MEET THE
HOOP HISTORIANS
Dorothy's Birthday:
October 23
Surl's Birthday:
February 17
Residence: Los Angeles, California -- Final Fours Attended: (27) 1981, 1983-1989, 1991-2009.
The "First Couple" of the Hoop Historians. Operators of Kim Tours and Travel which has been in business for over 50 years and has followed University of Southern California football since 1953. Dorothy is an alumnus of USC and Surl is affectionately known as "Mister Rose Bowl" as he has moved hundreds of thousands of people to and from the "Granddaddy of all bowl games". Surl is a World War II veteran serving as Navigator (LT) B-17 in the 92nd Bomb Group - 8th Air Force in England during 1944-45. The couple remains active in attending major sporting events, besides 27 Final Fours, the Kim's have been to more than 50 Rose Bowls, 37 Super Bowls, a pair of Olympic Games and hundreds of college football games.
Other Notable Sporting Events Attended: Super Bowls 1967, 1969-2005; Olympic Games 1984; 1996 (Atlanta); Rose Bowl 1953-2009 (Surl); 1956, 1962-2009 (Dorothy).
Click Here for the Dorothy & Surl NCAA Game Log
Birthday: June 19
Residence: Stroudsburg. Pennsylvania -- Final Fours Attended: (35) 1973-1987, 1989-2008.
Ed earned his Bachelor of Science from Wharton School of Finance & Commerce – University of Pennsylvania, and a Law Degree from University of Pennsylvania after serving in United States Army during the Korean War. He served as Solicitor for the Borough of East Stroudsburg and as a Special Assistant Attorney General for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was also Past President of Kiwanis Club, Jaycees, and Temple Israel. Ed volunteered on many Boards of charitable and civic organizations, including Board of Trustees for University of Pennsylvania and its Athletic Advisory Board. Among his many awards, Ed earned the “Outstanding Young Man of the Year” by the Jaycees and “Outstanding Student” by McKean Law School Club. An avid long distance runner, Mr. Krawitz competed in nine consecutive Boston Marathons.
Click Here for Ed Krawitz's NCAA Game Log
Birthday: November 27
Residence: Hobe Sound, Florida -- Final Fours Attended: (7) 1991, 2001, 2003-2005, 2007-2008.
Don is a semi-retired basketball coach, who started coaching youth teams at the age of 17. He has been coaching at the high school and collegiate levels since 1982. Coach Mac is a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches for 16 years and a 12 year member of the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. MacKay also coached high school softball for five years and was a varsity golf coach for 14 years. Don saw his first college basketball game, which featured Ohio State stars Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek, as a youngster when he attended the game for 50 cents.
Click Here for Don MacKay's
NCAA Game Log
Birthday: September
26
JOHN MAYBERRY
Residence: Berkeley,
California
--
Final Fours Attended: (41) 1958-1959, 1962-1965, 1972-1975, 1978-1980, 1982-2009.
A graduate of
Marshall University, John Mayberry has coached in West Virginia, North
Carolina, Ohio and California and has been a teacher, coach and counselor
for 52 years. Mayberry won over 300 games as basketball coach at
Kennedy High School in La Palma, California and earned the name of "Mr.
Kennedy High School". His 1987-88 hoops team earned a berth in the
California State Tournament and John was named League and County "Coach of
the Year". Mayberry has been the Director of Camp Meadowlark with Hall
of Fame Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon for nearly 20 years. John
currently is still involved in coaching, working as a boys and girls high
school golf coach. Recognized as one of the original "Shot Doctors",
he still works camps and clinics. He has coached basketball, baseball,
golf, cross-country and swimming and was inducted into the Southern
California High School Coaches' Hall of Fame, along with being awarded the
Hoop Historians Ambassador of Basketball Award in 2007. In addition to
his service through athletics, John is a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War
winning recognition with a Combat Infantry Badge and a Bronze Star. Mayberry
was the freshman baseball coach at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio as a
graduate assistant and was a "bird dog" scout for the Cincinnati Reds for
five years. John
is a member of the Hoop Historians Board of Directors and is still currently teaching elementary physical education in Richmond,
California.
Other Notable Sporting Events Attended: Summer Olympic Games 1968,
1984, 1998. Super Bowl 1987.
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for a profile on John Mayberry
Click Here for the John Mayberry
NCAA Game Log
Birthday: February 6
Residence: Chicago, Illinois -- Final Fours Attended: (15) 1979, 1984, 1987-1989, 1991-1992, 1994, 1996-1999, 2005-2006, 2009.
Kevin has been involved in basketball for his entire life. Kevin’s Dad, John, was Sports Information Director at DePaul University during the fifties, sixties and seventies. Kevin started selling programs there at age eight and attended Ray Meyer’s Basketball Camp in the sixties. While in high school, Kevin worked on the Stat Crew at DePaul and learned much about the importance of statistics in basketball. While attending the university as a student basketball manager, McCann became the school’s official timer – a position he has remained in for the last 37 years! Kevin was also a basketball official for many years before becoming principal at Jamieson School in 1991. Kevin has attended 15 Men’s’ Final Fours and took in his first ever Women’s’ Final Four in 2007 with his three daughters. For his accomplishments to the game, McCann was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007 as a Friend of Basketball.
Other Notable Sporting Events Attended: Super Bowl 2006; Womens' Final Four 2007; Special Olympics 1970 (chaperone); United States Lifesaving Association Championship 1971-1992 (participant)
Click Here for Kevin McCann's NCAA Game Log
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