14 adopted from four nations, ranging in age from 18 to 32. For one year, 16 of his children were all teenagers at the same time. Pat and his family have been featured in Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, Focus on the Family, New Man Magazine, plus all of the major television networks, The Maury Povich Show and Dr. Robert Schuller’s Hour of Power." Courtesy of www.bigspeak.com/pat-williams
DAVID CHADWICK
(www.foresthill.org)
Education:
Bachelor of Arts- UNC Chapel Hill
Graduate Degree-University of Florida
Master of Divinity and Dr. of Ministry-Columbia Theological Seminary
College Career:
Member of the 1969 NCAA Final Four Basketball Team
Other Achievements:
Pastor of Forest Hills Church in Charlotte, NC Since 1980
Hosts a Weekly Radio Program: "The David Chadwick Show"
Authored 3 Books: 'The Twelve Leadership Principles of Dean Smith'; 'My Father, My Friend' ; 'Moments of Hope'
(courtesy of mvpspeakers.com/Bio.asp?SpeakerName=Chadwick%2C+David)
Friday, January 29, 2010
Special Feature; Jeff Strohm
Tune in Sun. night for my interview with Jeff Strohm, former Head Coach of the Vermont Frost Heaves. Jeff's contract was terminated by new ownership on Fri., Jan. 22nd.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sun., Jan. 31st on WDeV FM and AM: SCOREsnse
BOBBY PLUMP (a.k.a., "Jimmy Chitwood" of Hoosiers)
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: 9-9-36 at the family home in Pierceville, IN
Spouse: Jenine Ford Plump
Date of Marriage: 6-14-58
Children: Tari Marie Plump, Kelli Plump Piechocki, Jonathan Ford Plump
Seven Grandchildren
Milan High School
Butler University – Bachelor of Science Degree
Occupation: General Agent in Insurance, Business and Estate Financial Consulting
Owner of “Plump’s Last Shot Restaurant’ in Broad Ripple, IN
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
*Voted one of the 50 Greatest Sports Figures from Indiana in the past century by Sports Illustrated Magazine
*Voted one of the 50 Most Newsworthy Hoosiers of all time for the past century by The Indianapolis Pacers, Indianapolis Star Newspaper, Logo Athletic, and WIBC Radio Station
*Voted one of the ten best all time Butler University Basketball Players
*Governor Evan Bayh presented Bobby with the Sagamore of the Wabash
*Member of the Pan American and Olympic Basketball Playoff Teams
*Member of Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
*Biography written on his life titled Bobby Plump……Last of the Small Town Heroes
Milan High School
*All county basketball in 1952, 1953, 1954
*All sectional basketball in 1953, 1954
*All regional basketball in 1953, 1954
*All semi-state in basketball in 1953, 1954
*All state in basketball in 1953, 1954
*Final four appearance in basketball in 1953
*Won state championship in basketball in 1954 (the movie HOOSIERS was based on this championship)
*First person ever to play on the state championship “winning” team, be named Mr. Basketball and receive the Trester Award (1954)
*Member of Ripley County Basketball Athletic Hall of Fame
Butler University
*Holds the career record for the most free throws made at Butler University
*Established (since broken) single and career scoring records in basketball at Butler University
*Honorable Mention All American Team Senior Year
*Member of the first Butler N.I.T. team to play basketball in Madison Square Garden
*Member of the 1958 East – West Basketball All Star Team that played in Madison Square Garden
*Most valuable player in basketball junior and senior years at Butler
*Holds free throw percentage record at 94% in the N.I.B.L.
*Member of Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame
*Four your letterman in baseball at Butler University
*All conference in baseball junior and senior years at Butler University
*Voted the #1 Butler Basketball Player of all time by a 2007 Internet vote of fans conducted by the Indianapolis Star Newspaper
CARL PARTON
(www.cvtsport.net)
Married to Sonia Parton (Pharmacist at Medicine Shoppe in Barre)
3 year old son Zack 6 year old daughter Kallista
Active in Plainfield's Macedonia Baptist Church, Led
MBC Youth Adventure Club, faith-based teen "good
choice' activity youth group.
Graduate of:
Twinfield HS 3 Sport Athlete All-State Soccer 1989
and Basketball 1988&1989 Al Hambra Selection 1989.
Lyndon State College Graduate 1Year Varsity Soccer,
4 Year LSC Basketball 1000 point scorer 1000 Rebounds
Coached Freshman then JR hoop at Twinfield 2000-2005.
