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Constitution of the National Association of the
Basketball Coaches of the United States

Article I, sy : 4 ma} ACY E =) v4 a '

The name of this organization shall be; The National
Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States.

Article Ii.

This association is organized by a representative group of
basketball coaches and is affiliated with the National Collegiate
Athletic Association with their approval.

Article IIil.
The purpose of this association shall be:

1. To,tignify the basketball coaching profession.
2. Toe elevate the game to its proper plane in the scheme
of education. A
ss Bas PO Foster and encourage a better understanding between
basketball coaches of the various sections of the United States.
4. To maintain even to a greater degree the standards of.
sportsmanship as outlined in the basketball code.

Article IV. Membership.

Section I. There shall be three classes of membership:
Active, Allied, and Honorary.

Section If. Active Membership. Only such coaches shall be
eligible for Active Membership as are actively engaged in (or directly \
associated with) the profession of basketball coaching, and are other-
wise acceptable to the organization.

Section 3. Active Voting Membership. Hach Active Membership
shall be in the name of an individual and an institution and only such
institutions shall be eligible for membership as are meabers in good
standing of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Section 4. Allied Membership. Any individual who has been
associated with basketball coaching for three or more years may be
eligible for an Allied Membership, whether or not he may be at the time
actively engaged in coaching. Members who have been active and who are
no longer associated with the institutions through which they were
active are eligible for this classification. Preparatory school coaches
are also eligible.

Section 5. Honorary Membership. Honorary members shall be
elected to the membership at the pleasure of the Association upon two
thirds vote ef the Active Membership.

Article VY. 1 Election of Members.
Section 1. Application. Hach applicant for any clacs of

membership shall sign an application blank stating his desire and in-
tention to become a meuber of the Association and to advance its best

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