Grow the Game is excited for our next chapter as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit. On this
#GivingTuesday
, please consider donating to help support the next generation of leaders. Visit us on the new to learn more. Thank you for continuing to
#GrowTheGame
Over the weekend we unveiled our GTG Manager All-American Team, with
@adamhoward0
being named the Manager of the Year! Shoutout to
@IndianaMBB
for the great congratulatory video! Take a look!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Our biggest guest ever, Brad Stevens, will be our next guest in the Adam Howard zoom series! Coach Stevens will speak this Wednesday at 4PM. We can’t wait to see all of you there!
Sign up to tune in ⬇️⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
WE. ARE. BACK.
Join us Thursday, June 1 at 8:30 EST as
@CoachDustyMay
covers
- X’s & O’s
- Building a Practice Plan
- Relationships & Trust
- Q&A
To sign up, visit
Presented by:
@_proinsight
Introducing our first ever Manager All-American team! These managers were recommended by staff members at their respective schools and our committee voted to give us 10 GREAT managers. Congrats to all of them!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Grow the Game is thrilled to host our first event at the Women’s Convention in Dallas! Come for Ole Miss HC
@YolettMcCuin
, stay for the networking 🤝
We can’t wait to see you there!
#GrowTheGame
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Please help us in congratulating Ashton Hopp (
@ashtonhopp_
) and Adam Howard (
@adamhoward0
) on their new promotions as President of Women’s Basketball Operations and President of Men’s Basketball Operations, respectively.
Grow the Game’s Summer Zoom Series continues this Thursday @ 8PM EST.
Join us as National Champion
@CoachBobStarkey
talks about “The Art of Scouting”.
Sign up ⬇️
This week on Grow the Game’s Summer Zoom Series is Terrence “Munch” Williams
@PSACardinals
with “Mastering Personal Evolution” on Wednesday at 6 PM EST.
You DO NOT want to miss this 🔥 🔥
Sign up below ⬇️
Grow the Game is pumped for year 2 of our Men’s Convention Event.
@AuburnMBB
HC and former student manager
@coachbrucepearl
will be our guest speaker.
Join us as we announce our Student Manager All-America team and host open networking. This is an event you won’t want to miss!
If you needed any other reasons to sign up for the manager connection, we’d like to introduce some of our new mentors! We are so excited to have them share their knowledge! Link to sign up is below ⬇️⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Congratulations to Grow the Game mentor and Advisory Board member
@CoachDustyMay
!
The Grow the Game family wishes you the best in your new role with
@umichbball
#GrowTheGame
#SundaySoundbite
w/
@CoachDustyMay
on how his experience as a Student Manager has shaped his approach to coaching.
Be sure to check out the Summer Zoom Series each week!
Grow the Game is thrilled to announce a partnership with
@NABC1927
to support professional development and networking efforts of managers everywhere! Read our statement below:
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Big time week for the Summer Zoom Series!
Tuesday:
@GW_MBB
HC Chris Caputo (
@coach_c_caputo
)
Wednesday:
@IndianaWBB
HC Teri Moren (
@TeriMoren
)
It’s a week you don’t want to miss out on. To register for the calls, sign up below ⬇️
We’re excited to kick-off our offseason Zoom Calls with a Grad Assistant Panel on Wednesday, April 14th at 8:00pm EST! Sign up through the Google form below.
#GrowTheGame
✅
Thrilled to announce ACC Coach of the Year, Steve Forbes, will be our guest speaker for Grow the Game’s Networking Breakfast. Join us at 10am Saturday, April 2nd at the New Orleans Convention Center!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Grow the Game is excited to announce our Men's Basketball Manager of the Year, Drew Evenson!
Congratulations Drew and thank you for all of your hard work and dedication!
@GopherMBB
@GopherManagers
We are thrilled to announce, The Manager Connection! We will pair a student manager with a former manager who currently works in basketball. The goal is to connect with your partner once a month to grow your network! 📝
Sign up here⬇️
CONFIRMED! Ohio Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jeff Boals (
@JeffBoals
) will be a speaker for the inaugural GTG Virtual Coaches Clinic on August 2nd!
Reserve your spot here ⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
The best example of growing the game is doing your role to the best of your ability and then some. Hear live from
@kyle_wakefield5
about how student managers are the BACKBONE of college basketball. Thank you Kyle for your hard work and dedication to your craft! 🏀🔥
#GrowtheGame
2 former Student Managers will face off in the Final Four. Congrats to Brian Dutcher and
@Aztec_MBB
on punching their ticket!
Since 2019, 5 former Student Managers have led their teams to the Final Four. The future is now!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Join us in celebrating Student Managers for
#ManagerAppreciationWeek
beginning February 19.
Show love to the most selfless individuals in sports by posting, tagging us, sharing your appreciation for Student Managers!
#ManagerAppreciationWeek
A weekend for the books.
Over 550 people attended our events in Houston & Dallas.
175 managers were given free access to the
@NABC1927
convention.
