Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Coach Jared Wagner shares his journey from growing up in York, Pennsylvania to becoming the Head Coach at York College. Wagner was a multi-sport athlete before deciding to attend York College and play for Coach Matt Hunter. He helped lead the Spartans to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and was a first-team NABC All-Region V selection as a senior - and was 2nd Team D3 All-American. After graduating from...

Coach David Hastings shares his journey from law enforcement to becoming a college basketball coach at Keene State. Hastings grew up in Gill, Massachusetts and entered the Police Academy straight out of high school and worked his way up the ranks to the Chief of Police of Gill. While serving as a police officer he coached AAU and high school basketball, and ran AAU tournaments. He eventually joine...

Coach Nate Bollinger shares his journey from growing up in York, Pennsylvania to becoming the Associate Head Coach at American University. Nate attended Delaware Valley before transferring to Millersville. He set a program record 50 points in a single game and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Shortly after graduating from Millersville he accepted his first coach...

Coach Dylan Backalar shares his journey from growing up in Michigan to becoming the Assistant Coach at South Dakota Mines. Dylan was a four year Student Manager at Ball State under Coach James Whitford and served as Head Manager during his senior year. After graduating he served as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside under Coach Luke Reigel, helping lead University of Wisc...

Coach Tim Kaine shares his journey from growing up in Tennessee to becoming an Assistant Coach at the High Major level at LSU. Tim played both basketball and soccer in college prior to getting the coaching bug. After coaching high school basketball during his undergraduate years at Winthrop he embarked on a college coaching journey that began at Austin Peay where he served as a Graduate Assistant....

Coach Hughes shares his journey from growing up in Ligonier, Pennsylvania to becoming an Assistant Coach at Northern Michigan (DII). John Michael attended the prestigious IMG Academy prior to being a PWO (Preferred Walk On) at High Point University. He played under the legendary Coach Tubby Smith and then played as a Graduate Transfer at The Citadel. Coach Hughes was then hired as a Graduate Trans...

Coach Bill Robinson shares his journey from growing up in Ocean City, New Jersey to becoming the Head Coach at Milligan University. After a Hall of Fame playing career at Kings College (NY) be quickly moved up the coaching ranks. He remained at his alma mater for two years serving as an Assistant Coach for the men's basketball program as well as the Head Coach for the baseball program. Coach Robin...

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, Dave Dickerson, Jeff Boals, Greg Paulus and Stev...

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 youth basketball and event operations. He c...

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 at Mount St. Mary's and Holy Cross, he was named...

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 first season at Army onKatie Kuester's coac...

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 played for different coaches [Keith Walker and Eric...

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 Bobcats won the MAC Tournament during the 2020-21...

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 Head Coach at Academy of Art. Coach Waterman elevat...

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 Keydets under Coach Andrew Wilson. Coach Jon Jaques hi...

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 joined Fran McCaffery's coaching staff at the...

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 program to 571 wins, 10 state championship game a...

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 Head Coach during the CBI Tournament in 2023. Coac...

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 coach he joined the college ranks at the University...

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 Landry Kosmalski. Tyler went on to play for both Bruce...

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 served as an Assistant Coach at Alabama from 199...

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 strong reputation for his recruiting efforts and has...

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 Marymount. **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to che...

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 Boone. After graduating from App State he accepted...

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 Association. After finishing up his playing career, he...