Burchard
Indianapolis, Ind.
-- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) will present its most prestigious Guardians of the Game awards to three current college coaches and one former coach during the 2010 NCAA® Final Four® and NABC Convention in Indianapolis.
Columbia (Mo.) College head coach and athletic director Bob Burchard will receive the NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Leadership, presented by Papa John's; Georgia Tech head coach Paul Hewitt is the recipient of the NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Education, presented by The Hartford; Mac Petty, head coach at Wabash (Ind.) College, will receive the Guardians of the Game Award for Advocacy presented by Sof-Sole; and former St. Bonaventure and Duquesne head coach Jim Satalin, the national director of the Coaches vs. Cancer program, will receive the NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Service.
The awards will be presented on Sunday, April 4, 2010, at the AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show at the Murat Centre in Indianapolis beginning at 6 p.m. (EDT). Among the many awards to be presented during the show are coach and player of the year awards in NCAA Divisions I, II and III; the presentation of the NCAA Division I first and second team All-America players; the NABC Division I Defensive player of the year award; the NABC/Pete Newell Big Man of the Year award presented by YRC Worldwide; and the Naismith Trophy presented by AT&T to the nation’s most outstanding player.