The Race is On! NCAA Basketball Coaches Ask Fan’s Help to Fight Cancer in Papa John’s Coaches Code Challenge
As Official Pizza of NCAA® March Madness®, Papa Johns Designates Promo Codes for All Tournament Head Coaches, with $1 from Each Order Supporting The V Foundation® for Cancer Research and the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund®
The brackets are set and NCAA® March Madness® has begun. But the coaches who have advanced to the tournament aren’t just fighting for a championship title -- they’re fighting against cancer in the Papa John’s Coaches Code Challenge to raise money for The V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
“March Madness is undoubtedly the most exciting part of the season, and NABC coaches are eager to harness the excitement and power of their respective fan bases to raise money for The V Foundation for Cancer Research”Beginning today, in partnership with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), college basketball fans who enter their favorite coach’s unique promo code while ordering online at www.papajohns.com will automatically designate $1 of their Papa John’s order to The V Foundation for Cancer Research and the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund in partnership with the NABC and WBCA. The special offer includes an XL two-topping pizza for $12, with $1 from each order going to fight cancer.
A complete list of unique promo codes, alphabetical by school for both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball teams, is included below. The general format of the promo code is the coach’s last name, but coaches with duplicate last names will incorporate their first initial in the code. For those fans who don’t have a team in the tournament but still want to contribute, they are invited to use the generic promo code BEATCANCER.
“March Madness is undoubtedly the most exciting part of the season, and NABC coaches are eager to harness the excitement and power of their respective fan bases to raise money for The V Foundation for Cancer Research,” said Jim Haney, executive director of the NABC. Echoing those sentiments, Beth Bass, chief executive officer of the WBCA, said “While it’s every man or woman for themselves on the basketball court, the fight against cancer is a cause everyone can rally behind all year long.”
Throughout the Tournament, coaches and college athletic departments will be reminding fans of the challenge and their respective promo codes – all in a race to raise money and earn bragging rights as the school that best supports its basketball program’s fight against cancer.
Papa John’s, the Official Pizza of the NCAA®, will keep a running score of the donations received on Papa John’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/papajohns and will distribute regular updates on the standings and total money raised.
“Everyone’s an NCAA® basketball fan this time of year and Papa John’s is extremely proud to help the NABC and WBCA turn that passion toward a great cause,” said Andrew Varga, chief marketing officer for Papa John’s. “No matter how your team fares on the court, you can play an active role in helping your school win in the fight against cancer.”
The challenge ends at midnight ET on April 6. The total donations received as part of the Coaches Code Challenge will be divided evenly between the two charities. March is one of the busiest months for Papa John’s. The company expects to sell 10 million pizzas in just the first two weeks of the NCAA® tournament, with sales ramping up as lower-seeded teams advance.
| PAPA JOHN’S COACHES CODE CHALLENGE DIVISION I MEN’S SCHOOLS |
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Conference |
Men's Coach |
Coach Code |
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| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | SWAC | George Ivory | IVORY |
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| Baylor | Big 12 | Scott Drew | DREW |
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| Brigham Young | Mountain West | Dave Rose | ROSE |
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| Butler | Horizon League | Brad Stevens | STEVENS |
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| California | Pac-10 | Mike Montgomery | MONTGOMERY |
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| Clemson | ACC | Oliver Purnell | PURNELL |
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| Cornell | Ivy League | Steve Donahue | DONAHUE |
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| Duke | ACC | Mike Krzyzewski | KRZYZEWSKI |
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| East Tennessee State | Atlantic Sun | Murry Bartow | BARTOW |
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| Florida | SEC | Billy Donovan | DONOVAN |
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| Florida State | ACC | Leonard Hamilton | HAMILTON |
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| Georgetown | Big East | John Thompson III | THOMPSON |
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| Georgia Tech | ACC | Paul Hewitt | HEWITT |
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| Gonzaga | West Coast | Mark Few | FEW |
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| Houston | Conference USA | Tom Penders | PENDERS |
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| Kansas | Big 12 | Bill Self | SELF |
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| Kansas State | Big 12 | Frank Martin | MARTIN |
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| Kentucky | SEC | John Calipari | CALIPARI |
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| Lehigh | Patriot League | Brett Reed | BREED |
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| Louisville | Big East | Rick Pitino | PITINO |
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| Marquette | Big East | Buzz Williams | BWILLIAMS |
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| Maryland | ACC | Gary Williams | GWILLIAMS |
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| Michigan State | Big Ten | Tom Izzo | IZZO |
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| Minnesota | Big Ten | Tubby Smith | SMITH |
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| Missouri | Big 12 | Mike Anderson | ANDERSON |
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| Montana | Big Sky | Wayne Tinkle | TINKLE |
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| Morgan State | MEAC | Todd Bozeman | BOZEMAN |
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| Murray State | Ohio Valley | Billy Kennedy | KENNEDY |
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| New Mexico | Mountain West | Steve Alford | ALFORD |
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| New Mexico State | WAC | Marvin Menzies | MENZIES |
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| North Texas | Sun Belt | Johnny Jones | JONES |
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| Northern Iowa | Missouri Valley | Ben Jacobson | JACOBSON |
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| Notre Dame | Big East | Mike Brey | BREY |
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| Oakland | Summit League | Greg Kampe | KAMPE |
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| Ohio | Mid-American | John Groce | GROCE |
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| Ohio State | Big Ten | Thad Matta | MATTA |
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| Oklahoma State | Big 12 | Travis Ford | FORD |
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| Old Dominion | Colonial | Blaine Taylor | TAYLOR |
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| Pittsburgh | Big East | Jamie Dixon | DIXON |
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| Purdue | Big Ten | Matt Painter | PAINTER |
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| Richmond | Atlantic 10 | Chris Mooney | MOONEY |
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| Robert Morris | Northeast | Mike Rice | RICE |
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| Saint Mary's | West Coast | Randy Bennett | BENNETT |
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| Sam Houston State | Southland | Bob Marlin | MARLIN |
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| San Diego State | Mountain West | Steve Fisher | FISHER |
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| Siena | MAAC | Fran McCaffery | MCCAFFERY |
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| Syracuse | Big East | Jim Boeheim | BOEHEIM |
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| Temple | Atlantic 10 | Fran Dunphy | DUNPHY |
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| Tennessee | SEC | Bruce Pearl | PEARL |
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| Texas | Big 12 | Rick Barnes | RBARNES |
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| Texas A&M | Big 12 | Mark Turgeon | TURGEON |
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| UC Santa Barbara | Big West | Bob Williams | BOWILLIAMS |
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| UNLV | Mountain West | Lon Kruger | |||||||||||||
