The 2026 IBCA Statewide Coaching Clinic

A reformatted, one-day clinic built for working coaches.

Coaches, mark your calendars. The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association is bringing back its annual statewide coaching clinic in a reformatted, one-day experience — and it's coming to Bradley University on Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

This year's clinic is built around a simple promise: pack a full day with the speakers, ideas, and on-court access that move your program forward, and make it easy enough to bring your entire staff with you. No multi-day hotel block. No lost weekend. Just one focused day of great basketball coaching education, a short drive from almost anywhere in Illinois.

What's on the agenda:

• A live Bradley men's basketball practice. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how a Division I staff runs a workout — the teaching, the pace, the standards — right on the floor.
• A loaded slate of speakers. Actionable offensive, defensive, player-development, and program-building sessions you can install with your team the very next week.
• A meal provided on site. Stay, eat, and keep the conversation going without ever leaving the clinic.
• Time built in to network. Trade ideas with fellow coaches from every corner of the state — one of the most valuable parts of any clinic.

Why this clinic, why now?

The IBCA Clinic Committee redesigned this year's format with one goal: deliver maximum value in a single day. Whether you're a head coach mapping out the season, an assistant sharpening a specialty, or a young coach building your network, the 2026 clinic is built to send you home with concrete ideas you can use right away.

Bring your whole staff. The best programs learn together — and this format makes that easy.

Past Speakers