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Men's basketball coach in Spain with Athletes in Action

Nancy J. Ashmore
August 9, 2002

Dan Kosmoski
Kosmoski
St. Olaf College men's basketball coach Dan Kosmoski traveled to Spain in August to serve as assistant coach for Athletes in Action, an organization that urges players and coaches to use sport as a platform to proclaim their faith. The Athletes in Action team includes Division I players from across the country who were coached by Kosmoski and head coach Tom Thurman of Wayland Baptist University. They competed against five teams from Spain and spent time before and after each contest with opposing coaches, fans and players. "This is an outstanding opportunity for players to work on the game of basketball but also to grow as people and in their faiths," Kosmoski says. "This trip allows the kids a chance to focus on something bigger and how we all fit into it." Kosmoski has been head coach and instructor in physical education at St. Olaf since 1994. Before that he was an assistant at the University of Minnesota and Golden Valley Lutheran College.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.