After the NCAA’s Commission on College Basketball made its recommendations about cleaning up the sport, a question arose: Are coaches part of the problem or part of the solution?
This either/or has been on the mind of Jim Haney, the executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. In a video response to the Commission’s recommendations, he acknowledged the tidal wave of negativity created by last fall’s news of an FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball recruiting.
“The integrity of our game (and) the reputation of our coaches and our coaching profession took a huge hit,” Haney said.