Speakers

Wes Moore, head NCSU women's basketball coach, spoke at the club luncheon on October 20, 2021. The Lady Pack team has won back to back ACC Tournament Championships the past two years and has been highly ranked nationally.

At the Raleigh Sports Club, we bring our members a wide and very impressive variety of speakers to our weekly meetings. On any given week, you could hear from the head coach of a NCAA champion basketball team, a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame, or the receiver who made the winning catch in last week’s game.

Raleigh Sports Club 2024-2025 Speakers

Sept 4^th - Matt Chazanow, Radio voice of the Wolfpack
September 11^th - Marissa Young, Duke women's softball head coach
Sept 18^th - Joe Ovies, Triangle area sports podcaster
September 25^th- LeVelle Moton, NCCU Men's Basketball head coach
October 2^nd - Lewis Bowling, Duke University Men's Basketball historian
October 9^th- Wes Moore, NC State Women's Basketball head coach
October 16^th- Casey Morsell, NC State Men's Basketball 2021-2024
October 23^rd- Wes Chesson, Duke football network color analyst (retired) & Duke wide receiver 1967-1970
October 30^th - Dave Goren, Wake Forest football radio sideline reporter & President of the National Sports Media Association
November 6^th- Franci Gottsegen, Carolina Football Club President (Carolina Courage women's soccer)
November 13^th- Cal Maxwell, Journey League Co-Founder & Coach (Special Needs Basketball)
November 20^th- Chris Lea, WRAL-TV sports reporter and anchor
December 4^th- Scott Forbes, UNC Head Baseball Coach
December 11^th- Anson Dorrance, Retired UNC Head Women's Soccer Coach
December 18^th- Jeff Gravley, Director of Content Strategy - NC State Athletics
January 8^th- Chris Vurnakes, Executive Director - One Pack NIL Collective
January 15^th- Ryan McGree, Senior Writer for ESPN.com
January 22^nd- Elliott Avent, NC State baseball head coach
January 29^th- Steve Wiseman, News & Observer sports writer (Duke University athletics)
February 5^th- Dave Doeren, NC State football head coach (tentative)
February 12^th - Shane Willis, Carolina Hurricanes Director of Youth Hockey & Community Engagement
February 19^th- TBA
February 26^th - Blake Harrell, East Carolina University football headcoach
March 5^th, 12^th, 19^th, 26^th, and April 2^nd - TBA
April 9^th- Annual Club banquet at North Ridge Country Club

Speakers for the 2023-24 Season

Aug 30 - Kevin Keatts, NC State Head Men's Basketball Coach
Sept 6 - Bubba Cunningham, UNC-CH Athletic Director
Sept 13 - Charlotte Smith, Elon Head Women's Basketball Coach & Former UNC-CH Women's Basketball Player
Sept 20 - John Scheyer, Duke University Head Men's Basketball Coach
Sept 27 - Chris Pollard, Duke University Head Baseball Coach
Oct 4 - Tom & Connie Rogers-Newcome, Former NC State Wrestler and Women's Basketball Player
Oct 11 - Rock Harrison, Former University of Virginia Wrestler and color analyst on ACC Network for Wrestling
Oct 18 - Kara Lawson, Duke University head women's basketball coach
Oct 25 - Wes Moore, NC State Head Women's Basketball Coach
Nov 1 - Dave Buckey, NC State Quarterback - 1973 ACC and Liberty Bowl Champion
Nov 8 - Phil Spence, NC State Men's Basketball - 1974 NCAA Basketball Champion
Nov 15 - Justin Haire, Campbell University Head Men's Baseball Coach
Nov 22 - No meeting
Nov 29 - David Glenn, Radio Sports broadcaster
Dec 6 - Susan Shackelford, Author of Hoops and Heroes - The Inspiring History of Army West Point Women's Basketball
Dec 13 - Dave Odom,Former Men's Basketball Coach at Wake Forest and South Carolina
Dec 20 - Jeff Gravley, Director of Content Strategy - NC State
Jan 10 - Andrew Sanders, NC State Baseball and Women's Basketball play by play Announcer
Jan 17 - Mike Maniscalco, Carolina Hurricanes play by play broadcaster
Jan 24 - Luke DeCock, News & Observer Columnist
Jan 31 - Elliott Avent, NC State Baseball Head Coach
Feb 7 - Dave Doeren, NCSC Head Football Coach
Feb 14 - Sylvia Hatchell, Former UNC-CH Women's Basketball Coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame member
Feb 21 - Manny Diaz, Head football coach for Duke University
Feb 28 - Mike Houston, East Carolina University Head Football Coach
Mar 6 - Gary Hahn, NC State Wolfpack play-by-play radio broadcaster
Mar 13 - Randy Denton, Duke University Men's Basketball - 1968-1971
Mar 20 - Page Marsh, former NC State head women's golf coach and NC Sports Hall of Fame member
Mar 27 - Scott Wood, NC State Men's Basketball, 2009-2013

