May 5, 2009 | • 
Posted on May 4th, 2009
James Lafferty is preparing to tip off another phase of his career.
The actor, who plays high school coach and NBA hopeful Nathan Scott on “One Tree Hill” has a long history with basketball. He earned the MVP award on his high school team and went on to use those talents in the ESPN movie “A Season on the Brink.”
After landing the role on “One Tree Hill,” Lafferty organized a popular annual charity basketball game with the show’s cast and crew playing against each other.
On Feb. 28, though, the 23-year-old actor was busy directing an episode of the show while his new entertainment sports consulting and production company, SportsArc, hosted a launch party in California.
“Now I’ve had a lot more behind-the-scenes experience than I had previously and that’s going to benefit me a lot in knowing what it takes to prepare sports coordination for other projects,” Lafferty said in an interview in April.
