UNBC Searches For New Men's Basketball Coach
March 19, 2001 For Immediate Release
Reg Carrick, the coach who guided the UNBC men's basketball team in its first two seasons of varsity action, has resigned.
Reg Carrick, the coach who guided the UNBC men's basketball team in its first two seasons of varsity action, has resigned.
"Reg will be hard to replace," says UNBC President Charles
Jago. "He was an excellent recruiter and brought students to UNBC
from all over western Canada and even the US. In each of Reg's two seasons
with UNBC, the men's team cracked the national ranking and their entertaining
style of play helped to pack the CNC Gym for home games. Even though
Reg has decided to move on to other opportunities, UNBC is committed
to its varsity basketball program and has already begun to search for
a new coach." An advertisement for the position will be posted
at UNBC this week.
This year, the UNBC Northern
Timberwolves men's basketball team finished with a record of eight
wins and ten losses, despite posting a winning record at home. The team
made it to the BC Colleges' Athletic Association playoffs for the first
time, but lost in the first round to Langara College.
"There is so much potential for the program at UNBC, but it's
hard to keep moving forward without our own facility, bigger scholarships
for the players, and more support from the University," says Carrick.
The University's fundraising office has worked with Athletics to implement
a number of new fundraising initiatives - such as a mail-out campaign
and the adopt-an-athlete program - to support the program and its student
athletes. To date, more than $11,000 has been raised this fiscal year
from private donors. In addition, the Operation Red Nose Program brought
in close to $8,000 this year.
UNBC is continuing to investigate options for building its proposed
Sportsplex. A concept for
the facility was developed last year in partnership with a number of
community organizations, but no funding for the building has yet been
secured.