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...Milton Lee, Steve Burtt, Kevin Williams, Ron Moore, Ken Bannister, Pat Cummings, Rolando Blackmon, Rik Smits, Gus Williams, Tim "Headache" Gittens, Robert Liburd, Gary Voce, Steve Burtt Jr., Patrick Mitchell, Teevin Binns, Dennis McCollough, Andre McCollough, Steve Lappas, Ricky Nurse, Seth Berger, Stephen A. Smith, Omar Booth...
...Milton Lee, Steve Burtt, Kevin Williams, Ron Moore, Ken Bannister, Pat Cummings, Rolando Blackmon, Rik Smits, Gus Williams, Tim "Headache" Gittens, Robert Liburd, Gary Voce, Steve Burtt Jr., Patrick Mitchell, Teevin Binns, Dennis McCollough, Andre McCollough, Steve Lappas, Ricky Nurse, Seth Berger, Stephen A. Smith, Omar Booth...
MEET THE TEAM
Dyckman Basketball
The grassroots history of the Jim Couch Foundation
They met in 1960, young Lew Alcindor and Mr. Jim Couch on the hard asphalt court behind Dyckman projects. The lanky 13-year-old wasn't the first pick of the pickup games back then but he was willing to learn. Four years earlier, Mr. Couch started drilling kids in Dyckman Park on weekends and now the 6-7 Alcindor was about to learn the art of the hook shot. A legend was born on that court, one that would grow up to become the NBA's leading all-time scorer as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He was the first of many Dyckman area players to attend college on a full scholarship. Others were Herbie Rayburn (Fairfield University), Patty McGrath (Manhattan College), Raymond John (Wheeling College), Wayne Wilson (Delaware State University), Michael Martin, (Cheyney University), George Paycheck (Colorado University), and Vernon "Nookie"Gibson (Hawaii).
The '70s saw the advent of play in the prestigious Holcombe Rucker League and in the '80s, the program's weekend park conditioning workouts became the talk of New York City. The program now has over 200 regular participants and has indoor gym conditioning workouts at Fordham University and other sites around New York City. We are endorsed by members of the NBA, USA Basketball, NCAA and the New York City Public School Athletic League.
The '70s saw the advent of play in the prestigious Holcombe Rucker League and in the '80s, the program's weekend park conditioning workouts became the talk of New York City. The program now has over 200 regular participants and has indoor gym conditioning workouts at Fordham University and other sites around New York City. We are endorsed by members of the NBA, USA Basketball, NCAA and the New York City Public School Athletic League.
LIKE TO TRAIN ?
Give us a call at
(212) 942-5193
JIM COUCH
CEO
CEO
-Ricky Rivers, President of Funsport Inc.
SEAN COUCH
DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL SPECIAL EVENTS
DID YOU KNOW?
Mr. Couch was honored by President Ronald Regan as a "Point of Light."
Was the first person to produce a televised Rucker summer league basketball game for Time Warner Cable in 1972.
Integrated the Harlem playgrounds by fielding a multi-cultural team that participated in the famous Rucker League in the early '70s.
"Mr. Couch was my savior. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be where I am today. I was at the point as a teenager where I was close to being lost. He got me into F.I.T. junior college and then helped me select Iona College."
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