Sean Stout enters his second season as the Director of Basketball Operations at Coastal Carolina after serving the last four seasons as a manager at the University of North Carolina. A native of Southern Pines, N.C., Stout duties as Director of Basketball Operations includeds organizing team travel, practice and day to day scheduling, responsibilty of team managers, budget, while also servingng as director of the Cliff Ellis Team Summer Camps. His primary responsibilities as a manager at North Carolina from 2006-09 included facilitating team and individual workouts, setting up for practice, assisting coaches with drills and competitions and collecting statistics from scrimmages. In addition, Stout was on the sidelines during the 2009 NCAA Tournament that saw the Tar Heels capture the school's fifth national title with their 89-72 victory over Michigan State. Stout was promoted to head manager prior to the 2009-10 season and supervised a staff of six varsity managers and 15 junior varsity managers. He also acted as liaison between players and coaches, oversaw and organized daily responsibilities of players and managers and coordinated individual workouts for players. During his four years at North Carolina, Stout also worked as a counselor at the Roy Williams Basketball Camp. He was in charge of supervising 800 campers per week, organizing and conducting the transportation schedule, assisting camp director with administrative duties and daily operations, conducting dorm staff meetings and creating daily schedules for over 40 counselors. In addition to his work as a manager, Stout has also gained valuable coaching experience that began at the Nike All-Asia Basketball Camp in Beijing, China. In this capacity, Stout was responsible for demonstrating and assisting coaches with drills and lectures, while organizing equipment bags for coaches, players and staff. Stout went on to work as the International Video Coordinator at the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis, Tenn., in 2007. He filmed and photographed World Team practices, scrimmages and games and produced a reflection of the week for the players and coaches in order to help promote the Hoop Summit for prospective participants. He returned overseas in 2007 and worked as a coach in Kopaonik, Serbia, at the YUBAC Basketball Camps. His duties included developing 120 teenage campers from 19 different countries and teaching one week of each shooting and guard camp. Stout continued his coaching career in 2008 in Storrs, Conn., at the Jim Calhoun Basketball Cam where he taught team offense, defense and shooting fundamentals to high school students. He also coached and refereed daily games between camp teams. Most recently, Stout was the tournament coordinator of the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions in May where he organized staff and coordinated sponsor activities. Stout graduated from North Carolina in 2010 with a Bachelor's Degree in exercise and sport science with a concentration in sports administration. He also earned a minor in history. |
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