Speakers
At the Raleigh Sports Club, we bring our members a wide and very impressive variety of speakers to our weekly meetings. On any given week, you could hear from the head coach of a NCAA champion basketball team, a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame, or the receiver who made the winning catch in last week’s game.
Here’s just a small sampling of some of the great sports figures that have spoken at the Raleigh Sports Club:
- Chuck Amato – Head football coach at NC State
- Elliott Avent – Head baseball coach at NC State
- Vic Bubas – Former Duke University men’s basketball coach
- Bill Cowher – Pittsburgh Steeler head coach and former NC State football standout
- Bobby Cremmins – Former Georgia Tech. and Appalachian State Basketball Coach
- John Bunting – Head football coach at UNC
- Charles “Lefty” Driesell – Head men’s basketball coach at Georgia State, formerly at Maryland and Davidson
- Lee Fowler – Athletics Director at NC State
- Carl Franks – Head football coach at Duke University
- Roman Gabriel – Former NC State and NFL football great
- Pete Gillen – University of Virginia men’s head basketball coach
- Dave Glenn – Editor of ACC Area Sports Journal
- Gail Goestenkors – Head women’s basketball coach at Duke University
- Adam Gold – Sports talk show host, WRBZ 850 The Buzz Otto Graham – Former NFL all time great
- Jim Grobe – Head football coach at Wake Forest University
- Sylvia Hatchell – Head women’s basketball coach at UNC
- Lou Holtz – Head football coach at the University of South Carolina
- Jim “Catfish” Hunter – North Carolina native and baseball Hall of Famer
- Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice – Former UNC and NFL football great
- Chuck Kaiton – Voice of the Carolina Hurricanes
- Mike Krzyzewski – Head men’s basketball coach at Duke University
- Meadowlark Lemon – Former Harlem Globetrotter
- Abe Lemons – Former basketball coach at Oklahoma City University and the University of Texas
- Steve Logan – Head football coach at East Carolina University
- Joe Louis – Former world heavyweight champion
- Rollie Masimeno – Former men’s basketball coach at Villanova, UNLV and Cleveland State
- Frank McGuire – Former head basketball coach at USC and UNC
- Jack McKeon – Former manager for the Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics
- Bones McKinney – Former head basketball coach at Wake Forest
- Stan Musial – Three time NL MVP with the St. Louis Cardinals and Hall of Famer
- Byron Nelson – All–time golf great
- Dave Odom – Head basketball coach at University of South Carolina, former coach at Wake Forest University
- Jesse Owens – US Olympic track and field hero
- Billy Packer – CBS basketball commentator and former Wake Forest basketball great
- Satchel Page – Former Negro League great and member of baseball’s Hall of Fame
- Benny Parsons – NASCAR great
- Digger Phelps – Former basketball coach at Notre Dame University
- Skip Prosser – Head men’s basketball coach at Wake Forest University
- Brooks Robinson – Former Baltimore Oriole great and Hall of Famer
- Bobby Ross – Former college and NFL head football coach
- Herb Sendek – Head men’s basketball coach at North Carolina State University
- Enos Slaughter – Baseball Hall of Famer
- Dean Smith – Former head men’s basketball coach at UNC
- James “Bonecrusher” Smith – Former world heavyweight champion George Steinbrenner – Owner of the New York Yankees
- David Thompson – Former NC State and NBA basketball allstar
- Bob Uecker – Milwaukee Brewer commentator and former major league player.
- Jim Valvano – Former head men’s basketball coach at NC State University
- Dick Vitale – ESPN basketball analyst and former head coach of the Detroit Pistons
- Dr. Leroy Walker – Former President of the US Olympic Committee
- Earl Weaver – Former Baltimore Orioles manager
- Ted Williams – Former Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer
- Kay Yow – Women’s head basketball coach at NC State University
2007-2008 Speakers
- 9-Jan-08 Dave Telep - Scout.com
- 16-Jan-08 Sylvia Hatchell - UNC Woen's Basketball Coach
- 23-Jan-08 Kurt Dusterberg - Author of Journeyman
- 30-Jan-08 Billy Godwin - ECU Head Baseball Coach
- 6-Feb-08 Elliot Avent - NCSU Head Baseball Coach
- 13-Feb-08 David Cutcliffe - Duke Head Football Coach
- 20-Feb-08 Ron Wellman - Wake Forest Athletic Director
- 27-Feb-08 Mark Thomas - Former NCSU Football Player & Sports Talk Host for 999 The Fan
- 5-Mar-08 Mick Mixon - Voice of the Carolina Panthers
- 12-Mar-08 Claude Gibson - Former NCSU & NFL Football Player
- 19-Mar-08 John Clougherty - ACC Official Sponsor
- 26-Mar-08 Chuck Kaiton - Voice of the Carolina Hurricanes
- 2-Apr-08 Billy (BJ) Bryant - 2008-09 President of the ASA
- 9-Apr-08 Ron Lievense - Head Basketball Coach of the Barton's Bulldogs (NCAA D-II Champions)