René Spandauw, HOL 

EXPERIENCE IN BASKETBALL

§         Head Coach National Women´s Team Germany 16 and under;
summer 2005 record International Competition 10-4, 3^rd place at European Championship Group B

§         Head Coach Saarlouis Royals, German Pro League 2004-currently
2004-2005: record 17-12, loser of Cup Final; also Euro Cup, record 4-4; group winner and eliminated in round of 16
2005-06: record 2nd place in the German cup, 4th place in the German Championship

§         Assistant Coach University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-2004, record 14-13

§         Head Coach Eisvögel Freiburg, German Pro League, 2001 – 2003, record 29-27

§         International (European) Scout for the Miami Sol of the WNBA, 2000 – 2003

§         Internship in coaching with the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA, 1998

§         Winner of the Leo van der Kar Award; the most talented basketball coach of the Netherlands, 1998

§         Head coach of the Women’s National Junior of the Netherlands team 18 and under, 1993- 2001

§         Voluntary Assistant coach, St. Joseph’s (IN) University men’s team, 1995

§         Assistant coach with the Dutch Women’s National Team on their US tours in 1991 and 1996

§         Head coach, Celeritas Groningen, 1992-1994, records: overall 33-29, year by year 13-17, 20-12

§         Voluntary Assistant coach, Texas A&M University men’s team, 1992

§         Head coach, B.V. Groningen, 1990-1991, Coaching record: 6-16 (resigned prior to end of season)

§         Head coach and vice president of youth basketball, Computerij Meppel, 1989-1990, record: 27-4

§         Head coach and vice president of youth basketball, HSV Basketball, 1983-1989
records 111-39, year by year 8-12, 20-5, 21-4, 13-13, 23-4, 26-2 (and #3 nationally)

§         Appointed as head coach to the inaugural Nike Euro Camp for Girls in the summer of 1998

§         Head Coach at the National Basketball Camp of the Netherlands, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001

§         Teacher for the Dutch Basketball Federation in Coaches’ education

§         Coach and speaker at approximately 40 basketball summer camps in the United States, most notably at Future Stars International, Rene Portland’s camp at Penn State and Pat Summit’s camp at UT

§         Speaker at coaches clinics in the Netherlands, Germany, England, Scotland, Ireland and France

EDUCATION

§         University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, Masters Degree in Sport Administration with an emphasis on Sport Management; degree in May 2005

§         State University Groningen, 1996; degree in Sports Management, the equivalent of a USA’s Masters’

§         PTH, Utrecht, 1990; educated to serve as a teacher, emphasis on pedagogy, methods of teaching, psychology, educational appliances, social skills

§         National Basketball Federation of the Netherlands, 1979; diploma basketball coach “B”, currently the highest coaching degree in the Netherlands

§         Heymans College Groningen, 1979; Diploma in English, Dutch, German, Science, Economics, Mathematics

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

§         Dutch Federation of Sport Management (NVMS)

LANGUAGES

§         Fluent in Dutch, English and German, also speaking and understanding basic French