Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Howie Schwab is best known as the sports trivia expert and final adversary on ESPN's Stump the Schwab show. We talk about growing up a sports fan and how he became involved with so many different sports. He reflects on his time at St. John's University where he wrote for their student newspaper and covered practically every team at St. John's. After college he served as the editor-in-chief of Coll...

Sean Dempsey takes us through his coaching journey and reflects on each of his experiences as a coach. I worked along Sean at Centenary College and I’ve never known someone who forms meaningful relationships with players so quickly, Sean truly has a gift. He’s experienced some depression over the years - especially after his best friend committed suicide. Coach Dempsey opens up and even shares his...

Coach Radcliff discuses how attending four different colleges helped shape him into the man he is today. He finished his eligibility at Thomas University and Coach Brent Crews quickly moved him from Student Athlete - to Student Assistant. Not only did he serve as a practice player, he was on the road recruiting - which resulted in six commitments! His HC trusted him so much that he gave him ten sc...

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Famer Danny Manning discusses growing up with a father who was playing in the NBA (and later ABA) as well as his career as a player as well as a college basketball coach. His legendary playing career including a State Championship at Lawrence High School, a NCAA National Championship, playing for USA Basketball and 15 year NBA career - including two All Star...

Coach Glendening shares his journey from how he became a Student Manager at Texas Tech to becoming a Graduate Assistant at Memphis before landing the Video Coordinator job at Little Rock. He’s worked under Tubby Smith, Chris Beard, Penny Hardaway, and Darrell Walker. Grant is one of the good guys in coaching who works diligently behind the scenes and has a bright future in college basketball coach...

Coach Insana shares her unique journey to her current role as Director of Operations for Women’s Volleyball at THE Ohio State University. After serving as a Student Assistant she began working for a wedding planning company prior to getting hired at her alma mater. She is one of the best operations and social media professionals in college athletics! Coaches of all sports will get a lot of this ep...

Coach Farello is the Head Coach at Paul VI High School in Virginia. He’s built the program into a perennial national powerhouse! He shares his journey and how he was able to win a Maryland State Championship at Eleanor Roosevelt HS prior to his time at PVI. He’s coached countless college basketball players and mentored a lot of coaches who are currently at the college level. Glenn is one of my fav...

Coach Hyland takes us through his journey as a student manager at Catholic University to his increased role with the program. Not only did he suit up and appear in a few games - including at Notre Dame, but he spent a total of seven years at Catholic including one year as an Assistant Coach and then two years as a a Graduate Assistant. He reminisces about his time in DC and how he got hired at Joh...

Coach Ficke shares his journey from basketball player to coach. He talks about growing up with a father who was an Assistant Coach in the NBA, and his experience playing under Jimmy Pastos and then working at Wake Forest, Loyola Maryland, and Denver. After working his way up the ladder, he was named Head Coach at Belmont Abbey (D2) and led them to 20+ wins and a NCAA Tournament berth in his 1st se...

Coach Waters takes us through his journey from his childhood and playing basketball to being a young HS coach when he was a college student. Mason opens up about overcoming personal adversity and how it's helped shape him into the man he is today. He accepted a full time Assistant Coach position at Flagler College (D2) after graduating from college and after one season returned to the high school...

Coach Driscoll shares his unique and one-of-a-kind journey from college drop out, to McDonald’s Manager to multiple colleges + coaching HS basketball. He’s certainly paid his dues and shares how his faith and his genuine relationships impacted his journey from his days coaching HS, to D3 Assistant, NAIA Head Coach, D1 Assistant then D1 HC. Coach also talks about arriving at Baylor just after the s...

Coach Frederick takes me through his journey from HS to playing at THE University of North Carolina under HOF Coach Dean Smith. He played alongside a number of future NBA players and went to back-to-back Final Fours. Coach Frederick helped Phil Ford coach the Carolina JV Team as a junior while also playing on the varsity team. After his playing days he joined Kevin Stalling’s coaching staff at Van...

