The Raleigh Sports Club

Speakers

Wes Moore
Wes Moore, head NCSU women's basketball coach, spoke at the club luncheon on October 20, 2021. The Lady Pack team has won back to back ACC Tournament Championships the past two years and has been highly ranked nationally.

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.

Raleigh Sports Club 2023-2024 Speakers (as of December 19th, 2023)

  • Aug 30 - Kevin Keatts, NC State Head Men's Basketball Coach
  • Sept 6 - Bubba Cunningham, UNC-CH Athletic Director
  • Sept 13 - Charlotte Smith, Elon Head Women's Basketball Coach & Former UNC-CH Women's Basketball Player
  • Sept 20 - John Scheyer, Duke University Head Men's Basketball Coach
  • Sept 27 - Chris Pollard, Duke University Head Baseball Coach
  • Oct 4 - Tom & Connie Rogers-Newcome, Former NC State Wrestler and Women's Basketball Player
  • Oct 11 - Rock Harrison, Former University of Virginia Wrestler and color analyst on ACC Network for Wrestling
  • Oct 18 - Kara Lawson, Duke University head women's basketball coach
  • Oct 25 - Wes Moore, NC State Head Women's Basketball Coach
  • Nov 1 - Dave Buckey, NC State Quarterback - 1973 ACC and Liberty Bowl Champion
  • Nov 8 - Phil Spence, NC State Men's Basketball - 1974 NCAA Basketball Champion
  • Nov 15 - Justin Haire, Campbell University Head Men's Baseball Coach
  • Nov 22 - No meeting
  • Nov 29 - David Glenn, Radio Sports broadcaster
  • Dec 6 - Susan Shackelford, Author of Hoops and Heroes - The Inspiring History of Army West Point Women's Basketball
  • Dec 13 - Dave Odom,Former Men's Basketball Coach at Wake Forest and South Carolina
  • Dec 20 - Jeff Gravley, Director of Content Strategy - NC State
  • Jan 10 - Andrew Sanders, NC State Baseball and Women's Basketball play by play Announcer
  • Jan 17 - Mike Maniscalco, Carolina Hurricanes play by play broadcaster
  • Jan 24 - Luke DeCock, News & Observer Columnist
  • Jan 31 - Elliott Avent, NC State Baseball Head Coach
  • Feb 7 - Dave Doeren, NCSC Head Football Coach
  • Feb 14 - Sylvia Hatchell, Former UNC-CH Women's Basketball Coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member
  • Feb 21 - Manny Diaz, Head football coach for Duke University
  • Feb 28 - Mike Houston, East Carolina University Head Football Coach
  • Mar 6 - Gary Hahn, NC State Wolfpack play-by-play radio broadcaster
  • Mar 13 - Randy Denton, Duke University Men's Basketball - 1968-1971
  • Mar 20 - Page Marsh, former NC State head women's golf coach and NC Sports Hall of Fame member
  • Mar 27 - Scott Wood, NC State Men's Basketball, 2009-2013

Speakers for the 2022-23 Season

  • Aug 31 - Hayden and Trent Hidlay, All American wrestlers for NCSU
  • Sept 7 - Joe Giglio, WRAL SportsFan journalist
  • Sept 14 - Robert Jones, ECU and Dallas Cowboys football
  • Sept 21 - Lin Dawson, NC State and New England Patriots football
  • Sept 28 - Lewis Bowling Duke, Sportswriter
  • Oct 5 - Andrew Sanders, NC State Radio & TV announce
  • Oct 12 - Keith Barnes & Marshall Lamm, North Carolina Baseball Museum
  • Oct 19 - Tim Stevens, Former N&O Preps writer and NCSHOF 2022 Inductee
  • Oct 26 - Todd Wilkinson, Barton College Athletic Director
  • Nov 2 - Les Robinson, former NCSU AD & Basketball Coach & Citadel AD, and Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech former basketball coach and USC basketball player
  • Nov 9 - Graham Boone, Heels 4 Life UNC NIL group Executive Director
  • Nov 16 - Jeff Smith, NC State Compliance officer
  • Nov 23 - No meeting (Thanksgiving week)
  • Nov 30 - Jeff Gravely, Director of Content Strategy at NCSU
  • Dec 7 - Drake and Thayer Thomas, local brothers and current starts of the NCSU football team
  • Dec 14 - Chucky Brown, Saint Augustine's Basketball Coach, former NC State and NBA player
  • Dec 21 - No meeting (Christmas week)
  • Dec 28 - No meeting (New Year's week)
  • Jan 4 - Deran Coe, Wake County Public Schools & Athletic Director along with comments from 20 high school ADs
  • Jan 11 - Johnny Evans, FCA Regional Director and Radio Analyst for NCSU football
  • Jan 18 - Ron Smith, Author of “A History of UNC Basketball – Volume 1”
  • Jan 25 - Elliott Avent, Head baseball coach at NCSU
  • Feb 1 - Jason Jennings, WRAL Sports Anchor/Writer/ Videographer
  • Feb 8 - Randy Hood, Head Baseball Coach at UNC Wilmington
  • Feb 15 - Debbie Antonelli, National TV basketball analyst for ESPN, CBS, Raycom, and Westwood One
  • Feb 22 - Ben Broussard, Exec Director of the Wolfpack Club
  • Mar 1 - Ernie Myers, Radio basketball analyst
  • Mar 8 - Tom Shanahan/Tim Peeler/Charley Young, integration of college football
  • Mar 15 - Lou Pucillo, Wolfpack basketball legend
  • Mar 22 - Grace Countie, UNC swimming All American
  • Mar 29 - Trip Durham, NC Sports Hall of Fame

