Father's Day has never been a big holiday in the Larranaga household because basketball always seems to get in the way. The same is true of Christmas, Thanksgiving, and birthdays.
This year is no different.
Jim Larranaga, the University of Miami coach, is busy recruiting and running his summer camp. His eldest son, Jay, an assistant with the Boston Celtics, has been interviewing for NBA head coaching positions (the Knicks, Hornets, Hawks and Bucks were among his suitors) and is now immersed in his 12-year-old son James’ AAU summer basketball circuit.
Larranaga’s younger son Jon, who lives in Washington and works in the insurance industry, is coaching his 9-year-old and 7-year-old sons’ youth teams and taking them three times a week to “Rhythm Dribble,” a neuromuscular training program to develop their ball-handling skills.