Basketball Philosophy of our program

As coaches at Belhaven we try to stress in a three dynamic parts of our college.

1. Spiritual Life
There is the opportunity for Spiritual growth for each student here at Belhaven. It impresses me the influence I have seen in the lives of many former students and student athletes that attended Belhaven. It is good to hear stories from former players that I come in contact as well as traditional students from the college that say they were impacted in a great way and their faith as been strengthened because of their time at Belhaven. This has come through the classroom and through coaches.

2. Academics

Belhaven continues to make strides in becoming stronger academically. I am proud of the education our students receive here at Belhaven and feel like it is a tremendous recruiting tool for us to stress how solid the academic programs are here. We emphasize the small student to teacher ratio. Our goal is to make sure young men understand they will have quality educators that care about them as students and as people. The faculty here invests in the lives of our students in a powerful way.

3. Athletics

Our push is that the student athletes we bring in here to Belhaven are going to put to a challenge athletically. We have a full time strength coach that works on quickness and speed as well as strength. We have three full time trainers on staff to help our athletes to get the proper treatment if they ever have an injury. Our coaches are committed to making sure each individual improves as an athlete and in their skill level. We are constantly trying to find new ways to help our players take their game up a notch. We have had some big wins and made big strides over the last couple of seasons. We led the nation in FT shooting two seasons ago and this past season for the second year in a row, we received votes in the top 25 NAIA National poll. Two years ago, it was academic casualties and this past season it was injuries. We could use your prayers that this season we continue to make strides without big roadblocks. The bumps have made us better, but I am still excited about the future we have here in building the basketball program.

Character and Building into lives
Our main emphasis is to impact lives while building and maintain a top-notch basketball program. We are about building character, discipline and teaching our young men what it means to work hard. Our staff and I have spent many nights on the phone and on the road, trying to build what I think is going to be a fun team to watch next season and for seasons to come. We are not finished yet with our recruiting so keep your eyes open for some great young men with the skills we need to be successful.

God has been good to us and will continue to be good. We just have to stay faithful in the little things.