Basketball Coaches Honored for Fight Against Cancer; Louisville's Crum and Florida's Ross win Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award.Sports Editors/Basketball & Health Writers ATLANTA--(BW SportsWire)--March 30, 2000 University of Louisville See also
1. ^ [1] 2. ^ [2] URL accessed on June 8 2006 3. men's basketball head coach, Denny Crum Denzil E. "Denny" Crum (born March 2, 1937 in San Fernando, California) is a former college men's basketball coach. He is well-known for coaching the University of Louisville between 1971 and 2001, compiling a 675-295 record. , and University of Florida's women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. head coach, Carol Ross, were honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. today as the recipients of the Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award. Crum and Ross received the award for their dedication and commitment to fighting cancer through Coaches vs. Cancer. Coaches vs. Cancer was founded in 1993 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC NABC National Association of Basketball Coaches NABC National Agricultural Biotechnology Council NABC National Auto Body Council NABC North American Bridge Championships (American Contract Bridge League tournament) ) and the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, . In 1999, the WBCA WBCA Women's Basketball Coaches Association WBCA Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association WBCA World Blitz Chess Association WBCA Washington's Birthday Celebration Association WBCA West Bay Christian Academy WBCA Wyandotte Bantam Club of America became an official partner of Coaches vs. Cancer. Winners of the Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award are selected by the Coaches Council and the Coaches vs. Cancer Advisory Board and are evaluated on their fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. total, level of participation, number of years involved, and leadership displayed with Coaches vs. Cancer fund-raising and educational activities to benefit the American Cancer Society. Both Crum and Ross have been leaders within the Coaches vs. Cancer program, and have committed a tremendous amount of time and effort to assisting the American Cancer Society to help accomplish the organization's goal of finding a cure for all cancers. "Say `cancer' and you strike fear in a person's mind," said Ross. "Coaches vs. Cancer wants to eliminate that fear by educating people on how they can decrease the risk of getting cancer. Youths are particularly vulnerable to being influenced by messages and habits that can put them at risk. If we can prevent those habits from forming and promote a healthy lifestyle, we are doing a great service that stops cancer before it starts." "I've been affected by cancer directly," said Crum. "If I just had one particular thing I could support it would probably be cancer research because that disease has had the most direct affect on me. Very few people in this country haven't been affected either directly or indirectly by cancer in their family, and mine is no exception."
Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award
Year Coach
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1993-94 Norm Stewart (Missouri)
1994-95 Norm Stewart (Missouri)
1995-96 Norm Stewart (Missouri)
1996-97 Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)
Marsha Sharp (Texas Tech)
1997-98 Roy Williams (Kansas)
Marsha Sharp (Texas Tech)
1998-99 Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)
Marsha Sharp (Texas Tech)
1999-00 Denny Crum (Louisville)
Carol Ross (Florida)
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