Best Luke Colwell Podcasts (2025)

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Interview w/ Coach Alan Major (Assistant Coach at San Diego) 1:47:25

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Coach Alan Major shares his journey from being a Student Manager at Purdue, to becoming the Head Coach at Charlotte, and now an Assistant Coach at the University of San Diego. He served as a Student Manager for Coach Gene Keady and coached with - and alongside the likes of Thad Miller, Bruce Weber, Matt Painter, Archie Miller, Ryan Odom, John Groce…

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Interview w/ Coach Ryan Silver (CEO of Attitude of Gratitude & ALL In Elite and Founder of West Coast Elite) 20:58

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Coach Ryan Silver shares his journey from running nightclubs to becoming a titan in basketball industry. The Pump Brothers [David and Dana] had a profound impact on him when they met in 2003 and he's blazed a trail of his own in the basketball world. He's currently the President of Attitude of Gratitude and has been and continues to be a giant in y…

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Interview w/ Coach Dan Engelstad (Assistant Coach at Syracuse) 36:14

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Coach Dan Engelstad shares his journey from growing up in Bethesda, Maryland to becoming the Head Coach at Mount St. Mary's, and now being an Assistant Coach at Syracuse. Engelstad played basketball at St. Mary's College (D3) in Maryland prior to embarking on a college basketball coaching career. After serving on Coach Milan Brown's coaching staffs…

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Interview w/ Coach Amber Raisner (Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator at Army) 51:37

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Coach Amber Raisner shares her journey from growing up in West Hartford Connecticut to becoming an Assistant Coach at Army. After a stellar playing career at Union College she joined the women's coaching staff at Yale and served under Coach Dalila Eshe. In March of 2025 Amber was named a WBCA Thirty Under 30 honoree. Coach Raisner is entering her f…

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Interview w/ Coach Jordan Bushrod (Head Coach at Cheney University) 39:53

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Coach Jordan Bushrod shares his journey from growing up Prince George's County Maryland to becoming the Head Coach at Cheney University. Jordan started high school at Westlake HS before transferring to Fork Union Military School, after graduating he attended Bowie State University, he then transferred to Delaware State. While at Delaware State he p…

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Interview w/ Coach Mike Cifliku (Assistant Coach at Ohio University) 45:30

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Coach Mike Cifliku shares his coaching journey from being a Student Manager at Ohio University to becoming an Assistant Coach at his alma mater. While in high school, Mike served as a high school basketball coach in the same area. After graduating from high school he enrolled at Ohio University and became a Student Manager. He was on staff when the…

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Interview w/ Coach Scott Waterman (Former Head Coach at Academy of Art) 56:55

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Coach Scott Waterman shares his journey from growing up in Orange County to becoming the Head Coach at Academy of Art. After playing basketball at the NCAA DIII level he embarked on a college basketball coaching career. He spent time at Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, Pomona-Pitzer, Dartmouth, and Dominican University prior to becoming the H…

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Interview w/ Coach Luke Colwell (Assistant Coach at Cornell) 1:11:55

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Coach Luke Colwell shares his journey from growing up in Apex, North Carolina to becoming an Assistant Coach at Cornell. Luke served as a Student Manager and then a Graduate Assistant at South Carolina under Coach Frank Martin from 2017 until 2022. Colwell was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations at VMI and spent two seasons with the Keyd…

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Interview w/ Coach Tristan Spurlock (Assistant Coach at Penn) 47:23

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Coach Tristan Spurlock shares his journey from growing up in Northern Virginia to becoming an Assistant Coach at the Division I level. He started his college basketball career at the University of Virginia and eventually transferred to UCF. After playing professionally he joined the coaching staff at the University of Iowa. In April Coach Spurlock …

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Interview w/ Coach Stan Waterman (Head Coach at Delaware State) 40:44

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Coach Stan Waterman shares his journey from growing up in Wilmington, Delaware to becoming the Head Coach at Delaware State. After playing Division I basketball at the University of Delaware he began his coaching journey at as an Assistant Coach at Wilmington and then moved onto the Sanford School. In his 29 seasons at the Sanford School he led the…

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Interview w/ Coach Flynn Clayman (Head Coach at High Point University) 45:55

