Billy Clapper (born December 25, 1982, in Altoona, Pennsylvania) is an American basketball coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
This position has included being a coach for the post-graduate and varsity teams, delivering basketball camps, and offering skills instruction to players of all ages.
[1] Clapper was relieved of his position on March 26, 2015, after six seasons as the head coach of the Lions, a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference and an NCAA Division III institution.
In the spring of 2015, senior forward Joel Redfoot was honored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches as a member of its All State/NABC Good Works Team at the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In the inaugural "winner takes all" $500,000 tournament took place in Philadelphia Sideline Cancer earned its first TBT victory over Team FOE and finished with a 1–1 record advancing to the 2nd round.
The team playing in honor of The Greg and Cathy Griffith Family Foundation raises awareness to find a cure for pancreatic cancer.
The team has had five former NBA players participate Jamel Artis, Diante Garrett, CJ Miles, Daniel Santiago, and Diamond Stone.
Clapper played high school basketball at Tussey Mountain HS (Saxton, Pennsylvania) until his senior season.
He was a two-time Horizon League academic honor roll selection and was named the Tony Vivo hustle award winner upon completion of his senior season.