Northwest Notes Oct. 2, 2024
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 1 year, 11 months AGO
Vandal Boosters luncheon moved up 15 minutes
COEUR d'ALENE — Start time for Thursday's Kootenai County Vandal Boosters luncheon at the Best Western Plus Coeur d'Alene Inn has been moved up to 11:15 a.m.
Idaho football coach Jason Eck is scheduled to speak via Zoom to the boosters at 11:30 a.m.
Gonzaga's Few to receive 2025 John R. Wooden Award Legends award
LOS ANGELES — Mark Few of Gonzaga will receive the John R. Wooden Award “Legends of Coaching” Award, presented by Principal Financial Group, in 2025.
Wooden’s grandson-in-law, Craig Impelman, announced Few's selection at the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s annual Wooden Award Tip-Off Luncheon on Tuesday.
The event featured the head coaches from Division I men’s basketball programs in Southern California.
The “Legends of Coaching” honor recognizes coaches who exemplify coach Wooden’s high standard of coaching success and personal integrity and was adopted by the Wooden Award Steering Committee in 1999. The honorees are selected based on character, success on the court, graduation rate of student-athletes in their basketball program, coaching philosophy, and identification with the goals of the John R. Wooden Award. Few will be presented the honor alongside the 2025 Wooden Award winners on April 11, 2025.
“Coach Mark Few has been a consistent and significant part of the Wooden Award experience, dating back to his assistant coaching assignment at Gonzaga," said Sam Lagana, chairman of the Wooden Award steering committee. "Mark has supported the Award and stood with his candidates every step of the way. Coach Wooden had an appreciation for coach Few, and coach Few has expressed great regard for coach Wooden as they shared an emphasis on care for the student-athlete and on the value of competitive greatness. Mark Few is a wonderful addition to the fraternity of Wooden Award ‘Legends of Coaching’ recipients.”
Few served as an assistant coach at GU for 10 seasons prior to take the reins of the program in 1999. Coach Few has the highest winningest percentage of all coaches at 83.3% (715-143) in his 25 seasons.
Few and his wife, Marcy, have raised tens of millions of dollars for cancer research over the last 25 years, including hosting the country's largest Coaches vs. Cancer event, presenting the Ronald McDonald Charities Classic, endowing a weeklong camp for children with cancer, and spearheading the Community Cancer fund in Spokane.