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| "Serving Players, Coaches, Parents, and Fans Since 1980" |
Background |
Pacesetter Sports began in 1980 by offering 8 high quality, low cost basketball camps to 400
campers by sending top coaches directly to the host schools. Pacesetter
Volleyball Camps were added in 1986 and soon Pacesetter was offering over
100 area camps to over 5,000 young people each summer. Pacesetter also began
hosting regional summer basketball tournaments for varsity players and now
hosts two major varsity basketball tournaments, the Minnesota Invitational
Tournament and Minnesota's most prestigious summer tournament, The Sweet
Sixteen. The Pacesetter Minnesota Youth State Basketball Tournament for grades
5-9 was added in 1993 and annually fields over 800 teams. Pacesetter Sports added
Minnesota Basketball News as a monthly newsmagazine in 1994.
Pacesetter Director Jeff McCarron was a member of Minnesota's final all-class state high school champion at Sherburn in 1970 and the Minnesota Gopher Big Ten Champions in 1972. McCarron received his early camp mentoring from
John Thomas, his college coach at Augustana and an ex-Boston Celtic, through
four years of teaching and directing summer basketball camps from 1976-1979. The current Pacesetter "Fundamentals for Champions" basketball camp program is a
compilation of teachings and experiences from championship basketball teams
and coaches at all three levels: high school (MN State Champions), college (Big Ten Champions),
and professional (NBA Champions) levels.
Since 1980 Pacesetter has sought top high school and college coaches to
direct summer camps for both volleyball and basketball, and hundreds of the
Midwest's finest coaches have stepped forward to share their knowledge with
young athletes. For the summer of 2008, Pacesetter is again offering a very
strong staff of clinicians with many coaches who have won state high school
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Pacesetter Staff
Jeff McCarron, Director; Tracey Haines, Office Manager;
Ron Haggstrom, MBBN Editor; Dave Hill, Photographer;
Joe McCarron, Web Designer
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 222, Paynesville, MN 56362, or
15282 300th Ave., Paynesville, MN 56362
Phone: 320-243-7460 • E-mail: info@psmbbn.com
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