Speakers for the 2022-23 Season

August 31 - Hayden and Trent Hidlay, All American wrestlers for NCSU
Sept 7 - Joe Giglio, WRAL SportsFan journalist
Sept 14 - Robert Jones, ECU and Dallas Cowboys football
Sept 21 - Lin Dawson, NC State and New England Patriots football
Sept 28 - Lewis Bowling Duke, Sportswriter
Oct 5 - Andrew Sanders, NC State Radio & TV announce
Oct 12 - Keith Barnes & Marshall Lamm, North Carolina Baseball Museum
Oct 19 - Tim Stevens, Former N&O Preps writer and NCSHOF 2022 Inductee
Oct 26 - Todd Wilkinson, Barton College Athletic Director
Nov 2 - Les Robinson, former NCSU AD & Basketball Coach & Citadel AD, and Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech former basketball coach and USC basketball player
Nov 9 - Graham Boone, Heels 4 Life UNC NIL group Executive Director
Nov 16 - Jeff Smith, NC State Compliance officer
Nov 23 - No meeting (Thanksgiving week)
Nov 30 - Jeff Gravely, Director of Content Strategy at NCSU
Dec 7 - Drake and Thayer Thomas, local brothers and current starts of the NCSU football team
Dec 14 - Chucky Brown, Saint Augustine's Basketball Coach, former NC State and NBA player
Dec 21 - No meeting (Christmas week)
Dec 28 - No meeting (New Year's week)
Jan 4 - Deran Coe, Wake County Public Schools & Athletic Director along with comments from 20 high school ADs
Jan 11 - Johnny Evans, FCA Regional Director and Radio Analyst for NCSU football
Jan 18 - Ron Smith, Author of “A History of UNC Basketball – Volume 1”
Jan 25 - Elliott Avent, Head baseball coach at NCSU
Feb 1 - Jason Jennings, WRAL Sports Anchor/Writer/ Videographer
Feb 8 - Randy Hood, Head Baseball Coach at UNC Wilmington
Feb 15 - Debbie Antonelli, National TV basketball analyst for ESPN, CBS, Raycom, and Westwood One
Feb 22 - Ben Broussard, Exec Director of the Wolfpack Club
Mar 1 - Ernie Myers, Radio basketball analyst
Mar 8 - Tom Shanahan/Tim Peeler/Charley Young, integration of college football
Mar 15 - Lou Pucillo, Wolfpack basketball legend
Mar 22 - Grace Countie, UNC swimming All American
Mar 29 - Trip Durham, NC Sports Hall of Fame

Speakers who have delighted our members in past years

Here’s just a small sampling of some of the great sports figures that have spoken at the Raleigh Sports Club:

