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Czech Named Head Men's Basketball Coach at Hope International

Posted on: Thursday, 30 April 2009, 18:25 CDT

FULLERTON, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hope International University is pleased to announce the hiring of William (Bill) Czech as the new Head Men's Basketball Coach effective immediately. Czech joins the Royals staff after spending the last 14 years as the Head Coach of the Fullerton Union High School (FUHS) Men's Basketball Team. He leaves the Indians program with 219 victories -- the most in the school's history.

On the strength of winning 12 CIF games under Coach Czech, FUHS has finished amongst the top ten in Orange County three of the last six years. FUHS has won three Freeway league titles in the same time frame.

Czech was named the Indians Head Coach in 1996 and has produced an overall record of 219 wins versus 141 losses. In the last ten years, his record is quite impressive with 195 wins and 67 defeats. Last season, the Indians finished 16-12 overall.

As proud as he is of his players on court, he beams with pride when thinking about his players in the classroom. In his fourteen years of coaching the grade point average of the team has never dropped below 3.0. In 1997, the Indians were the State Academic Champions with the highest team GPA in the state. They also finished in the top ten in 2007.

"I am looking forward to taking on the challenge of coaching at Hope International University," stated Czech. "The players on the team have strong characters."

Czech has served as a Resource Specialist Program Teacher at Fullerton Union High School since 1996, and will remain in that role.

Czech has a Teaching Credential and Master's Degree in Special Education from National University and a Bachelors of Science in Health Education from California State University, Long Beach.

Founded in 1928, Hope International University is a regionally accredited private Christian University comprised of two schools: Pacific Christian College and the School of Graduate & Professional Studies. The University provides students with a leadership and ethics focused liberal arts education through undergraduate and graduate programs in business, education, ministry, music, psychology and counseling, human development and other social sciences. Total University enrollment is approximately 1700 students representing 35 states and 40 countries.

To learn more, please visit the Hope International University website at http://www.hiu.edu or contact Mr. David Poole, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at 714.879.3901, x-2401.

SOURCE Hope International University

Source: PR Newswire

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