16 student managers had their hotel paid for thanks to our generous donors.
@coachbrucepearl
and
@YolettMcCuin
killed it!
Congratulations to former manager and Baylor Head Coach, Scott Drew, and current Baylor Manager and active GTG member, Shiv Patel, on winning the 2021 NCAA Tournament Championship! 🏀
#GrowTheGame
✅
Congrats to Grow the Game’s Manager of the Year
@CaliMercer
from
@OSUWBB
. It has been a joy to have you a part of our organization and we look forward to what’s next for you. Rising ⭐️ in the business.
#GrowtheGame
Congratulations to those who were selected to the Manager All-American team! These managers were recommended by staff members at their respective schools and our committee voted to give us five great women’s basketball managers! Congratulations!
#GrowTheGame
Grow the Game is rolling out a big summer of professional development and one of a kind opportunities!
New: Graphic Cohort & Film/Analytic Cohort
Sign ups go live 3 weeks before each cohort. Get ready to seize your moment!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Do you aspire to be a DOBO? Want to learn from the industry’s best?
Look no further than Grow the Game’s DOBO Bootcamp. During this 6 week Cohort, participants will learn some of the most important facets of operations.
Apply here ⬇️:
Planning on becoming a GA? There’s no better way to make that plan a reality than through our GA Pathway Program.
This 4-month cohort provides participants with resume help, mock interviews, and culminates with a Virtual GA Job Fair.
To apply, visit
Congratulations to those who were selected to the Manager All-American team! These managers were recommended by staff members at their respective schools and our committee voted to give us five great men’s basketball managers! Our women’s team will be announced tomorrow.
Join us for our annual
@NABC1927
Convention Event on Friday from 12-2 PM featuring special guest speaker, App State Head Coach
@CoachDKerns
!
Our yearly celebration will highlight Grow the Game’s Manager All-Americans, SOTU, open networking and more!
Aspiring DOBOs‼️ Apply to be part of Grow the Game’s DOBO Bootcamp. This experience will give Student Managers the opportunity to complete projects that will be directed and evaluated by some of the best in the business!
Apply here:
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Coming August 2nd - 4th, Grow the Game will be proudly hosting the 1st GTG Virtual Coaches Clinic! A congregation of speakers who are in involved in many degrees of basketball will be presenting.
Speakers will be announced soon.
Sign up below ⬇️
They’re back! Our summer zoom series, hosted by
@adamhoward0
, will begin soon! Be on the lookout 👀 in the next week when we reveal our first guest!
#GrowTheGame
We are so excited to share that our own, Megan Black (
@megan_black33
), was recently promoted to Interim Assistant Coach with
@OmahaWBB
. At 22 years old, we believe she is the youngest Assistant in both Men’s and Women’s D1 basketball. Congrats Megan!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Aspiring Coaches‼️ Grow the Game is excited to launch our Coaching Cohort as part of our Professional Development Series. Learn how to prepare scouting reports at the NBA and D1 College levels from high level coaches!
Apply here:
#GrowTheGame
🏀
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Today,
@adamhoward0
will host Scott Drew, head coach at Baylor University on zoom at 5pm!
Fill out this form for access⬇️⬇️
#GrowTheGame
CONFIRMED! DOBOs Matt Bucklin, Mikel Kosich, and Michael Wilson will make up the DOBO panel for the 1st GTG Virtual Coaches Clinic! Catch them on August 3rd at 5:00pm!
Sign up below ⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
We’re excited to announce our official launch of the GA Pathway Program!
The GA Pathway Program aims to help student managers find graduate assistant roles while providing schools with high quality individuals.
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Tomorrow kicks off The Manager Connection! Around 200 current and former student managers have signed up. Look out for an email tomorrow morning with your partner's contact info. Who's ready to start building genuine relationships!?
#GrowTheGame
We’ve got a big one coming Wednesday 👀
Join us for this week’s Summer Zoom Series featuring
@AppStateMBB
Head Coach
@CoachDKerns
Presented by:
@CBBAnalytics
Sign up below ⬇️
…
The next guest on the Grow The Game podcast is Bruce Pearl, head coach at
@AuburnMBB
! We can’t thank him enough for hopping on with us this week!
#GrowTheGame
As our Summer 2022 Professional Development Cohorts and Zoom Series come to an end, we wanted to thank everyone for joining us. It was truly a special summer that we look forward to building on. A lot more excitement on the way…
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day from the Grow the Game Family! Please join us in celebrating all of the amazing women in our basketball community!
Thank you to everyone who came out to support Grow the Game this past Thursday for our Women's event in Cleveland. It was an excellent day of learning and networking!
Special thank you to
@CoachJacie
for sharing her time and her story with everyone!
Another summer down! Thank you to all of our great guests for graciously sharing and helping us Grow the Game. Star-studded group!
Thank you to our sponsors as well:
@_proinsight
@CBBAnalytics
If you want to get your start in basketball, you must know film.
