Seminoles’ ‘Coach’ Pavy Passes: Florida State basketball pioneer James Samuel “Coach” Pavy has died at the age of 82. Pavy scored the first points for Florida State’s men’s basketball program in 1946, the year it changed from an all-women’s school to co-ed. Pavy, a World War II veteran, went on to play three seasons for the Seminoles. He coached four high school teams to Florida state championships in ten seasons and then spent 32 years as a coach at Chipola Junior College in Marianna, Fla. [8/9/05]
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The Seven C’s of Leadership
Former college basketball coach Mike Jarvis is back with a new book, The Seven C's of Leadership.
"Every one of us has leadership within us and this book offers fascinating principals that work in any setting—from the locker room to the executive board room. In The Seven C's of Leadership, Coach Jarvis lays out the essential ingredients of leadership."
-Jay Wright, NCAA Championship Men’s Basketball Coach, Villanova University
"At a time in America when we are witnessing an epidemic of opioid addictions and deaths, along with suicides, we need Coach Jarvis' Seven C's of Leadership – grounded in the power of Christ alone where we should all make our stand.”
-Lietenant Colonel Allen B. West (U.S. Army, Retired), Bronze Star recipient, and Member 112th U.S. Congress
"The Seven C's of Leadership is a slam dunk! Coach Jarvis has always been an outstanding leader because he has the ability to decipher what true leadership really means.”
-Dale Brown, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, LSU, 1972-1997, Member of the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and Shaquille O’Neal’s college coach