Sobotka acknowledged by Goodman

TOP ASSISTANT RUNDOWN CONTINUES WITH WEST COAST CONFERENCE
Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 09:20 AM EST [General]

Thus far we’ve run through the ACC, A-10, America East, Atlantic Sun Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley. Now it’s time to look at the top assistants in the West Coast Conference – as voted upon by at least 75 percent of the coaches in the league:

1) Ray Giacoletti, Gonzaga – Mark Few hired Giacoletti to his staff in 2007 after he was the head coach at Utah for three years and had a 54-40 mark – including a Sweet 16 appearance. He was also the head coach at Eastern Washington and went 69-50 in four seasons at the helm – including taking the program to its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2004. Giacoletti was also the head coach at Division II North Dakota State and an assistant at Illinois State (1990-93) and Washington (1997-2000).

``He’s the consummate coach. Nobody works harder. He’s incredibly gifted and knowledgeable about everything – recruiting, player development, game strategy and he’s got a great rapport with our players. I might add. It’s comforting he’s been a head coach who has coached his team to the Sweet 16 and taken Eastern Washington to the tournament, also. He’s been there and knows what it takes. Ray is as good as anyone, but I feel fortunate to have all three of my guys like that.” – Gonzaga coach Mark Few

2) Joel Sobotka, Portland

3) Dave Patrick, Saint Mary’s

4) Donny Daniels, Gonzaga

T5) Marty Wilson, Pepperdine

T5) Bill Carr, San Diego

Here are the previous results thus far:

ACC – 1) Jeff Battle, Wake Forest, 2) Steve Robinson, North Carolina 3) Stan Jones, Florida State 4) Chris Collins, Duke 5) Jorge Fernandez, Miami

A-10 – 1) Billy Schmidt, Dayton 2) Pat Kelsey, Xavier 3) David Duke, Temple 4) Porter Moser, St. Louis 5) Kevin Clark, Rhode Island

America East – 1) Jay Young, Stony Brook 2) Hajj Turner, Vermont 3) Ken Dempsey, New Hampshire 4) Pat Filien, Albany 5) Drew Dawson, Hartford

Atlantic Sun – 1) Casey Alexander, Belmont 2) Bobby Kennan, North Florida 3) Jay Walton, Lipscomb 4) Jay Walton, Lipscomb T5) Shaun Senters, Lipscomb T5) Mike Boyd, East Tennessee State

Missouri Valley – 1) Kyle Green, Northern Iowa 2) Kareem Richardson, Drake 3) Rob Judson, Illinois 4) Chris Jans, Wichita State 5) Anthony Beane, Illinois State

Ohio Valley – 1) Steve Payne, Tennessee Tech 2) Steve Prohm, Murray State 3) Isaac Chew, Murray State 4) Bret Campbell, Austin Peay 5) Michael Lewis, Eastern Illinois