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Steve Dagostino is one of the Top Skill Development Coaches on the East Coast. Since 2008, 'Dags' has trained Multiple NBA Players, Over 50 College Players, over 40 High School Teams, and 1,000's of Youth Players. He has dedicated his life to finding the most efficient ways to help players improve their game. Steve Dagostino has also worked as a Skills Trainer with USA BASKETBALL. In the spring of...

Justin Brantley from The Brantley Method and Kim Michelson from Honest Game jump on the Hoop Heads Pod today to let everyone know about their National Pre-Season Showcase Series which will be held this fall in seven different locations. Boys Basketball Players - Class of 2021 & 2022 • Combine Testing (Performed by NBA Combine Testing Service - BAM Testing ) • Recruiting Seminar & Game-Plan...

Welcome to the seventeenth 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. May’s Round Table question is: What is a unique term or phrase that you use to describe either somet...

Pascal Meurs is a professional basketball coach with experience at the highest level in Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Luxembourg & was part of the coaching staff for the NCAA Division 1 Saint Joseph’s Hawks. Pascal is an expert in advanced basketball analytics with a Phd in mathematics. He is a skilled speaker at coaching clinics, he has been invited to three different continents. He’s...

In tonight's special episode, Mike and Jason talk about episodes 7 & 8 of ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary, "The Last Dance". Mike and Jason discuss their highlights from the episodes, what they learned, and what they expect over the next two episodes. Mike and Jason will be recording episodes late Sunday night after the airing of each week's "The Last Dance" episodes, so look out for the fin...

Jefferson Mason is the partnership manager, training specialist, and product captain at Dr. Dish Basketball. Jefferson is responsible for content creation, marketing, and partnerships at Dr. Dish. He also attends clinics and events throughout the country representing the Dr. Dish Brand. Nick Bartlett is the Marketing Manager for Dr. Dish Basketball. His day-to-day duties include managing the Dr. D...

Jim Psaras is the director of Psaras Skills Academy and the former coach at Rogers High School in Newport, Rhode Island. Psaras coached basketball for 29 seasons in Newport, his first season at Thompson Middle School, his second with the Rogers freshmen, his third with the Rogers junior varsity and the last 26 seasons as the head boys’ varsity coach at Rogers. Jim retired from coaching in March of...

Larry McKenzie is the Boys’ Varsity Head Coach at Minneapolis North Community High School. He is the first coach to win four straight state titles in the 100-year history of the Minnesota High School Boys Basketball Tournament. In 2017, Coach McKenzie became the first Coach in Minnesota High School Basketball History to lead two separate schools to multiple titles, both Minneapolis Patrick Henry a...

In tonight's special episode, Mike and Jason talk about episodes 5 & 6 of ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary, "The Last Dance". Mike and Jason discuss their highlights from the episodes, what they learned, and what they expect over the next four episodes. Mike and Jason will be recording episodes late Sunday night after the airing of each week's "The Last Dance" episodes, so look out for those...

Jay Peters recently stepped down after 17 seasons in charge of the boys basketball program at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in the state of Ohio. The 2019-20 season was his 22nd season serving as a head coach. He spent three seasons as a head coach at Strasburg High School and two seasons at Grove City High School and was also an assistant at Massillon High School before coming to CVCA for the...

Pat Baldwin just completed his 3rd season as the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In his first season on the bench, he led the Panthers to 16 victories, an improvement of five wins over the prior season while also finishing four spots higher in the final Horizon League regular season standings. A key member of the Northwestern coaching staff under head coach Chris Collins, Bald...

J.P. Nerbun is the founder of Thrive On Challenge, a mentor, writer, coach, and sports consultant. A multisport athlete growing up, basketball was always his first love. He followed his passion to the University of South Carolina, where the Gamecocks won an NIT Championship in Madison Square Garden in 2006. After playing in college, J.P. moved to Ireland, where he earned his teaching degree in phy...