Coach Easley takes us through his coaching journey after talking about how he's having conversations with his team during these times of racial injustice. He talks about his playing days in high school as well as at Austin Peay as well as after graduating from college and working a 9-5 and coaching some youth basketball on the side. Coach Easley was hired at UT Martin and then from there spent the...

Coach Cabrera takes us through his journey from Paraguay to Bolivia and then to the United States. He speaks candidly about his coaching journey and how he balances being a father as a well as a basketball coach. Coach Cabrera reflects on his days as a younger coach who was fresh out of college and how he's been active on the camp circuit - especially HoopGroup. The coaches who have impacted his l...

Coach Chillious takes us through his illustrious career and his coaching journey. He’s a lifelong learner in basketball - and in many areas of life. From East Coast to West Coast multiple times, he’s has the opportunity to work for big time Head Coaches and shares TREMENDOUS advice for younger coaches! His career has come full circle and he’s returning to South Kent, a program that he put on the m...

Coach Murphy shares his journey from being a student manager at Wake Forest and how he became a walk-on and join the coaching staff after graduating. He was promoted at Wake Forest, but eventually joined the coaching staff at Wofford as their DOBO before getting promoted to Assistant Coach a few months into the job. Coach Murphy talks about working under three coaches at Wake Forest, and two at Wo...

Air Force Veteran and long time NCAA DI Basketball Coach David Grace shares his journey from serving our country to coaching college basketball. His journey is inspirational and his advice is top notch! He’s known in the business as being a man of high character and it’s evident throughout the course of the interview.

Coach Perry shares his story of growing up in West Virginia and being a non-scholarship player at ETSU under Ed DeChellis. He stresses the importance of face-to-face interactions and relationships. Coach Perry has tremendous loyalty to his former coach and has served on his coaching staff at ETSU, Penn State, and now at Navy. He recollects on legendary football coach Joe Paterno's impact on the Pe...

Long time college basketball coach Adam Nelson shares his journey from student manager under Eddie Fogler at South Carolina and at Boston College as a student manager for Jim O'Brien to becoming a Head Coach at the NCAA D3 level after stints as a D1 Assistant Coach. Coach Nelson stresses the importance of relationships and how to this day he stays in touch with his former players and coaches. Adam...

Coach Chambers shares his story of being a military brat who's father developed ALS and while Josh cared for him - he began doing graphic design to take his mind off things. Josh became a student manager at Virginia Tech and worked under Buzz Williams as a senior. Upon graduation he accepted a job at HOF Coach George Raveling's right-hand-man. Buzz Williams offered him a job and Coach Chambers mov...

Middle Tennessee State Assistant Coach Wes Long discusses being a walk-on, and then a manager at Clemson. Coach Long then spent almost a decade at Queens University (D2) working his was up from GA to HC before stops at Chattanooga, VCU and UNC Asheville. He opens up about his faith, his coaching philosophy, and lots, lots more!

Coach Wilson shares his story of being a stand-out two sport athlete in high school and how he ended up earning a scholarship to Virginia Tech to play basketball. Devin experienced a coaching change when James Johnson was let go and Buzz Williams was hired + how he ended up playing football during his junior year. Coach Wilson is currently a Graduate Assistant at VCU under Mike Rhodes and aspires...

Coach Jorns takes us through his journey from being a student manager to working in both the NBA and NCAA DI. He touches on importance of relationships and have a strong work ethic. Coach Jorns has worked for a number of great coaches and has absorbed a tremendous amount of knowledge from them along the way. Tyler is a rising star in this business who might not get the recognition that the HC and...

Gardner-Webb’s Director of Basketball Operations Adam Bullard shares his coaching journey. From overcoming tragedy at a young age to becoming a varsity head coach while he was still a college student. He talks about his four years at the NCAA Division I level, and how he’s always looking for ways to improve.

Coach Kee shares his coaching journey and how he was able to become a college head coach at such a young age. He also shares how he made the tough decision to step away from coaching to move into athletic administration.