CBA Names Coach of the Month
February 1, 2006 - Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release
Boise, ID (February 1, 2006) - The Continental Basketball Association announced today that Rockford Lightning Head Coach Chris Daleo has been named the League Coach of the Month for the month of January. It marks the fourth time in his career and second time this season that Daleo has been named the Coach of the Month, also earning the honor in November.
Daleo, who is in his fourth season as the head man in Rockford, led the Lightning to a 10-2 record during the month of January and ended the month on a seven-game winning streak, tying the team's best streak this season. Rockford won their 10 contests in January by an average of more than 11 points, including two 21-point victories and one 19-point decision. The Lightning were 6-0 at home during the month and are currently riding a 12-game home winning streak into tonight's contest with the Idaho Stampede at the Rockford MetroCentre.
Last month, Daleo also coached in his third CBA All-Star Classic in four years on Jan. 17 in Boise, Idaho, heading up the Eastern Conference squad, which featured four Lightning players.
Overall, the Lightning have won 18 of their last 21 contests, helping them to a league-best 23-8 record, 139.5 total quarter points, and a 4.5 quarter-point average.
Daleo recently captured his 100th CBA victory on Jan. 13 vs. Dakota and currently holds a record of 106-69 (.606 pct.) all-time. That winning percentage places him seventh all-time in the CBA, surpassing coaching legend Mauro Panaggio.
He got his start in coaching basketball at Kishwaukee Junior College in Malta, Ill., where he was an assistant coach, then served as head coach and athletic director at Barat College in Lake Forest, Ill.
2005-06 CBA COACHES OF THE MONTH TO DATE
Month Head Coach/Team
November Chris Daleo/Rockford Lightning
December Paul Woolpert/Yakama Sun Kings
January Chris Daleo/Rockford Lightning
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