Oregon State assistant men's basketball coach David Grace will be one of the headliner's in the First Annual Arizona Preps Basketball Coaches Clinic on October 10 in Phoenix, AZ. The clinic will run from 9:00 am to 4:00pm.

This one day of teaching will be put on by Anthony Ray a basketball scout and president of the Arizona Magic basketball club program. Grace who is the co-founder and former Head Coach of the Arizona Magic coached several standout players such as Portland Trailblazers guard Jerryd Bayless.

David Grace enters his second season as an assistant coach with the Oregon State men's basketball program. Grace help play an instrumental role in one of the greatest turn around on college basketball history going 18-18 and winning the post season College Basketball Invitational after just a 6-21 record and no PAC-10 wins the year before. He also played a key role in landing a national top 22nd 2009 recruiting class. Prior to joining the Beavers, Grace served as an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco. Before joining USF, Grace served as an assistant coach at Sacramento State, where he assisted with academics, recruiting, on-floor coaching and scouting while working with the team's backcourt.

Grace spent the previous two years as the head coach at South Mountain High School in Phoenix, Ariz., where he led the Jaguars to a 5A Div. II State Championship. The team went 29-4 and the state title was the first for South Mountain since 1992. In addition, he led the team to a state playoff appearance in 2004-05. One year prior to his arrival, South Mountain had finished just 4-17.

Grace was also head coach of the Arizona Magic in 2004, leading the team to a national ranking of 21st and an eighth place finish at the Adidas Big Time Tournament in Las Vegas. The eighth-place finish was the best in the history of any AAU team from the state of Arizona.

With the Magic, Grace helped develop players Jerryd Bayless (Portland Trailblazers) Lawrence Hill (Stanford), Joey Shaw (Indiana), Harvey Perry (Washington), Christian Polk (UTEP via Arizona State), Ray Murdock (San Diego), Kaleo Kina (Navy), James Anderson (BYU), Nkem Ojougboh (Northeastern), Bryson Krueger (Arizona State), Devon Evertsen (Boston College), Louis Amundson (Phoenix Suns) and Derek Wabbington (Harlem Globetrotters) among others.

The coaches in the clinic will discuss numerous topics, and this will be a day for Grace to give back to the community in Arizona. Grace is well respected for his tireless work mentoring at the local Boys & Girls clubs of Phoenix as well as several valley youth programs as a volunteer over the years such as the YMCA, Luke Air Force Base Youth Center, Phoenix Parks & Recreation and the Chad Groth Foundation.

"One thing I would like to do is help give back to the local coaches in the high school, club and AAU basketball community. Grace said. "Anthony Ray wanted me to share some insight on a few topics and I was honored at the opportunity."

Grace will speak about the college recruiting process and understanding of how it works. He will also speak about how to break into the college coaching ranks as he is the only 20 year active duty U.S. Air Force Vet who is coaching at the Division I college level. He is no stranger to coaches clinics as he has worked at several over the years and was part of areacodesbasketball.com coaches clinic last fall.

For further information on the clinic contact Arizonapreps.com or Anthony Ray at (602) 740-2101.