Volunteers to Get New Practice Center: Brenda Lawson, a businesswoman who supports the University of Tennessee, has pledged $10 million to athletic and academic projects, including $2.5 million for a new practice center for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. The center will be adjacent to the Thompson-Boling Arena and will bear Lawson’s name. In recognition of her contributions to the university, Tennessee already has one athletic building named after her, the McKenzie-Lawson Center. [8/28/06]
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Saturday, November 30, 2024
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