Speakers for the 2022-23 Season


  • August 31 - Hayden and Trent Hidlay, All American wrestlers for NCSU
  • Sept 7 - Joe Giglio, WRAL SportsFan journalist
  • Sept 14 - Robert Jones, ECU and Dallas Cowboys football
  • Sept 21 - Lin Dawson, NC State and New England Patriots football
  • Sept 28 - Lewis Bowling Duke, Sportswriter
  • Oct 5 - Andrew Sanders, NC State Radio & TV announce
  • Oct 12 - Keith Barnes & Marshall Lamm, North Carolina Baseball Museum
  • Oct 19 - Tim Stevens, Former N&O Preps writer and NCSHOF 2022 Inductee
  • Oct 26 - Todd Wilkinson, Barton College Athletic Director
  • Nov 2 - Les Robinson, former NCSU AD & Basketball Coach & Citadel AD, and Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech former basketball coach and USC basketball player
  • Nov 9 - Graham Boone, Heels 4 Life UNC NIL group Executive Director
  • Nov 16 - Jeff Smith, NC State Compliance officer
  • Nov 23 - No meeting (Thanksgiving week)
  • Nov 30 - Jeff Gravely, Director of Content Strategy at NCSU
  • Dec 7 - Drake and Thayer Thomas, local brothers and current starts of the NCSU football team
  • Dec 14 - Chucky Brown, Saint Augustine's Basketball Coach, former NC State and NBA player
  • Dec 21 - No meeting (Christmas week)
  • Dec 28 - No meeting (New Year's week)
  • Jan 4 - Deran Coe, Wake County Public Schools & Athletic Director along with comments from 20 high school ADs
  • Jan 11 - Johnny Evans, FCA Regional Director and Radio Analyst for NCSU football
  • Jan 18 - Ron Smith, Author of “A History of UNC Basketball – Volume 1”
  • Jan 25 - Elliott Avent, Head baseball coach at NCSU
  • Feb 1 - Jason Jennings, WRAL Sports Anchor/Writer/ Videographer
  • Feb 8 - Randy Hood, Head Baseball Coach at UNC Wilmington
  • Feb 15 - Debbie Antonelli, National TV basketball analyst for ESPN, CBS, Raycom, and Westwood One
  • Feb 22 - Ben Broussard, Exec Director of the Wolfpack Club
  • Mar 1 - Ernie Myers, Radio basketball analyst
  • Mar 8 - Tom Shanahan/Tim Peeler/Charley Young, integration of college football
  • Mar 15 - Lou Pucillo, Wolfpack basketball legend
  • Mar 22 - Grace Countie, UNC swimming All American
  • Mar 29 - Trip Durham, NC Sports Hall of Fame

