![]() ![]() In 2014, Beckmann was hired as the girls coach at Sarasota Military Academy. That was a lot closer than the first time the two teams played, when St. Martha obliterated its competition on the way to an undefeated season and a league championship, winning the final game over Incarnation Catholic 32-15. The previous coach has unexpectedly quit before the season, so Beckmann once again stepped in to help. That winter, Beckmann’s sister, Katie Beckmann, was playing her eighth-grade season at St. They ended up winning the league championship. Like I said, he stopped coaching for a long time, only restarting because five years ago, the coach of his brothers’ Sarasota Youth Sports basketball team no-showed on the first day, and someone asked him to take the position. When Beckmann sees players having a great time playing the game, Beckmann has a great time, he said.īeckmann’s path to SCF wasn’t exactly auspicious. When Davis did, both he and Beckmann celebrated like the free throws were to win the NBA Finals. Davis has a goal of hitting 85% of his free throws this season, Beckmann said, so Beckmann wouldn’t let the session end until Davis hit 17/20 consecutive free throws. “But it’s the little things that mean the most.”ĭuring one of those early-morning individual sessions, Beckmann was working with Corey Davis, a Southeast High grad. “I love everything about coaching,” Beckmann said. What was once something Beckmann tried on a lark is now his number one passion. on a Sunday to hold individual training sessions with players, no matter how tired he might be. Beckmann, also a teacher at Manatee School for the Arts (MSA), helps Parks with on-court coaching, but also off-court things, such as social media, and even doing players’ laundry. ![]() Parks has experience doing this, coming from top-10 junior college Eastern Florida State College (which finished third in the NJCAA National Tournament). ![]() In August, Beckmann accepted an assistant head coaching position at the State College of Florida, working with first-year coach Tom Parks to rebuild the Manatees men’s team into an NJCAA title contender. Former SMA boys basketball player Shelby Rhodes chats with former SMA girls coach Robert Beckmann at SCF basketball practice. ![]()
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