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Andy Kershaw is entering his ninth year at the helm of the Miami Hurricanes swimming program in 2021-2022.

The Hurricanes have ascended towards the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference since Kershaw’s arrival to Coral Gables in 2013. As the head manager of the USA Swimming team for the past two Olympic Games (2012, 2016), Kershaw has provided Miami swimming with a wealth of domestic and international swimming experience.

In 2016-17, Kershaw coached an Olympian, a World Short Course Championships qualifier, a World University Games qualifier, an NCAA Championships qualifier and led seven different swimmers to a total of 13 NCAA consideration cuts.

In an impressive year for Hurricanes swimmers, Heather Arseth represented Mauritius at the 2016 Olympics, Roxanne Yu qualified for the World Short Course Championships as a Phillipine international, and Manon Viguier clinched a trip to the World University Games, where she will represent France.

Two swimmers – seniors Angela Algee and Christina Leander – represented Miami at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, and Algee qualified for her second NCAA Championships under his guidance. Algee finished 38th in the 100 fly, 52nd in the 200 fly and 53rd in the 50 free nationally.

Outside the lanes, Kershaw has placed a heavy emphasis on academics; the Miami swimming team’s combined GPA of 3.5 in 2016-17 was the highest of any women’s team on campus. The Hurricanes earned NCAA Academic honors in the fall and spring semester, three swimmers earned NCAA Academic All-America recognition, and the Hurricanes swimming program compiled the second-most community service hours of any program in the country.

Miami posted seven dual meet wins in 2015-16 – its highest win total in five seasons – with a team that featured an NCAA Swimming Championships qualifier (Algee) and two U.S. Olympic trialists.

Miami’s win total increased in each of his first three years. As head manager of Team USA at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the American swimming contingent hauled in a world-leading 33 medals, including 16 golds.

Kershaw joined the Hurricanes in the summer of 2013 after spending the previous 10 years with Southern Methodist University. After seven years as an assistant coach, Kershaw served as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for his final three seasons with the Mustangs.

Kershaw has been a force for U.S. Swimming as head manager. In addition to serving in the role at the 2016 Olympics (Rio), he has been head manager for the 2015 World Championships (Kazan, Russia), 2012 Summer Olympics (London), the 2011 World Championships (Shanghai), the 2010 Pan Pacific Games (Irvine, Calif.) and the 2009 Duel in the Pool (Manchester, U.K.). Prior to his time with U.S. Swimming, he served as an assistant coach for the Slovenian national swimming team from 2004-06.

“I think he is an incredible person,” said Teri McKeever, who served as head coach of the U.S. women’s swimming team for the London Olympics. “He is very people-oriented, a great communicator, proactive and very driven. Andy is committed to the sport and to developing young people.”

During his time at SMU, Kershaw coached 79 NCAA All-Americans and helped the Mustangs finish in the top 25 in the country six times. The Mustangs had six Conference USA Swimmers of the Year and 35 NCAA Academic All-Americans under his watch. In 2012, Kershaw was recognized as Honorable Mention NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year bycollegeswimming.com.
Kershaw’s coaching career began as a student assistant for the men’s and women’s team at Ohio and continued in that role until 1998, when he became the graduate assistant for the 1998-1999 seasons. In 1999 he was hired as the head assistant coach for both programs, a role he served until 2003. As the assistant, he was primarily responsible for the distance group and oversaw the organization of the recruiting efforts. During his ...

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Inducted June 12, 2003

A 6’11? center, Gminski played 14 seasons in the NBA. He had an outstanding collegiate career at Duke where he was named ACC Player of the Year for the 1979-80 season. A two-time All-American, Gminski is Duke’s all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker. He was selected by the New Jersey Nets as the seventh overall pick in the 1980 NBA draft. During his seven seasons with the Nets, Gminski established himself as a tough player and helped lead the franchise to the playoffs five times. In his final season with the Nets he averaged 16.4 points and 8.8 rebounds before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. In his first season with Philadelphia, he averaged 16.9 points and 10 rebounds per game. The following year he averaged over 17 points per game and led the 76ers to the Atlantic Division title. During his NBA career, Gminski scored more than 10,000 points and grabbed over 6,000 rebounds, a feat accomplished by only a handful of players in NBA history.