PA for Frost Heaves 2007-2010
Official Scorer for the VT Mountaineers for their 1st
4 years.
Local Sports Highlight show on public access cable
1995-2001 Central VT Sports Report(CVSR)
Last 3 Years Owner of Central Sports Net www.CVTSport.net
Full game and highlight video of High School and
College Sports, Mountaineers, Thunder Road, Frost
Heaves and VT Ravens.
Work with Times Argus, WDEV, ORCA, CVTV, WSNO, WSKI,
World
Active in local politics, wrote and performed the
campaign jingle for Pat McDonald in 2006.
Served on the Berlin Planning Commission from 2002-2007.
JOHN MCDEVITT
(www.sportstalkschatpack.com)
Co-owner of Side Kick Productions LLC. Side Kick Productions LLC is a sports broadcasting company via the Internet featuring 4 shows:
Sports Talk with the Chat Pack
BBI Online Live - NY Giants fan show
Round by Round - MMA show
2010 Draft Preview - an NFL Draft Preview show
They will be debuting a new show soon, Double File, a Nascar weekly show.
He began broadcasting in 2007 as a color guy for St. Mikes basketball. That stint allowed him to move into his roll as host and producer of Sports Talk with the Chat Pack on ESPN Radio here in Vermont. From there he added Catamount Weekly, a weekly UVM athletics show to his resume.
After leaving ESPN Radio he decided that the show, which was no longer in production with him no longer there, needed to be brought back into production. Thus the creation of Side Kick Productions LLC.
He has had the privilege of interviewing guests like Brandon Jacobs of the NY Giants, Torrey Mitchell of the San Jose Sharks to guys like Leapin Lanny Poffo, James Tobeck and Tom Coughlin.
JIM JOHNSON
(www.coachjimjohnson.com)
Family: wife Pat, physical education teacher and son Tyler going to be a Freshman at the University of Maryland
Job Title:
Physical Education Teacher and Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at Greece Athena High School
Professional Speaker and Workshop Leader
Basketball Coaching Resume 28 years total
Overall record at Varsity level 307-188
Record at Greece Athena 201-81
1 year Freshman coach at Greece Arcadia
2 years J.V. coach at Greece Athena
1 year asst. coach at Genesee Community College
1 year asst coach at Nazareth College
1 year Varsity coach at Churchville Chili HS
2 years Varsity coach at LeRoy HS
7 years Varsity coach at Greece Olympia
13 years Varsity coach at Greece Athena HS
Team Accomplishments:
NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-2009
Team QPA Highest in NY State 2007-08.
7 Division Titles (Including 4 in a Row)
2 #1 Seeds Section V Class AA
2 Monroe County Championships
7 Straight Final 4 Appearances in the Section V Basketball Tournament
3 Section V Championships
1st or 2nd place in the division last 16 seasons
.500 or better record the last 16 years
Coaching Honors:
Section V Coach of the Year 1994-95
Division 2 Coach of the Year 2001-02, 2007-08
All Greater Rochester Coach of the Year 2005-06
Town of Greece Coach of the Year 2005-06
Harter, Seacrest, Emery Coach of the Year 2005-06
National Sportsmanship Award 2006
NYSBCA Section V Co-Coach of the Year 2008-2009
Affiliations:
Monroe County Boys Basketball Chairman
Member of the N.Y State Basketball Coaches Association
Member of National Association of Basketball Coaches
Member of the New York State National Speakers Association
Member of the National Speaker's Association
2009-2010 Cambridge Who's Who of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs
Coach Johnson Appearances:
Honoree at the Bubel-Aiken (Clay Aiken, American Idol Runner-Up) Charity Dinner 2007
Met President Bush, Senator Hillary Clinton, Governor George Pataki and Magic Johnson
Appeared on Oprah Winfrey show and Teen Choice Awards 2006
Interviewed by Good Morning America, ESPN, Jim Rome Show, CBS Sports and CBS Evening News
Interviewed by numerous TV and radio shows across the globe.
Feature Interview on Peter Thompson (UK's Leading Personal Development Coach) Achievers Edge program
MIKE UTLELY
Date of Birth: December 20, 1965-Seattle, WA
Grade School
St. Paul-Seattle, WA
High School
John F. Kennedy High School-Seattle, WA
Football Coach: Tom Merill, “Mike Utley was the greatest football player in the history of John F. Kennedy High School in Seattle, Washington”.
Lettered in football and basketball-served as captain on both teams.
