Larranaga Named Virginia Coach of the Year: In addition to receiving a nomina-tion for ESPN’s Coach of the Year ESPY Award and being inducted into the New Eng-land Basketball Hall of Fame, George Mason coach Jim Larranaga has picked up yet another award: Virginia Coach of the Year. Larranaga led the Patriots to a Final Four run in the NCAA Tournament, including wins against Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut. The Virginia Coach of the Year award is chosen by the Virginia Sports In-formation Directions. Larranaga also won the award in 1999. George Mason forward Jai Lewis was also named 1st Team All-State and guard Lamar Butler was named 2nd Team All-State. [6/27/06]
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The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach