Minneapolis-St. Paul – The NBA has announced Carrie Berran from Eagan, Minn., as the winner of its inaugural Jr. NBA Coach of the Year award, given annually to a youth basketball coach that is making a positive impact on children by demonstrating outstanding integrity, character and leadership. Berran will be presented with the award at tonight’s NBA Awards Show.
Each NBA team nominated a local youth basketball coach for the Jr. NBA Coach of the Year award and Berran was selected by the Timberwolves & Lynx Basketball Academy as the team’s nominee. She is basketball president of the Eagan Athletic Association and coach of the Association’s seventh grade girls team.