Gonzaga’s Mark Few was lately named the recipient of the John R. Picket Legends of Teaching Award. What an honor and he’ll obtain the trophy on the 2025 Picket Awards in April.
The Legends of Teaching honor acknowledges coaches who exemplify Picket’s excessive commonplace of teaching success. The honorees are chosen based mostly on character, success on the basketball court docket, commencement fee of student-athletes of their program, teaching philosophy and identification with the targets of the John R. Picket Award.
Since taking on the top teaching reins for the Zags manner again in 1999, Few has had accomplishment after accomplishment. Listed here are a couple of, no pun supposed:
716-143 general file/43-24 NCAA Event file/45-5 WCC Event file
22x common season WCC titles (share included)
19x WCC Event titles
14x WCC Coach of the 12 months awards
2x Naismith Coach of the 12 months awards
2x Nationwide Championship finalists
6x Elite Eight appearances
14x Candy 16 appearances
25 straight NCAA Event appearances
1x Olympic Gold medalist
Congrats on all of the success however the job isn’t accomplished. Few nonetheless must get that monkey off his again and convey house that nationwide championship to Spokane.
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga College graduate from the Bay Space… Observe him on Twitter @a_cravalho