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Coach Flynn Clayman shares his journey from growing up in Los Angeles to becoming the Head Coach at High Point University. After his professional playing career ended overseas he coached AAU before accepting a Graduate Assistant position at Southern Utah and quickly advanced up the ranks to Associate Head Coach - as well as being named the Interim …

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Interview w/ Coach Stan Jones (Former Associate Head Coach at Florida State) 1:48:27

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Coach Stan Jones shares his journey from growing up in Mississippi and walking onto the basketball team at Memphis [State] to becoming one of the most well respected assistant coaches in the country! He amassed an overall record of 353-91 including back-to-back state championships in 1993-94 and 1994-95. After his tremendous run as a high school co…

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Interview w/ Coach Tyler Summitt (Former Louisiana Tech Women's Basketball Coach & Co-Founder of Pat Summitt Foundation) 50:28

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Tyler Summitt shares his journey from growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee to becoming the Head Coach at Louisiana Tech to the Co-Founder of Pat Summitt Leadership Group and Director of the Pat Summitt Foundation. Growing up the son of Coach Pat Summitt, Tyler attended The Webb School where he played basketball for current Swarthmore Head Coach Landr…

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Interview w/ Coach Bobby Marlin (Former Head Coach at Louisiana) 1:26:58

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Coach Bobby Marlin shares his journey from growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi to winning 600+ games as a college basketball coach.After serving as a GA and an Assistant Coach earlier in his career, Coach Marlin was hired at Pensacola Junior College and won 123 games in his five seasons at the helm - including the 1993 NJCAA National Championship.He …

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Interview w/ Coach Mike Roberts (Assistant Coach at UTEP) 1:01:46

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Coach Mike Roberts played at Indiana and was on the team that was the Runner-Up 2002 NCAA Championship.He served as a Graduate Assistant at Texas Tech under Hall of Fame Coach Bob Knight before embarking on a coaching career that has taken him to California, Rice, UNC Greensboro, Indiana, Cincinnati, and now UTEP.Coach Roberts has developed a stron…

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Interview w/ Coach Josh Mandell (Video Coordinator at Loyola Marymount) 34:27

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Coach Josh Mandell shares his journey from growing up in Texas to becoming the Video Coordinator at Loyola Marymount. He worked his way up to Head Manager at the University of Washington before electing to stay on as a Graduate Assistant under Coach Mike Hopkins. After finishing up his Master's degree he was hired by Coach Stan Johnson at Loyola Ma…

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Interview w/ Coach Andrew Muse (Wichita State Graduate Assistant) 42:01

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Coach Andrew Muse shares his journey from growing up in North Carolina to becoming a Graduate Assistant at Wichita State. Growing up in a basketball family, Andrew played for his father in high school and then walked on at App State. He played for Coach Dustin Kerns and his twin brother Aaron served as a Student Manager during their four years in B…

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Interview w/ Coach Chris Acker (Head Coach at Long Beach State) 49:48

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Coach Chris Acker shares his journey from growing up in Compton, California to becoming the Head Coach at Long Beach State. He was a member of the Chaminade team that knocked off Villanova in the 2003 EA Sports Maui Invitational. Chris played professionally in Portugal and Greece before returning to the US to play in the Continental Basketball Asso…

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2024 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Day 1:54:23

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2024 Southern Conference (SoCon) Men's Basketball Media Day: Dwight Perry (Wofford) Ed Conroy (The Citadel) Bucky McMillan (Samford) Brooks Savage (East Tennessee State) Mike Jones (UNC Greensboro) Andrew Wilson (VMI) Tim Craft (Western Carolina) *Chattanooga, Furman, and Mercer were unable to schedule interviews this season **Sponsored by FastMode…

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2024 A10 Men's Basketball Media Day 45:03

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Anthony Grant (Dayton) Chris Caputo (George Washington) Chris Mooney (Richmond) Dru Joyce III (Duquesne) Fran Dunphy (LaSalle) Frank Martin (UMass) Josh Schertz (St. Louis) Matt McKillop (Davidson) Ryan Odom (VCU) Tony Skinn (George Mason) Keith Urgo (Fordham) Mark Schmidt (St. Bonaventure) Archie Miller (Rhode Island) Billy Lange (St. Joe's) Drew …

