Craig Bickel         cbickel@gia.com

Craig Bickel has 19 years experience coaching both girls and boys youth and AAU basketball teams. Craig has coached in the Finneytown Athletic Association, Finneytown Middle School, Cincinnati AAU (girls) program, Cincinnati Wildcats AAU program, and the Cincinnati Royals AAU program. Between the Wildcats and the Royals Craig guided teams to national tournaments 5 years in a row with 1 top 10 and 2 top 16 finishes. His U15/9^th grade boys team won the state AAU championship in 2003. Several players Craig has coached are now playing college basketball, including Cam Thoroughman (West Virginia), Dante Jackson (XU), Kevin Carr (Univ. Mass.-Lowell), John Brown (Lynn Univ.) and Ben Haarman (NW Missouri St.)

The first tryout will be held on Sunday March 7 from 7:00 - 8:30pm at Finneytown HS. The second tryout will be held Macrh 11th from 7:45 - 9:15 at Landmark. Signups will be open 30 minutes prior to each tryout. A second tryout will be announced later this week. Landmark is located less than 1/4 mile west of I-75 on the Glendale Milford Rd. exit (next to St. Rita's School for the Deaf). There is a one time $5 fee for the tryout. If you have a question about the team or you are interested in trying out please email the coach with your information.