Kevin Cadle
Encyclopedia
Kevin Cadle is a sports presenter and former basketball
coach.
Cadle presents American Football
and basketball
on British television after a career in which he became the most successful coach in UK basketball
history with 30 titles attained. He won eight Coach of the Year awards in a 13 year span from 1984 to 1997, starting with Falkirk and continuing in teams including Glasgow, Kingston, Guildford and London Towers. He also had stints as coach of Scotland
and England
basketball teams as well as acting as head coach of the Great Britain
side in the 1992 Olympics qualification tournament.
Cadle presents NFL Sunday on Sky Sports
, as well as previously fronting the NBA programming broadcasted by Sky Sports
.
He famously supports the Buffalo Bills.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
coach.
Cadle presents American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
on British television after a career in which he became the most successful coach in UK basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
history with 30 titles attained. He won eight Coach of the Year awards in a 13 year span from 1984 to 1997, starting with Falkirk and continuing in teams including Glasgow, Kingston, Guildford and London Towers. He also had stints as coach of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
basketball teams as well as acting as head coach of the Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
side in the 1992 Olympics qualification tournament.
Cadle presents NFL Sunday on Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
, as well as previously fronting the NBA programming broadcasted by Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
.
He famously supports the Buffalo Bills.
Coaching accomplishments
- English League ChampionsBritish Basketball LeagueThe British Basketball League, often abbreviated to the BBL, is the premier men's professional basketball league in the United Kingdom. The BBL runs two knockout competitions alongside the league championship; the BBL Cup and the BBL Trophy....
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996 - BBL play-off Champions 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997
- BBL Cup Winners 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
- BBL Trophy Winners 1996, 1997
- Scottish Cup Winners 1984, 1985
- Scottish Play-Off Champions 1984, 1985
- English Cup Champions 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996
- World Invitation Club Tournament Champions (WICB) 1990, 1992
Coaching record
- Scottish Coach of the Year 1984, 1985
- English Coach of the Year 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996
- Scottish Men’s National Team Head Coach 1984, 1985
- English Men’s National Team Head Coach 1991-1993
- GB Men’s Head Coach 1991-1992
Special coaching accomplishments
- Placed in the Guinness Book of RecordsGuinness World RecordsGuinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
– “Most Successful Team Ever in British Sport” 1989/1990 - Repeated in 1991/1992 Season
- BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
record of more than 300 career league victories – 1998 - Voted into the “Top 50 Most Influential Sportsperson” in Britain - 1996
- Final grouping of the European Club Champions CupEuropean Cup (baseball)The European Cup is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by the Confederation of European Baseball . The tournament features the top teams of the professional baseball leagues in Europe....
– First Time Ever in BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
1990/1991 Season: Ranked Number 6 in Europe - Repeated in 1993/1994 Season
- Final grouping of the European Cup Winners Cup – 1987/1988 Season