Here’s a snippet (the whole article is pasted below) from an article a few years back detailing what Jon Borovich would bring to the table as Northwestern’s new assistant. Really like this guy.
“He can build relationships with anybody,” said Smith, who is now the head coach at Kalamazoo College. “To me, that’s 80 percent of it.”
In his first weeks on the job in Evanston, Borovich provided a list of names to Collins that includes high school players and transfers whom he thought the Cats should strongly consider. So far, he’s taken the point on several of Donlon’s primary recruiting targets, while staying in touch with high-end players he was in contact with at his previous job.
“We’ve had a lot of dialogue as coaches about guys that I’m bringing to the table that maybe they didn’t know about,” Borovich said. “Guys maybe they knew about, but just weren’t recruiting.”
But recruiting wasn’t even Borovich’s biggest obligation over the last few years. He was Northern Illinois’ offensive coordinator, tasked by head coach Mark Montgomery to analyze a library of college and NBA film to pinpoint plays the team could use in its own games. For example, Borovich stole a horns set run by Shaka Smart at Texas and called it “Longhorn.” He took concepts from Virginia’s offense, naming it “Virginia motion.”
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“He can build relationships with anybody,” said Smith, who is now the head coach at Kalamazoo College. “To me, that’s 80 percent of it.”
In his first weeks on the job in Evanston, Borovich provided a list of names to Collins that includes high school players and transfers whom he thought the Cats should strongly consider. So far, he’s taken the point on several of Donlon’s primary recruiting targets, while staying in touch with high-end players he was in contact with at his previous job.
“We’ve had a lot of dialogue as coaches about guys that I’m bringing to the table that maybe they didn’t know about,” Borovich said. “Guys maybe they knew about, but just weren’t recruiting.”
But recruiting wasn’t even Borovich’s biggest obligation over the last few years. He was Northern Illinois’ offensive coordinator, tasked by head coach Mark Montgomery to analyze a library of college and NBA film to pinpoint plays the team could use in its own games. For example, Borovich stole a horns set run by Shaka Smart at Texas and called it “Longhorn.” He took concepts from Virginia’s offense, naming it “Virginia motion.”
What new assistant Jon Borovich brings to Northwestern basketball
Men’s Basketball As a senior captain of the basketball team at Central Michigan in 2001, Jon Borovich had an arrangement with a free-spirited freshman named Chris Kaman. Before he became a top-6 NBA Draft pick and an All-Star center, Kaman needed reminders to get out of bed for class in the...
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