In my travels and experiences in college basketball I am asked a variety of questions by curious fans and coaches. The overwhelming favorite and most popular question by coaches continues to be, “how do I get my foot in the door? I’d do anything to become a college hoop coach.” Are you one of those eager coaches with the same lofty goal?

As I stepped away from coaching the college game this question persisted. No matter where I went the question followed. Finally I decided to do something about it. The result is the development of a new program, “The Path to College Coaching.”

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Villanova college basketball has been a force in the Big East Conference since joining the highly respected basketball grouping in 1980. Long before the modern era success in the Big East the school that was established in 1842 as a Roman Catholic affiliated learning institution first fielded a college basketball team roughly 80 years into its existence when their inaugural team took the court in 1920.

Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Villanova makes a tremendous impact on the college basketball scene relative to the size of its student body. As a private college with less than 10,000 students Villanova University is considered small relative to many big time college basketball programs around the country. In fact, with only about 6,000 undergraduate students the Villanova Wildcats have the unique distinction of playing their basketball games in two different arenas. Because the Villanova college basketball program is not able to draw from a larger student body fan base games of lesser importance that are expected to draw fewer supporters are played in the 6,500 seat on-campus arena known as the Pavilion while more high profile games against nationally renowned competitors are played in the much larger 21,600 seat Philadelphia sports complex known as the Wachovia center which is shared by the NBA and NHL teams in the city (76ers and Flyers).

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