The Sports Business Classroom staff is pleased to announce that Larry Coon will be leading the section on the NBA Salary Cap at the 2016 Sports Business Classroom (SBC) in Las Vegas!
The SBC is an innovative educational program that will give attendees the opportunity to train and interact with top executives while performing real work in the following disciplines: team video, scouting and analytics; social media & public relations; broadcast production and distribution; and the league salary cap.
SBC Speaker Bio: Larry Coon – Salary Cap Expert – NBA
He is a computer scientist by both education and trade, and works as an Information Technology Director at University of California, Irvine. He has also taught university Computer Science courses, specializing in database theory.
Larry has been profiled in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Sports Illustrated. He makes regular media appearances including television (such as ESPN’s “Outside the Lines”) radio and podcasts. He is a regular contributor to ESPN.com and to BasketballInsiders.com. He is often quoted and cited, both online and in print, by local and national media venues. He has also contributed to the New York Times Off the Dribble blog, HoopsWorld.com and RealGM.com.
In July 2011 Sports Illustrated named Coon to their inaugural Twitter 100 which lists the 100 most essential people in the sports world to follow on Twitter.
About the Sports Business Classroom
Taking place July 8 – 13 during the Summer League in Las Vegas, the Sports Business Classroom is a one-of-a-kind educational and training initiative that will focus on the business of basketball and league salary cap.
The program will give attendees the opportunity to train and interact with top executives while performing real work in the following disciplines: team video, scouting and analytics; social media & public relations; broadcast production and distribution; and the league salary cap.
Top performers from the Sports Business Classroom will be offered internship opportunities at next year’s Summer League.
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