Boys and Girls Basketball Ages 5-10

July 7-11
Day Camp

Fees

$155

A non-refundable minimum deposit of $49 is required with each application. The remaining balance is due seven business days before the first day of camp. Lunch will not be part of this program.

Camp Philosophy

The main goal of the basketball camp is to help each athlete improve individual basketball skills and knowledge. All facets of the game will be taught, with time provided each day for individual instruction.

Primary skills taught during the camp include shooting, dribbling, passing, post play, and defensive concepts. Campers will also learn about team offense and team defense. Although the camp provides athletes with training in a wide variety of basketball skills and allows for significant team play, individual improvement for each camper is stressed.

Camp Director

Tom Spanbauer enters his 13th season as SUNY Cortland’s head men’s
basketball coach in 2007-08. Cortland’s career leader in men’s
basketball victories, Spanbauer has a 12-year record of 201-131 (.605).
He earned both National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) East
Region and New York State Basketball Coaches Association “Coach of the
Year” honors twice after leading the Red Dragons to NCAA Division III
“Sweet 16” playoff appearances in 1999 and 2000.

Spanbauer has been named the State University of New York Athletic
Conference (SUNYAC) “Coach of the Year” four times, most recently after
the 2005-06 season when he guided the Red Dragons to a school-record
tying 24-5 record, the SUNYAC regular-season title and into the second
round of the NCAA playoffs. He also won the award in 1997, 1999 and
2001.
In the 1999-2000 season, the Red Dragons enjoyed a school-best 24-5
season that featured a school-record 18-game winning streak. They were
SUNYAC tournament and regular-season champions. In 1998-99, Spanbauer’s
squad went 23-7 and captured SUNYAC regular-season honors.

Cortland has played in the postseason 10 times since Spanbauer’s
arrival. The Red Dragons qualified for the ECAC Division III playoffs
in both 2004-05 (18-10 record) and 2003-04 (17-11). His squad was 13-13
in 1997-98, appearing in the ECAC playoffs and winning their fourth
consecutive SUNYAC Eastern Division title. In 1996-97, Spanbauer led
Cortland to a 19-9 record and the program’s first-ever NCAA playoff
appearance. In his inaugural season at the helm in 1995-96, the Red
Dragons posted a 16-12 record and advanced to the finals of the
eight-team ECAC tournament for the first time in school history.

“Our program has a focus on the holistic development of the
student-athlete, and we continually strive to expose our players to the
best athletic and academic opportunities available at the Division III
level,” said Spanbauer. “As a result of this focus, many of our players
have been recognized through college, regional and national awards and
scholarships.

“At Cortland, we continually attract student-athletes who welcome the
challenge of maximizing the opportunities that the College offers.
These opportunities include diverse hands-on academic offerings, an
attractive residential campus with outstanding athletic facilities,
high quality student life and a tradition of athletic excellence.”

Prior to his arrival at Cortland, Spanbauer was the head coach at
Alfred University for one year and an assistant at Alfred for five
seasons. His 1994-95 Saxon unit posted a 12-13 record, the best at the
school in five years. Spanbauer also handled athletic administrative
and physical education teaching duties at Alfred. He was the Saxons’
head men’s tennis coach for four years and women’s tennis coach for one
year. He currently teaches in SUNY Cortland’s physical education
department and also serves as head coach of the Red Dragons’ women’s
tennis program.

A Niagara Falls, N.Y., native, Spanbauer was a three-sport standout at
Niagara Catholic High School. He graduated from Cortland in 1983 with a
Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and earned a master’s degree
in 1986 at the College while serving as an assistant varsity and head
junior varsity coach. Spanbauer was a four-year letterwinner, two-time
team captain and two-time All-SUNYAC selection with the Red Dragons’
basketball squad. He finished with 1,106 career points, including a
427-point effort during an All-ECAC and All-State senior season.

Prior to his coaching at Alfred, Spanbauer served as the freshman
basketball coach at Albany High School from 1986 to 1988 and as an
assistant basketball coach at the University at Albany from 1986 to
1989. He has also been involved with basketball at the Empire State
Games, both as a player (Adirondack Region, 1988, and Western Region,
1990), assistant coach (Western Region 1993-96, including gold medal
teams in 1994 and 1995) and head coach (Central Region, 1997-99). In
addition, Spanbauer has served as the director of the High Five
All-America summer basketball camp in Liverpool, England, and currently
is the director of the Red Dragon Basketball Camp.

Spanbauer and his wife, Brookley, reside in Cortland.