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Interview w/ Coach Maciariello (Former Head Coach at Siena) 1:02:53

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Coach Maciariello shares his journey from growing up in New York and being the Albany Times Union Player of the Year in 1996, to becoming a the Head Coach at his alma mater [Siena]. He started his college basketball career at New Hampshire before transferring to Siena College where he redshirted under Coach Paul Hewitt and playing for Coach Louis O…

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Interview w/ Coach Dave Davis (Former Head Coach at Pfeiffer & Newberry College) 1:43:23

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Coach Davis shares his journey from growing up in New Hampshire to amassing a 486-313 record as college basketball coach.Davis moved to North Carolina in high school and went on to play college basketball at Warren Wilson College - where he would eventually be enshrined into their hall of fame. After graduating from Warren Wilson he got his start c…

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Interview w/ Coach Will Turgeon (Assistant Coach at Eastern Washington) 54:11

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Coach Will Turgeon shares his journey from growing up the son of a highly successful college coach [Mark Turgeon] to becoming an Assistant Coach at Eastern Washington University under Coach Dan Munson.Will Turgeon played two seasons at Catholic University (DIII) before having to end his playing career due to injuries. He ended up becoming a Graduat…

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Interview w/ Coach Dylan Rigol (Director of Video at Oregon State) 43:28

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Coach Dylan Rigol shares his journey from growing up in New England to becoming the Director of Video at Oregon State. Dylan attended High Point University and was a Student Manager under Coach Tubby Smith and then GG Smith after he took over as Head Coach. Coach Wayne Tinkle hired Dylan to serve as a Graduate Assistant as well as the Director of V…

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Interview w/ Coach Matt Ridge (Head Coach & Athletic Director at Davidson-Davie CC) 55:02

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Coach Matt Ridge shares his journey from being a standout basketball player at Ledford High School to playing on the University of North Carolina JV team, to becoming one of the winningest NJCAA basketball coaches in the country. After sustaining an injury in high school his recruitment was derailed and that led him to UNC and trying out for the JV…

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Interview w/ Coach Ty Anderson (Assistant Coach at Wofford) 37:30

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Coach Tysor "Ty" Anderson shares his journey from growing up in a basketball family to becoming a successful college basketball coach in his own right.Ty Anderson's grandfather was a legendary coach and a Naismith Hall of Famer [Charles "Lefty" Driesell] and his uncle is Chuck Driesell. Coach Anderson has blazed his own trail after being a PWO and …

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Interview w/ Coach Randy Phillips (Assistant Coach/Director of Recruiting at UNCG) 28:18

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Coach Randy Phillips shares his journey from growing up in Jackson, Mississippi to playing basketball at the professional level, and now coaching NCAA Division I basketball at UNCG. He started off his college career at East Central Community College before transferring to Radford where he played for Coach Mike Jones. Phillips and future NBA player …

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Interview w/ Coach Ethan Kahn (Assistant Coach at Bemidji State University) 49:24

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Coach Ethan Kahn shares his journey from growing up in Arizona to becoming a Student Assistant at the NCAA DI level, and eventually becoming an Assistant Coach at Bemidji State University (NCAA DII). Kahn served as a Student Assistant at Northern Arizona from 2017 until 2021 and moved across the country to become a Graduate Assistant in North Carol…

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Interview w/ Coach Jarren "JD" Dyson (Assistant Coach at Army) 44:38

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Coach Jarren "JD" Dyson shares his journey from being a DIII student athlete at Emory & Henry (now NCAA DII) to becoming a D1 Assistant Coach Dyson served under Coach John Krikorian at Christopher Newport University and helped lead the CNU to back-to-back conference championships and a run to the program's first-ever Final Four appearance in 2016. …

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Interview w/ Coach Billy Bales (Director of Video at VCU) 39:03

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Coach Billy Bales shares his journey from growing up in Elizabethton Tennessee to becoming a coach at the NCAA DI level.Bales played college basketball at Lenoir-Rhyne under three different head coaches (John Lentz, Ryan Odom, and Everick Sullivan). In 2016 he led the Bears to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA DII Tournament. He remained at Lenoir-Rhyn…