College
1984-Scholarship to Washington State University in Pullman, WA
In 1989 he led the Cougars to their most successful season since 1929 with a 9-3 record and their fourth ever post-season bowl bid, an Aloha Bowl invitation. The WSU Cougars won the Aloha Bowl with a win over the Houston Cougars (score 24-22)
Bowl Games
Coca Cola Bowl-Tokyo, Japan 1987
Aloha Bowl-1988 (Mike was MVP)
Hula Bowl-1989
East West Shrine Game-1989
All American
He became only the second player in WSU history to earn consensus first team All-American honors.
He received this recognition from:
American Football Coaches Association
Football News
Football Writers of America
Kodak
Scripps- Howard
United Press International
Voted WSU Most valuable player
Mike was one of 10 nominees for the Seattle Post
Intelligencer’s Sports Star of the Year Award.
Drafted
1989 by the Detroit Lions-3rd pick in the third round. In Mike’s rookie year, he became the starting right guard for the Lions.
Injured
November 17, 1991-fractured 6th and 7th cervical vertebrae. Hospitalized and had surgery at Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Started rehabilitation December 13, 1991 at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO.
Mike Utley Foundation
With the help of his agent, Bruce Allen, Mike founded the Mike Utley Foundation. Established to find a cure for spinal cord injuries the Foundation supports select research, rehabilitation and education for SCI.
KELLEY DEYO
Kelley Deyo is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach and her second year as recruiting coordinator on the Lady Flames' basketball coaching staff. Post play and development, on-court practice and game strategy and scouting are some of Deyo’s responsibilities in addition to recruiting.
Formerly Kelley Siemon, the native of Edina, Minn., is a 2001 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology. She was a senior starter on the 2001 Fighting Irish national championship team. That season, she averaged 11.3 points per game, earning the BIG EAST Conference’s Most Improved Player award while hitting the 1,000-point mark in the final game of her career. Deyo was also named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team as well as the NCAA East Regional All-Tournament team during that memorable year.
Deyo was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the third round of the 2001 WNBA Draft, but decided instead to intern with Athletes in Action on Duke’s campus in 2002. In 2003, Deyo played professional basketball overseas in Vienna, Austria.
“It has been an absolute joy to work for someone like Carey Green – a man who genuinely cares about his staff, his players and the Lynchburg community,” commented Deyo. “Under Coach Green, I truly believe that Liberty University will one day compete for a national title. He expects his players to compete at the highest level on the court, while being concerned for their personal and spiritual growth as well."
"Kelley brings the ultimate example of a champion for Christ to our program," head coach Carey Green stated. "She continues to have the enthusiasm to grow in the game of basketball and in her spiritual life as well. Her desire for achievement challenges our players to achieve at the highest level. I am very grateful that Kelley has a true passion for the game of basketball and for our program."
Deyo and her husband, Adam, who serves as the director of basketball operations for the Lady Flames, currently live in the Lynchburg area with their son, James, born in July.
PERSONAL
Date of Birth: 9-9-36 at the family home in Pierceville, IN
Spouse: Jenine Ford Plump
Date of Marriage: 6-14-58
Children: Tari Marie Plump, Kelli Plump Piechocki, Jonathan Ford Plump
Seven Grandchildren
Milan High School
Butler University – Bachelor of Science Degree
Occupation: General Agent in Insurance, Business and Estate Financial Consulting
Owner of “Plump’s Last Shot Restaurant’ in Broad Ripple, IN
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
*Voted one of the 50 Greatest Sports Figures from Indiana in the past century by Sports Illustrated Magazine
*Voted one of the 50 Most Newsworthy Hoosiers of all time for the past century by The Indianapolis Pacers, Indianapolis Star Newspaper, Logo Athletic, and WIBC Radio Station
*Voted one of the ten best all time Butler University Basketball Players
*Governor Evan Bayh presented Bobby with the Sagamore of the Wabash
*Member of the Pan American and Olympic Basketball Playoff Teams
*Member of Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
*Biography written on his life titled Bobby Plump……Last of the Small Town Heroes
Milan High School
*All county basketball in 1952, 1953, 1954
*All sectional basketball in 1953, 1954
*All regional basketball in 1953, 1954
*All semi-state in basketball in 1953, 1954
*All state in basketball in 1953, 1954
*Final four appearance in basketball in 1953
*Won state championship in basketball in 1954 (the movie HOOSIERS was based on this championship)
*First person ever to play on the state championship “winning” team, be named Mr. Basketball and receive the Trester Award (1954)
*Member of Ripley County Basketball Athletic Hall of Fame
Butler University
*Holds the career record for the most free throws made at Butler University
*Established (since broken) single and career scoring records in basketball at Butler University
*Honorable Mention All American Team Senior Year
*Member of the first Butler N.I.T. team to play basketball in Madison Square Garden
*Member of the 1958 East – West Basketball All Star Team that played in Madison Square Garden
*Most valuable player in basketball junior and senior years at Butler
*Holds free throw percentage record at 94% in the N.I.B.L.
