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LUBBOCK, TEXAS -- BYU Head Coach Dave Rose is one of four college basketball coaches named as finalists for the prestigious Clair Bee Awards, to be presented by Chip Hilton Sports and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) at the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 4.
The Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award honors a Division I men's basketball coach who through his actions on and off the court makes an outstanding contribution to the sport of college basketball.
The criteria for this award include a coach's ability to inspire, motivate, coach, and educate his team to achieve its fullest potential awhile insisting upon and demonstrating outstanding character and academic success.
The list of coaching finalists for the Clair Bee Award are:
- Steve Donahue, Cornell University
- Ben Jacobson, University of Northern Iowa
- Dave Rose, Brigham Young University
- Mark Turgeon, Texas A&M University
Mike Anderson of the University of Missouri was the 2009 Coach Clair Bee Award winner.
Chip Hilton Sports began presenting the awards in 1997 as a way to honor outstanding excellence and character in college basketball during the season.
The Selection Committee is composed of: Dan Beebe, Jay Bilas, Dave Gavitt, Bob Hammel, Bob Knight, Pat Knight, Billy Packer, Dean Smith, and Dick Vitale.
Coach Clair F. Bee, the late Long Island University coach and Hall of Famer, compiled a .826 lifetime winning percentage, still the best in major-college coaching history. Known as the "Innovator," Clair Bee's influence on the game also extended to strategies (the 1-3-1 zone defense and the 3-second rule) and the development of sports camps (Camp All-America and Kutsher's Sports Academy). Coach Bee authored technical coaching books and conducted coaching clinics around the world.
