Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Coach Matt Graves is an Assistant Coach at Mount St. Mary's. He's entering his 2nd season at Mount St. Mary's after serving as the Director of Basketball Operations this past season. Previously he served as an Assistant Coach at his alma mater, Belmont Abbey for six seasons. Coach Graves was a big part of their success which included a 23-8 season in 2018-19. He served under four HCs, and also ser...

Coach Perron is the Head Coach at Catawba College (D2) in North Carolina. I got to know him this past season and he showed me great hospitality. He's guided them to back-to-back 20+ win seasons, NCAA Tournament selections and wins over nationally ranked teams. In six years at Catawba he's won 100 games out of 176 total games coached. He came to Catawba after serving as associate head coach at Newb...

Coach Caputo shares his coaching journey and gives great advice to aspiring coaches. He grew up in New York and went on to play D3 basketball at Westfield State before beginning his coaching career. Coach Caputo began his coaching career at George Mason University after graduating from Westfield State and served in a variety of roles under Jim Larrañaga and would eventually move on to the Universi...

Coach Heather Macy shares her journey from growing up in a small town in North Carolina to becoming the all-time winningest HC at East Carolina and now serving as the Head Coach at Spartanburg Methodist College (NCJAA D1) in South Carolina. She was inducted into both the Starmount High School and Greensboro College Hall of Fames as a player.  She began her coaching career as an AC at Catawba...

Coach Doherty talks about growing up in New York and playing HS basketball under Bob McKillop and then playing basketball at North Carolina under the legendary Dean Smith alongside players such as Michael Jordan, James Worthy, and Sam Perkins. He's a member of the 1982 NCAA Championship team and had a successful career with the Tar Heels. After being drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers he experienc...

Coach Dixon shares his journey from growing up in a small town in North Carolina to being one of the most respected Assistant Coaches in the country. He transferred a few times during college and graduated from UNC Wilmington, and eventually landed an AC position at Belmont Abbey before spending two years at Queens University in Charlotte. From Queens he joined the coaching staff at Stetson for a...

Coach Goldsmith grew up in North Carolina and was a standout basketball who won four state championships before continuing her basketball career at Lynchburg (D3) where she became one of their all time best players. After her senior season she attended the prestigious "So you want to be a Coach" program hosted by the WBCA. She became a Graduate Assistant at Virginia Tech and met her now boyfriend...

My pal Vince Johnson shares his journey from moving from NoVA to New Mexico and then ending up at Catholic University. Vince has a twin brother who also attends Catholic University. He started off as a Student Manager and quickly became a Student Assistant after taking on addition responsibilities. On top of taking 18-21 credit hours each semester, he's a valuable member of the Catholic University...

Andre Gray shares his coaching journey and a ton of advice that will benefit coaches of all ages! Coach Gray is synonymous with basketball in the state of North Carolina! Starting his career as a MS and HS coach, he's coached at the D1, D2, and D3 levels. He's been a part of some great coaching staffs and has worked under some tremendous coaches such as Wes Miller, [the late] Larry Hunter, Rick Sc...

*Last 5 minutes got deleted... If you want to get in touch with Coach Shrine look at the bottom of the show notes!* Coach Tommy Strine shares his coaching journey and how he's been able to advance up the coaching ranks. From being a scholarship level prospect in HS prior to a serious injury and continuing his career at the DIII level prior to transferring to IPFW so that he be President of Teams f...

Coach Mike Blaine takes us through his long and unique journey from growing up the son of a member of the military to nearing two decades in college basketball coaching. He graduated from Bishop Ireton HS in the legendary WCAC and was a key contributor for a upper echelon DIII basketball program at Johns Hopkins under the great Bill Nelson. During his college years he worked numerous camps and mad...

Coach Ryan Wise takes us through his coaching journey. For a coach under the age of 30, he's been at multiple levels and served under some solid coaches. He didn't take the traditional Student Manager route, instead he coached middle school, high school and AAU while he was in college at West Virginia University. After graduating from WVU he accepted a non-paid Assistant Coach position at West Vir...

