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Tony Sterling is an assistant boys’ basketball coach at Denham Springs High School in Louisiana. Tony has been coaching at the high school level for the past eight seasons. In addition to his high school coaching duties Tony has worked at Snow Valley Basketball School, the John Lucas Invitational in Houston, and the Nike Basketball Academy in California. Tony was an All-state player his senior yea...

In this episode of the podcast Mike and Jason talk about Team USA's close call against Turkey. They also discuss Taco Tuesday trademarking attempt by Lebron. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mike Dunlap is entering his sixth season as the Men’s Head Basketball Coach at his alma mater Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Known for his player development and on-the-floor coaching, Dunlap was previously the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats for the 2012-2013 season, becoming the first coach in NBA history to win three times as many games as the year before. He also s...

Craig Campbell is the Girls’ Head Varsity Basketball Coach at Clovis West High School in Fresno, California. Craig just finished his 25th season and has won 601 games in his career. Under Craig’s guidance, Clovis West has been one of the top teams in 3 point shooting in the state of California for the past 6 years and also one of the top in the country. Several D1 and D2 schools recruit shooters f...

On this episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast, Mike and Jason discuss a few of the summer extensions and signings that have happened in the latter part of the summer. They also talk about Team USA and their chances in the FIBA World Cup. They finish the episode by talking about who they feel belongs on the Mount Rushmore of coaching. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for in...

Kevin Sutton is entering his second season with the University of Rhode Island in 2019 after officially being named to David Cox' staff in July 2018. Sutton comes to Rhode Island after spending the last two seasons at Pitt. He has 11 seasons of coaching at the collegiate level, including stops at Georgetown, George Washington, James Madison and Old Dominion. A coaching veteran with 33 years of exp...

John Krikorian has been the men's basketball coach at Christopher Newport University since June of 2010. He is just the fourth head coach in the program's 53-year history, and has led the Captains to amazing success, including its first two Final Four appearances. His squad advanced to the 2015-2016 Final Four in Salem, Va., as well as the 2018-2019 Final Four in Fort Wayne, IN. He has now guided...

On part 2 of our All-time All NBA teams episode, we are joined by Dan Menningen from 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland. In part one, we discussed our methodology and problems that we encountered while coming up with our lists and we discussed who made our All-Time All-NBA First team. In part 2, we reveal our second and third teams, who we snubbed, and rank our top 5 players in NBA History. Podcast- @hooph...

On this episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast, Mike and Jason are joined by Dan Menningen of 92.3 the Fan in Cleveland to discuss the all time All-NBA teams. We had such a great conversation and discussion throughout that we ended up talking for two hours and are going to split this up over two separate pods. This episode is part one and we will discuss our methodology and problems that we encountered...

Jason Zimmerman was named the fourth head coach in the history of Emory men's basketball in April of 2007. In his 12 years of calling the shots for the Eagles, Zimmerman has compiled won-lost record of 214-103. After going 17-33 his first two years at Emory, Zimmerman has compiled a won-lost slate of 197-70 (.737) since the 2009-10 season. Over the last 10 seasons, Zimmerman has guided Emory to si...

Dell Leonard has been the Mountain Home (AR) High School Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach for the past 19 seasons. The Lady Bomber Basketball Team has reached the State Playoffs 18 years in a row. During Dell’s time as the Girls Basketball Coach, the Lady Bombers have reached the Final Four in the Arkansas State Playoffs 8 times. Coach Leonard attended North Arkansas Community College in Harrison,...

In this episode, Mike and Jason talk all about the newly released schedule, when the Cavs will get their first win, the Christmas day games and more! Then Mike and Jason focus on the All-NBA Decade teams and what is happening with USA basketball. Please rate and review the Hoop Heads Podcast with 5 Stars on Itunes, Stitcher, and other podcast services. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

Welcome to the eighth 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. August’s Round Table question is: We ask players to work on their game in the off-season, so what do you...

Erik Buehler is in his first year as the Head Boys’ Varsity Coach at Chatfield Senior High School in Littleton, CO. Buehler served as a varsity assistant and head coach while coaching at Golden High School for the past 4 seasons. This will be his 11th year in high school coaching overall. Erik was previously an assistant at Chatfield, Golden and Pomona High Schools. Buehler was also the Head High...

Widely considered the world's top expert on Sports Leadership, Jeff Janssen is the founder and president of the Janssen Sports Leadership Center. Jeff and his top-notch team’s pioneering work on sports leadership development with student-athletes and coaches has led to the creation of cutting edge Leadership Academies at Arkansas, Barton, Baylor, Boston University, Cary Academy, Charlotte, Charlot...

Matt Grahn is the recruiting coordinator for the University of Dallas Athletics Department. He assists in recruiting efforts for all 15 of the varsity athletic programs. Matt has also spent the past 8 seasons as a volunteer assistant coach on Jarred Samples' staff at the University of Dallas. His main duties include coordination of recruiting and post player development. Grahn has previously coach...

Todd McGuinness was named the fourth Head Coach ever in the history of the Case Western Reserve University Men's Basketball Team on July 16, 2016. He is the owner of a 143-118 record over his ten seasons as a collegiate head coach. McGuinness, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native, joined the Spartans after spending the previous seven years as the head coach of Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. T...

Mike & Jason are joined by Greg and Hayden White from Bentonville West (AR) High School to discuss their experience at Snow Valley Basketball School in at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

John Baines is entering his seventh season as the head men's basketball coach at Elmhurst College. Baines has a 89-69 record in six seasons as the Bluejays' head coach. A long-time assistant for the Bluejays, Baines became the 15th men's basketball head coach in Elmhurst history when Mark Scherer announced his retirement from coaching following the 2012-13 season. Baines began his collegiate coach...

Larry Hughes has played for the Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Bobcats, and Orlando Magic. He was drafted by Philadelphia in the 1st round of the 1998 NBA Draft out of Saint Louis University, where he was named Freshman of the Year. He was recognized as a versatile and athletic guard wi...

Welcome to the seventh 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 is your best advice for the parent of a high school basketball play...

In this episode, Mike and Jason, react to the Houston and OKC trade involving Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul. They also discuss how Westbrook, Harden, and CP3 should be feeling right now. Mike & Jason share their thoughts on how the respective fans & front offices from each franchise will feel about the trade. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

Brendan Winters is the co-founder of Pro Skills Basketball headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brendan was a 4 time All-conference player at Davidson College where as a senior Brendan was named an All-American along with winning Davidson’s “Tommy Peters Award” (given annually to a male Davidson athlete who exemplifies excellence on the playing field and dedicated campus leadership) and als...

In this episode, Mike and Jason talk about the end of the Kawhi saga and some other free agency topics including the Cavs, Thunder, Lakers, and what this means for other teams in the west. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Derek Klein is the Director of Boys Basketball for Empire Youth Athletics in New York. He is also the Assistant Varsity Coach at national powerhouse, LuHi High School in Long Island. Derek played his college basketball at SUNY Brockport for four years and has been in the basketball training business for six years. He has trained athletes from elementary school all the way up to the professional le...