The ABCD Camp was founded in 1984 by Sonny Vaccaro and was sponsored by
Nike. The camp took place every year in the month of July usually lasting 4–5 days, and was held in different locations in the initial years, among which the
Bren Events Center at
UC Irvine in 1992 and at
Eastern Michigan University in
Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1993 before moving to the
Rothman Center, at
Fairleigh Dickinson University in
Hackensack, New Jersey, where the camp was held from 1994 until its final edition in 2006. The camp was sponsored by the corporations Vaccaro was signed to: from 1984 to 1992 Nike was the sponsor; in 1993 the camp was under the
Converse brand, while from 1994 to 2003
Adidas was the sponsor. After 2003, Vaccaro had a deal with Reebok Several college coaches attended ABCD Camp during their recruitment process of high school players: among them
Bob Bender,
Jim Boeheim,
P. J. Carlesimo,
Joe Harrington and
Mike Krzyzewski.
NBA scouts also participated and in some cases, camp participants were
drafted out of high school, for instance
Kevin Garnett, == Sponsorships ==