1. Interfaith Basketball League
Coaches Clinic

2. IBFL League Board Position Term Remaining Tom Griffin President
One Year
Mike Wiese
Vice President
Two Years
Stephanie Gardner
Secretary
Cheryl Hansen
Treasurer
Tom Cook
Three Years
Pauline Pierce
Ted Sardinia
Kevin Keating
Commissioner
Yearly
John Bryant
Asst. Commissioner

3. League Calendar Gym Time Submissions – Sept 16
Annual Meeting – Sept 29th
# of Teams by grade and gender submitted by Nov. 1st
Coaches Clinic – Oct 29th
Final Rules Distributed November 1st
Schedules Distributed by November 21st

4. Athletic Director Responsibility
Gym Scheduling-Opening on time
Team Formation
Roster Submittal
Rules and Conduct Communications
Minimum Ages for Coaches
League Payments
Gym Supervisor/Score/Clock Keepers
Communication Conduit for Commissioner and Board
Catholic AD’s – Responsible for Admin. Of ‘Protecting God’s Children’ program

5. IFBL Coaches Responsibility
Control of the team/parents/self
Knowing the rules
Communication of Rules and Conduct to players and parents
Communication to AD and Commissioner
Reporting game scores
Communication of game changes to team and parents

6. Sportsmanship 10 Commandments for Sports Parents
Treat Officials, Gym Supervisors and other Coaches with Respect
Remember the Golden Rule
Coaching Youth Basketball with Faith and Fundamentals – Mike Kayes
Have Fun!

7. League Administration
New League Commissioner – Kevin Keating
15 years officiating –NCAA/NCHSAA/IFBL referee
IFBL Coach-St. Patrick’s 8 Years
National AAU Boys Basketball Commissioner-7 years
Ran 8 National AAU Championship Tournaments
Added Asst Commissioner to run 3rd grade league and assist with CYO scheduling.
Jonathan Bryant has successfully implemented a third grade basketball program at St. Marks in
-AD at St. Marks

8. Improvement Initiatives
Rule Changes
Scheduling
Communication

9. Proposed Rule Changes
One game suspension for ejection .

10. Scheduling Grades 3 – 8 Make-up Week Tournament Week - CYO
Dec – 3-4, 10-11, 17-18
Jan – All 4 weekends
Feb – 4-5
Make-up Week
Jane 30 – Feb 3
Tournament Week - CYO
Feb 6-12
Notes: 7th / 8th – Saturday Late - Sundays

11. Venues / Times Saturdays
Grade 3
4-8
9-12
3rd – 24 Teams
I – 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15, 11:00
II – 11:45, 12:30, 1:15
III – 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15
IV – X
I – By 6:30 AM
II – By 10:00 AM
III – By 12:00
Venues
2 / 2
14 / 12
10 / 8
4th - 8th – 120 Teams
8:30, 9:30, 10:30
11:45, 12:45, 1:45
3:00, 4:00, 5:00
6:00, 7:00, 8:00
By 6:30 AM
By 10:00 AM
By 1:00 PM
By 4:00 PM

12. CYO Season starts – December 17th
2 weeks after the lower grades
Double-up on first 2-3 Sundays in Jan.
End season 1 week after lower grades
Snow days – Sundays double up – late January
Need confirmation on gym space availability
Week of Feb 13-19th
Estimated sites Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday – 4-5
It will decrease during the week

13. Sundays – 60 Teams I - 12:00 - 1:00 • 1:30 II - 2:15 • 2:45
- 1:00 • 1:30
II :15 • 2:45
- 3:30 • 3:45
- 4:30 • 4:45
I - Cancel by 10:00
II - Cancel by 12:30

14. League Web Site www.ifblcharlotte.org League phone # Forums Rules
Sportability
Scheduling
Communication tool

15. Sportability Registration Module Admin Module Stat Module
League Manager / Team Manger Module
Public Module