Beyond the Buckets Show with Chris McSwain

Kelly Oubre Sr. is the father of a professional athlete who has specifically made it a point to be involved and active in every step of his son’s journey. This active involvement has come with its share of Pain Points that were identified early on and converted quickly into Power Points. As a business major, Kelly Sr. saw the benefits of not only nurturing his son through his formative years, but...

#76. Craig Ashmore - Head Coach Newark Memorial High School Craig Ashmore is the Head Coach at Newark Memorial High School.  Craig has amassed over 600 career wins, 15 league titles, 4 section titles, 4 NorCal Runner Up’s and 2 NorCal Championships in his 30 year coaching career.  Craig is a dedicated father, husband, teacher and coach that has dedicated his life to serving others.  He attacks eve...

Matt Durell - CEO of Bay City Basketball  Matt founded Bay City Basketball in 2009 with 8 teams and has built the organization to where it is today and added multiple new programs. Durell has tremendous passion and experience in developing young players and organizing basketball programs.  He takes great pride in improving the San Francisco basketball community by providing kids of all ages, races...

Dave Magley - President of The Basketball League  David John Magley is a retired American basketball player and coach. He is currently the president of The Basketball League after serving as commissioner of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). Prior to becoming an NBLC executive, Magley was head coach of Bradenton Christian School in Bradenton, Florida, for 11 years and then led the Br...

Jason Gant - Mindfulness Coach   Jason is a former Cal Berkeley Basketball player, current college basketball coach and mindfulness coach.  Jason is a healthy relationship advocate and trainer with 10+ years of experience developing boys into men by providing mental skills training to students, athletes and collegiate teams supporting them in creating and sustaining healthy lifestyles. A learning...

Zach Stevenson was born and raised in San Jose, Ca. Throughout his life, he's always had an affinity for sports, particularly basketball, which he continues to play until this day.  Zach was a three sport athlete for Prospect High School where he graduated in 2007. After graduating, he began his coaching career as an assistant for the Varsity program at his alma mater. He would continue to co...

Robert Sher - Author | Speaker | Serial CEO | Founder | Consultant | Midsized Business Expert and Researcher | Sailor | Traveler | DIYer | Dad of 2 Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. Robert has published extensively on the successful...

Bobby Hallback - Mental Health Therapist & Sports Psychology Consultant  About Bobby Hallback:  As a Mental Health Therapist, I provide ongoing psychological care for clients dealing with psychosis, depression, anxiety, stress and etc. As a Sports Psychology Consultant, I help players and coaches reach their optimal performance by increasing their optimal mindset by decreasing their psychologi...

Beyond the Buckets Ep. #69 Joerik Michiels - Founder of Elite Athletes & Internationally Renowned Skill Trainer Joerik was born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium. Passionate about skills training from a young age, he has spent close to a decade studying and gaining knowledge from a variety of coaches and basketball trainers all over the world. This led to teaming up with Olivier Goetgeluck to cre...

Will Freedman is the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Lassen Community College. He is a Santa Monica native and former Cal State University East Bay standout.  Will finished top five in scoring, top three in shooting percentage and top ten in rebounding in school history.  He briefly played professionally overseas and began his coaching career shortly after that.  Will has a Master's degree in...

Jeff Christian is a professor of Nursing, ABA Head Coach For the Solano Stallions and CEO/Founder of C4 Leaders.       About C4 Leaders:  C4 Leaders is a grassroots non-profit organization whose mission is to build community. 2021 will mark our rebranding of putting 100% of our efforts into helping individuals, families, teams, and organizations ignite the greatness within. We will accomplish this...

Mike Motil is the Head Boys Coach at St. Francis High School in Mtn. View, CA.  He has been the head coach since 2008 and has won 3 Central Coast Section Championships.  Many of his players have gone on to the collegiate and even professional ranks (NBA Veteran Tyler Johnson).  We have a great conversation on the ups and downs of coaching, managing basketball & family and his motivation to con...

