Aug. 22, 2011
VANTAA, FINLAND -
Saint Joseph's head coach Phil Martelli participated in a coaching clinic in Vantaa, Finland, from August 19-21 at the Club Puhu Juniorit. The clinic was organized by former Hawk player Artur Surov.
Martelli was joined by his sons Phil, Jr., and Jimmy, as well as Davidson head coach Bob McKillop and his assistant coach and son, Matt. Phil, Jr., who spent the past five years at Niagara, enters his first season as an assistant coach at the University of Delaware under former SJU assistant Monte Ross. Jimmy is in his second season as an
assistant at Rutgers, under Mike Rice, another former Hawk assistant.
Surov, a seven-foot center from Helsinki, Finland, played for the Hawks from 2003 to 2007.