Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Coach Pat Monaghan shares his journey from growing up in Chicago to becoming a NCAA DI Assistant Coach. After high school he attended Harper and earned a 3rd Team NJCAA All American honor in 2004 before transferring to Lewis University (DII). When his playing days were over he became a Graduate Assistant at Wayne State College. He returned to his JUCO roots after finishing his GA program at Wayne...

Coach Graham Bousley shares his journey from playing high school basketball with future NBA players to coaching NCAA DI basketball. After growing up in California he decided to attend Wisconsin and be a Student Manager under Bo Ryan. Things didn't go as planned, but he did eventually help the Badgers make a NCAA Tournament run as the Head Student Manager. From Wisconsin he moved onto VCU where he...

Coach Randy Peele shares his journey from growing up in Virginia to becoming a college coach for nearly 40 years! After graduating from Virginia Wesleyan he accepted his first coaching job at St. Michael's College (VT) before moving on to Tennessee Martin under Tom Hancock. From Tennessee Martin he took a pay cut to get his first taste of coaching NCAA DI basketball at Campbell. Coach Peele ended...

**EPISODE #100** Coach Steve Howes shares his journey from playing JV basketball as a junior at Our Lady of Good Counsel to becoming the all time winningest coach in the history of Catholic University basketball. I proudly served under him from 2017 to 2019 at Catholic University! After transferring from Frostburg to Catholic University he played for Coach Mike Lonergan. After graduating from Cath...

Coach Ryan McIntrye shares his journey from growing up in Northern Virginia to being the Video Coordinator at West Virginia University. He became a Student Manager and eventually became the Head Student Manager at WVU under Bob Huggins. After graduating he moved onto the University of South Carolina where he helped them reach the Final Four as a Graduate Assistant. After his time serving under Fra...

Coach Wyckoff shares her journey from growing up in Ohio to WNBA player and eventually becoming the Associate HC at her alma mater [Florida State University]. She talks about playing HS basketball at the start of the ABL and WNBA's inception and her decision to commit to FSU - even after a coaching change took place. After FSU she was drafted by the Orlando Miracle (now the Connecticut Sun) and pl...

Former West Coast Conference COY and seven year NBA veteran, and ABA Champion Rex Walters discussing life as a player, and his transition to becoming a coach. We talk about about everything from Blue Chips, playing for Hall of Fame coaches, getting into coaching and in hindsight what he'd do differently at Florida Atlantic and San Francisco. Coach Walters explains how important it is to have a "ro...

Coach Rob Burke shares his journey from growing up the son of a college basketball coach to becoming a successful college coach in his own right. Coach Burke played at Chowan after they transitioned from NJCAA to NCAA DIII, but grew up with the likes of Nate McMillian playing for his father [the late but GREAT Bob Burke]. He followed in his father's footsteps when he was a player/coach overseas an...

Coach Rich Corsetto shares his coaching journey from growing up in New Jersey to playing JUCO basketball and baseball in Maryland before a Hall of Fame career at Southern Mississippi, and eventually winning over 700 games at the HS and JUCO level. During his year at Harford County Community College he averaged 38.2 PPG. Between 1990-96, he led PCCC to two NJCAA National Tournaments, and in 2005 he...

Coach Pete Quinn shares his journey from growing up in the Bronx to becoming a college basketball coach. Just like so many of us, Coach Quinn has made countless sacrifices to coach basketball, he's worked a number of odd jobs and worked crazy hours to allow him to coach the game that he loves. His career is anything but conventional, he's coached at various levels and has served in multiple coachi...

Coach Darris Nichols shares his journey from growing up in Radford Virginia to playing for both John Beilein and Bob Huggins at West Virginia then becoming a NCAA DI coach. His first two seasons West Virginia reached the Elite Eight and then the Sweet Sixteen, Coach Beilein left WVU after his junior campaign and Coach Bob Huggins was hired. Shortly after his professional playing career ended, Darr...

Coach Patrick Wallace shares his journey from growing up in the "Hoop State" to being a coach at Loyola Chicago. He grew up in the Charlotte area, then spent a year of post-grad at Brewster Academy. Patrick committed to be a preferred walk-on at NC State and eventually transferred to Charleston Southern and played there on a full scholarship. After a successful playing career he became a Graduate...

