McCracken Basketball Camp at Albion College
Albion College, 129 N 6th St, Albion, MI 49224
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McCracken Basketball Camp at Albion College offers a Complete Skills Program with detailed instruction and drills in the skills needed to be a complete basketball player. Campers take part in daily league games and scrimmages, individual and group contests for awards, Defense Day, stations, lectures and demonstrations, drills, and a night program, along with opportunities for individual instruction and league games.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: 2026 dates for both boys and girls are July 6–9, with check-in on the first day from 1:00 to 2:00 pm and check-out on the last day at 4:30 pm after a 3:30 pm awards presentation; extended day campers arrive after breakfast and stay until 9:45 pm.
McCracken Basketball Camp at Albion College is beginning its 64th year of operation and was founded in 1963 by Indiana University’s Hall-of-Fame coach Branch McCracken. Over 140,000 players have attended McCracken Camps, which are known as a teaching camp with an established program of detailed, personalized individual instruction and skill-appropriate drills for each player and drill group. The camp’s two long-stated goals are that each camper should have fun and learn to become the best player that he or she can possibly be, and it is dedicated to teaching boys and girls ages 7–18 the skills necessary to have success, with a philosophy that emphasizes personal attention for each player on and off the courts.
Camp Director Todd German, who is also the Owner/Director of The McCracken Basketball Camp, has been involved with the camp for over 50 years as a camper, counselor, Assistant Camp Director, and Camp Director, and was a standout high school and college athlete who played at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Manchester College, where he was leading scorer, rebounder, and MVP, and he holds a master’s degree from Western Michigan University. Coach Mark Anderson has been coaching at McCracken Basketball Camps for over 37 years, with experience at the high school, club, college, and professional levels, and his career highlights include NBA D-League National Tryout Coach, Head Coach of 2004 National Champion Cuyahoga Community College, National Coach of the Year (NJCAA), Conference Champion and Conference Coach of the Year, UBA Eastern Conference Champion and Coach of the Year, Ohio Valley Basketball League Coach of the Year, and coaching roles with the Atlanta Elite Pro Showcase/International Pro Showcase and the L A Summer Pro League (Orlando Division). Trained counselors work with campers along with the director and assistant director and supervise all camp activities.
Overnight campers reside in on-campus dorms and are assigned by age and roommate requests, with roommate requests not guaranteed and campers without a request placed with someone near their age. All meals are served in the school cafeteria, and extended day campers receive lunch and dinner. Room keys are available upon request at check-in for a $20 deposit, which is refundable if the key is returned at check-out and forfeited if the key is lost. All registered campers must have a parent or legal guardian complete US Sports Camps’ mandatory Health & Release Forms online before arrival, and this camp does not require a doctor’s signature on the forms. A detailed Information Packet with a checklist of things to bring and site-specific forms is emailed to all registered campers before camp, and parents are invited to attend the awards presentation on the last day. The boys and girls camps at Albion College take place at the same time but run as two separate camps, and Nike is the title sponsor of the camps and has no control over the operation of the camps or the acts or omissions of US Sports Camps.
Last updated January 13, 2026.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: 2026 dates for both boys and girls are July 6–9, with check-in on the first day from 1:00 to 2:00 pm and check-out on the last day at 4:30 pm after a 3:30 pm awards presentation; extended day campers arrive after breakfast and stay until 9:45 pm.
McCracken Basketball Camp at Albion College is beginning its 64th year of operation and was founded in 1963 by Indiana University’s Hall-of-Fame coach Branch McCracken. Over 140,000 players have attended McCracken Camps, which are known as a teaching camp with an established program of detailed, personalized individual instruction and skill-appropriate drills for each player and drill group. The camp’s two long-stated goals are that each camper should have fun and learn to become the best player that he or she can possibly be, and it is dedicated to teaching boys and girls ages 7–18 the skills necessary to have success, with a philosophy that emphasizes personal attention for each player on and off the courts.
Camp Director Todd German, who is also the Owner/Director of The McCracken Basketball Camp, has been involved with the camp for over 50 years as a camper, counselor, Assistant Camp Director, and Camp Director, and was a standout high school and college athlete who played at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Manchester College, where he was leading scorer, rebounder, and MVP, and he holds a master’s degree from Western Michigan University. Coach Mark Anderson has been coaching at McCracken Basketball Camps for over 37 years, with experience at the high school, club, college, and professional levels, and his career highlights include NBA D-League National Tryout Coach, Head Coach of 2004 National Champion Cuyahoga Community College, National Coach of the Year (NJCAA), Conference Champion and Conference Coach of the Year, UBA Eastern Conference Champion and Coach of the Year, Ohio Valley Basketball League Coach of the Year, and coaching roles with the Atlanta Elite Pro Showcase/International Pro Showcase and the L A Summer Pro League (Orlando Division). Trained counselors work with campers along with the director and assistant director and supervise all camp activities.
Overnight campers reside in on-campus dorms and are assigned by age and roommate requests, with roommate requests not guaranteed and campers without a request placed with someone near their age. All meals are served in the school cafeteria, and extended day campers receive lunch and dinner. Room keys are available upon request at check-in for a $20 deposit, which is refundable if the key is returned at check-out and forfeited if the key is lost. All registered campers must have a parent or legal guardian complete US Sports Camps’ mandatory Health & Release Forms online before arrival, and this camp does not require a doctor’s signature on the forms. A detailed Information Packet with a checklist of things to bring and site-specific forms is emailed to all registered campers before camp, and parents are invited to attend the awards presentation on the last day. The boys and girls camps at Albion College take place at the same time but run as two separate camps, and Nike is the title sponsor of the camps and has no control over the operation of the camps or the acts or omissions of US Sports Camps.
Last updated January 13, 2026.
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