In order for a player from your school to be eligible for selection to an IBCA All-State Team, the IBCA Academic All-State Team or to win a Player of the Week award or a Marion Crawley, Junior Mannies or Pat Aikman scholarship award, you must be a current-year-member of the IBCA. The current membership year runs from Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023. (If you joined in February, March or April 2022, that membership likely expired on July 31, 2022.)
The items mentioned above are just some of the benefits of joining the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Also, if you register now, you receive membership for $35 per coach. If you register after Dec. 31, 2022, the fee is $45 per coach.
Here is a more complete list of benefits for membership:
- Utilize the IBCA website – in.nhsbca.org – to stay abreast of issues related to our profession.
- $2 million liability insurance for active high school, junior high and elementary coaches.
- Become active and have ownership in the IBCA-and-IHSAA working relationship.
- Utilize free job-placement service.
- Receive IBCA newsletter.
- Be elected to the IBCA Board of Directors or be appointed to a committee.
- Be selected as an IBCA District Coach of the Year.
- Receive a Century Award (for 100, 200, 300, etc., milestone victories) at the IBCA Spring Clinic.
- Receive college credit or profession growth points for attendance at the IBCA Spring Clinic.
- Become an IBCA Spring Clinic speaker; grow professionally by listening to other coaches speak.
- Ensure your players’ eligibility and nominate players for IBCA All-State.
- Ensure your players’ eligibility and nominate your players for IBCA Academic All-State.
- Nominate a player, student manager, statistician or cheerleader for one of the IBCA Marion Crawley Memorial Scholarship or the IBCA Pat Aikman Scholarship college financial grants.
- Nominate a handicapped student for an IBCA Junior Mannies Scholarship.
- Nominate players for the IBCA/IHSAA Underclass Showcase events for boys and girls.
- Be eligible to become an Indiana All-Star Coach or to be selected to coach at one of the IBCA/IHSAA Underclass Showcase events.
- Become more professional by joining your coaching association.
- Free admission to observe the IBCA/IHSAA Underclass Showcase events.
- Free admission to observe the Indiana All-Star Shootout events.
- Discount tickets available to IBCA members for the annual Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Games.
- Promote your players through the IBCA Player of the Week program.
- Discounted membership when joining the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as an “Active Coach.”
- Discounted membership when joining NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches).
- By joining the IBCA, you also become a member of the National High School Basketball Coaches Association (NHSBCA) and have a voice for high school basketball on the national level.
- Luceo Package as part of membership – access to a Play Diagramming Animation app and access to NHSBCA national content.
- Nominate players for IBCA/Point Guard College “Heart of a Champion” Award.
- Nominate fellow coaches for IBCA/Point Guard College “Transformational Coach” Award.
- Nominate an assistant coach for IBCA Assistant Coach of the Year.
Be professional and be an active part of your professional IBCA organization. The IBCA is yours … join and make it better. Please register today.
Click here to go to the IBCA 2022-23 Membership Application.