Coach Abar Rouse shares his journey from moving from New York to Texas when he was growing up and then his decade of coaching college basketball at the DI, NAIA, D2 and JUCO ranks. He was a Student Manager at Midwestern State before transferring to Baylor to and immediately being named Head Student Manager and then returned to Midwestern State after graduating. His coaching dream took him to multi...

Coach Agumagu shares his journey from leaving Nigeria at the age of three to move to Miami. FL and then becoming a NCAA DI Assistant Coach. He grew up in Miami and enjoyed it so much that he accepted a Preferred Walk-On spot at Barry University in nearby Miami Shores. The team had unprecedented success under Head Coach George “Butch” Estes. He helped the Buccaneers win a school record 26 games, a...

Coach Bentley shares his journey of overcoming so much and keeping a positive attitude throughout everything. He was born with Achondroplasia Dwarfism, but refuses to let that get in the way of his desire to coach college basketball. After realizing that he was not going to be able to play at the HS level he told the HC that he was going to be their manager. In his first season as a Student Manage...

Coach Benator takes us through his coaching journey and how he's been able to sustain success. He started his coaching career as a Student Manager at The University of Georgia. Benator spent the 2008-09 season at the University of North Georgia as a Graduate Assistant Coach. After the season he served as the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 2009-...

Coach West shares his journey from serving our country to becoming the Head Coach at Prince George's Community College. He got his start in coaching the Yokosuka Pro Traveling Team in Japan during his time serving in the military. When he got back to the United States he began coaching high school and grassroots basketball - including coaching on the boys and the girls side. Coach West was the Fri...

Coach Tankelewicz shares his journey from player to coach. He was a standout player at Middle Creek HS and then Charleston Southern before transferring to Western Carolina. After his college playing days were over, he played one season (2014-15) professionally with the KB Bashkimi Prizren Basketball Club and was named to the All-Kosovo Super League Team. After returning to the United States he beg...

Coach Dominic Parker shares his journey from being a 150lb HS senior to being a D1 Assistant Coach and everything in-between! Dom is one of the most optimistic and hard working coaches I know, he started off his college career at Lincoln Memorial under the legendary Josh Schertz as part of his inaugural recruiting class. He was awarded the "Freshman of the Week" twice during his first season at LM...

Coach Justin Bauman shares his journey from growing up in Canton, IL to being in college basketball coaching for 16 years! He started off being a scholarship player at Lincoln College (NJCAA) and being named an All Academic Region XXIII before transferring to Kansas to be a Student Manager. Justin was a Student Manager under both Roy Williams and Bill Self and eventually became a Graduate Assistan...

Coach Little shares his journey of playing high school basketball in the Virginia Beach area and his recruitment prior to playing basketball and running track at Virginia State University. He played one year before enlisting in the military, Coach Little ended up serving in BOTH the Air Force and the Army. Coach Little also played professional basketball overseas in multiple countries as well as p...

Justin Tucek shares his journey from having five open heart surgeries to now getting ready to be a NCAA D1 Graduate Assistant. He started off as a student at South Dakota State before transferring to Rock Valley CC to serve as a Student Assistant for a year before transferring to Emporia State to be a Student Assistant under 3x NAIA Champion Craig Doty. Coach Tucek has unparalleled energy and pass...

Coach Ruebesam shares his journey from Student Manager at Colorado under Tad Boyle to Denver under Rodney Billups and finally Belmont Abbey under Dan Ficke. He talks about the importance of genuine relationships, what he took into account when making the decision to take a D2 Assistant Coach position rather than stay at a D1 in a support staff role. Coach Ruebesam relishes the opportunity to coach...

Kevin Sutton shares his journey from being a student and player to coach, but always remaining a student of the game! Coach Sutton built Montverde Academy into a national powerhouse that produced numerous college and professional basketball players. Coach Sutton comes from a basketball family and speaks candidly about both his playing and coaching career. Coach Sutton talks about attending Falls C...

Adam Balog shares his journey from Student Manager at Cleveland State, to not being selected as a Student Manager at Ohio State after transferring to eventually landing at Florida State under legendary Head Coach Leonard Hamilton. He is the Operations Assistant for the Florida State men’s basketball team after spending two years as the Graduate Assistant. Adam is a veteran of the camp circuit and...