GREG WHITE BASKETBALL

Greg's 2002 Marshall team lead all of college basketball (351 NCAA D-I teams) in a 3-point field goal percentage of 44%. The 2002 team set a school record of 19 3's in one game. During his tenure at Marshall, Greg had one player, Keith Veney, who hit 15 3's in a game that still serves as an NCAA record. Another player, Ronald Blackshear, had 11 consecutive 3's in a game which tied an NCAA record on his way to hitting 14 3's. His Marshall team had a record-setting 27-home-game winning streak. He successfully guided Marshall from the Southern Conference to the Mid-American Conference and took Marshall's graduation rate from the worst in the Mid-American Conference to the BEST! Greg finished his coaching career as the fourth-winningest coach (29 coaches) in school basketball history!

Greg was known for his recruiting prowess and frequent top 50 recruiting classes, including Marshall’s first NBA player in 30 years, Tamar Slay (WV High School Player of the Year). Greg also recruited J.R. VanHoose (Kentucky’s 1990’s Player of the Decade). Vanhoose, Slay, and Travis Young were recently inducted into Marshall’s Hall of Fame. Vanhoose is Marshall's second-leading rebounder. Additional Herd signees during his tenure include Cornelious Jackson and Joda Burgess who were also WV High School Players of the Year. Greg recruited 18 All-Conference selections during his time at Marshall.

 

Greg’s leadership and mentoring abilities propelled many assistant coaches and players to head coaching positions and top assistant positions including Head Coach Kevin Keatts (North Carolina State University), Assistant Coach Steve Snell (North Carolina State), Head Coach Donnie Jones (Stetson University), Assistant Coach Shawn Finney (Stetson University), Head Coach Mark Downey (Arkansas Tech University), Assistant Coach Cornelius Jackson (Marshall University), Head Coach Bryan Poore (West Virginia State University), Head Coach Jeff Burkhamer (University of West Florida - Retired), Head Coach Jeff Boals (Ohio University), Head Coach Dave Dickerson (University of South Carolina Upstate), Head Coach Steve Hettinga (Lake Superior State University), Head Coach A.W. Hamilton (Eastern Kentucky University) and Head Coach Gregg Marshall (Wichita State University - Retired).

 

Additionally, Greg worked for Head Coach Dana Altman (University of Oregon) and assisted alongside Bob Marlin (Head Coach University of Lafayette), Brian Fish (Assistant Coach University of Oregon), and NBA assistant and executive Bob Zuffelato (Toronto Raptors retired) as a student assistant at Marshall.

Greg's basketball camps at Marshall University and the University of Charleston are the largest sports camps in the history of each school attracting over 1,000 participants during their peak. Greg's basketball camps are also the largest in the history of sports camps in the state of West Virginia, attracting over 45,000 participants from 37 states and several European countries. As such, it has been said Greg is the "most photographed" man in the state of West Virginia because of all the individual pictures he has taken with his campers. Many of Greg's campers have gone on to sign full basketball scholarships! His Wizard White ball handling show has been performed at hundreds of top universities, colleges, and blue-chip basketball camps all over the world. He has also performed at numerous NBA and European professional league halftime shows, captivating thousands and thousands of spectators with his wizardry.

In 2010, Greg left coaching and joined longtime friend Jeff Schneider (former Virginia Tech great) as an investor and partner with BigShots.net, the nation's premier provider of grass-roots basketball tournaments! BIG SHOTS is the largest basketball company in the world with 57,613 players and 4,658 teams participating in BIG SHOTS events in 2021-2022 throughout the United States.

In 2012, Greg started the highly successful BIG SHOTS Basketball Camp. The camps had been ultra-successful in attracting outstanding talent and were known for teaching basketball fundamentals. The camp greatly emphasized teaching campers and parents about the complexities of the college recruiting process. Goal setting was also taught at the camp relative to performance in the classroom, on the court, and in the biggest game of all the "GAME OF LIFE". In 2017 Greg transitioned the camp into a highly successful consulting firm (Recruiting Success Expander). The firm specializes in working with prospective players and their parents on how to navigate the complexities of the recruiting process, helping them find the right college whether it's DIV I, DIV II, DIV III, NAIA, and Junior College. Click here to learn more.

Greg has been a motivational speaker and a consultant for Converse, Reebok, AND1, and Nike Jumpman. In 2010, he started GregWhiteSpeaks.com, an international speaking firm that focuses on goal-setting, attitude, and peak performance. He has spoken for many top United States companies and corporations such as Mercedes, BMW, Ford, Chevrolet, Wendy's, Little Caesars, Subway, IBM, NiSource, Columbia Gas, BB&T Banks, Huntington Banks, United National Bank, Home Depot, West Virginia Lottery, Holzer Medical Clinics, St. Mary's Hospitals, Timken, Acordia, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, West Virginia Treasury Department, United States Education Department, AT&T, Exxon, State Farm, Nationwide, West Virginia Underwriters, Kentucky National Insurance Company, Chime Marketing Group, Cabell Huntington Hospitals, National Travel, National AAU, Capital Beverage Corporation, Special Olympics, Senior Olympics, Charleston Gazette Newspapers, PAC 12 Basketball Officials, and many more. He has spoken at hundreds of civic organizations assisting Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.

Greg is a frequent and popular speaker at colleges and universities and has spoken at UCLA, University of Kentucky, Ohio State University, University of Louisville, University of Alabama, University of Tennessee, Kansas State University, University of Notre Dame, Iowa State University, Anderson University, Georgia State University, University of Virginia, University of Denver, Marshall University, University of Charleston, Clemson University, Mount Saint Mary's University, West Virginia State University, University of South Carolina, UNC Wilmington University, University of Maryland, Catholic University of America, Wake Forrest University, Virginia Tech, Georgetown College, Principia College, University of  Northwestern Ohio, Berea College, State College of New York-Cobleskill, Ohio University, Virginia Military Institute, West Virginia University-Tech, Kentucky Christian College, University of Cumberland, Baptist Bible College, Transylvania University, University of Pikeville, Missouri Western State University, Bethany College, California State San Marcos, Bowling Green State University, Western Kentucky University, Morehead State University, Union College, Coastal Carolina University, Bellarmine University, Kentucky State University, University of Cumberlands, Northern Kentucky University, Concordia University, Marietta College, University of Rio Grande, University of Central Florida, Shawnee State University, Anderson University, Ball State University, University of Toledo, Miami University, Kent State University, University of Central Michigan, University of Northern Michigan, University of Akron, Eastern Michigan University, University of Buffalo, University of Northern Illinois, Western Michigan University, Concord University, University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, University of Arizona, Florida State University, Villanova University, Temple University, University of Oregon, University of Washington, Arizona State University, University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, Louisiana State University, University of Colorado, University of Kansas, University of Minnesota, University of Iowa, University of Mississippi, University of Arkansas, University of Texas, Texas A&M University, Indiana State University, University of Montana, University of Utah, University of Wyoming, University of Michigan, University of Maine and many more as the list continues to grow.

Additionally, Greg has spoken at hundreds of high schools, junior high schools, grade schools, and prep schools sharing his WINNING EDGE educational program on listening, academic excellence, goal setting, saying no to drugs and alcohol, bullying, social media discipline, and much more.

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