Pete Newell's Big Man Camp

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Coach Pete Newell will once again be hosting his BIG MAN CAMP in Las Vegas, Nevada from August 4, 2008 thru August 8, 2008, at the Cox Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

In 1976, while still in the NBA Coach Newell began a summer camp with a simple one-on-one session with, then Los Angeles Laker draft pick, Kermit Washington. Thus, the PETE NEWELL BIG MAN CAMP was born and throughout its existence many present and future NBA Hall of Fame players have improved their basketball skills through this camp.





Players who have attended camp include Shaquille O'Neal, Bill Walton, Hakeem Olajuwan, Scottie Pippen, Bernard King, James Worthy, Sean Elliott, Jermaine O'Neal, Tayshaun Prince, Kenyon Martin, Shawn Marion, Shawn Kemp, Antawn Jamison, A.C. Green, Horace Grant, Tyson Chandler, Mike Dunleavy Jr., and Kwame Brown just to name a few.

Coach Newell's basketball credentials are unquestioned, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978, and is one of only three coaches in history, Dean Smith and Bobby Knight being the other two coaches,
to have won the NIT and NCAA Men's Championships, as well as coaching the United States Men's National team to an Olympic Gold Medal





Coach Newell's fame is not only recognized in the United States, as he is an uncredentialed "Ambassador of Basketball" having conducted clinics around the world. For his contribution to the sport in Japan, he was awarded one of the country's highest honors, the Order of the Sacred Treasures by the late Emperor Hirohito in 1987.

In 2003, Coach Newell was named the 7th best coach in United States Basketball history, also that same year he was honored as the Nell and John Wooden Humanitarian Award for Lifetime Coaching Achievement.