Marty Clarke is a name that probably doesn't resonate much outside of Australian basketball and a private college in Moraga, California.
But it should.
Because if you've ever looked at the Australian players in the NBA and wondered about their path to the peak of their profession, the 49-year-old associate head coach at Saint Mary's College is as big a reason as any for the vast majority of them.
Patty Mills, Matthew Dellavedova, Joe Ingles, Aron Baynes, Dante Exum, Andrew Bogut and Ben Simmons all attended the Australian Institute of Sport, now known as Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence, at one time or another.