Executive Board 2025-27

 


Keri Watkins Webb – Co-Re-Founder & Chair
President, Cecil K. and Leroy J. Watkins Foundation

Zak Ivkovic – Co-Re-Founder & President/CEO
Immediate Past Commissioner, CUNYAC

Stacey Davis – Co-Re-Founder & VP Programs
NYCHoops.net

Sean Couch – Co-Re-Founder & VP Development
President, Jim Couch Foundation

Dr. Mike T. Cohen – Co-Re-Founder & VP Communications
Interim CEO 2020-2024

Hugo King – Board Member (Elected Term May 2025-June 2027)
President and CEO USA Brokers

Eric Rubin – Board Member (Elected Term May 2025-June 2027)
President and CEO of Uncommon Charitable Impact

Ryan Martin – Board Member (Elected Term May 2025-June 2027)
Director of Inclusive & Adaptive Sports CUNY

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Advisory Council (In Formation)

Legacy Committee (In Formation)

 

History of the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame

The New York City Basketball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class was inducted in an All-Star ceremony in NYC in May 1990.

The Hall’s first class included All-Time Basketball superstars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billy Cunningham, Red Auerbach, Coach Claire Bee, Bob Cousy, William “Pop” Gates, Connie Hawkins, Coach Dick McGuire, Holcombe Rucker, Dolph Schayes and Ms. Zelda Spoelstra.

The second class was no less stunning: Dolly King, Fuzzy Levane, Ned Irish, Tiny Archibald, Bobby Wanzer, Bob Douglas and Coaches Red Sarachek, Lenny Wilkins, Nat Holman and Red Holtzman. A similar level of greatness has continued throughout the years.

A total of twenty-seven classes of inductees were enshrined between 1990-2017 when two of the legendary founders Robert A. “Bob” Williams and Howard “Garf” Garfinkel passed away, followed closely by the passing of founding board members Cecil Watkins and Tom Konchalski. Founder Howie Evans died in May 2025 after a long debilitating illness.

Founders

            * Deceased

Bob Williams*

Larry "Scout" Pearlstein*

Howard Garfinkel*

Howard Garfinkel*

Bill Travers*

Howie Evans*

Peter Vecsey

Cecil Watkins*

Tom Konchalski*