KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Harvard University men's basketball coach Tommy Amaker has been elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
Beginning his ninth season at Harvard, Amaker has guided the Crimson to six consecutive 20-win seasons, five straight Ivy League titles and four consecutive berths in the NCAA championship tournament. Amaker's Harvard teams have a 78-34 record in the Ivy League and an overall mark of 161-79.
Four of Amaker's Crimson student-athletes have earned All-America honors while Keith Wright and
Wesley Saunders have been named Ivy League player of the year.
A four-year starter at point guard for Duke, Amaker helped his team to the 1986 NCAA
championship game and was named the nation's top defensive player as a senior.
He was a member of Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils staff as an assistant and associate head coach as Duke won two NCAA titles and appeared in the Final Four five times. Amaker was the head coach at Seton Hall for four seasons and at Michigan for six seasons before moving on to Harvard in 2007. His overall record as a head coach is 337-218 in 18 seasons.
Amaker also serves on the board of directors of the NABC Foundation.
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest "Phog" Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
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