Oklahoma Shapes Up After Recruiting Violations: The Sooners have implemented ways to prevent NCAA violations when recruiting players after former coach Kelvin Sampson and his assistants made 577 improper phone calls to potential players. The changes include checks on telephone logs, a new rules manual and a new computer system to make sure all calls follow NCAA regulations. Sampson now coaches at Indiana, but Oklahoma wants to ensure the university does not encounter more violations. [12/14/06]
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Thursday, January 9, 2025
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