The Raleigh Sports Club

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

2010 Speakers

  • Jan 6, 2010:
    Ned Jarrett – Nascar legend
  • Jan 13, 2010:
    Dave Telep – College BBAll scouting expert
  • Jan 20, 2010:
    Don Fish – President of the NC Sports Hall of Fame
  • Jan 27, 2010:
    Tommy Burleson – Former NCSU Basketball Player
  • Feb 3, 2010:
    Dr. Kevin White – Duke University Athletic Director
  • Feb 10, 2010:
    Lewis Bowling – Author, "Wallace Wade: Championship Years at Alabama and Duke"
  • Feb 17, 2010:
    Chip Hester – Head Football Coach, Catawba College
  • Feb 24, 2010:
    Tim Crothers – co-Author w/ Roy Williams, "Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court"
  • Mar 3, 2010:
    Hill Carrow – Chairman, 2011 US Figure Skating Championships
  • Mar 10, 2010:
    Michelle Lee – Associate AD for Compliance, NCSU
  • Mar 17, 2010:
    Charlie Bryant – Former Assistant Basketball coach at NCSU & Wake Forest
  • Mar 24, 2010:
    Bobby Clampett – PGA Golfer, TV Commentator
  • Mar 31, 2010:
    Anson Dorrance – Head Coach, UNC Women's Soccer
  • Apr 10, 2010:
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