Speakers who have delighted our members in past years

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
  • Dick Baddour –Director of Athletics – UNC Chapel Hill
  • Rusty Bergman – Multi-level Basketball Coach & LSU Teammate of Pistol Pete Maravich
  • Eddie Biedenbach – Head Men's Basketball Coach, UNC -Asheville
  • Pete Brennan – UNC Chapel Hill 1957 Championship Basketball, 2010 RSC Banquet Speaker
  • Olin Broadway – Wake Forest Basketball Star; Pete Maravich High School Coach
  • Mack Brown – Head Football Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
  • Vic Bubas – Former Duke University Men's Basketball Coach
  • John Bunting – Head Football Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
  • Jeff Bzdelik – Head Men's Basketball Coach – Wake Forest University
  • Jeff Capel – Duke Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach
  • Ezzard Charles – former heavyweight boxing champion
  • Dick Christy – UNC-Pembroke Athletic Director
  • John Clougherty – ACC Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officials
  • Jeff Compler – East Carolina University Athletic Director
  • Bill Cowher – Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach; former NC State football standout
  • Bobby Cremmins – Georgia Tech.; Appalachian St basketball coach. 2014 RSC Banquet Speaker
  • David Cutcliffe – Head Football Coach, Duke University
  • Hubert Davis – Men's Basketball Assistant Coach – UNC Chapel Hill
  • Scott Dawson – Umpire for NFL
  • Randy Denton – Former Duke & Professional Basketball Player, NC Sports Hall of Fame
  • Dave Doeren – NC State Head Football Coach
  • Bill Dooley – Director, NC Sports Development Office
  • Charles "Lefty" Driesell – Head Men's Basketball Coach at Georgia State, formerly at Maryland and Davidson
  • Hugh Durham – Former Head Basketball Coach, Georgia and Florida State
  • Wes Durham – 2015 RSC Banquet Keynote Speaker - Play-by-Play Announcer Fox Sports South and Raycom Sports.
  • Woody Durham – Radio Voice of UNC TarHeels
  • Larry Fedora – Head Football Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
  • Phil Ford – Asst. Basketball Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
  • Mike Fox – Head Baseball Coach UNC Chapel Hill
  • 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
  • Mike Gminski – Duke Basketball & NBA Star, TV Analyst, 2016 RSC Banquet Speaker
  • Gail Goestenkors – Head Women's Basketball Coach at Duke University
  • Adam Gold – Sports talk show host, WRBZ 850 The Buzz
  • Fred Goldsmith – Head Football Coach at Duke University
  • Mark Gottfried – Head Men's Basketball Coach NC State
  • Otto Graham – Former NFL all time great of the Washington Redskins
  • Harold "Red" Grange - "The Galloping Ghost"; college & professional football halfback.
  • Jim Grobe – Head Football Coach at Wake Forest University
  • Kellie Harper – Head Women's Basketball Coach at NC State
  • Jim Harrick – Former UCLA Men's Basketball Coach – 1995 NCAA Champions
  • Bob Harris - "Voice of the Blue Devils" Football and Basketball. 2012 RSC Banquet Speaker
  • Sylvia Hatchell – Head Women's Basketball Coach at UNC
  • Bill Hensley – Member NC Sports Hall of Fame
  • Dennis Hennigan – Coordinator of ACC Football Officiating
  • Terry Holland – Athletic Director, Virginia
  • Lou Holtz – Head Football Coach at the University of South Carolina
  • Jim "Catfish" Hunter – North Carolina native and baseball Hall of Famer
  • Ned Jarrett – Retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR champion.
  • Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice – Former UNC and NFL football great
  • Chuck Kaiton – Voice of the Carolina Hurricanes
  • Marion Kirby – Lenoir Rhyne Football – NC Sports Hall of Fame 2013
  • Mike Krzyzewski – Head Men's Basketball Coach at Duke University
  • Bill Lam – President, "Wrestling With Life" & Former UNC Wrestling Coach
  • Keith LeClair – ECU baseball coach
  • Meadowlark Lemon – Former Harlem Globetrotter
  • Abe Lemons – Former Basketball Coach, Oklahoma City University and the University of Texas
  • Steve Logan – Head Football Coach at East Carolina University
  • Albert Long – UNC – Chapel Hill Athlete Lettered in 4 Sports. FCA
  • Joe Louis – Former world heavyweight boxing champion
  • Sidney Lowe – Head Men's Basketball Coach – NC State
  • Jerry Mack – NC Central Head Football Coach
  • Danny Manning – Head Men's Basketball Coach – Wake Forest University
  • Rollie Massimino – Former Men's Basketball Coach - Villanova, UNLV, and Cleveland State
  • Joanne P. McCallie – Head Women's Basketball Coach, Duke University
  • Jerry McGee – College Football Official & Wingate University Past President
  • Frank McGuire – Former Head Basketball Coach at USC and UNC
  • Jack McKeon – Former manager - Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics
  • Bones McKinney – Former Head Basketball coach at Wake Forest
  • Mick Mixon – Play-by-play radio announcer Carolina Panthers NFL. 2013 RSC Banquet Speaker
  • Eric Montross – UNC Chapel Hill Basketball Radio Color Analyst & Tarheel Legend
  • Jerry Moore – Head Football Coach at Appalachian State
  • LeVelle Moton – Head Men's Basketball Coach NC Central University
  • Jeff Mullins – Duke & NBA Golden State Basketball Star
  • Jack Murdock – Former Wake Forest Basketball Player & Coach
  • Stan Musial – Three time NL MVP - St. Louis Cardinals and Hall of Famer
  • Byron Nelson – All–time golf great
  • Tom O'Brien – Head Football Coach at NC State University
  • Mike O'Cain – Head Football Coach at NC State University
  • Dave Odom – Head Basketball Coach at University of South Carolina, former Coach at Wake Forest University. 2011 RSC Banquet Keynote Speaker
  • Jesse Owens – US Olympic track and field hero
  • Billy Packer – CBS basketball analyst and former Wake Forest basketball great
  • Satchel Paige – Former Negro League great; member of baseball's Hall of Fame
  • Benny Parsons – NASCAR great
  • Bill Peters – Carolina Hurricanes Head Coach
  • Digger Phelps – Former basketball Coach at Notre Dame University
  • Skip Prosser – Head Men's Basketball coach at Wake Forest University
  • Lou Pucillo – NC State Basketball & NC Sports Hall of Fame
  • Bobby Richardson – former NY Yankee second baseman; World Series MVP
  • Brooks Robinson – Former Baltimore Oriole great and Hall of Famer
  • Lenny Rosenbluth –All-American UNC Basketball player, 1957 NCAA Championship Team
  • Bobby Ross – Former college and NFL head football coach
  • James "Twiggy" Saunders – former showman of the Globetrotters
  • Herb Sendek – Head Men's Basketball Coach at North Carolina State University
  • Paul Simson – Amateur Golfing great; NC Sports Hall of Fame
  • Enos Slaughter – Baseball Hall of Famer
  • Dean Smith – Former head men's basketball coach at UNC
  • James "Bonecrusher" Smith – Former world heavyweight boxing champion
  • George Steinbrenner – Owner of the New York Yankees
  • John Swofford – Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference
  • Ray Tanner – NC State Baseball Coach
  • David Thompson – Former NC State and NBA basketball all star
  • Carlton Tudor – Asst. Sports Editor, The News & Observer
  • 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; former Head Coach of the Detroit Pistons
  • Dr. Leroy Walker – Former President of the US Olympic Committee
  • Tom Walter – Baseball Head Coach – Wake Forest University
  • Bucky Waters – Former ACC Basketball Player & Coach, TV Commentator
  • Earl Weaver – Former Baltimore Orioles manager
  • Ron Wellman – AD Wake Forest University
  • George Whitfield – 40 year Coaching Career – Baseball. Enshrined in 7 Hall of Fames
  • Roy Williams – Head Men's Basketball Coach – UNC Chapel Hill
  • Ted Williams – Former Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer
  • Debbie Yow – Director of Athletics, NC State University
  • Kay Yow – Women's Head Basketball Coach at NC State University