*Member of Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame
*Four your letterman in baseball at Butler University
*All conference in baseball junior and senior years at Butler University
*Voted the #1 Butler Basketball Player of all time by a 2007 Internet vote of fans conducted by the Indianapolis Star Newspaper
CARL PARTON
(www.cvtsport.net)
Married to Sonia Parton (Pharmacist at Medicine Shoppe in Barre)
3 year old son Zack 6 year old daughter Kallista
Active in Plainfield's Macedonia Baptist Church, Led
MBC Youth Adventure Club, faith-based teen "good
choice' activity youth group.
Graduate of:
Twinfield HS 3 Sport Athlete All-State Soccer 1989
and Basketball 1988&1989 Al Hambra Selection 1989.
Lyndon State College Graduate 1Year Varsity Soccer,
4 Year LSC Basketball 1000 point scorer 1000 Rebounds
Coached Freshman then JR hoop at Twinfield 2000-2005.
PA for Frost Heaves 2007-2010
Official Scorer for the VT Mountaineers for their 1st
4 years.
Local Sports Highlight show on public access cable
1995-2001 Central VT Sports Report(CVSR)
Last 3 Years Owner of Central Sports Net www.CVTSport.net
Full game and highlight video of High School and
College Sports, Mountaineers, Thunder Road, Frost
Heaves and VT Ravens.
Work with Times Argus, WDEV, ORCA, CVTV, WSNO, WSKI,
World
Active in local politics, wrote and performed the
campaign jingle for Pat McDonald in 2006.
Served on the Berlin Planning Commission from 2002-2007.
JOHN MCDEVITT
(www.sportstalkschatpack.com)
Co-owner of Side Kick Productions LLC. Side Kick Productions LLC is a sports broadcasting company via the Internet featuring 4 shows:
Sports Talk with the Chat Pack
BBI Online Live - NY Giants fan show
Round by Round - MMA show
2010 Draft Preview - an NFL Draft Preview show
They will be debuting a new show soon, Double File, a Nascar weekly show.
He began broadcasting in 2007 as a color guy for St. Mikes basketball. That stint allowed him to move into his roll as host and producer of Sports Talk with the Chat Pack on ESPN Radio here in Vermont. From there he added Catamount Weekly, a weekly UVM athletics show to his resume.
After leaving ESPN Radio he decided that the show, which was no longer in production with him no longer there, needed to be brought back into production. Thus the creation of Side Kick Productions LLC.
He has had the privilege of interviewing guests like Brandon Jacobs of the NY Giants, Torrey Mitchell of the San Jose Sharks to guys like Leapin Lanny Poffo, James Tobeck and Tom Coughlin.
JIM JOHNSON
(www.coachjimjohnson.com)
Family: wife Pat, physical education teacher and son Tyler going to be a Freshman at the University of Maryland
Job Title:
Physical Education Teacher and Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at Greece Athena High School
Professional Speaker and Workshop Leader
Basketball Coaching Resume 28 years total
Overall record at Varsity level 307-188
Record at Greece Athena 201-81
1 year Freshman coach at Greece Arcadia
2 years J.V. coach at Greece Athena
1 year asst. coach at Genesee Community College
1 year asst coach at Nazareth College
1 year Varsity coach at Churchville Chili HS
2 years Varsity coach at LeRoy HS
7 years Varsity coach at Greece Olympia
13 years Varsity coach at Greece Athena HS
Team Accomplishments:
NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team: 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-2009
Team QPA Highest in NY State 2007-08.
