Beyond the Buckets Show with Chris McSwain

Jenny Fisher is a sports media professional & storyteller with a wide range of experience for such a young woman. With just a few years removed from college Jenny has an impressive resume and has worked for the NCAA, Marquette Athletics, Big East Conference and the Milwaukee Brewers to name a few.  She comes from an athletic family where both mom and dad played college basketball.  This is whe...

Nate Ramezane is the Principal at Reed Elementary School in San Jose.  If that wasn't enough he is also a college basketball official and Realtor at CSR Real Estate Services.  You will quickly learn why his nickname is “Super Man”. This former college athlete shares the many buckets in his life and how he has managed to find success with his unparalleled work ethic.  Nate and I had a really g...

Kendra Aaron is a certified mental performance & life coach.  She is also an assistant basketball coach at Central Arizona College.  This former collegiate basketball player at Adams State University is extremely impressive.  We have a dynamic conversation about how she helps her clients with their thoughts.  I learned that as humans we have between 60k-80k thoughts per day… So managing how an...

Danielle Robinson was the #6 Overall Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft and is a 3x WNBA All-Star.  Danielle’s has an infectious smile and personality.  We have a great talk about her professional basketball journey both in the WNBA and Overseas.  We discuss the adversity she faced at every level of her career and her amazing experience in college at the University of Oklahoma.  She provides insight to t...

Tyler Johnson is an NBA veteran most famously known for his time with the Miami Heat and most recently the Phoenix Suns.  This NBA Free Agent and I discuss his NBA journey, overcoming injuries and critics to reach the league… Tyler shares his unique relationship with former Miami Heat greats Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh and how it shaped his NBA journey on and off the court.  We discuss the close bo...

Craig Campbell is the Girls Varsity Basketball Coach at Clovis West High School.  Craig is one of the best coaches in the entire United States and has over 600 wins during his 20+ year career.  In 2017 his team was the consensus National Champion based on three National publications.  Craig is relentless in his approach to improve his own knowledge to better equip his teams for success on and off...

Jeb Ivey is a former professional basketball player from San Jose, CA.  He played 16 seasons in Europe which included stops in Finland, Iceland, Germany and France during his career.  This former Division 1 Guard from Portland State University is the Guinness Book World Record holder for most consecutive games with a 3 pointer made as a professional.  We have a great discussion on his time spent i...

Carlnel Wiley joins the show with a ton of basketball coaching experience from the NBA Developmental League (now called the G-League), Division 1, Junior College, High School and AAU.  Carlnel is a dynamic personality that is well versed in many ways.  During our chat we discussed our close relationship, his journey of trying to achieve his dreams as a professional basketball player, his long list...

Social Inequality is a huge topic right now.  Phillip Thomas and I sit down and give our perspective on the following topics.  Hope you enjoy it!     -Why we need to have this talk now... not just George Floyd - Our Personal experiences with being black in America  - What can do to communicate to others that may not understand what we go through as black men  - Is this only a black issue or humani...

Bob Burton has coached basketball for over 40 years.  He was a long time educator and basketball coach at the high school, junior college and Division 1 levels, finishing his coaching career as the Head Coach of Cal State Fullerton.  In his coaching tenure, Bob has amassed over 780 wins.  He is revered in the coaching community and has touched the lives of many.  We take a deep dive into his philo...

Dan Wendt is the former Director of Skill Development for IMG Academies.  He has worked for the Boston Celtics and New Orleans Pelicans as a video coordinator and skill developer.  He has worked on court with some NBA’s greats like Anthony Davis & DeMarcus Cousins.  Dan also led the pre-draft workouts for potential Rookie of the Year candidate Ja Morat before he entered the NBA Draft.  Dan has...

Kevaney Martin is an award winning sports anchor currently working for the CBS affiliate KLAS in Las Vegas.  She has spent the last decade working all over the country pursuing her dream as one of best rising stars in sports broadcasting in the industry.  Kevaney also played Division 1 Basketball at Monmouth University.  We talk about a wide range of topics from her battling back from six knee sur...

