Highlights
BONA’s, BROTHERHOOD & BASKETBALL
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Recorded November 15, 2025 at the Quick Arts Center
St. Bonaventure University
This program is produced by Videos For Change Productions in association with St. Bonaventure University and St. Bonaventure Athletics.
Voices Reveal The Heart of Bona's Basketball Tradition
Below find snapshots of the 70+ interviews recorded to date. We've traveled thousands of miles with many noteworthy and key interviews with players, coaches, staff, alumni and community members completed, we're halfway home. After 5 years of filming, months of editing await to reach the completion of BROWN n WHITE requiring the right team of skilled professionals to reach national broadcast. As St. Bona's enters a new era, our taking time now to tell this untold story, while we can, matters enormously to completing this journey.

Larry Weise
Larry Weise

Sam Stith
Sam Stith, 1959

Fred Handler
Coach Fred Handler

Dan Riley, OFM
Dan Riley, 1964

Freddie Crawford
SBU 1963

Whitey Martin
Whitey Martin

John Hayes
John Hayes, 1969

Jim Satalin
Jim Satalin
Iron Man Five
Coach NIT Champs

Bob Lanier
Bob Lanier, 1970

Bill Kalbaugh
Billy Kalbaugh, 1970

DA Butler
DA Butler

Paul Hoffman
Paul Hoffman

Reilly Center
Reilly Center

Dale Tepas
Dale Tepas ’71

Matt Gantt
Matt Gantt

Les Quick III
Team Manager 1971 – 75

Glenn Hagan
NIT Champs
SBU 1978

Mike Vaccaro
SBU ’89
Columnist NY Post

JP Butler
SBU grad, reporter Olean Times Herald

Barb Questa
SBU Athletics
1992 – Present

Sr. Margaret Carney
Sr. Margaret Carney, SBU President

Tim Winn
Leads SBU to 2 OT v Kentucky in 2000

Marcus Posely
His senior, 2016 squad, was Snubbed by the NCAA after tying 1st in the A-10 regular season.

Meme Yenetsko
Olean Chamber of Commerce

Coach David Moore
Assistant Coach
SBU 2007 – 2018

Keenan Sisters
Daughters of Prof Leo Keenan, avid season ticket holders.

Dion Wright
Danced with the Bonnies in 2012 and experienced the Snub of 2016.

Courtney Stockard
SBU 2018-19
Led the Bonnies past UCLA in the NCAA

Pat Driscoll
Pat Driscoll, SBU ’89
NCAA Final Four Referee

Peter Van Paassen
“Big Pete” Van Paassen, SBU ’01
March Madness SBU vs Kentucky

Chuck Pollock
Chuck Pollock, Olean Times Herald, SBU Beat Reporter Since ’73

Jack McGinley
Jack McGinley, SBU ’65
University Chair
2003 – 2012

Bill Butler
Bill Butler, SBU ’69
Iron Man 5
Undefeated regular session ’68

Jim Baron
Jim Baron, SBU ’77
NIT Champ
SBU Head Coach ’92 – ’01

Essie Hollis
Essie Hollis, SBU ’77
’77 NIT Champs

Mike Davis
Mike Davis, SBU ’72
Freshman hoops
Brown Indian ’72

Jay Bilas
Jay Bilas, ESPN Sports Analyst
Played in RC ’87
A10 TV Broadcast ’90s ESPN
Series Breakdown
Back When We Didn't Know We Couldn't
1950s
Building a Dynasty
Early 1960s
The House That Two Stiths Built
Iron Five and the Final Four
National Champions
1977 NIT Champs
Big Business of
College Athletics
1980s – 2000
The Scandal and Rebuilding Years
Snubbed and Triumphant
2015 – 2018
Returning Home
George Carter and Entering A New Era of Bona’s Basketball
2002 – 2012