2019 Nike Boys Philly Showcase & Invitational College Coach Recap

The 2019 Nike Boys Philly Summer Showcase and Boys Philly Invitational took place at United Sports in Downingtown, PA on November 23rd - 24th. 255 college coaches from the DI, DII, and DIII levels throughout the weekend. See which coaches were on the sidelines at this prestigious event!

Nike Boys Philly Showcase and Boys Philly Invitational Draws 255 College Coaches over the weekend.

NXT took over United Sports Complex in Downingtown, PA for the Nike Boys Philly Showcase and Boys Philly Invitational this past weekend. Individuals took the field on Saturday, November 23rd to compete in the 11th annual Showcase with High School teams in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 recruiting classes competing on Sunday, November 24th in the Invitational. All this talent in one place drew in close to 260 college coaches to watch them play.

91 Division I coaches from 51 schools were in attendance this weekend including seven-time national champion Bill Tierney (Denver) and five-time national champion John Desko (Syracuse). Four of the last five NCAA DI champions and the last 17 NCAA DIII champions were all on hand at United Sports.

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College Coaches in Attendance:

Yale (2)
Maryland
Denver
UNC (2)
Syracuse (2)
Hopkins (2)
Harvard (2)
Towson (2)
Army West Point
Rutgers
Villanova (2)
Bucknell
Princeton
UMass (2)
High Point
Hofstra (2)
Richmond
Cornell (2)
Delaware (4)
Lehigh (4)
Mercer (2)
Monmouth (3)
Air Force
NJIT
Quinnipiac
Robert Morris (2)
Sacred Heart (4)
St. Joe's (3)
St. John's (3)
St. Bonaventure (3)
UMass Lowell
UMBC
LIU (2)
Merrimack
VMI (3)
Bryant (2)
Siena (2)
Drexel
Dartmouth (2)
Canisius
Colgate (2)
Fairfield
Hartford
Jacksonville (2)
Manhattan
Hobart
Wagner
Lafayette (3)
Bellarmine (3)
Binghamton
Tufts
Cabrini (3)
Salisbury (2)
Le Moyne (2)
Wesleyan (2)
York (2)
Seton Hill
Tampa (2)
RIT
Cortland
Ursinus (2)
Bowdoin
F&M
Gettysburg
Stevenson
Lynchburg (2)
Washington & Lee (2)
Washington College
Chestnut Hill (4)
Florida Southern (3)
UIndy (2)
Mercyhurst
Haverford
Pace (2)
Steven's Tech (2)
Bowdoin
Ithaca
Franklin & Marshall (2)
Wingate University
Roanoke
Lynn University
Bard (2)
Hood College (2)
Johnson & Wales
Kean
King's (2)
Lycoming (3)
Lynn
Marietta (2)
Marywood (2)
Misericordia
Moravian (2)
Muskingum
Neumann (3)
Ohio Northern (2)
Ohio Wesleyan
Walsh
Wheeling Jesuit University
Adrian College
Post (3)
Chatham (2)
Gwynedd-Mercy
Wesley
Rollins
Hartwick
College of Wooster (2)
DelVal University (2)
Earlham College
Elmira College
University of Montevallo
Westminster College (2)
Chowan
Dominican
Georgian Court
St Michaels College (2)
Arcadia
Averett
Baldwin Wallace
Sage (2)
Shenandoah (2)
Stockton (3)
Thiel (2)
Vassar (2)
Widener (4)
Wilkes
Adrian
Albright
Alvernia
Arcadia (3)
Aurora
Babson
Caldwell
Catawba
CCBC Essex
Centenary (3)
Clark
CNU
Colby
Davenport
Denison
Mount Saint Mary's (3)
Desales (3)
Dickinson
Drew (3)
Earlham
Eastern
Elizabethtown
Elmira
Greensboro
Hamilton (2)
Hampden-Sydney
Hartwick
Huntington
Juniata
Kenyon
Mary Washington
Marywood
Messiah
Misericordia
MIT
Muhlenberg (2)
Randolph-Macon
Rhodes
Scranton (2)
St. John Fisher (2)
SUNY New Paltz
Swarthmore College (3)
Kent School
St Johns Northwestern Prep
Taft School

The Nike Boys Philly Showcase and Boys Philly Invitational wrapped up the Fall 2019 Showcase season. Follow along for updates and photos for more behind the scenes looks!

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