LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Jay Duncan, an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of San Francisco, has been selected to participate in the prestigious 2024 TopConnect Basketball Symposium taking place at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Monday, June 10 presented by Teamworks and VanWagner.

"I am honored to be invited back to TopConnect this year," said Duncan. "It is such an incredible event for assistant coaches aspiring to be head coaches. Dr. Richard Sander and his staff do a terrific job connecting us with athletics directors and really helps prepare us for future leadership opportunities."
 
Notably, Duncan earns an invitation to the event for a second straight year as it marks the third straight year an assistant coach from San Francisco has been invited. Additionally, it will be Duncan's third time at the symposium after also being invited in 2021 as an assistant coach at SMU.

TopConnect, developed by ETSU Athletic Director Dr. Richard Sandler, identifies the top assistant basketball coaches in the country and connects them with mid-major Athletic Directors providing tremendous networking and leadership development opportunities for both parties.

In its seventh year, TopConnect develops educational programming that allows these top assistant coaches to hear from a variety of successful leaders and speakers. The 2024 symposium is headlined by Kristi Dosh of College Sports Solutions and Dan Poneman of Poneman & Naiditch Representation.

Panel discussions include:

• First- and Second-Year Head Coaches
• Looking Back: If I Knew Then What I Know Now
• New Realities of College Athletics: NIL 
• Athletic Directors: Who, why, how, and what
• Search Firms

Breakout Session Topics:

• Managing up
• NIL & Collectives
• Creating and Maintaining Culture
• Roster management / staff management

The three-word mantra of "Connect. Prepare. Lead." identifies the purpose of TopConnect.
 
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