The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced the 2015-16 NABC Division I All-District teams and coaches on Friday, Mar. 25, and 10 student-athletes from the American Athletic Conference earned spots on the list while Temple head coach Fran Dunphy was named the NABC District 25 Coach of the Year.
Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, these student-athletes and coaches represent the finest basketball players and coaches across America.
Picked sixth in the conference's preseason coaches' poll, Dunphy guided the Owls to its eighth 20-win season is his 10-year tenure and their third regular season conference championship during that span. Temple finished the season with a 21-12 overall record and 14-4 conference mark.
Tulsa had two players receive NABC All-District 25 First Team honors in senior guards James Woodard and Shaquille Harrison. Daniel Hamilton (UConn) was also selected to the First Team, along with American Player of the Year Nic Moore (SMU) and Quenton DeCosey from Temple. Moore and DeCosey were unanimous selections to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team.
Sophomore Gary Clark (Cincinnati) and junior Troy Caupain (Cincinnati) received NABC All-District Second Team hnors, along with Memphis teammates Dedric Lawson and Shaq Goodwin. Ben Moore (SMU) rounded out the selections with a spot on the Second Team.
NABC All-District 25
First Team
Nic Moore, SMU
Quentin DeCosey, Temple
Shaquille Harrison, Tulsa
Daniel Hamilton, Connecticut
James Woodard, Tulsa
Second Team
Troy Caupain, Cincinnati
Gary Clark, Cincinnati
Ben Moore, SMU
Dedric Lawson, Memphis
Shaq Goodwin, Memphis
NABC UPS All-District Coaches
District 1: King Rice, Monmouth
District 2: Roy Williams, North Carolina
District 3: Tony Jasick, Jacksonville
District 4: Mark Schmidt, St. Bonaventure
District 5: Jay Wright, Villanova
District 6: Bill Evans, Idaho State
District 7: Tom Crean, indiana
District 8: Tubby Smith, Texas Tech
District 9: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s
District 10: Kevin Keatts, UNC Wilmington
District 11: Jerod Haase, UAB
District 12: Bryce Drew, Valparaiso
District 13: James Jones, Yale
District 14: Keith Dambrot, Akron
District 15: Murray Garvin, South Carolina State
District 16: Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
District 17: Steve Fisher, San Diego State
District 18: Greg Herenda, Fairleigh Dickinson
District 19: Dana Ford, Tennessee State
District 20: Dana Altman, Oregon
District 21: Billy Kennedy, Texas A&M
District 22: Matt McCall, Chattanooga
District 23: Brad Underwood, Stephen F. Austin
District 24: Chris Beard, Arkansas – Little Rock
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.