7 Division Titles (Including 4 in a Row)
2 #1 Seeds Section V Class AA
2 Monroe County Championships
7 Straight Final 4 Appearances in the Section V Basketball Tournament
3 Section V Championships
1st or 2nd place in the division last 16 seasons
.500 or better record the last 16 years
Coaching Honors:
Section V Coach of the Year 1994-95
Division 2 Coach of the Year 2001-02, 2007-08
All Greater Rochester Coach of the Year 2005-06
Town of Greece Coach of the Year 2005-06
Harter, Seacrest, Emery Coach of the Year 2005-06
National Sportsmanship Award 2006
NYSBCA Section V Co-Coach of the Year 2008-2009
Affiliations:
Monroe County Boys Basketball Chairman
Member of the N.Y State Basketball Coaches Association
Member of National Association of Basketball Coaches
Member of the New York State National Speakers Association
Member of the National Speaker's Association
2009-2010 Cambridge Who's Who of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs
Coach Johnson Appearances:
Honoree at the Bubel-Aiken (Clay Aiken, American Idol Runner-Up) Charity Dinner 2007
Met President Bush, Senator Hillary Clinton, Governor George Pataki and Magic Johnson
Appeared on Oprah Winfrey show and Teen Choice Awards 2006
Interviewed by Good Morning America, ESPN, Jim Rome Show, CBS Sports and CBS Evening News
Interviewed by numerous TV and radio shows across the globe.
Feature Interview on Peter Thompson (UK's Leading Personal Development Coach) Achievers Edge program
MIKE UTLELY
Date of Birth: December 20, 1965-Seattle, WA
Grade School
St. Paul-Seattle, WA
High School
John F. Kennedy High School-Seattle, WA
Football Coach: Tom Merill, “Mike Utley was the greatest football player in the history of John F. Kennedy High School in Seattle, Washington”.
Lettered in football and basketball-served as captain on both teams.
College
1984-Scholarship to Washington State University in Pullman, WA
In 1989 he led the Cougars to their most successful season since 1929 with a 9-3 record and their fourth ever post-season bowl bid, an Aloha Bowl invitation. The WSU Cougars won the Aloha Bowl with a win over the Houston Cougars (score 24-22)
Bowl Games
Coca Cola Bowl-Tokyo, Japan 1987
Aloha Bowl-1988 (Mike was MVP)
Hula Bowl-1989
East West Shrine Game-1989
All American
He became only the second player in WSU history to earn consensus first team All-American honors.
He received this recognition from:
American Football Coaches Association
Football News
Football Writers of America
Kodak
Scripps- Howard
United Press International
Voted WSU Most valuable player
Mike was one of 10 nominees for the Seattle Post
Intelligencer’s Sports Star of the Year Award.
Drafted
1989 by the Detroit Lions-3rd pick in the third round. In Mike’s rookie year, he became the starting right guard for the Lions.
Injured
November 17, 1991-fractured 6th and 7th cervical vertebrae. Hospitalized and had surgery at Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Started rehabilitation December 13, 1991 at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO.
Mike Utley Foundation
With the help of his agent, Bruce Allen, Mike founded the Mike Utley Foundation. Established to find a cure for spinal cord injuries the Foundation supports select research, rehabilitation and education for SCI.
KELLEY DEYO
Kelley Deyo is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach and her second year as recruiting coordinator on the Lady Flames' basketball coaching staff. Post play and development, on-court practice and game strategy and scouting are some of Deyo’s responsibilities in addition to recruiting.
Formerly Kelley Siemon, the native of Edina, Minn., is a 2001 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology. She was a senior starter on the 2001 Fighting Irish national championship team. That season, she averaged 11.3 points per game, earning the BIG EAST Conference’s Most Improved Player award while hitting the 1,000-point mark in the final game of her career. Deyo was also named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team as well as the NCAA East Regional All-Tournament team during that memorable year.
Deyo was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the third round of the 2001 WNBA Draft, but decided instead to intern with Athletes in Action on Duke’s campus in 2002. In 2003, Deyo played professional basketball overseas in Vienna, Austria.
“It has been an absolute joy to work for someone like Carey Green – a man who genuinely cares about his staff, his players and the Lynchburg community,” commented Deyo. “Under Coach Green, I truly believe that Liberty University will one day compete for a national title. He expects his players to compete at the highest level on the court, while being concerned for their personal and spiritual growth as well."
"Kelley brings the ultimate example of a champion for Christ to our program," head coach Carey Green stated. "She continues to have the enthusiasm to grow in the game of basketball and in her spiritual life as well. Her desire for achievement challenges our players to achieve at the highest level. I am very grateful that Kelley has a true passion for the game of basketball and for our program."
Deyo and her husband, Adam, who serves as the director of basketball operations for the Lady Flames, currently live in the Lynchburg area with their son, James, born in July.
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