In partnership with
@Hudl
, we are launching the Film/Analytics Cohort. This month long SportsCode crash course will help you add more value to your program.
Apply ⬇️
‼️ HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️
Grow The Game is taking our brand to another level by introducing the Grow The Game Podcast! Perfect for away trips! Just throw in some headphones and enjoy!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
CONFIRMED! USF assistant coach Yolisha Jackson will be presenting at the inaugural GTG Virtual Coaches Clinic! Coach Jackson will be speaking August 3rd at 7:00pm EST!
Sign up and reserve your spot below ⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Our first guest in the summer zoom series with Adam Howard is
@CoachWesMiller
, head coach for
@GoBearcatsMBB
! Coach Miller will speak this Wednesday at 7PM, Fill out the link below to gain access ⬇️⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Do you want to coach?
Look no further than Grow the Game’s Coaches Cohort. In this Cohort, participants will create and present opponent scouting reports. Learn from some of the games best assistants!
Apply below ⬇️
We want to talk with every Manager/GA staff in the country on the importance of networking and relationship building.
If you’d like to schedule a 20 minute zoom call with your team, contact Jake Cerota at jakecerota
@gtghoops
.com.
Let’s
#GrowTheGame
on and off the court!
Thank you to everyone who attended Grow the Game's third annual convention in partnership with the
@NABC1927
last weekend in Phoenix!
Special thanks to
@CoachDKerns
for sharing his knowledge and experience with us!
CONFIRMED! USC Upstate assistant coach Nicole Ambrose will be speaking at the first GTG Virtual Coaches clinic this week! Tune in on August 4th at 8:00pm EST to listen to Coach Ambrose!
Sign up and reserve your seat ⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Grow the Game would like to congratulate Boston Celtics Executive, Brad Stevens on winning NBA Executive of the Year.
Brad Stevens was a guest speaker on Grow the Game's summer zoom series, and is well deserving of this honor!
"I have been fortunate enough to experience the program as a student manager, graduate assistant, and full time staffer. The connections and resources are second to none, and I would not be where I am in my career without Grow The Game.”
- Trent Michaels, West Virginia DOBO
We are excited to announce we are hosting two events at the Final Four! More details will be coming soon, but feel free to fill out our sign up form to get all of our event.
#GrowTheGame
Introducing Grow the Game’s Summer Professional Development Series. 3 unique cohorts hosted by industry leaders allow Student Managers the opportunity to get hands-on experience within various roles in basketball.
Application for each cohort are coming soon!
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Shoutout to former manager, Scott Drew (
@BUDREW
), as his Baylor team looks to win their first national championship in program history, tonight!
#GrowTheGame
#Managers
🏀
We are 9 days away from our inaugural coaches clinic! We have over 200 signups so far, and hope to see many more soon! More coaches will be announced this week so be on the lookout👀!
Link to sign up ⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
Congratulations to Lainn Wilson and the
@warriors
on winning another NBA Finals! Lainn is the head VC for the Warriors and was our first ever zoom series speaker!
#GrowTheGame
Our next guest in the summer zoom series with Adam Howard is Alex Church, founder of
@ChurchGDLLC
! Alex will speak this Wednesday at 7PM, Fill out the link below to gain access ⬇️⬇️
#GrowTheGame
Our next guest in the summer zoom series with Adam Howard is
@JeffBoals
, head coach of
@OhioMBasketball
. Coach Boals will speak this Wednesday at 7PM, Fill out the link below to gain access ⬇️⬇️
#GrowTheGame
🏀
🚨MANAGER CONNECTION🚨
July and August pairings will be going out today to those who participate in our monthly program, the Manager Connection.
There will no new pairings sent out in August, as we are completely revamping our program. We want it to be the absolute best. 🙌🏼
Day 1 of
#ManagerAppreciationWeek
ft. a day in the life of USC Men's Basketball Manager Ellis Spar. Thank you for showing everyone all of the hard work that gets done behind the scenes Ellis!
@EllisSpar
@USC_Hoops
Join Grow the Game in a great afternoon in Cleveland!
Featuring guest speaker Jacie Hoyt
@CoachJacie
from
@OSUWBB
Oklahoma State WBB starting at 1:15.
Lunch, networking opportunities and meaningful discussions with fellow professionals will follow! See you there from 1-3pm.
TOMORROW‼️
Grow the Game’s Summer Zoom Series is back! Join us at 7 PM EST to hear from
@WMUMBB
Assistant
@CoachMannyD
.
Presented by:
@CBBAnalytics
Sign up ⬇️
The harsh reality of this business, but it’s part of why we do what we do.
Student Managers and GA’s will never have to pay a dime to find mentors, participate in professional development, or get help finding that first opportunity.
Breaking into the business of basketball coaching is an expensive endeavor. Entry level jobs can pay between $0-25K and let’s keep it real you gonna need to spend your own money to make it in this business. This thing is skewed towards ppl with financial freedom at a young age.