Rockford Lightning's Chris Daleo Named CBA Coach of the Month for November
Published on December 1, 2005 under Continental Basketball Association 1 (CBA 1) News Release
Boise, ID (December 1, 2005) - The Continental Basketball Association announced today that Rockford Lightning Head Coach Chris Daleo was named the League Coach of the Month for the month of November. The award marks the first monthly coaching honor of the season and the third such honor for Daleo, who is in his fourth year of guiding the Lightning.
For the month of November, Daleo helped put Rockford in first place of the Eastern Conference with a league-best 5-1 record, 28.0 quarter points, and 4.7 quarter-point average. Rockford posted a 2-1 home record and an impressive 3-0 road record. The Lightning have done well in close games by recording two-point, three-point, and two six-point victories. Rockford is second in the league in scoring at 115.2 points per game while it leads the league in field goals made (259).
Daleo enters the month of December with an 88-62 career record at Rockford. He led the Lightning to a spot in the CBA Championship series last season, falling to Sioux Falls. He also coached the Eastern Conference to a victory in the CBA All-Star game a year ago, 114-110.
Daleo earned two Coach of the Month honors in 2003-03 while picking up the CBA Coach of the Year award that same season.
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
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