Review of Sports Club Programs for the past season: 2021-2022

September 08, 2021
Boo Corrigan,
NCSU Athletic Director

September 15, 2021
LeVelle Moton,
NCCU Basketball Coach

September 22, 2021
Elliot Avent,
NCSIU Head Baseball Coach

September 29, 2021
Dwight Hollier,
UNC Associate AD

October 6, 2021
Jeff Gravley,
NCSU Sports communications

October 13, 2021
Judge Robert Orr

October 20, 2021
Wes Moore,
NCSU women's basketball coach

October 27, 2021
Dave Harding,
Duke Blue Devil Network

November 3, 2021
Nina King,
next AD at Duke

November 10, 2021
Bethany Bradsher,
author

November 17, 2021
Silvia Hatchell,
Former UNC basketball coach

December 1, 2021
Chris Lea,
WRAL Sports Director

December 8, 2021
Cliff Godwin,
ECU baseball coach

December 15, 2021
Scott Forbes,
new UNC baseball coach

January 5, 2022
David Glen,
Sports broadcaster

January 12, 2022
Bubba Cunningham,
UNC Athletic Director

January 19, 2022
Johnny Evans,
NCSU Radio Sportscaster and former football quarterback

January 26, 2022
Luka Slabe,
NCSU volleyball coach, Olympic coach

February 2, 2022
Dave Doeren,
NCSU Football Coach

February 9, 2022
Joe Ovies,
Radio Sports Broadcaster at "99.9 The Fan"

February 16, 2022
Russ Bergman,
Basketball coaching consultant and former roommate of Pete Maravich

February 23, 2022
Mike Houston,
ECU Head Football Coach

March 2, 2022
Mike Elko,
Recently announced Head Football Coach for Duke University

March 9, 2022
Avie Lester,
former NCSU basketball player and now the successful head women's coach at North Raleigh Christian Academy

March 16, 2022
Laurie Henes,
NCSU Women's coach for Track and Cross Country

March 23, 2022
Mike Minter,
Campbell University Football Coach