Georgia Southern professor serves as guest speaker for USA Basketball
Since 2015, Charles “Hal” Wilson Jr., Ph.D., assistant professor of kinesiology at Georgia Southern University, has been invited eight times by USA Basketball to serve as a guest speaker for its Coach Academy.
Most recently, Wilson spoke to more than 100 coaches at the Pace Academy in Atlanta. Held in September, the Pace Academy provided valuable insight and education to coaches and administrators on the USA Basketball curriculum for the proper skill development path to teach the game of basketball to children of all ages and abilities.
“I am honored and humbled to be a small part of improving education for basketball coaches at all levels across the nation,” said Wilson. “As a longtime basketball coach, I am proud that USA Basketball has made a commitment to grassroots basketball in partnership with the NBA and the NCAA in recent years, and these Coach Academies are a big part of that movement.”
USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the governing body for basketball in the U.S. Guest speakers are tasked with presenting on areas of expertise on basketball and leadership topics applied both on and off the court.
“Serving as a guest lecturer also gives me a chance to share the wonderful things we are doing in our nationally accredited undergraduate minor in coaching behavior, as well as our No. 2 ranked Master of Science in Kinesiology with a concentration in coaching education,” Wilson added.
Georgia Southern alumnus and Pace Academy Head Boys Basketball Coach Sharman White was also a speaker at the event.
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