Coach BYU He coached BYU Basketball from 1949 to 1972 He was a pioneer in the fast break style of play and called by some the “father of the jump shot”. Stan graduated in 1938, but returned to BYU in 1947 and served at various times as a football,...
assistant coach Nuggets A native of Molokai, Hawaii. He began his collegiate career at Brigham Young-Hawaii in 1988 before going on a two-year church mission to Vina del Mar, Chile. Source:...
Assistant Coach Dallas Mavericks Brandyn served a church mission from 1995 to ’98. Source: Akana keeps winning as coach By Brandon Lee Honolulu Star Bulletin, 14 Mar 2003...
Thurl Lee Bailey was born in Washington, D.C. on 7 April 1961. He is a graduate of Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, Maryland. Family is extremely important to Bailey. He is a devoted family man with six children. He and his wife Sindi currently live in Salt...
Jordan Bachynski is a basketball player at Arizona State. His career has captured the imagination of journalists because, after missing his final high school season due to injury, he then served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose...
Stilman White is a champion college basketball player who has chosen to interrupt his education and athletic prowess at the University of North Carolina to serve a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often mistakenly called the...
In March of 2012, Stilman White got the understudy’s dream opportunity—the starting point guard was injured and the freshman who had played just twenty minutes in five games got to start. He made the most of the opportunity and made thirteen assists and had no...
By Rebecca I attended Brigham Young University (BYU) the same time as the famous Mormon athlete Jimmer Fredette. I remember the hostile debates throughout Utah in response to another student’s article in The Daily Universe (school newspaper at BYU), who complained...
Jabari Parker, the 6-foot-8, 220 pound American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is the number one ranked basketball player in the class of 2013. Jabari was born on 15 March...