In tonight's special episode, Mike and Jason talk about episodes 3 & 4 of ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary, "The Last Dance". Mike and Jason discuss their highlights from the episodes, what they learned, and what they expect over the next six episodes. Dennis Rodman's "Vacation" Doug Collins & Phil Jackson Did the Shot kill the Cavs and change their trajectory? Jordan's reaction to Isiah...

Marty Smith is the Head Boys’ Varsity Coach at Kirby (AR) High School. In his career as a head coach Marty has amassed 820 career wins. His teams have won 18 conference championships and 7 regional championships. Under Coach Smith the Kirby Trojans have made 19 state tournaments in Arkansas with 5 final fours and 1 championship game appearance. Thanks for checking out the Hoop Heads Podcast. Our l...

Coach Steve Moore retired at the end of the 2019-2020 basketball season after amassing a 38-year career record of 846-245, including an extraordinary mark of 759-180 the past 32 seasons at The College of Wooster in the state of Ohio, which puts him No. 2 in wins among Div. III coaches all-time. The winningest coach at Wooster’s tradition-rich program, Moore directed the Fighting Scots to 27 NCAA T...

Tim Heuer is the founder of 180 Coaching where he works with players of all ages to improve their shooting. Tim has coached at Saddleback High School, Woodbridge High School, Foothill High School, and other youth organizations in the state of California. In 2014 to help players improve their shooting Tim developed the acronym S.E.D.R.S which stands for Stance, Eyes, Dip, Release, Sweep & Sway....

In tonight's special episode, Mike and Jason talk about the first two hours of ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary, "The Last Dance". Mike and Jason talk about their highlights from the episodes, what they learned, and what they expect over the next eight episodes. Mike and Jason will be recording episodes late Sunday night after the airing of each week's "The Last Dance" episodes, so look out for t...

Matt Doherty is a former basketball player and coach at the University of North Carolina. He has extensive experience in leadership and building teams with a winning culture. Matt played his collegiate basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels (1980-1984). At UNC, Doherty was a three-year starter. He was the second person in ACC history to score 1,000 points, grab 400 rebounds, and dish out 400...

Welcome to the sixteenth 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. April’s Round Table question is: What advice would you give a young coach just entering the profession...

In this episode, Mike and Jason talk about the disaster that was HORSE, the long road that the NBA faces before returning to action, and Bill Laimbeer weighing in on the Jordan versus LBJ debate. Then Mike gives Jason a quiz on the leading scorer for each team in franchise history before they play their first round of Start, Bench, or Cut. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

Ganon Baker is regarded as one of the premier basketball skill trainers in the World. Ganon trains players from the NBA, NCAA, high school and middle school levels. His relentless passion, work ethic, and competency for the game has the respect of players and coaches all over the World. Since June 2001, Baker has been traveling all over the Globe impacting the game of basketball. He has been to 45...

Mano Watsa is the President & Owner of PGC Basketball. PGC offers over 110 camps across North America in the summer for players from 4th grade to college. Mano was the first Canadian athlete to ever attend PGC. An example of the impact PGC Founder Dick DeVenzio had on so many players, Mano returned from his PGC experience and his game transformed. Mano attended the University of Waterloo, wher...

In this episode of the pod, Mike and Jason discuss President Trump's meeting with all the sports commissioners, what it means for the chances the NBA season resumes and the crazy plan MLB is trying to implement. Next they discuss the possibility of HORSE coming to a living room near you and what the NBA needs to do it they want it to be successful. Mike and Jason then discuss their favorite player...

Kevin DeShazo is the best-selling author of Leadership Interrupted: daily inspiration to become the leader you were meant to be, and iAthlete: Impacting Student-Athletes of a Digital Generation. He is the founder of Fieldhouse Media, Senior Consultant with GiANT Worldwide and Partner with Culture Wins - the sports division of GiANT that helps leaders in the sports industry build a championship cul...

Chad Hixon is currently the Head Coach of the Atlanta Lightning 17U program, a travel basketball team based out of Conyers, Georgia. Chad’s two biggest passions are Education and Basketball. Through his platform, he works to expose young people to all of the opportunities available to them both on and off the basketball court. Hixon is a 2010 graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. At Em...