Kevin Cadle
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Kevin 'Big Kev McNasty' Cadle is a well known sports presenter and former basketball coach. Kevin presents American Football and Basketball on satellite television. Well known for his catchphrase "spread the love". Kevin is the most successful coach in UK basketball history with 30 titles attained with teams he has coached. He has 8 coach of the year awards in a 13 year span from 1984 to 1997. He also had stints as coach of Scotland and England basketball teams as well as headcoach of the Great Britain basketball team in the 1992 Olympics.
Kevin presents NFL Sunday on Sky Sports alongside Nick Halling and also presents NBA programming on Sky Sports. Cadle featured in a series of Budweiser television advertisements during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in which he unsuccessfully attempted to explain the offside rule to American Football players.
A native of Buffalo, Kevin is a supporter of the Buffalo Bills.
[edit] Basketball Awards
Team Coaching Accomplishments
Scottish Cup Winners 1984, 1985
Scottish Play-Off Champions 1984, 1985
English Cup Champions 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996
English League Champions 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996
English play-off Champions 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997
British Cup Winners 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
7 UP Trophy Winners 1996, 1997
World Invitation Club Tournament Champions (WICB) 1990, 1992
Personal Coaching Awards
Scottish Coach of the Year 1984, 1985
English Coach of the Year 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996
Scottish Men’s National Team Head Coach 1984, 1985
English Men’s National Team Head Coach 1991-1993
GB Men’s Olympic Head Coach 1991-1992
Special Coaching Accomplishments
Placed in the Guinness Book of Records – “Most Successful Team Ever in British Sport” 1989/1990
Repeated in 1991/1992 Season
British record of more than 300 career league victories – 1998
Voted into the “Top 50 Most Influential Sportsperson” in Britain - 1996
Final grouping of the European Club Champions Cup – First Time Ever in Britain 1990/1991 Season: Ranked Number 6 in Europe
Repeated in 1993/1994 Season
Final grouping of the European Cup Winners Cup – 1987/1988 Season
[edit] Coaching today
Today Kevin coaches at select basketball camps around the world. During the summer of 2006, Kevin joined basketball stars Carl Miller, John Tresvant, Andrew Hardington, Derrick Izilein and Alan Hoyle to form the coaching staff at a basketball camp in England.