INDUCTION BANQUET PROGRAM STORY — June 12, 2003

EXCELLENCE AND CONSISTENCY

By Tom Tarapacki
NPASHF Board Member / Polish American Journal

More than twenty years after leaving Duke University, Mike Gminski’s name remains prominent in the illustrious basketball program’s record books. The former two-time All-American remains the Blue Devil’s all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker, and third-leading scorer. But when his collegiate playing days ended, the 6-11 center also enjoyed an outstanding 14-year NBA career, and is one of only a handful of pro players to score more than 10,000 points and haul in more than 6,000 rebounds.

The great-grandson of a Polish immigrant from Karkow, Mike Gminski was born on August 3, 1959, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He grew up in nearby Monroe, where he attended Masur High School. Encouraged by his parents, Mike played tennis, baseball and football, and developed into one of the state’s best high school basketball players. He was also a very good student — so good that he was able to leave high school a year early, a fact that most college recruiters overlooked. Mike struck up a friendship with a Duke player named Terry Chili at a basketball camp, and decided to make the Durham, North Carolina school his first visit after his sophomore year. He “fell in love with the campus” and committed to the Blue Devils.

At Duke, head coach Bill Foster was trying to rebuild the program that had not been to the NCAA tournament in more than a decade. It became apparent very early that his freshman center could help him do just that. In his first season Gminski averaged 15.3 points and 10.7 rebounds for the 14-13 Blue Devils, and was named Atlantic Coast Conference 1976-77 co-rookie of the year.

As a sophomore Mike averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds, earning first-team All-ACC honors. Even better, the Blue Devils posted its first of three straight 20-plus win seasons. Duke also won the ACC tournament for the first time since 1966, and made the NCAA tournament field. Mike had an excellent tournament, including a 29-point performance against Notre Dame in the semi-finals. The Cinderella Blue Devils made it all the way to the 1978 national championship game, where they battled valiantly but lost to Kentucky, 94-88. Mike had 20 points and 12 rebounds in the game, and was named to the All-NCAA Final Four team.

As a junior Mike had an incredible season, leading Duke in scoring (18.8), rebounding (9.2), blocked shots (66), dunks (44), and field goal shooting (51.9%). He earned All-American honors and was named ACC Player of the Year. Duke complied a 22-8 mark and qualified for the NCAA tournament, but lost in the first round to St. John’s.

In the 1979-80 season the talented center was again a first team All-American, posting career highs in scoring (21.3), and rebounding (10.9). Mike also set a schoo ...

University of Miami Athletic Director Dan Radakovich joins Joe Z to announce a new facility on the campus 

University of Miami Head Men's Basketball Coach joins Hollywood Danny Rabinowitz to look back at last nights tough loss to Ga Tech and look forward to next weeks game against Boston College. 

University of Miami Head Women's Basketball Coach joins Joe Z to talk about their upcoming match-up with Notre Dame on Thursday.

Dalen Cuff joined ESPN in 2016 as a college basketball in-game and studio analyst. In 2019, Cuff helped launch ACCN, and is a staple on the network’s 24/7 coverage.

Cuff is a regular in-studio anchoring ACCN’s signature basketball studio program Nothing But Net throughout basketball season along with the network’s nightly news and information show All ACC. Cuff also serves as ACCN’s primary men’s soccer play-by-play personality during the fall.

He began his broadcasting career in 2006 as an analyst for the Columbia University Men’s basketball radio broadcasts, a role he took on after graduating and completing his playing career at Columbia University.

As a player at Columbia, Cuff was captain of the men’s basketball team his senior year.  He is ranked in Columbia history in games played, career three-point field goals made, three-point percentage for a single season and three-point field goals made in a season.

Prior to joining ESPN, he was a college basketball analyst for NBC Sports Network since 2012.  In addition to his responsibilities as a college basketball analyst, he worked for NBCSN and Comcast SportsNet New England (CSNNE) as a host and reporter.  The highlight of his time at NBCSN was being a reporter at the 2016 Rio Olympics.  He learned Portuguese in the two years leading up to the games and worked as a feature reporter providing American audiences an inside look at the unique Brazilian culture and history.

While working for CSNNE, Cuff hosted various types of studio programming such as nightly news/highlights, opinion, team specific magazine shows and pre/post game shows.  Prior to his time at NBCSN and CSNNE, he worked for Madison Square Garden Network in New York City. He primarily worked for MSG Varsity, covering the high school sports scene across the tri-state area as a basketball analyst, studio host and reporter.

Dalen is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., but now resides in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with his wife Adrienne.

University of Miami Head Men's Basketball Coach Jim Larrañaga joins Joe Z to talk about how the team held up during the Christmas Break and looks forward to their next match-up against Notre Dame on Friday Afternoon.