Chuck Amato – Head Football Coach at NC State
Elliott Avent – Head Baseball Coach at NC State
Dick Baddour –Director of Athletics – UNC Chapel Hill
Rusty Bergman – Multi-level Basketball Coach & LSU Teammate of Pistol Pete Maravich
Eddie Biedenbach – Head Men's Basketball Coach, UNC -Asheville
Pete Brennan – UNC Chapel Hill 1957 Championship Basketball, 2010 RSC Banquet Speaker
Olin Broadway – Wake Forest Basketball Star; Pete Maravich High School Coach
Mack Brown – Head Football Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
Vic Bubas – Former Duke University Men's Basketball Coach
John Bunting – Head Football Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
Jeff Bzdelik – Head Men's Basketball Coach – Wake Forest University
Jeff Capel – Duke Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach
Ezzard Charles – former heavyweight boxing champion
Dick Christy – UNC-Pembroke Athletic Director
John Clougherty – ACC Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officials
Jeff Compler – East Carolina University Athletic Director
Bill Cowher – Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach; former NC State football standout
Bobby Cremmins – Georgia Tech.; Appalachian St basketball coach. 2014 RSC Banquet Speaker
David Cutcliffe – Head Football Coach, Duke University
Hubert Davis – Men's Basketball Assistant Coach – UNC Chapel Hill
Scott Dawson – Umpire for NFL
Randy Denton – Former Duke & Professional Basketball Player, NC Sports Hall of Fame
Dave Doeren – NC State Head Football Coach
Bill Dooley – Director, NC Sports Development Office
Charles "Lefty" Driesell – Head Men's Basketball Coach at Georgia State, formerly at Maryland and Davidson
Hugh Durham – Former Head Basketball Coach, Georgia and Florida State
Wes Durham – 2015 RSC Banquet Keynote Speaker - Play-by-Play Announcer Fox Sports South and Raycom Sports.
Woody Durham – Radio Voice of UNC TarHeels
Larry Fedora – Head Football Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
Phil Ford – Asst. Basketball Coach at UNC Chapel Hill
Mike Fox – Head Baseball Coach UNC Chapel Hill
Lee Fowler – Athletics Director at NC State
Carl Franks – Head Football Coach at Duke University
Roman Gabriel – Former NC State and NFL football great
Pete Gillen – University of Virginia Men's Head Basketball Coach
Dave Glenn – Editor of ACC Area Sports Journal
Mike Gminski – Duke Basketball & NBA Star, TV Analyst, 2016 RSC Banquet Speaker
Gail Goestenkors – Head Women's Basketball Coach at Duke University
Adam Gold – Sports talk show host, WRBZ 850 The Buzz
Fred Goldsmith – Head Football Coach at Duke University
Mark Gottfried – Head Men's Basketball Coach NC State
Otto Graham – Former NFL all time great of the Washington Redskins
Harold "Red" Grange - "The Galloping Ghost"; college & professional football halfback.
Jim Grobe – Head Football Coach at Wake Forest University
Kellie Harper – Head Women's Basketball Coach at NC State
Jim Harrick – Former UCLA Men's Basketball Coach – 1995 NCAA Champions
Bob Harris - "Voice of the Blue Devils" Football and Basketball. 2012 RSC Banquet Speaker
Sylvia Hatchell – Head Women's Basketball Coach at UNC
Bill Hensley – Member NC Sports Hall of Fame
Dennis Hennigan – Coordinator of ACC Football Officiating
Terry Holland – Athletic Director, Virginia
Lou Holtz – Head Football Coach at the University of South Carolina
Jim "Catfish" Hunter – North Carolina native and baseball Hall of Famer
Ned Jarrett – Retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR champion.
Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice – Former UNC and NFL football great
Chuck Kaiton – Voice of the Carolina Hurricanes
Marion Kirby – Lenoir Rhyne Football – NC Sports Hall of Fame 2013
Mike Krzyzewski – Head Men's Basketball Coach at Duke University
Bill Lam – President, "Wrestling With Life" & Former UNC Wrestling Coach
Keith LeClair – ECU baseball coach
Meadowlark Lemon – Former Harlem Globetrotter
Abe Lemons – Former Basketball Coach, Oklahoma City University and the University of Texas
Steve Logan – Head Football Coach at East Carolina University
Albert Long – UNC – Chapel Hill Athlete Lettered in 4 Sports. FCA
Joe Louis – Former world heavyweight boxing champion
Sidney Lowe – Head Men's Basketball Coach – NC State
Jerry Mack – NC Central Head Football Coach
Danny Manning – Head Men's Basketball Coach – Wake Forest University
Rollie Massimino – Former Men's Basketball Coach - Villanova, UNLV, and Cleveland State
Joanne P. McCallie – Head Women's Basketball Coach, Duke University
Jerry McGee – College Football Official & Wingate University Past President
Frank McGuire – Former Head Basketball Coach at USC and UNC
Jack McKeon – Former manager - Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics
Bones McKinney – Former Head Basketball coach at Wake Forest
Mick Mixon – Play-by-play radio announcer Carolina Panthers NFL. 2013 RSC Banquet Speaker
Eric Montross – UNC Chapel Hill Basketball Radio Color Analyst & Tarheel Legend
Jerry Moore – Head Football Coach at Appalachian State
LeVelle Moton – Head Men's Basketball Coach NC Central University
Jeff Mullins – Duke & NBA Golden State Basketball Star
Jack Murdock – Former Wake Forest Basketball Player & Coach
Stan Musial – Three time NL MVP - St. Louis Cardinals and Hall of Famer
Byron Nelson – All–time golf great
Tom O'Brien – Head Football Coach at NC State University
Mike O'Cain – Head Football Coach at NC State University
Dave Odom – Head Basketball Coach at University of South Carolina, former Coach at Wake Forest University. 2011 RSC Banquet Keynote Speaker
Jesse Owens – US Olympic track and field hero
Billy Packer – CBS basketball analyst and former Wake Forest basketball great
Satchel Paige – Former Negro League great; member of baseball's Hall of Fame
Benny Parsons – NASCAR great
Bill Peters – Carolina Hurricanes Head Coach
Digger Phelps – Former basketball Coach at Notre Dame University
Skip Prosser – Head Men's Basketball coach at Wake Forest University
Lou Pucillo – NC State Basketball & NC Sports Hall of Fame
Bobby Richardson – former NY Yankee second baseman; World Series MVP
Brooks Robinson – Former Baltimore Oriole great and Hall of Famer
Lenny Rosenbluth –All-American UNC Basketball player, 1957 NCAA Championship Team
Bobby Ross – Former college and NFL head football coach
James "Twiggy" Saunders – former showman of the Globetrotters
Herb Sendek – Head Men's Basketball Coach at North Carolina State University
Paul Simson – Amateur Golfing great; NC Sports Hall of Fame
Enos Slaughter – Baseball Hall of Famer
Dean Smith – Former head men's basketball coach at UNC
James "Bonecrusher" Smith – Former world heavyweight boxing champion
George Steinbrenner – Owner of the New York Yankees
John Swofford – Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Ray Tanner – NC State Baseball Coach
David Thompson – Former NC State and NBA basketball all star
Carlton Tudor – Asst. Sports Editor, The News & Observer
Bob Uecker – Milwaukee Brewer commentator and former major league player.
Jim Valvano – Former Head Men's Basketball Coach at NC State University
Dick Vitale – ESPN basketball analyst; former Head Coach of the Detroit Pistons
Dr. Leroy Walker – Former President of the US Olympic Committee
Tom Walter – Baseball Head Coach – Wake Forest University
Bucky Waters – Former ACC Basketball Player & Coach, TV Commentator
Earl Weaver – Former Baltimore Orioles manager
Ron Wellman – AD Wake Forest University
George Whitfield – 40 year Coaching Career – Baseball. Enshrined in 7 Hall of Fames
Roy Williams – Head Men's Basketball Coach – UNC Chapel Hill
Ted Williams – Former Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer
Debbie Yow – Director of Athletics, NC State University
Kay Yow – Women's Head Basketball Coach at NC State University

