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Hello and welcome to the 55th edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month. July's Round Table question is: What are three under the radar things a player can do to stand ou...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss the first two weeks of free agency, potential Dame and Harden trades, summer league first impressions, and the NBA's new mid-season tournament. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for teams who see data as opportunity, from AAU programs to college pow...

Tyler Coston is the Founder of Savi Performance. He is known as a thought leader in player development, curriculum creation and teaching methodology. Tyler coached the women’s basketball team at Trinity Western University from 2005-2007, while simultaneously running a skills-development program that produced five Division I (USA) athletes. In 2007, he accepted a position as Assistant Coach at Port...

Jack Zimmerman is a former player at the University of Dayton from 1976 - 1980 where he scored 1,482 points and teamed up with his high school teammate Jim Paxson for the Flyers. Zimmerman played overseas for 4 seasons with Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Jack eventually settled in Paris where has lived for 30 years. He currently works for GlobalData. If you’re looking to improve your coachi...

Jim Boone is entering his first season as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Greensboro College in North Carolina. Boone comes to Greensboro as the 5th active winningest coach among NCAA Division II Coach’s and is ranked in the top 30 all-time for overall wins. He has taken his teams to 12 NCAA tournaments, including six Sweet Sixteen appearances and two Final Fours. Boone is known for his success...

Jacob Fleegle is a Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Emory University. Prior to his hiring at Emory in 2021, Fleegle spent three seasons on the basketball staff at Juniata College, his final campaign as Associate Head Coach. Fleegle went to Juniata after serving on the Carnegie Mellon staff. Prior to his experience at Carnegie Mellon Fleegle was at Waynesburg University where he was the Yellow J...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss potential trades involving Damien Lillard, Paul George, Jarrett Allen, the Cavs and more. They also hit on tanking teams, free agency, and Brian Windhorst's cryptic Cavs' reference. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for teams who see data as opportu...

Austin Newton is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Berea College in Kentucky. In his first season at the helm, Newton was the named the Collegiate Conference of The South “Coach of the Year” in the inaugural season of the league. The Mountaineers won the most games (15) since 2016-17, tied for second in the league (7-5), and hosted their first ever post-season since joining Division III. Prior to...

B.J. Dunne is the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. Dunne has led the Bullets to the postseason and into the Liberty League Semifinals the past two years. Prior to Gettysburg, Dunne guided the Vassar College men’s basketball program for five seasons. In his first season as head coach, Dunne became the youngest head coach in the NCAA at all levels at the time, and i...

On this episode Mike and Jason recap the Nuggets 4-1 series win over the Heat in the NBA finals. They also try to determine where Jokic ranks historically among the all-time greats. Next they discuss several potential Cavs' trades, speculate on the Scoot/Brandon Miller debate and try to figure out if Zion and/or Dame will be traded in the days ahead. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With H...

The debut episode of "The Triple Double" with Rob Brost, Bolingbrook (IL) High School Boys' Basketball Head Coach. Rob and Mike hit on three basketball topics in each episode of "The Triple Double". Website - https://il.8to18.com/bolingbrook/athletics/basketball/b/v Email - raidershoops@comcast.net Twitter - @BrookHoops Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initia...

Welcome to the 54th edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month. June's Round Table question is: What is a tradition you have in your program that that bonds your team(s) t...

Maurice “Mo” Williams is the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Salisbury University in Maryland. He was named the ninth head coach in Sea Gull history on April 17, 2019. Williams became the head coach at Salisbury after one season as an assistant at Division I Longwood University, where he was spotlighted as a “Next Generation” coach by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Prior to...

Dale Wellman completed his ninth season as the head men’s basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in the 2022-23 season. He was named the HoopDirt. Com NCAA Division III Coach of the Year in 2019 and received NABC/NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year recognition in 2018 Wellman has led the Prairie Wolves to four conference championships, four national tournament appearances and th...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss the Nugget's win in game three of the NBA Finals. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for teams who see data as opportunity, from AAU programs to college powerhouses. By tying on-court performance directly to community and sponsor engagement, Give Wit...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss the Heat's win in game two of the NBA Finals. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for teams who see data as opportunity, from AAU programs to college powerhouses. By tying on-court performance directly to community and sponsor engagement, Give With Ho...

Joel Lincoln, also known as the Basketball Barista, is the founder of Game Shots Basketball and co-host of the Summer Grind Podcast. Joel played high school basketball at Durant High School in Iowa. Following graduation, he began his career in coaching as a student assistant at Northwest Missouri State, including a 2012 NCAA Tournament appearance. After earning his degree in K-12 Physical Educatio...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss the Nuggets win in game one of the NBA Finals. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for teams who see data as opportunity, from AAU programs to college powerhouses. By tying on-court performance directly to community and sponsor engagement, Give With H...

Steve Lamie is the head men’s basketball coach at Grove City College. In his 24 seasons at Grove City, Lamie has directed the Wolverines to five Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships, nine postseason berths and won over 300 games as the head coach. Lamie is the 21st head men’s basketball coach in Grove City history. Prior to becoming the head coach, he assisted longtime head coach John Bar...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss games 6 & 7 between Boston and Miami. First they examine the Celtics' stars and wonder if Tatum and Brown should stay together in Boston. Next, they look at the Heat's incredible performance in game 7 and the contributions from up and down their roster that enabled them to bounce back from the devastating loss in game 6 to advance to the NBA Finals. Final...

Raul Placeres is the men's basketball head coach at Maryville College in the state of Tennessee. A 2006 Maryville College graduate, Placeres worked under Maryville Wall of Fame coach Randy Lambert for the previous eight seasons as the associate head coach before taking over the top position in 2019. In his four seasons, Placeres and the Scots have fashioned a 57-31 overall record and 36-16 mark in...

Jason Leone is the men's basketball head coach at Oswego State in New York. Over the past 12 seasons, Oswego has played in eight NCAA Division III Championships. The Lakers have finished inside the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll on five separate occasions during Leone's tenure (2023, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012). Leone is 9th nationally in the history of Division III Men's Basketball in career winning percent...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss the Celtics game 4 win in Miami to avoid getting swept while speculating whether the mercurial Celts can come back from down 3-0 to win the series. Next, they analyze the Nuggets sweep of the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, Jokic's dominance, Jamal Murray's heaters, the Laker's off-season, and Lebron's next move. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops G...

David Sloan is the Men’s Basketball Associate Head Coach at Carnegie Mellon University where he also serves as the Tartans' recruiting coordinator. Sloan came to Carnegie Mellon from Maine Maritime Academy, where he served as the top men’s assistant coach for two seasons and head recruiter. Prior to coaching the Mariners, he served as assistant coach at Boyertown Area High School in Boyertown, Pen...

John Krikorian has been the Men's Basketball Head Coach at Christopher Newport University since June 14, 2010. He is just the fourth head coach in the program's 53-year history, and has led the Captains to remarkable success, including its first three Final Four appearances and first Division 3 National Championship in the 2022-2023 season. The Captains defeated Mount Union in the 2023 title game...