NHSCA Basketball Festival Team Brunch

Former NBA Assistant Coach Brendan Suhr will be Featured Guest Speaker for NHSCA Basketball Festival Team Brunch

(Salisbury, MD) Former NBA Assistant Coach Brendan Suhr is scheduled to headline the Team Brunch of the NHSCA High School Basketball Festival. This brunch on Sunday, December 27th at 11:00am at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center is included for all tournament participants and the public is invited to attend.

Suhr spent 28 seasons on the NBA sidelines, most notably on Chuck Daly's Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boy" staff, winning two championships. Suhr was the head scout for the first U.S. "Dream Team" in 1992. Suhr also served on NBA staffs with the Atlanta Hawks (assistant coach, 1979-87/assistant GM-1988), Detroit (1988-92, 2000-01), the New Jersey Nets (1992-94), the Toronto Raptors (1996-97), the Orlando Magic (1997-99), and the New York Knicks (assistant coach 2004-05, 2006-08/scout 2004/Director, Player Personnel, 2004-08).

Executive Director of the NHSCA, Bobby Ferraro Jr, said “It’s a pleasure to have Brendan as a guest speaker for our Team Breakfast and we believe the players and coaches are really going to enjoy his presence and the message he will be delivering.”

Suhr spent time in the Continental Basketball Association, serving as the president, general manager, and head coach of the Grand Rapids Hoops (1995-97). He also co-owned the team from 1996-99. Suhr was the CBA's executive vice president of basketball operations and industry relations, working closely with then-CBA owner Isiah Thomas on implementing league policy. He earned CBA's Coach of Year honors in 1996.

Tickets for the brunch are $15 per person. To purchase tickets, please contact the Wicomico Civic Center Box Office at: 410-548-4911.

The National High School Coaches Association High School Basketball Festival will run from December 26th to December 30th at the Wicomico Civic Center and Wicomico High School in Salisbury, MD. In conjunction with Wicomico County Tourism, the NHSCA Basketball Festival will feature thirty teams from the Mid-Atlantic region. Tickets are available at the Wicomico Civic Center (M-F 8am to 5pm) or at the gate.

For a tournament schedule, please visit www.nhsca.com and click on the NHSCA Basketball Festival link.