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Interview w/ Coach Steven Asher (Assistant Coach at Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne) 1:08:35

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Coach Steven Asher shares his journey from growing up in Maryland and playing Club Basketball at JMU, to becoming a NCAA DI women's basketball coach at Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne. After graduating from James Madison University he accepted a Graduate Assistant position at the University of Maryland under Coach Mark Turgeon. While at Maryland he was a…

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Interview w/ Coach Sol Zurier (Director of Basketball Operations at USC Upstate) 40:09

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Coach Soloman "Sol" Zurier shares his journey from growing up in Maryland to becoming the Director of Basketball Operations at USC Upstate. He attended West Virginia University and started the WVU Men's Club Basketball program that he served as the Head Coach for as well as serving as an Assistant Coach with Morgantown HS. Coach Zurier also interne…

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Interview w/ Coach Keith Oddo (Assistant Coach at IUPUI) 1:20:37

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Coach Keith Oddo shares his journey from growing up in Roanoke, Virginia to becoming an Assistant Coach at IUPUI. Oddo accepted a Preferred Walk On spot at Richmond where he played for Coach Chris Mooney, during his senior year he earned an athletic scholarship. He graduate transferred to Louisville where he was a Preferred Walk On for Chris Mack's…

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Interview w/ Coach Riley Welch (Assistant Coach at Lynchburg) 35:33

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Coach Riley Welch shares his journey from playing NCAA DIII basketball for the University of Mary Washington to becoming a Graduate Assistant at Lynchburg. After being a standout for West Springfield High School, Welch attended the University of Mary Washington and was one of the most prolific three point shooters in program history. He elected to …

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Interview w/ Joe Cristy (Public Address Announcer for Wake Forest) 1:02:59

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Joe Cristy shares his journey from growing up in Baltimore to becoming the new Public Address Announcer for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.He played baseball at High Point and was a member of the Panthers during their transition from NAIA to D2, and ultimately to D1. He began working High Point’s women’s basketball games, and quickly became the voic…

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Interview w/ Coach Jason Allison (Chief of Staff at Drexel) 1:17:40

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Coach Jason Allison shares his journey from growing up in Lincolnton, North Carolina to becoming a NCAA D1 men's basketball coach. He was a student-athlete at Liberty University and began his coaching career at Lynchburg Christian Academy. Coach Allison went onto coach at Lees-McRae College, Gaston Day School, and King College prior to joining the …

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Interview w/ Evan Manning (Graduate Assistant at Gonzaga) 41:47

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Coach Evan Manning shares his journey from growing up the Kansas to being on staff in the ACC, to now working under Mark Few at Gonzaga.After being a walk-on at Kansas and winning four Big XII regular season titles, two Big XII tournament championships, four NCAA Tournament appearances (including the Elite Eight during his senior season) he briefly…

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Interview w/ Coach Bob Gallager (Assistant Coach at Bowling Green) 51:08

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Coach Bob Gallager shares his journey from growing up in Elbridge, New York to becoming an Assistant Coach at Bowling Green [State University]. He attended St. Bonaventure and after his sophomore year he served as a Student Manager under Coach Mark Schmidt. After graduating from St. Bonaventure, he remained in Olean as a Graduate Assistant for the …

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Interview w/ Coach Dwight Perry (Head Coach at Wofford) 58:48

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Coach Dwight Perry shares his journey from growing up in Durham North Carolina to becoming a walk-on at the University of Kentucky - and now the Head Coach at Wofford College. Perry walked-on for Coach Tubby Smith at the University of Kentucky and following his graduation from Kentucky he went on to intern with the Stanford University Men's Basketb…

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Interview w/ Coach CJ Lee (Director of Basketball Operations at UNCG) 42:51

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Coach CJ Lee shares his coaching journey and how his decision to transfer from a scholarship student-athlete at Manhattan College to a walk-on at Michigan has impacted his life. Lee was a standout high school player who was a member of Manhattan's team that won the MAAC Regular Season Championship and knocked off FDU and Maryland in the NIT. When h…

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Interview w/ Coach Jason Martinez (Strength & Conditioning Coach at North Texas) 1:21:36