Coach Justin Bradley shares his journey from growing up in North Carolina and being a Student Athlete and then a Student Assistant at Guilford College (NCAA DIII) to becoming the Associate Head Coach at Dartmouth. After graduating from Guilford he became the Director of Operations at NC Central and Coach LeVelle Moton promoted him to Graduate Manager the next season. The role/promotion was calcula...

Coach Evan Lavery shares his journey from playing JUCO and eventually becoming the Head Coach at a JUCO, and now serving as an Assistant Coach at Emporia State. He helped build Rock Valley College (NJCAA DIII) into a national powerhouse that won multiple NJCAA National Tournament Championships. After Craig Doty accepted the Head Coach position at Graceland, Coach Lavery took over and had a success...

Coach Tony Shaver shares his coaching journey from being a Student Assistant with the UNC JV Team while also playing for Dean Smith to becoming the all time winningest coach in the history of Hampden-Sydney as well as William & Mary. While playing in Chapel Hill, UNC went 95-26, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Tournament in 1975 and 1976. During the 1975 season, the Tar Heels won the ACC...

Coach Kenton Aubrey shares his journey from growing up in Shepherdsville, Kentucky to being on the coaching staff of a Rick Pitino disciple, and now coaching at a top tier NAIA program. After originally starting out as a college athlete, Kenton quickly found his calling as a basketball coach. He coached HS and took his college courses online before transferring to Western Kentucky (NCAA DI) where...

Coach Aaron Goodman shares his coaching journey from growing up in Maryland to becoming the Head Coach of a NCAA basketball program. The Boston University graduate is currently the Head Coach at Washington College (NCAA DIII) after getting his start in coaching at the Sandy Spring Friends School in Olney, Md., where he also served as a junior high school Physical Education teacher. From there he m...

Coach Andrew Sachs shares his coaching journey from growing up in Maryland to coaching at the NCAA DI, DII, DIII, JUCO & HS ranks. After playing NCAA DIII at Salisbury he began his coaching career as the GA at his alma mater. He eventually moved onto Virginia Wesleyan where he coached tennis and basketball while also serving as the SID. From Virginia Wesleyan he moved onto Indiana University o...

Coach Matt Elkin shares his coaching journey. In October 2020 he was hired as the DOBO for Yale Men's Basketball. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2014, during the 2011-12 season he served as a student manager for the UW men’s basketball team. The Badgers finished 27-10 overall and reached the Sweet 16 of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Coach Elkin also served as Head Manager and Student...

Coach Brian Hoberecht shares his coaching journey from growing up in Oklahoma to becoming the Head Coach at Kilgore College (NJCAA D1). Brian is in his 21st year as a Head Coach as at the college level. He began his coaching journey as a Graduate Assistant at Emporia State where he then spent four seasons before accepting the same position at Dodge City Community College in 1997. Coach Hoebrecht b...

Coach Butch Estes shares his journey from growing up in High Point, NC to being on cusp of notching his 600th win. After playing on the Freshman team at the University of North Carolina he became a Student Assistant under Dean Smith. Upon graduation became an Assistant Coach at The Citadel, East Carolina, and then Rice. His first Head Coach experience was at Presbyterian, where he spent five seaso...

Coach Melissa D'Amico shares her journey from growing up in New York to playing under the legendary Coach McGraw at Notre Dame and then eventually becoming an Assistant Coach at Wake Forest. She was a part of four NCAA Tournament teams during her college years - including a Sweet Sixteen appearance her senior season. After her college playing days she played overseas while also helping out with a...

Coach Andrew Brown shares his coaching journey from growing up in Pontiac, Michigan to becoming a NCAA D1 Assistant Coach at Gardner-Webb University. After a successful HS basketball career he went the JUCO route before moving onto and graduating from Mercer. He returned to Mercer as the Graduate Assistant under the legendary Bob Hoffman. Coach Brown coached at the JUCO level before Richie Scheule...

Coach Lance Egnatz shares his journey from playing at two NCAA D2 programs to becoming the Interim Head Coach at Clayton State University. He began his college basketball AND baseball career at Penn State University – Beaver before transferring to and Lynn University. After graduating he moved to Florida began working at Somerset Academy as the HC, Assistant AD and ran the strength & condition...

Coach Josh Merkel shares his journey from his playing days to his numerous individual and team accolades he's received as a NCAA Head Coach. He played HS basketball at St. John Prospect Hall and then continued his career at Salisbury. While at Salisbury he played under two Head Coaches and had a successful college basketball career. After graduating cum laude in 2001 you returned to St John’s Pros...