Kelly Greenberg, the 2009 America East Coach of the Year, is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The WBCA was initially formed in 1981 when women's basketball coaches gathered to discuss developing a coaches' association. It was officially established in 1981 and is now committed to fostering a community for coaches and others interested in women's basketball at all levels through educational resources, publications, and professional development opportunities at its annual convention.

2.  Named the 2009 America East Coach of
the Year, Kelly Greenberg served as head
coach of the Boston University women’s
basketball team for nearly 10 years. Kelly
Greenberg is also a member of the
Women’s Basketball Coaches Association
(WBCA), which promotes the participation
of women and girls in the game and seeks
to advance the knowledge of the sport
among its participants.

3.  Based in Lilburn, Georgia, the WBCA was initially
galvanized by an assembly of women’s basketball
coaches who gathered at the 1981 Olympic Festival in
Syracuse, New York, to discuss a framework for developing
the nascent coaches’ association. Prominent NCAA
Division I coaches present at this meeting included the
WBCA’s first elected president, Jill Hutchinson, as well as
Kay Yow, Pat Summitt, and Theresa Grentz. Meeting again
on September 1, the coaches officially established the
WBCA and selected James Madison University head
coach Betty Jaynes to be the organization's executive
director. The WBCA’s first office opened in Wayne,
Pennsylvania, but relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1985.
In 1990, the Association moved to its current headquarters
in Lilburn.

4.  Today, the WBCA is committed to fostering
a community of women’s basketball
coaches from all levels of the sport, with a
membership consisting of national and
international, Olympic, collegiate, high
school, junior high school, club, and youth
coaches. However, membership in the
organization is not exclusive to coaches;
other parties interested in enhancing the
profile of women’s basketball, such as
former players and sports journalists, are
also affiliated with the WBCA.

5.  The WCBA administers a number of educational
initiatives, including the publication of Coaching
Women’s Basketball magazine and the e-newsletter
Fast Break, as well as the operation of the So You
Want to Be a Coach career development workshop
at the annual WBCA National Convention. The
National Convention also provides opportunities for
WBCA members and non-members to make new
connections and enhance their basketball
knowledge. Among the activities taking place during
the convention are roundtable discussions, more
than 12 hours of learning labs, and 45-minute on-
court presentations by leading coaches.