Brooklyn Heights, NY -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named St. Francis Broollyn Head Coach Glenn Braica as the UPS All-District 18 Coach of the Year for 2014-15. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, the coaches selected represent the finest coaches across America.

In his fifth year at the helm of the program, Braica guided the Terriers to their first NEC regular season title since 2003-04 and first postseason appearance for the program since taking part in the 1963 NIT.  The Terriers posted a 15-3 league record to finish the regular season three games clear of the pack, the largest gap between first and second place teams since LIU Brooklyn finished three ahead of Quinnipiac in 2010-11. 

With 23 wins, the Terriers matched the school single-season record of 23 set back in 1953-54.  Boasting NEC Player of the Year Jalen Cannon and a first-team All-NEC performer in Brent Jones, the Terriers were seeded first in the NEC Tournament for the second time in program history and reached the NEC Championship game.  Braica was also selected as the Jim Phelan NEC Coach of the Year this past season for the second time in his career.

2014-15 NABC UPS DIVISION I ALL-DISTRICT COACHES
District 1:      Kevin Baggett, Rider                         
District 2:     Tony Bennett, Virginia                       
District 3:     Matthew Driscoll, North Florida and Barclay Radebaugh, Charleston Southern   
District 4:     Bob McKillop, Davidson                     
District 5:     Jay Wright, Villanova                        
District 6:      Brian Katz, Sacramento State            
District 7:     Bo Ryan, Wisconsin and Mark Turgeon, Maryland           
District 8:      Bob Huggins, West Virginia                
District 9:      Mark Few, Gonzaga                         
District 10:   Kevin Keatts, UNC Wilmington                              
District 11:   Mike White, Louisiana Tech                
District 12:    Bryce Drew, Valparaiso                     
District 13:    James Jones, Yale                                              
District 14:   Keno Davis, Central Michigan                                     
District 15:    LeVelle Moton, North Carolina Central
District 16:    Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
District 17:    Leon Rice, Boise State
District 18:    Glenn Braica, St. Francis Brooklyn
District 19:    Steve Prohm, Murray State
District 20:    Dana Altman, Oregon
District 22:   Mike Young, Wofford
District 23:    Brad Underwood, Stephen F. Austin and Mike Davis, Texas Southern
District 24:    Mark Byington, Georgia Southern
District 25:    Fran Dunphy, Temple
 
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas.  Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game.  The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches.  All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes.  The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education.  Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.