Favorite destination : Sweden; Costa Rica
Charlie Brock is the Basketball Director for GoPlay Sports Tours.
After 45 years of coaching, through six decades, Brock retired from his position as Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Springfield College in May 2022.
Brock held the position at the Home of Basketball for 24 years and was longest tenured and winningest men's basketball coach in program history.
He is also one of just 15 coaches to coach at Springfield.
At the time of his retirement, Brock ranked fourth among Division III active coaches in career victories with 586 over his 42-year head coaching career.
Brock was awarded the NABC Guardian of the Game Award for Advocacy in 2016, reflecting his standing in the sport.
In 2018 Brock succeeded University of Kansas head coach Bill Self as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
Brock also served five years on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee
He was President of the NABC for the 2018-19 academic year and chairman of NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Committee in 2010.
Led Springfield College to the NCAA Championship Tournament seven times.
Brock reached the 20-win plateau six times throughout his career, including during the in 2017-18, when the Pride went 22-9 and reached the NCAA Division III Championship Final Four.
Named NEWMAC Coach of the Year twice (2000, 2010) and SCAC Coach of the Year in 1998.
Winner of the Glenn Robinson Award (awarded to the Division III National Coach of the Year) in 2019
Led the Pride to the NCAA Championship Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time in program history after a record of 21-9 during the 1999-2000 season.
Chair of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Committee in 2009 and headed up a committee that decided who played in the 2010 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Traveled extensively throughout the world and helped educate fellow coaches and athletes internationally in Venezuela, Taiwan, Japan and Estonia.