Dave Gavitt
Dave Gavitt
David "Dave" Gavittwas an American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He was also well known as the first commissioner of the Big East Conference and as part of the committee which created the 1992 Olympic Basketball "Dream Team."...
coach divorce hard office since situation talk
He always wanted to coach. He would come in my office and say, 'Let's talk coaching.' I would say, 'Well, it is kind of hard to divorce myself of the situation since you are one of my players. So we're not going to talk long.'?
balance chair fear importance lessen meaning moved regular
No! You've got to have meaning to the regular season. Right now, the balance is okay. That was my only fear when we moved to 64 teams. I was chair at the time, and I did have some trepidation that we would lessen the importance of the regular season.