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Coach Jason Martinez shares his journey from growing up in Saratoga Springs New York to becoming a Strength & Conditioning Coach at the NCAA Division I level. Martinez graduated from Manhattan College with a degree in Exercise Science, from there he went on to intern with Clemson and Penn State. After his internships he accepted a Graduate Assistan…

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Interview w/ Coach Bradley Fey (Director of Basketball Operations at App State) 1:22:55

2+ y ago1:22:55

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Coach Bradley Fey shares his journey from growing up in Indiana to becoming the Director of Basketball Operations at App State. After growing up in a basketball family he went on to play college basketball at DePauw under the legendary Coach Bill Fenlon. In 2016 Fey accepted a Graduate Assistant position at Jacksonville University under Tony Jasick…

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Interview w/ Coach Cole Wakefield (Graduate Assistant at the University of Louisiana) 47:51

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Coach Cole Wakefield shares his journey from growing up in Katy Texas to becoming a Graduate Assistant at the University of Louisiana. Cole became a Student Manager at Texas Tech during his sophomore year. He served under both Chris Beard and Mark Adams. During his time with the Red Raider they went 59-32 including a Sweet Sixteen run in 2022. Afte…

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Interview w/ Coach Miles Lester (Graduate Assistant at the University of Houston) 51:01

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Coach Miles Lester shares his journey from growing up in Kansas to becoming a PWO who earned a scholarship at Rice before transferring as a PWO at Wake Forest who earned a scholarship during his senior year - and now is currently a Graduate Assistant for Coach Kelvin Sampson's Houston Cougars. Lester moved to Wilbraham, Massachusetts in high school…

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Interview w/ Coach Molly Bachand (Director of Basketball Operations at Western Carolina) 1:14:19

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Coach Molly Bachand shares her journey from growing up in Fairway, Kansas to becoming a Director of Basketball Operations for a NCAA Division I men's basketball program. She got her first experience working the Roy Williams Camp at Kansas while still in high school and eventually became a Student Manager while at Kansas under Coach Bill Self. After…

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Interview w/ Coach Ashley Howard (Former Head Coach at La Salle) 1:26:23

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Coach Ashley Howard shares his journey from growing up outside of Philadelphia to eventually being the Head Coach at Drexel from 2018 until 2022. Ashley was recruited to Drexel and played basketball until a heart condition wouldn't allow him to continue his playing career, he then transitioned into a Student Assistant. In 2004 Dr. John Giannini hir…

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Interview w/ Coach Ivan Thomas (Assistant Coach at Providence) 1:07:06

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Coach Ivan Thomas shares his journey from growing up in Norfolk, Virginia to becoming a highly successful high school basketball coach, and coaching at Providence College under Coach Ed Cooley. Thomas graduated from Norview High School and then went on to earn his Bachelor's Degree from VCU. He moved to Illinois and served as an Assistant Coach at …

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Interview w/ Coach Joel Justus (Assistant Coach at NC State) 1:22:46

3y ago1:22:46

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Joel Justus shares his journey from growing up in North Carolina to becoming one of the most heralded Assistant Coaches in the nation. After growing up around college athletics, Joel went on to play college basketball at UNC Wilmington. He helped the Seahawks capture two Colonial Athletic Association titles, make three postseason appearances (NIT i…

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Interview w/ Coach Will Jones (Former Head Coach at North Carolina A&T) 1:19:53

3y ago1:19:53

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Coach Will Jones shares his journey from growing up in Moncks Corner, South Carolina to being a Head Coach at the NCAA Division I level. After playing college basketball at South Carolina State he accepted a Graduate Assistant position at Tennessee State. After earning his Master's Degree from Tennessee State, he accepted an Assistant Coach positio…

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Interview w/ Coach Jordan Surenkamp (Head Coach of the Greensboro Swarm) 1:00:18

3y ago1:00:18

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Coach Jordan Surenkamp shares his journey from growing up in the Hoosier state and playing NCAA Division III basketball to becoming the Head Coach of the Greensboro Swarm. After graduating from Wabash he served as a Graduate Assistant at South Alabama before being hired full-time as their Director of Basketball Operations. He was hired by the Long …