Stephen Chang joins the show today with a very diverse background. He had a steller high school basketball career that led to a college basketball scholarship and an opportunity to play in the San Francisco Pro Am League.  From there he had a major pivot in his life… Go to law school or try his hand in acting.  With the encouragement of his wife he chose the latter.  He started his first acting cl...

Kevin Cuenca is a pretty cool guy to say the least!  He was a basketball practice player at Syracuse University where he also attained a broadcast journalism degree.  He spent nearly 15 years as a reporter/anchor on TV, finishing at the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles. Kevin won an Emmy for his sports reporting and covered two NBA Finals, two World Series & a Super Bowl.  He is now an up and comi...

Dave Stivers is the President of the Pebble Beach Company.  He leads this organization with passion, grace and a management style centered around finding good people.  This former Division 1 football and baseball player at Cal Berkeley went on to graduate from Harvard Law School.  He also has four kids that have all played collegiate athletics at varying levels.  Dave gives us some really good tid...

Ron Campton is the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Mesa Westwood High School in Mesa, AZ.  In his first two seasons as the head coach he has led the team to a 45-12 record.  Last season his team won the 6A East Regional championship, reached the Elite 8 for the first time in school history and he was in the running for Arizona Coach of the Year.  During our conversation we discuss how he started to...

Ron Filice is one of the most successful people in the Greater Bay Area.  He built one of the largest privately owned Employee Benefits Consulting Firms in the Nation.  Ron started Filice Insurance in 1989 from ground zero and over a 30 year period grew the company to almost 40 Million Dollars in annual revenue by 2019.  We have a high level conversation about his competitive nature, building a wi...

Kevin Frandsen is a former Major League baseball player who had a nine year career in the big leagues.  He is most recognized for his time with the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies.  Our conversation was absolutely amazing!  We talk about his favorite sport… basketball, maintaining his positive mindset even during his life's struggles and his new career as a sports broadcaster f...

Eric Scharrenberg is the Vice President of Athletics and Physical Education at Valley Christian Schools located in San Jose, CA.  In his tenure with the school he has elevated the athletics department to state and national prominence.  Valley Christian teams, athletes, and coaches have been recognized at a state and national level on numerous occasions over the past ten years for their accomplishm...

Coach Sam Piraro has over 800 wins as a Division 1 Baseball Coach over a 25 year span.  Coach Piraro has developed a mindset to attack every day with enthusiasm, passion & grace.  These are also values he used in his coaching profession.  Coach Piraro is a master at developing culture, finding a way to win no matter the circumstances and cultivating a winner's mindset during tough times. ...

Jamie Craighead is the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at San Jose State University.  Last season Coach Craighead led the Spartans to 19 wins which was the most since the 1979-80 season.  Basketball has been in her blood since her childhood.  Craighead was state player of the year in Washington, then starred at the University of Oregon where she led the Pac-10 in 3’s made and then after graduating i...

Coach Jesse Pruitt, assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Stanford University is truly of the bright young minds in the game.  Coach Pruitt shares his journey on how working as a summer basketball camp counselor eventually earned him a spot as a Division 1 Coach… He walks us through his preparation process for every coaching job he’s had and how to stay vigilant in your approach to reach your goals....

Does the quarantine have you down?  Well let's try to make the most of this time… Our guys from Top Flight Elite try to help you through this time with our Top 10 Quarantine Hacks, our first ever Quarantine Draft (most necessary items during a quarantine) and because every draft needs a bust… our most Overrated Quarantine items are detailed… We then wrap it up with some of our favorite binge...

Adam Tafralis is a modern day renaissance man.  He is the son of an olympian so expectations were extremely high in the Tafralis household.  A former professional quarterback himself, Adam has used sports to create a career in athletics as well as the corporate world.  He is currently the Human Performance Director at Valley Christian Schools and an advisor to the start-up  GMTM.  His long list of...

The COVID-19 Virus has changed all of our lives.  For some the damage will be devastating… Jobs lost, family and loved ones gone, our entire lives as we’ve known them changed.  For others they will be able to weather the storm and hopefully begin the start of a new normal... once this pandemic passes.  There are still lots of questions that we all have.  This podcast is dedicated to giving our per...