It has been a while since we have sent out a newsletter but we have not forgotten about

the Asian Coaches Association. I hope everyone is having a good year. As we approach

March Madness, I just want to remind you all to register for the NABC and/or the WBCA

National Convention. The ACA meeting for the NABC Convention will be at the Adol-

phus Hotel on Friday, April 4th from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. The ACA meeting for the WBCA

Convention is still pending. Updates will be provided as we gather the rest of the infor-

mation.

As we continue to grow, more positions are needed to assist with the vision of the Asian

Coaches Association. With that being said, I would like to welcome Liberty Del Rosario

to the Director of Membership Services position, previously held by Steve Yang where he

has been named the Vice-President.

As you all know, it is quite difficult to stay in touch with everyone and their current job

positions and titles. Please email our new Director of Membership Services, Liberty Del

Rosario, with any information regarding yourself or other members that you might have.

The feature coach in this issue is Julie Shaw, Head Coach of the University of La Verne

Women’s Basketball program. Located in La Verne, California, the University of La Verne

has an enrollment of 2,500 students and competes in the Southern California Intercolle-

giate Athletic Conference in NCAA Division III. “Julie Shaw is an extremely talented

professional and exceptional coach. She has strong leadership skills and her genuine na-

ture inspires many. We are fortunate to have Julie Shaw as part of the University of La

Verne” says La Verne Athletic Director Julie Kline. As of recent, Coach Shaw and the

Leopards are 13-12 (8-8) and sitting in 5th place out of ten teams in the SCIAC.

Also in this newsletter is a story about basketball during the hardest of times. On Novem-

ber 8th, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda, hit the Philippines killing

over 6,000 people. The story gives us an insight and visual of what the game of basketball

is doing for the Philippines.

Our association has big plans ahead and we are looking forward for each and every one of

you to continue your support. Remember, if you have pertinent news or would like to re-

port a promotion, please contact me anytime. Good luck the rest of the season!

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Quote of the Month:

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Did You Know?

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MIKE MAGPAYO

President

Vol. 1, Issue 3

STEVE YANG

Vice-President

Liberty Del Rosario

Director of Membership Services

What inspired you to get into coaching?

I fell into it when I came back from playing overseas in Portugal. I wanted to get my education and became a graduate assistant. I knew I wanted to

do something with people and this was a good fit for me. I never really thought of coaching or if I’d even be good at it. SO I guess you can say it

found me.

Who was the most influential person in developing your career and why?

Coach Faith Mimnaugh who I coached under for 6 years at Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo was an amazing mentor for me. The fact that she

took a chance on me after grad assisting for year and she allowed me to really coach. She gave me the freedom to jump right in and have a voice,

create programs, and try any idea out that I though would help the team. She developed me as a leader by allowing me to lead. She also showed how

caring for the person first pay off and the relationships you create are more valuable than the championships. But don’t get me wrong I did love be-

ing able to have both helping get Cal Poly to where they are championship contenders now. It was just great being able to do it while creating a cul-

ture where the student-athletes really knew you cared about them and were in it with them.

What were some of the challenges you faced in pursuing your career? Some challenges were balancing furthering my education while coaching as I

was pursuing my masters and then went on to do my doctoral degree. Also, what every coach experiences…when you have to find new ways to grow

and how to get future opportunities. Other challenges I faced was seldom-doubt. I think at times we doubt whether we should be coaching or get into

another field as we are in a very unique career. Also, challenges about finding either another position or climbing the ranks to be a head coach. I

stepped outside of my comfort zone and accepted a position at Gonzaga University and I believe that coming into an established successful program

gave me the added experience of learning something new prepared me for my current position as Head Coach at University of La Verne. This is my

next challenge leaving the Division I realm and jumping right in to Division III. I have absolutely loved this challenge and embrace all the new things

I am learning every day. It has also been a blessing because with all of my previous experience I have felt more confident than ever in my coaching

ability and cant wait to see what the future holds.

What is your advice to other Asians who are looking to follow a similar career path? Most definitely keep working hard for what you want. Definite-

ly take advantage of every resource that you can to network and do professional development. Those two things allowed me to meet so many other

people that had the answers I was looking for, could lead me to other opportunities, and were able to guide me along my path. Many coach I think

get complacent and if they search for opportunities they are out there. Networking is huge and can be a job in itself, but it can also be so rewarding

meeting other people and listening to their stories. From these stories and exchanges you grow and are able to get closer to your goals.

What were you able to take with you from your playing days to now your coaching days? A positive attitude, being able to let go quickly, and mental

toughness. These are things that we preach to our players everyday and I think it is helpful in life as well. I am a positive person by nature and that

type of energy can take you and your players far. We go thru many ups and downs on and off the court so being able to let go and understand we can

not get the past back helps so much especially during season. I had to learn early on in my coaching career if I hold on to thing I am going to age fast

and it was not healthy for me! So I concentrate more on learning from experiences and how can that make me and my team better in the future. I am

huge on mental toughness because the mind is a powerful thing! I want to turn the young girls that come into my program into strong women and

mental toughness can help them thru anything. In the beginning I was not very good at any of these things as I actually only started playing basket-

ball my freshman year of high school. Through the years I have learned the importance and I continue to grow in each of these area daily. As we all

know as coaches our team can test us every day!

