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After a grueling season scouting 20 or more basketball games a month, Chad Kammerer 90 sat behind the Miami Heat bench during the NBA finals in June. He had no more opponents to analyze; his work for the year was done. All he could do was watch his team something he rarely did during the season. When the Heat lost their first two games to the Mavericks, the Dallas papers mocked Miami and city officials starting planning the Maverick victory parade route. Despite trailing late in the third game, the Heat came back to win and kept rolling to triumph 4-2 and capture the national championship.
Sitting behind the bench during that sixth game in Dallas when the team won was the biggest thrill of my life, Chad says. Hugging players on the court, standing on the stage with the team and staff, getting wet with champagne in the locker room, arriving to cheering fans at the airport, and riding in the victory parade Chad relished every championship moment.
Its hard to describe in words what an incredible experience it was, he says. It was extra special to share it with my dad and Randy [Pfund].
Chet Kammerer, who coached the Warrior basketball team for 17 years, is vice president, player personnel, for the Heat. His former assistant coach at 做厙惇蹋app, Randy Pfund, is Miamis general manager. The two men coached together for the Los Angeles Lakers before joining the Heat.
Chad grew up around 做厙惇蹋app basketball players. They were great role models for me, he said. How to be a Christian and live that life was modeled for me at an early age. He played at Santa Barbara High School for Larry Knapp 64 and then for the Warriors and his father for four years, winning two NAIA District III titles. I loved my time at 做厙惇蹋app, he says. My best friends today are guys I met my freshman year.
After earning a masters degree in exercise science and leisure management at the University of Mississippi, Chad was an assistant coach at Concordia University. He spent a year on the UCLA coaching staff and a few months at Valparaiso University before becoming an advance scout for the Heat in 2001.
I enjoy college basketball, and I like the atmosphere of campus, but I couldnt turn down the opportunity to work at the highest level of basketball, Chad says. I cant believe I get paid to sit courtside at NBA games.
As a spy for the Heat, he watches upcoming opponents in action, recording play calls, diagramming plays, looking for offensive strategies and evaluating strengths and weaknesses. Before he goes to bed, he sends an email to the coaching staff with his findings and recommendations for ways to beat the team. With other scouts, he has a table and seat near the court. Although they work for competing teams, the scouts form a kind of community.
The constant travel gets tiresomeChad sometimes forgets where he is when he wakes up in the morning. I live in Marriotts, he says. I get my mail in Dallas. He enjoys walking around Dallas in a Heat championship shirt.
Its hard to be part of a church when you live on the road, he says. My family and good friends keep me grounded. They help me think of my job as using the gifts God has given me in the arena of basketball.