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Jim King is a retired NBA player and former college coach. A 6'2" guard from the University of Tulsa, King was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 1963 NBA draft. King played 10 NBA seasons (1963–1973) with four teams: the Lakers, the San Francisco Warriors, the Cincinnati Royals, and the Chicago Bulls. He represented the Warriors in the 1968 NBA All-Star Game, and he ret...

Dell Leonard has been the Mountain Home (Arkansas) High School Girl's Varsity Basketball Coach for the past 25 seasons. The Lady Bomber Basketball Team has reached the State Playoffs 22 times during his 25 years as Head Coach. During Dell’s time as the Girl's Basketball Coach, the Lady Bombers have reached the Final Four in the Arkansas State Playoffs 8 times. Coach Leonard attended North Arkansas...

On this Thanksgiving episode Mike and Jason each share three things they are thankful for so far this NBA season and then follow that up by sharing three things they are not so thankful for. 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 col...

Welcome to the 47th 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. November's Round Table question is: How do you assign bench roles to the coaches on your staff? Our Coachin...

Danny Gallagher is the Girls’ Basketball Head Coach at Magnificat High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Gallagher just completed his 5th season as the Head Coach after previously serving as both the boys’ freshman coach and varsity assistant at St. Edward High School under Eric Flannery. Danny is also the Cleveland Old School Athletics AAU Basketball Director. If you’re looking to improve your coaching...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss Luka's hot start, whether the Grizzlies or Pelicans are a better bet to make the Finals and which teams currently in the middle of each conference could rise or fall in the standings as the season goes along. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for te...

Ed Chao is the VP of Operations at Cerebro Sports where they have the vastest collection of basketball box scores in the world, especially in the youth space. Cerebro organizes these box scores into basketball tools for basketball people while partnering with event operators around the country as well as vendors who stream youth basketball or do video breakdowns. Ed earned his Bachelor’s Degree fr...

Pat Woods is the Girls’ Basketball Head Coach at Cape Henlopen High School in Delaware. In his 4 seasons the Vikings have won 4 Division titles, 3 conference titles and been 2x State quarterfinalists, 1x State Final Four 2020. Pat is a 2x conference coach of the year, has coached 4 conference players of the year and has had 5 scholarship players. Pat was previously the boys JV Coach at Cape Henlop...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss the top and bottom four teams in the Eastern Conference before turning their attention to the top and bottom of the West. 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-...

Andy Farrell is the Special Assistant to the Head Coach & Recruiting Coordinator at the University of Dayton. After serving as the UD basketball program’s Director of Scouting and Program Development for two seasons, Farrell moved into his new role in the 2019-2020 season. Andy has spent time as a Director of Basketball Operations, Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at DePaul Universit...

Eric Horstman is the founder of the Flyin’ to the Hoop High School Basketball Invitational in Dayton, Ohio. The inaugural year for the event was 2003. The event is currently ranked as the #2 Basketball Showcase for high school basketball nationwide per CBS Sports / MaxPreps. 20,000+ fans, college coaches and media attend the event each year which annually pumps over $1.9M into the local Dayton eco...

On this episode Mike and Jason talk about the situation in Brooklyn as the Nets fire Steve Nash and potentially hire Ime Udoka. Next, they discuss the Cavs hot start and how Donovan Mitchell has been a perfect fit on and off the court in Cleveland. Then they hit on the sorry state of the Lakers, the surprise teams out west and other notable storylines around the league two weeks into the season. V...

Dr. Oliver Eslinger, an NABC Guardian of the Game, the 2019-20 conference Coach of the Year, and Caltech's all-time program leader in NCAA wins, was named Head Men's Basketball Coach for the California Institute of Technology in the fall of 2008. Since his initial campaign, "Doc's" Caltech squads have set more than 150 team and individual records, including most conference wins in a season, the be...

Roshawn Russell is the Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at St. Rita High School in Chicago ,Illinois. Russell took over the head job at his alma mater after serving as an assistant coach for five seasons under the previous head coach Gary DeCesare. Russell also has experience at the college level having been an assistant coach at Division 3 Fontbonne University in St. Louis for three seasons. Roshawn p...

On this episode Mike and Jason talk about the first week of results in the NBA and discuss which early season surprises, both positive and negative, have caught their eye. 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. B...

Terrance “Munch” Williams has been the Executive Director of ProScholars Athletics since 2008. Under his leadership, ProScholars Athletics has grown from one team of a handful of afterschool students to a basketball program recognized as the top men's basketball AAU program in the country. His new book, Our PSA offers hope, motivation, and a blueprint for what it takes to become an emotionally, ph...

Byron Burt is entering his third season as the Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at St. Laurence High School in Chicago, Illinois. He previously served two seasons as the Head Coach at his alma mater, Stephen T. Mather High School before landing the job at St. Laurence. Byron also worked at Beacon Academy in Chicago as the Head Boys’ Basketball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director from 2017 to 2018. Co...

On this episode Mike and Jason predict the NBA's post season award winners including MVP, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, Most Improved Player, and 1st Team All-NBA. They also pick their four conference finalists and who will make it through to the Finals before picking their 2022-23 NBA Champion. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses...

Welcome to the 46th 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. October's Round Table question is: What are the three most underrated characteristics of a "tough" player?...

Mike Taylor has coached basketball at various levels all over the world. He most recently served as the Head Coach of the Fraser Valley Bandits professional team in Canada. From 2014 to 2021 Mike was the Polish National Team Coach where he led Poland from FIBA world rank #42 to #13. He also guided Poland to their first World Cup in 52 years and only their second overall. Mike served as an assistan...

On this episode Mike and Jason preview the 22-23 NBA Season, break down each team, and argue over which teams belong in which tiers. They also discuss the excitement surrounding Victor Wembanyama and the fallout from the Draymond Green punch. Visit our Sponsors! Give With Hoops Give With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for teams w...

Jermaine Kimbrough is the Men’s Basketball Associate Head Coach at Arizona State University. He joined Head Coach Bobby Hurley’s Sun Devil staff in the spring of 2021. Kimbrough spent the previous two seasons at Loyola-Chicago and the three prior seasons at the University of Wyoming. Before heading to Wyoming, Kimbrough spent one season at the University of Nevada. Kimbrough spent the bulk of his...

Andre Cook is entering his 14th season as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. He has led St. Edward’s to nine winning seasons in his tenure with an overall record of 221-152 including a program record 30 wins in 2018-19. That season The Hilltoppers snagged the Heartland Conference Regular Season title, Heartland Conference Tournament Championship and advanc...

On this episode Mike and Jason discuss the results of NBA's 2022-23 GM Survey. 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 Hoops he...

Ben Thompson is entering his fourth season as Head Men's Basketball Coach at Emory & Henry College. During his first season in 2019-20, Thompson guided the Wasps to a berth in the ODAC Tournament and won the most league games of any first-year head coach in program history. Prior to his arrival at Emory, Thompson spent three seasons as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at SUNY Canton. He left as...