Jim Brovelli, who left an indelible mark on the West Coast Conference as a student-athlete and head coach, will be inducted into the West Coast Conference's Hall of Honor on Saturday, March 7 at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas.
 
Along with Brovelli, the 2015 WCC Hall of Honor class includes BYU's Aleisha Cramer Rose (soccer), Gonzaga's Jason Bay (baseball), Loyola Marymount's Rick Adelman (basketball), Pacific's Elaina Oden (volleyball), Pepperdine's Dane Suttle (basketball), Portland's Jim Sollars (basketball), Saint Mary's Odell Johnson (basketball), San Diego's Scott Thompson (basketball) and Santa Clara's Bud Ogden (basketball).
 
The class will be formally inducted at the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch on Saturday, March 7 at 9:00 a.m. PT at the Mardi Gras Ballroom in the Orleans Hotel and will be honored at halftime during a designated tournament game. Tickets to the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch & Induction Ceremony are available to the public for $40 and may be purchased online using the Hall of Honor Ticket Form on WCCsports.com. Tickets must be purchased by Thursday, February 27.
 
"The West Coast Conference continues to be recognized for the great success of its athletics programs and achievements of its student-athletes, coaches and administrators," said West Coast Conference Commissioner Lynn Holzman. "The 10 inductees in the 2015 Hall of Honor class have brought significant honor to themselves, their institutions and to the Conference. We are truly humbled to have this opportunity to salute their accomplishments." 
 
Brovelli joins former USF standouts Joe Ellis (basketball), Bob St. Clair (football), Steve Negoesco (soccer), K.C. Jones (basketball), Mary Hile-Nepfel (basketball) and Ollie Johnson (basketball) in the WCC Hall of Honor, which inducted its first class in 2009.
 
A former standout point guard for the powerful Dons' basketball teams from 1961-64, Brovelli spent 21 years as a head coach at both the University of San Diego (1973-84) and USF (1985-95). He also has conference ties to the University of the Pacific, where he earned his master's degree in 1966 and the University of Portland, where he served as an assistant coach on Jack Avina's staff for the 1970-71 and 71-72 seasons.
 
 "To be included in this year's WCC Hall of Honor class with all of the other great former student-athletes along with all of the other honorees who preceded us is a very humbling experience," said Brovelli. "I am very fortunate to have spent the majority of my coaching career at three great conference institutions in the University of Portland, San Diego and USF, my alma mater. The WCC has always been a great league and embodies everything that is right about intercollegiate athletics."
 
A three-year letterwinner for the Dons from 1961-64, Brovelli helped the Dons to a 41-14 record and a pair of conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in his final two seasons on the Hilltop. He was a WCC honorable selection as a senior in 1964 and was named the Amateur Athletic Union's (AAU) Athlete of the Year in 1966.

After spending time as an assistant coach under his mentor Pete Peletta, Brovelli was named head basketball coach at the University of San Diego where he guided the Toreros from a successful Division II program to membership in the West Coast Conference. In 1984, Brovelli led the Toreros to the WCC title and the program's first ever Division I NCAA Tournament berth. For his efforts, he was named the WCC's and District Coach of the Year. He left San Diego as the school's all-time winningest coach with 160 victories in 11 seasons.

Brovelli returned to his alma mater for the 1985-86 season to usher in an new era of USF basketball. The Dons posted back-to-back winning seasons in 1993 (19-12) and 1994 (17-11), finishing second in the league standings in '94. His 131 coaching victories rank fourth all-time among USF head coaches while his 76 triumphs in league play at USD and USF still rank 12th on the conference's all-time career list.
After leaving USF following the 1994-95 season, Brovelli was named director of player development for the Denver Nuggets in 1996 and later that season assumed the role of an assistant coach. He later joined long-time friend Bernie Bickerstaff as an assistant coach on the Washington Wizards and was appointed the team's interim head coach for the final 18 games of the 199 season. He wrapped up his coaching career following a one-year (1999-2000) stint as the head coach of the CBA's Sioux Falls Skyforce.

A San Francisco native, Brovelli was standout high school player at St. Ignatius Preparatory in the City, where he was named high school player of the year in 1960. He is a member of the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame as well as halls of fame at the University of San Diego and USF.