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BEMIDJI – The National Champion Basketball Coaching Clinic will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the Bemidji Middle ÍáÍáÂþ»­ North Gym.

The clinic focuses on high school, middle school and youth basketball x’s and o’s development. The clinicians of the on-court demonstration with players include two national college champions and coach of the year honorees and one multiple national college coach of the year honoree. Clinic check-in is from 8:15 a.m to 8:50 a.m., and the clinic ends at 6:30 p.m.

Clinicians include Lisa Stone, head women’s coach at Washington-St. Louis (MO.), former head coach at Saint Louis, Wisconsin, Drake, Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Cornell. In 2015-16, she was named the College Sports Madness High Major National Coach of the Year. In 2000, she earned the News/Molten Division II National Coach of the Year honor. She was also named the 1997 WBCA D-III National Coach of the Year.

Mike Apple, the head men’s coach at Sandhills Community College (NC), is also attending. He’s a 2020 and 2012 NJCAA D-III Men’s National Champion and NJCAA D-III National Coach of the Year. He’s joined by Steve Gomez, head women’s coach at Lubbock Christian in Texas. Gomez is a 2015-16, 2018-19 and 2020-21 NCAA Women’s D-II National Champions. Gomez was named the 2015-16 WBCA NCAA D-II National Coach of the Year.

Each registrant will receive the downloaded National Champion Playbook, a complementary Championship Productions Streamed Video, lunch on site, a refreshment break and a drawing chance. Registration fees are as follows:

Early Bird Pre-Registration Postmarked Deadline Feb. 15: $79 per registrant

Regular Pre-Registration Postmarked from February 16 to April 8: $89 per registrant.

Late and Day of Registration Fee: $99 per registrant.

Canada Registrants: Contact Dan Ninham for pre-registration fees and procedures.

Registration Procedures: Send a check or money order payable to Coach Dan Ninham Basketball and mail to Dan Ninham, PO Box 652, Red Lake, MN, 56671. Include the date of the clinic, registrant name, mailing address, email address and cell number. PayPal Code: coach.danninham@midco.net .