Sports Business Classroom is excited to announce that NBA Salary Cap expert Larry Coon will return for his 5th year as General Manager and Lead Instructor for the 2020 Business of Basketball Virtual Conference taking place August 10-14, 2020
As the General Manager for the Sports Business Classroom, Larry will oversee the entire program, including developing the curriculum, recruiting program leads, instructors and guest speakers, admitting students into the program, and serving as host and lead instructor.
Larry will be responsible for developing and teaching the content into the CBA deep dive, general education lectures, hands-on practicum, as well developing interactive experiences and networking exercises surrounding the Virtual Conference.
Designed for those looking to break into the sports business world, the immersive, five-day Business of Basketball Virtual Conference provides registrants the opportunity to learn from top executives while performing real work in multiple in-demand disciplines, including team video, scouting, analytics, social media, digital branding, broadcasting, and the league salary cap.
Coon will lead an all-star lineup of sports business executives that will be teaching and joining the Sports Business Classroom Virtual Conference, including Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni, Washington Wizards General Manager Tommy Sheppard, Play-by-Play Commentator NBA on ESPN & ABC Mike Breen, Chief Creative Officer at Momentum Worldwide Omid Farhang, WNBA Champion Renee Montgomery, Bleacher Report Staff Writer Mirin Fader, and the Vegas Summer League co-founders Warren LeGarie and Albert Hall.
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Past speakers have included NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, TNT’s David Aldridge, Houston Rockets Head Coach Mike D’Antoni, NFL Network’s Andrea Kremer, Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle, the cast of NBATV’s The Starters, ESPN’s Mark Jones, Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and NBA Executive VP of Basketball Operations Kiki Vandeweghe, just to name a few.
SBC SPEAKER BIO: LARRY COON – GENERAL MANAGER
Larry Coon is a computer scientist by both education and trade, and works in Information Technology management at University of California, Irvine, overseeing Business Intelligence. He also has taught university Computer Science courses, specializing in database theory.
Coon is best known as an expert in the NBA salary cap, and as the author of the Salary Cap FAQ available online at CBAFAQ.com. He has been profiled in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register and Sports Illustrated. He makes regular media appearances including television (such as ESPN’s “Outside the Lines”) radio and podcasts. He also is a contributor to ESPN.com and to BasketballInsiders.com. He is often quoted and cited, both online and in print, by local and national media venues. He also has contributed to the New York Times Off the Dribble blog, HoopsWorld.com and RealGM.com.
In July 2011 Sports Illustrated named Coon to their inaugural Twitter 100, which lists the 100 most essential people in the sports world to follow on Twitter.
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Sports Business Classroom is dedicated to creating immersive educational and training experiences designed by leading industry professionals to develop the sports business stars of tomorrow.
Sports Business Classroom creates one-of-a-kind learning opportunities for those interested in the business of basketball and jobs in sports. Our goal with every program we produce is to combine the best of all worlds into a single package – great academics, hands-on experience, immersion into the subject matter and interaction with some of the best minds working in and around the NBA.
