Senate Resolution 145 - Introduced PAG LIN S.R. ________ H.R. ________ 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY HATCH, McCOY, ZAUN, and DEARDEN 1 3 A Resolution to honor the Drake University men's basketball 1 4 coach Keno Davis. 1 5 WHEREAS, Coach Keno Davis began his career by 1 6 serving six years as assistant coach at Southeast 1 7 Missouri State University, and in 2003 joined his 1 8 legendary father, Dr. Tom Davis, as part of the Drake 1 9 men's basketball coaching staff; and 1 10 WHEREAS, building on the work of his father, Keno 1 11 Davis assumed the head coaching position in 2007 and 1 12 immediately led the team to its first appearance in 1 13 NCAA's national tournament since 1971, defeating 1 14 Illinois State University 79=49 in the Missouri Valley 1 15 Conference championship game; and 1 16 WHEREAS, the Bulldogs, with that victory in the 1 17 Missouri Valley Conference tournament, and with a 1 18 record of 28 wins and 4 losses, became one of the top 1 19 20 basketball teams in the nation; and 1 20 WHEREAS, Coach Maury John, who took the Drake 1 21 University men's basketball team to the NCAA Final 1 22 Four in 1969 and the Midwest Regional final in 1970 1 23 and 1971, would be proud to see the talent, the 1 24 dedication, and the fire of today's team and the young 1 25 coach who has taken them so far and so fast; and 1 26 WHEREAS, just completing his first year as head 1 27 coach, Keno Davis has been named the Missouri Valley 1 28 Conference Coach of the Year and The Sporting News 1 29 College Basketball Coach of the Year and was given the 1 30 Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award by the U.S. 2 1 Basketball Writers Association; and 2 2 WHEREAS, Keno Davis has been named the Associated 2 3 Press National Coach of the Year for 2007=2008, only 2 4 the third first=year coach to win that award; NOW 2 5 THEREFORE, 2 6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 2 7 honors Coach Keno Davis, a worthy successor to his 2 8 father and to the memory of Maury John, for being 2 9 named coach of the year by both the Missouri Valley 2 10 Conference and Sporting News; and 2 11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the 2 12 Senate thanks Coach Davis for the honor he has brought 2 13 to Drake University, to Bulldog fans everywhere, and 2 14 to his home state of Iowa. 2 15 LSB 6603SS 82 2 16 jr/rj/14