{"id":30645,"date":"2013-08-22T15:13:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T19:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2013\/08\/22\/new-womens-basketball-coach-looking-for-talent\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:11:52","slug":"new-womens-basketball-coach-looking-for-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/08\/22\/new-womens-basketball-coach-looking-for-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"New Women\u2019s Basketball Coach Looking for Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6735\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6735\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6735\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/08\/Brent-Bass-newsroom.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Brent Bass, NECC Women's Basketball Coach\" width=\"325\" height=\"484\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney Brent Bass, NECC Women&#039;s Basketball Coach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brent Bass, the recently appointed Northern Essex Community College women\u2019s basketball coach, wants to make one thing clear \u2013 he is eagerly and enthusiastically recruiting both experienced and novice players.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly the NECC assistant coach, Bass assumed his new role in July and has been putting on a full court press to attract players ever since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent the summer trying to give the program more visibility,\u201d says the Reading resident. \u201cI want players to look at Northern Essex as a viable alternative financially academically, and athletically. I am making myself available to students to talk about the school and the program. I want them to know what the college has to offer them on and off the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A general practice attorney by day, the 39-year-old has been teaching and coaching basketball since 1998. A high school basketball player when he was growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Bass never lost interest in the sport. He was teaching basketball when he was pressed into service as a coach by a friend, Kevin Barboza, who operates the Bay State Blizzard basketball program. He went on to coach AAU teams for girls in grades 6 to 11 before taking on the role of assistant NECC coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral years ago I filled in coaching and found I really liked it,\u201d he said. \u201cI like being on the sidelines as much as I like the instructional piece. When the coaching position opened up I viewed it as the next step in my coaching development,\u201d said the father of two (you guessed it) girls.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, who has taught both boys and girls, says he finds girls to be better listeners and more detail oriented. \u201cIn general they want to do well by their coaches and would run through a wall for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NECC Women\u2019s basketball has enjoyed a heady past including the NJCAA Division III regional champs in 1994 and 2001 as well as MCCAC champs in 1994, 2001, and 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Bass, with his quiet demeanor, naturally, would like to see the team restored to its glory days, but that isn\u2019t his primary goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let my quiet disposition fool you. My intensity is no less. I want to get the most out of my players as possible\u2026the most mentally, physically, and psychologically. I want to get them to embrace the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is hoping to see a variety of talent at his late September tryouts. Before then he plans to host a meet the coach session. Bass says he realizes NECC student athletes are sometimes balancing family and work in addition to academics and athletics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m willing to be creative and work with the players,\u201d he says. \u201cTo do whatever is going to get us all together and working \u2026that\u2019s what\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For information on the basketball program contact Brent Bass at bbass@necc.mass.edu or NECC Athletic Director Sue MacAvoy at <a href=\"mailto:smacavoy@necc.mass.edu\">smacavoy@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Bass, the recently appointed Northern Essex Community College women\u2019s basketball coach, wants to make one thing clear \u2013 he is eagerly and enthusiastically recruiting both experienced and novice players. 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