In professional WNBA, who is your favorite player/team of all-time and why? I loved Dawn Staley and Teresa Weatherspoon who are actually

coaches now too. Being a post in college I always had so much respect for point guards so I enjoyed watching how much energy they both gave to

their team and how strong they were. Just great leaders who pushed their teammates and went hard the whole entire game.

Where can people find you (social media)? Twitter: @CoachJulieShaw Facebook: Coach JulieShaw

Name:

Julie Shaw

Title:

Head Coach

School:

University of La Verne

# of years at school:

1 year

Previous Coaching Experiences:

Assistant Coach at Gonzaga University

Assistant Coach at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Graduate Assistant at University of Redlands

Assistant Coach at Vista del Lago HS

Playing Experience:

UC-Riverside

We want to welcome Liberty Del Rosario to the Asian Coaches Association as Director of

Membership Services.

We want to welcome Liberty Del Rosario to the Asian Coaches Association as Director of Membership

Services.

Del Rosario is in her second season as an assistant coach for the Winthrop basketball program.

Del Rosario came to Winthrop last year from Eastern Michigan where she served for one year as an assis-

tant coach and helped lead the Eagles to a Mid-American Conference West Division championship and a

conference tournament championship. EMU ended its season with a 23-9 record and lost to South Caroli-

na in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Prior to Eastern Michigan, Del Rosario served as an assistant at Morgan State. In her first season at

MSU, the Bears had a 17-15 record and finished second in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with a 10

-6 mark. As a reward for their season-long efforts, the squad earned the program’s first-ever Division I

postseason appearance with a trip to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT).

Del Rosario spent four seasons on the sidelines at Cleveland State helping the program become a

perennial contender in the Horizon League. She began as the team’s director of basketball operations

(2006-2009) before being promoted to assistant coach for the 2009-2010 campaign. Del Rosario helped

CSU return to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three seasons in 2009-2010. Cleveland State

went 19-14 overall, marking the third straight year the Vikings won 19 contests.

While at CSU, she coached Kailey Klein, the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,140 points.

Prior to arriving at CSU, Del Rosario served as an assistant women's basketball coach from 2002-06 at

Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio.

During her time at Notre Dame College, Del Rosario had a hand in helping the Falcons advance to the

NAIA Nationals for the first time in program history in 2006. That team set the school record with 25

wins.

A two-year letter-winner in basketball at Notre Dame College, Del Rosario graduated in 2000 with a

Bachelor's degree in Psychology and later earned a Master's in Education with a specialization in Sports

Management from Cleveland State in 2005.

She began her coaching career with her alma mater in 2002. She spent five seasons as an assistant at

Notre Dame College before moving on to Cleveland State.

There’s not much to say here. Almost two weeks ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan — called Yolanda in the

Philippines — made landfall, laying waste to coastal areas in Eastern Samar and Leyte provinces and lev-

eling much of Tacloban City, a regional hub where more than 200,000 people lived before the storm. It

was one of the most powerful — possibly the strongest — storms to make landfall since weather satellites

became capable of measuring hurricane-force winds. Thousands are confirmed dead; thousands more are

missing. The images and stories of the storm’s aftermath stretched our imagination — it was the kind of

devastation the CGI masters behind science-fiction films strive to imagine, only it was harrowing and gut

-wrenching and real.

The situation remains dire, but the Philippine government and the international aid effort have managed

to stabilize the storm-hit areas and begin to rebuild what can never be totally restored. And with that,

some extraordinary images of otherwise ordinary, everyday life started getting passed around on social

media yesterday.

It started with a moving essay by the Associated Press’s Todd Pitman, who happened across a half-court

basketball game amid the ruins in Tacloban. “The basketball goal was one of the first things this neigh-

borhood rebuilt,” he wrote. Before long, Twitter and Facebook were lighting up with images of Filipinos

playing hoops in the wasteland, capturing the country’s intense love for the sport and its people’s awe-

inspiring resilience. Photos like these have actually become a recurring meme in the wake of disasters —

shots of men and boys playing ball in chest-deep floodwaters after August’s Tropical Storm Maring and

2009’s Tropical Storm Ondoy enjoyed similar viral runs through the Internet and are now imprinted in the

minds of many Filipinos who remember those trying times and all the strength it took to bounce back

from them.

Basketball is not going to rebuild Tacloban or Guiuan or Bantayan Island or Roxas City or any of the oth-

er towns that suffered from Yolanda’s wrath. But it will help people heal.

Yesterday’s images even caught the attention of Warriors forward Harrison Barnes, who devoted a Face-

book status to the Philippines that captured the power behind these pictures in such simple and eloquent

language that I think it should be the last word in this post:

We all play this game of basketball for different reasons but to see it as a form of healing in a time of

need is the greatest reason I’ve seen yet.

Below are a selection of basketball-related images from the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda and pre-

vious storms that have affected the Philippines.

November 20, 2013

by Rafe Bartholomew