IBCA E-Newsletter

Join the IBCA

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 Marion Crawley, Junior Mannies or Pat Aikman scholarship award, you must be a current-year-member of the IBCA.

These are just some of the benefits of joining the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Also, if you register now, you receive membership for $25 per coach. If you register after Jan. 31, the fee is $35 per coach.

Here is a list of numerous other benefits for membership.

1. Utilize members-only IBCA website to stay abreast of issues related to our profession.
2. $1 million liability insurance for active high school, junior high and elementary coaches.
3. Become active and have ownership in the IBCA-and-IHSAA working relationship.
4. Utilize free job-placement service.
5. Receive IBCA newsletter.
6. Be elected to the Board of Directors or be appointed to a committee.
7. Be selected as a District Coach of the Year.
8. Receive a Milestone Award at the IBCA Spring Clinic.
9. Receive college credit for Spring Clinic attendance.
10. Be selected as a Spring Clinic speaker; grow professionally by hearing other successful coaches speak.
11. Ensure your players’ eligibility for IBCA All-State Teams.
12. Nominate your player for Academic All-State.
13. Nominate a player, student manager, statistician or cheerleader for one of the IBCA Marion Crawley Memorial Scholarship or Pat Aikman Scholarship college financial grants.
14. Nominate a handicapped student for a Junior Mannies Scholarship Grant funded by the IBCA.
15. Nominate players for the Top 100 Underclass Boys' or Girls’ Showcases.
16. Be eligible to become an Indiana All-Star Coach or to be selected to coach at one of the Top 100 Showcases.
17. Become more professional by joining your professional association.
18. Free admission to the IBCA/IHSAA Showcases.
19. Free admission to the All-Star Shootout events.
20. Promote your players through the IBCA/Subway Player of the Week program.
21. Discounted membership when joining the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as an Active Coach.
22. NABC (National Association of Basketball Coaches) offers a reduced membership rate for High School Coaches. Usual rate of $70 has been reduced to only $29 per year for IBCA Members. Also membership will give each member the potential of getting NCAA Final Four tickets.
23. 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.
24. Discount tickets to the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star Games.
25. Access to the Winning Hoops “Play of the Day.”

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 download the 2017-2018 Membership Application.