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experience, I have found that the best coaches are also true teachers." In preparation for the 2002 State Tournament Basketball final against a formidable Poly Prep team that featured three eventual Division I players (including two-time NCAA Champion, two-time NBA All-Star, and NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Joakim Noah, standing a mere 6'10" at the time), my players conditioned day and night; we were going to attack this team with speed on offense and pressure on defense. We were unconcerned that on a good day our tallest player on the roster stood 6'3". The game was hosted by Manhattan College, a huge court that allowed us to spread the floor and run. This would be the upset of the decade! Noah picked up three quick fouls and had to sit a majority of the first half. At halftime, Trevor was leading by three. This was the furthest a Trevor Boys Varsity team had gotten in the State Tournament, a title that was now only two quarters away. However, in the second half, we faced an athletic tsunami. Not only were our opponents rested (many having sat in the first half with foul trouble), but they were angry that the game was so close. I likened it to chapters of Gulliver's Travels—our opponents' size seemed to compound by the minute. We lost by 13 points. On the bus ride back to Trevor, after some 15 minutes Coach Kingsley takes his team on a post-season run " Effective teaching and coaching enhances the productivity of your players/students through consistency, leadership, and forging trusting connections. Communicating in a way that engenders respect and buy-in is a philosophy that manifests in both my teaching and coaching. " — CABEL ALFRIEND, Learning Specialist and JV Boys Soccer & Varsity Softball Coach TREVOR DAY SCHOOL / 43 INSIDE TREVOR TREVOR TRANSLATES FEATURE AR TICLES ALUMNI

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