Lawrence Harvey Brown is an American basketball coach and former player who was most recently the head coach for Auxilium Torino of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and EuroCup Basketball. Brown is the only coach in basketball history to win both an NCAA national championship and an NBA title. He has a 1,275-965 lifetime professional coaching record in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is the only coach in NBA history to lead eight teams to the playoffs. He also won an ABA championship as a player with the Oakland Oaks in the 1968–69 season, and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1964. He is also the only person ever to coach two NBA franchises in the same season. Before coaching, Brown played collegiately at the University of North Carolina and professionally in the ABA.
The Florence Center is a 10,000-seat multipurpose arena in Florence, South Carolina. The arena was known as the Florence Civic Center until it rebranded in January 2018.
Germane L. Crowell is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. In the 1998 NFL draft, Crowell was selected in the second round by the Detroit Lions. He played five seasons for the Lions from 1998 until 2002. He is the older brother of NFL linebacker Angelo Crowell.
Jennings Bryan "Ears" Whitworth was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater—from 1950 to 1954 and the University of Alabama from 1955 to 1957, compiling a career college football coaching record of 26–51–4. Whitworth also coached baseball at Alabama from 1933 to 1934 and the University of Georgia in 1943, tallying a career college baseball coaching mark of 22–21.
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League. They play their home games at the Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas. With three D-League titles in 2010, 2013, and 2019, the Vipers are the most successful team in the league.
Clarence Glover is a retired American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player, who played in college at Western Kentucky (1968–1971). Glover was a forward at 6'8" and 210 lb.
Grailey Hewett "Grady" "Big Hig" Higginbotham was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He was the first head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team, leading it to a 14–18 record from 1925 to 1927. Higginbotham coached the Red Raiders baseball team to a 10–17 record from 1928 to 1929. He was also the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team in 1929, tallying a mark of 1–7–2. He was the athletic director at Texas Tech from 1927 to 1929. Higginbotham played college football and college baseball at Texas A&M University. After graduating, he played in minor league baseball or several years. He was the older brother of Roswell G. Higginbotham, who also played at Texas A&M and became a college baseball coach.
Todd Rucci is a former professional American football player who played guard for eight seasons in the National Football League from 1993 to 1999. He was a starter in Super Bowl XXXI for the New England Patriots. Rucci graduated in 1988 from Upper Darby High School where he also excelled at the shot put and discus on the track team. Todd was in the same High School Class as Bill Jensen and Tina Fey.
Thomas Ashley Sullivan was a professional American football running back with two National Football League teams.
Kenneth Michael "Ken" McDonald is an American professional basketball coach, currently working as an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa. He previously served as a head coach with the Austin Toros of the NBA G-League and at Western Kentucky University.
John Oldham is a retired American college and professional basketball player, college basketball coach and athletic director.
The Suburban Conference is a Missouri State High School Activities Association recognized high school extracurricular league which includes 32 schools located in the suburbs of St. Louis. The conference comprises mostly schools in St. Louis County but also a handful from Jefferson County. Because of the large number of teams in suburban St. Louis, the conference is split up geographically into three sub-conferences, each divided into two divisions. The new divisions went into effect prior to the 2014-15 season. Prior to then, the schools were split into four conferences.
The Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2012 was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Republican Peter Kinder faced Democratic nominee and former state auditor Susan Montee, Libertarian Matthew Copple, and the Constitution Party nominee, former state representative Cynthia Davis.
The Missouri treasurer election, 2012 was held on November 6, 2012, alongside the presidential and gubernatorial elections. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Clint Zweifel was re-elected to a second term against Republican State Representative Cole McNary.
Murray Arnold was an American basketball coach, best remembered for his college coaching career at Chattanooga, Western Kentucky and Stetson. He also spent two seasons from 1991 coaching the Perth Wildcats of Australia's National Basketball League. In 1991, he led them to a championship.
Ricky Quiles is a retired lightweight boxer who has won two titles.
Javier "Javy" Ayala is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in Bellator's Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2011, he has also competed for Tachi Palace Fights.
Matt Brase is an American basketball coach, currently works as an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Luis Martínez is a Mexican footballer for FC Tucson in USL League One.
Shane Dennis is a former professional baseball player. He played in the San Diego Padres organization and in JapanPacific League for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 1997 and 1998. He played at and served as a director of operations for the Wichita State University baseball team.
