The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) is an athletic conference that competes in the NCAA's Division III. There are nine teams in the conference, all located in the states of Michigan and Indiana. The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association was established on March 24, 1888, making it the oldest college athletic conference in the United States. The current members of the MIAA include Adrian College, Albion College, Alma College, Calvin University, Hope College, Kalamazoo College, Olivet College, Saint Mary's College of Notre Dame, Indiana, and Trine University, formerly known as Tri-State University. Olivet, Alma and Albion are the only charter members remaining in the conference. Former members include such colleges as Michigan State University, previously Michigan Agricultural College, (1888–1907), Eastern Michigan University, previously Michigan State Normal College, (1892–1926), Hillsdale College (1888–1961), and Defiance College (1997–2000).
Olivet College is a private liberal arts college located in Olivet, Michigan. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It was founded in 1844 by missionaries from Oberlin College, and it followed Oberlin in becoming the second coeducational college or university in the United States. Olivet College is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches and stands in the Reformed tradition of Protestantism.
Suntino Korleone Young is an American retired professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the 40th overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft.
Hargrave Military Academy (HMA) is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Chatham, Virginia. Hargrave is affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia emphasizing Christian values that focuses on a college and military preparatory program. The school serves boys from around the world for grade 7 through post-graduate (PG). Hargrave was named a National School of Character in 2016. Hargrave is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and nationally by AdvancEd, and is a member of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States and the National Association of Independent Schools. The school's campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Willie J. Hargrave High School is public high school in the Huffman community of unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.
Clarence R. Weed was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Buchtel College—now known as the University of Akron—for one season in 1909, compiling a record of 4–4. Weed also coached the men's basketball team at Buchtel that academic year, 1909–10, tallying a mark of 5–3. Weed was a graduate of Olivet College and the University of Michigan.
Roy Kehl Thomas was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He was the seventh head football coach at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1909 until 1911. His record at Fairmount was 15–8–2. The 1911 team finished the season with a record of 7–1. They were declared the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions. Thomas coached the football team at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1913.
The junior varsity basketball team at the University of North Carolina is a two-year program that gives non-scholarship students the opportunity to continue their basketball careers at the collegiate level. Tryouts for the J.V. team occur every year prior to the beginning of basketball season in October. Players are only allowed to play on the J.V. team for two years and then they are given a chance to try out for the varsity team as a walk-on. With a valid physical examination, any student that attends the university can try out for the J.V. team. The J.V. team is coached by assistant varsity coaches, who are given the opportunity to gain head coaching experience while fulfilling their assistant duties at the varsity level. Hubert Davis, prior to his promotion to head coach for the varsity team, was the head coach of the J.V. team. Since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down sports in spring 2020, the J.V. team has not competed, putting a pause on one of the most cherished traditions in Chapel Hill. The team did not return for the 2021–22 season, and instead tryouts were held to add walk-ons to the varsity team, due to the continued need for COVID-19 safety protocols.
Elvin John "Al" Cassell was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan from 1926 to 1929, and Jamestown College—now known as the University of Jamestown—in Jamestown, North Dakota, from 1930 to 1946 and again from 1951 to 1953. His football record at Jamestown was 65–49–13. Cassell was also the athletic director and head basketball coach at Jamestown from 1930 to 1964.
Patrick Lucas "Luke" Hancock is an American former professional basketball player and current financial adviser. He played in six games for Panionios of the Greek Basket League before tearing a muscle in his calf, ending his career. He played college basketball for the University of Louisville after transferring from George Mason University. While at Louisville, he won the 2013 NCAA championship and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player, becoming the first substitute to ever win the award. On September 30, 2019 the NCAA reinstated Luke Hancock’s MOP status in his individual capacity. This decision did not, however, change the status of the vacated 2013 Louisville Cardinals Division I Championship.
Ralph Hodge was an American college basketball head coach for Olivet Nazarene University.
Kevin Andre Keatts is an American college basketball coach. He is the current men's head coach at North Carolina State University.
The Olivet Comets men's basketball program represents Olivet College in men's basketball at the NCAA Division III level.
Dan "Moose" Musielewicz is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan, a position he has held since the 2017 season.
Archibald William Hamilton is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the head men's basketball coach at Eastern Kentucky University, a position he has held since 2018. Hamilton served as the head basketball coach at Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Virginia from 2011 to 2017. Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, he played college basketball for Wake Forest and Marshall, where he graduated in 2005.
The 1910–11 team finished with a record of 4–8. It was the 2nd and last year for head coach Clare Hunt. The school yearbook list W.P. Bowmen as the head coach. The team captain was Oda A. Hindelang.
Luke Yaklich is an American college basketball coach and current men's basketball coach for the UIC Flames.
Burt E. Kennedy was an American football and basketball coach.
Takayo Lemont Siddle is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team.
The Hargrave Military Academy basketball team is the prep basketball team of Hargrave Military Academy. The Tigers have won three National Prep Championships since a formal tournament began in the mid 2000s. The program has produced hundreds of players that went on to play NCAA Division 1 basketball, and 27 that have gone on to play in the NBA. The program has also been a breeding ground for college coaches, as many former head coaches and assistants have ascended through the ranks at the NCAA Division 1 level. The Hargrave Military Academy basketball program was named “Program of the Decade” by RealGM in 2012 after a study showing that Hargrave produced more successful college basketball players than any other prep school or high school in the nation. The program was also featured on a season 2 episode of CNN's Inside Man.
