Dan Spainhour

Dan Spainhour has more than 25 years of high school and college coaching experience. He has received numerous awards during his coaching career, including three state championships and fourteen coach of the year honors. His teams have collected more than 400 victories. Spainhour recently returned to high school coaching after serving as the director of basketball operations for Florida State University. At Florida State, Spainhour was involved in all phases of the day-to-day operations of the men's basketball office. He handled the on campus recruiting, recruiting mailings, office and team fiscal matters, team travel, academic development, dining and housing contracts and served as the director of the annual Leonard Hamilton basketball camp for boys. He helped led the Seminoles to the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Tournament in 2005. He also coached at the University of Miami where he worked under current Florida State coach, Leonard Hamilton. During his time at Miami he helped lead the Hurricanes to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 38 years. As a high school athletic director as well as baseball and basketball coach, he has helped student-athletes earn numerous scholarships. His personal experience at both the high school and college level convinced him there was tremendous need for a recruiting guide for parents.

He is the founder of Educational Coaching and Business Communications, a company that specializes in informational manuals for educators, parents, coaches and athletes. He is the author of many books and articles including--How To Get Your Child An Athletic Scholarship: The Parent's Ultimate Guide to Recruiting; Coach Yourself: A Motivational Guide for Coaches and Leaders; A Season in Words: A Coach's Guide to Motivation from the Preseason to the Postseason; and How to Run A Basketball Camp: A Guide to a Successful Basketball Camp.

Spainhour is a recipient of the Governor's Laurel Wreath Award as an Ambassador of Athletics in the State of North Carolina. He and his wife Cara reside in Winston-Salem, NC.

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