College Sports TV's Nike Training Camp To Share The Coaching Style And Philosophy Of Larry Coker
Jan. 15, 2004
NEW YORK – College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), the fastest-growing independent cable network, will share the coaching style and philosophy of Miami (Fla.) football coach Larry Coker when the network premieres its latest installment of Nike Training Camp on Friday, January 16, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
College Sports TV’s Nike Training Camp is a “best of breed” series that reveals the secrets of success of the most successful college coaches. The January 16 program goes behind the scenes with Coker and his team in preparation of their recent BCS Orange Bowl game against intrastate archrival Florida State. The show also shadows the Hurricane team in the locker room and on the field at the regular season-ending Miami-Pittsburgh game that decided the Big East championship.
In addition to exclusive footage that vividly depicts the team’s intensity and focus during games, in the locker room and on the practice field, the January 16 Nike Training Camp also features interviews with Coker, current Hurricane All-Americas Kellen Winslow Jr. and Jonathan Vilma, teammates Brock Berlin and Jarrett Payton and assistant head coach/offensive line coach Art Kehoe and quarterbacks coach Dan Werner.
In addition to Miami, other Nike Training Camp shows focus on University of North Carolina women’s soccer, Stanford women’s volleyball and Indiana, Maryland and Cincinnati men’s basketball. In addition to airing in standard definition on College Sports TV, the Nike Training Camp series is also presented in high-definition on iN DEMAND’s INHD network, which is devoted exclusively to high-definition programming.
College Sports TV, the first 24-hour college sports network, is available to more than 15 million homes nationally on cable and satellite. The network is available on Adelphia and Insight cable systems, among others, and is available specifically in south Florida’s Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties on Adelphia’s Digital Plus, channel 175. CSTV is also available nationally on DirecTV (channel 610). For information on CSTV availability in particular markets, consumers can log on to www.cstv.com or call their cable or satellite operator.
“Our Miami Nike Training Camp program will offer an exclusive look at one of the most elite college football programs, and what has made it so successful,” said Joel Feld, executive vice president and executive producer, College Sports TV. “CSTV viewers will get an insider’s look at how Larry Coker and his staff prepare his team for two very important games, motivating and teaching their players during games and practice.”
In addition to the Friday, January 16, premiere, encore presentations of the Miami Nike Training Camp special are scheduled for:
- Friday, January 16, 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT
Tuesday, January 20, 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT
Sunday, January 25, 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT
Saturday, January 31, 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT
College Sports TV’s Nike Training Camp series not only provides compelling programming for viewers, but it is also meant as an educational platform for aspiring student-athletes.
CSTV: College Sports Television televises regular season and championship event coverage in football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer and other sports from the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Sky, Big Ten, Big 12, Big West and Conference USA, as well as the Horizon, Ivy League, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC and West Coast Conferences. CSTV also has programming agreements with the NCAA, U.S. Olympic Committee and NAIA. The network presents NCAA postseason action in baseball, lacrosse, women’s ice hockey, field hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s water polo, gymnastics and track & field. For more information on CSTV, log on to www.cstv.com.
College Sports TV was co-founded by President/CEO Brian Bedol, Chairman Stephen Greenberg and Executive Vice President Chris Bevilacqua. Bedol and Greenberg co-founded Classic Sports Network, which they sold to ESPN and which is now ESPN Classic. Bevilacqua is a former senior executive with Nike Inc., where he headed the company’s successful foray into the college market.