Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.
BATON ROUGE – LSU Basketball Assistant Coach Cody Toppert has been selected to participate in the prestigious 2023 TopConnect Basketball Symposium taking place in Orlando, Florida on Monday (June 12). The event is presented by Teamworks and INFLCR.
The program, originated in 2003 by then VCU Athletics Director Dr. Richard Sander, identifies the top assistant basketball coaches in the country and connects them with mid-major Athletic Directors providing tremendous networking and leadership development opportunities for all parties.
Toppert is entering his second season at LSU under head coach Matt McMahon after serving from 2019-22 as an assistant coach at Memphis. He also has professional coaching experience as Assistant Coach of the RGV Vipers and head coach of the NAZ Suns (G-League affiliates) and one year as an assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns before going to Memphis.
In its sixth year, TopConnect develops educational programming that allows these top assistant coaches to hear from a wide variety of successful leaders and speakers. The 2023 symposium is headlined by a panel of prominent, successful, and new head coaches in Brenda “Mock” Brown, Head
Women’s Basketball Coach at East Tennessee State University: Brooks Savage, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at East Tennessee State University, Kevin Kuwik, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at West Point and Jordan Mincy, Jacksonville University.
Athletic Directors presenting include, Mark Wharton, University of Tennessee – Chattanooga; Anthony Henderson, Hampton University; Alex Ricker-Gilbert, Jacksonville University.
Also, joining the lineup are influential speakers Kristi Dosh, founder of Business of College Sports; Colton Houston, HD Intelligence; Jeff Schemmel, College Sport Solutions and Rick Boyages of
ShotQuality.
Panel discussions and breakout sessions include First-time Head Coaches, The AD / Coach Relationship, Taking the Reins (of an existing program), NIL and Athletic Director panel.
The three-word mantra of “Connect. Prepare. Lead.” identifies the purpose of TopConnect.
Since the inception of TopConnect in 2018, more than 50 assistant coaches and assistant athletic director participants have been promoted to the next chair of Head Coach and Athletic Director as well as a Conference Commissioner.
TopConnect is on all social media platforms @TopConnectLead. TopConnect works in conjunction with Connected Media, LLC, East Tennessee State University’s Doctoral program in Global Sport Leadership, #INFLCR and Teamworks.