Boeheim Part of AT&T "Coaches Corner"
2/8/2008 11:14:42 AM | Men's Basketball
AT&T Release
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), in conjunction with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA®), today announced the launch of Coaches' Corner, a six-week series of candid video interviews with some of the NCAA's most acclaimed men's basketball coaches, including Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Paul Hewitt (Georgia Tech), Tom Izzo (Michigan State), Ernie Kent (Oregon), Dave Odom (South Carolina) and Bill Self (Kansas). The streaming video series, going live Saturday, Feb. 9, will be available exclusively on AT&T wireless handsets.
Boeheim, who is in his 32nd year as head coach at his alma mater. ranks fifth among active Division I coaches in victories (766). He has the Orange off to a 16-8 start this season. Boeheim led the Orange to the 2003 NCAA Championship and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 2005.
The Coaches' Corner panel of NCAA basketball experts will offer unique insights on anything and everything about college hoops, from how to prepare a team for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship to the process of recruiting top players to game-day superstitions. Each coach's interview will be approximately 90 seconds, and a new topic will be introduced each Saturday. Updated content, along with instructions to access, will be featured during NCAA regular-season basketball games on CBS Sports throughout the duration of the series.
"The basketball coaches in our Coaches' Corner panel have an enormous amount of basketball knowledge and years of unique basketball experiences," said Tim McGhee, director of National Sponsorships for AT&T's wireless unit. "As an official NCAA and NABC Corporate Champion, AT&T is very excited to be able to deliver this robust mobile video content to our customers so that they can connect to exclusive panel discussions throughout the season. This is an extension of our commitment to the NCAA and to college basketball."
Customers can access Coaches' Corner on their wireless handsets by launching the Cellular Video (CV) mobile application. Standard data-usage charges apply.
