John A.: Carol Callan's first impression of Geno

[pap49cba]

“At the 1993 Olympic Festival in San Antonio, I was involved with USA Basketball as a volunteer committee member representing the NFHS (National High School Federation),” Callan said. “Geno was the head coach of the West team and we began a conversation in the arena away from the court. It was the most amazing thing; he acted as if we had been friends for a long time and he was dialed in to the conversation regardless of the hectic environment going on around us."

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[Vowelguy]

Seth Greenberg, former men's VaTech coach, was at UVA the same time Geno was. I loved his comment "No one is a stranger to Geno."

 

[ThisJustIn]

Some folks like to portray women's basketball "old guard" as monolithic and anti-Geno. Convenient stereotyping, but I've just had three long conversations with WBHOF member-t0-be and all three, unprompted, brought up Geno in the most positive, glowing terms...