Review of Sports Club Programs for the past season: 2021-2022

September 08, 2021
Boo Corrigan, NCSU Athletic Director

September 15, 2021
LeVelle Moton, NCCU Basketball Coach

September 22, 2021
Elliot Avent, NCSIU Head Baseball Coach

September 29, 2021
Dwight Hollier, UNC Associate AD

October 6, 2021
Jeff Gravley, NCSU Sports communications

October 13, 2021
Judge Robert Orr

October 20, 2021
Wes Moore, NCSU women's basketball coach

October 27, 2021
Dave Harding, Duke Blue Devil Network

November 3, 2021
Nina King, next AD at Duke

November 10, 2021
Bethany Bradsher, author

November 17, 2021
Silvia Hatchell, Former UNC basketball coach

December 1, 2021
Chris Lea, WRAL Sports Director

December 8, 2021
Cliff Godwin, ECU baseball coach

December 15, 2021
Scott Forbes, new UNC baseball coach

January 5, 2022
David Glen, Sports broadcaster

January 12, 2022
Bubba Cunningham, UNC Athletic Director

January 19, 2022
Johnny Evans, NCSU Radio Sportscaster and former football quarterback

January 26, 2022
Luka Slabe, NCSU volleyball coach, Olympic coach

February 2, 2022
Dave Doeren, NCSU Football Coach

February 9, 2022
Joe Ovies, Radio Sports Broadcaster at "99.9 The Fan"

February 16, 2022
Russ Bergman, Basketball coaching consultant and former roommate of Pete Maravich

February 23, 2022
Mike Houston, ECU Head Football Coach

March 2, 2022
Mike Elko, Recently announced Head Football Coach for Duke University

March 9, 2022
Avie Lester, former NCSU basketball player and now the successful head women's coach at North Raleigh Christian Academy

March 16, 2022
Laurie Henes, NCSU Women's coach for Track and Cross Country