Sammy Doucette - Head Coach Orange Coast College… Talks coaching with Kobe Bryant, Life Lessons from Legends & Culture in her program  Sammy Doucette is the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Orange Coast College.  She also spent time as the Head Coach at Costa Mesa High School, with previous stops at Concordia University and Hope International University as an assistant coach.  For three years,...

John Hartofilis - Host of Gen Z Hoops Podcast & Future NBA General Manager John Hartofilis is a Junior at the Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, expecting to graduate in May 2022. John is a hard-working and self-motivated individual looking to launch a successful career in the sports industry post-graduation. Through his work at X2 Performance, coaching at Xavier HS, managing SLAA, and...

Todd Corbin is a former multisport student athlete and youth baseball coach, longtime avid runner and sports enthusiast, mindfulness teacher, professional speaker, certified parenting coach, and parent to two teen athletes. Mistakenly labeled learning disabled in first grade left Todd with very low self-esteem and many social, emotional, and mental scars. As a result, Todd turned his attention to...

Coach Chris McSwain joins Coach John on Big Fellas Basketball to talk about Creating Top Flight Elite Basketball, Coaching the Girls Varsity Basketball Team at Valley Christian High School, and Starting the Beyond The Buckets Podcast! (1:17) - Chris’ Intro To The Buckets (3:05) - Directing Basketball at Valley Christian (4:12) - Going Beyond The Buckets (9:20) - Businesses Beyond The Buckets (13:1...

Luke Bobilak has a background as an educator, educational leader and high performance basketball coach. Luke has spent much of my early career in the US working with and learning from some of the best teachers in the game. It was during this time where he developed a real passion for TEACHING all things.  Teaching leadership is his passion! In his own words “Not just coaches, leaders across all in...

Jonathan Jones - Author, Public Speaker & Podcast Host Jonathan is a young professional and former student-athlete with desire to use his adversities and life experiences to influence holistic development of current student-athletes. His strategy engages students with hands-on interactive sessions, and offers tangible application. The result, students leave with individual insight that serves...

This episode features Coach Chris McSwain. He's entering his 8th season as the Head Coach of the Valley Christian High School Girl's Basketball Program. During his time at Valley Christian he has led his team to 2 section titles, appeared in 5 Open Division CIF-CCS playoffs, 7 straight CIF-NorCal appearances with one NorCal Runner-up placement, and he's the quickest to 100 wins and...

Quintin Lester - Director of Basketball at Game Changer Sports Las Vegas… Talks Grassroots Basketball Quintin Lester is the Director of Basketball at Game Changer Sports in Las Vegas Nevada.  He is also the former Girls & Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at Liberty High School.  In 2011 Coach Lester took the girls varsity team at Liberty to their first every state championship game and the team w...

Mariya Moore - Former USC & Louisville Star… Talks about how to attain greatness, becoming a lawyer & much more!!! Mariya Moore is a former High School All-American and Louisville & USC standout.  Mariya finished her career at Louisville making all conference every in her first three years as well as finishing 13th all time in scoring, 9th in assists, 5th in 3-pointers made and 7th in...

Minyon Moore is a former basketball star at University of Oregon and University of Southern California.  She transferred to Oregon after graduating from USC with a Communications Degree.  At Oregon she played for the #1 team in the Nation while earning her Master’s Degree in Advertising & Brand Responsibility.  She recently launched her new brand called Top 2 Not 2.  At age 22 she is an up and...

Karlie Samuleson is a former Stanford Basketball Standout and Professional Basketball Player... While at Stanford, Karlie was able to appear in two Final Fours...  and is widely known for being one of the best 3 point shooting specialists to ever play in the Pac 12.  Karlie has two sisters (Bonnie - Stanford) and (Katie Lou Uconn).  Karlie played in the WNBA for a few seasons and is currently play...