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Welcome to the second edition of the Coach’s Corner Roundtable on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Roundtable will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Roundtable will drop around the 15th of each month. February’s Roundtable question is: What are one or two things we can do to improve youth basketball in the U...

Shonn Brown is the Head Boys’ Varsity BasketbalI Coach at Charlotte Christian School in North Carolina. Shonn played collegiately at Clearwater Christian College where he was an All American and was elected to the school’s Hall of Fame after finishing his playing career. Shonn has been coaching at Charlotte Christian School for 19 years and enjoyed tremendous success. His record at Charlotte Chris...

Kent State's all time leading scorer Trevor Huffman joins Jason and Mike to talk NBA All-Star, the trade deadline, and of course how pitiful the Cavs are. We hope you enjoy this episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast, presented by Head Start Basketball. Please leave us a 5 star rating and review on our podcast page and visit our brand new website: www.hoopheadspod.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz c...

Fran Fraschilla joined ESPN as a college basketball game and studio analyst in 2003. He serves as an analyst primarily on Big 12 men’s basketball games, is a staple on ESPN’s coverage of the NIT and a regular on ESPN and ESPNU studio. Fraschilla also provides commentary for the NBA Draft, the FIBA Basketball World Cup and has covered the NBA and high schools basketball. Fraschilla coached at the c...

Vasu Kulkarni is the founding Partner of Courtside Ventures, the leading venture capital fund focused on early-stage sports digital media, fitness/wellness, and e-sports/gaming companies. The $35M fund is backed by anchor investors Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Rock Ventures, Quicken Loans, and majority owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, as well as WPP, the world’s leading communicatio...

In this emergency pod, Mike and Jason talk the NY Knicks trading of Kristaps Porzingis (among others). They then shift their focus to the All-Star reserves and discuss a snub or two. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sharman White is the Boys’ Head Varsity Basketball Coach and associate director of athletics at Pace Academy in Georgia. White has been a high school coach for 20 seasons (1996-97 through 2015-16), and he owns a career high school head coaching record of 373-91 (.804 winning percentage). Eleven of those seasons (2005-06 to 2015-16) were as the head boys basketball coach and athletic director at Mi...

In this episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast, Mike and Jason talk about the Cavs unfortunate winning streak, the possibility of Lebron and Kyrie Reuniting, and the Anthony Davis trade possibilities. Jason and Mike end discussing the results of their lottery draft on whose team would win. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pers...

John O’Sullivan started the Changing the Game Project in 2012 after two decades as a soccer player and coach on the youth, high school, college and professional level. He is the author of the #1 bestselling books Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids and Is it Wise to Specialize? John’s work has been featured in Th...

In this episode, Mike and Jason do their own take on the NBA All Star starters. They then draft the teams for the captains and finish with who they feel should be the reserves for each respective roster. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jefferson Mason is currently the partnership manager, marketing lead and product captain at Dr. Dish Basketball. As a player, Jefferson was named to the All-American Team at Minnesota State Mankato where he played in the Division II Final Four. Following college Jefferson embarked on a five year professional career that included stops in Germany, Romania, Luxembourg, and the NBA D League. Followin...

Coach Carla Berube is in her 1st season as the Head Coach at Princeton University. Coach Berube previously coached at Tufts University and guided the program into the NCAA "Final Four" in four consecutive seasons (2014-17), including two straight appearances in the national championship game. During her tenure, the team has received 10 NCAA berths overall and has a 30-12 record in those games (.71...

Coach Scott Ruthsatz is in his 8th season as the Boys’ Varsity Head Coach at Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky. During his tenure at CovCath Coach Ruthsatz has amassed 210 victories and won two state championships, in 2014 and 2018. He coached both his son Nick (2014) and his son Aiden (2018) to state championships. Keep in mind that the state of Kentucky has no divisions and crowns only...

In this very impromptu episode of the Hoop Heads Pod, Mike and Jason test out the video recording while discussing the two huge blowout games from tonight. Mike and Jason also talk about the Lakers, The Cavs, and Timofey Mozgov also gets a mention. We hope you enjoy this episode! Subscribe now on Itunes, SoundCLoud, or Stitcher today! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com f...

Welcome to the very first edition of the Coach’s Corner Roundtable on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Roundtable will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Roundtable will drop around the 15th of each month. January’s Roundtable question is: How do you keep your kids that aren't getting a lot of playing time en...

Joe Mackey is the Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach at Brunswick High School in the state of Ohio. Joe played his high school basketball at Strongsville High School and then went on to play college basketball at Baldwin-Wallace University where he was a two time all-conference selection, a member of the 1,000 pt. club, the Senior Athlete of the Year, and the Lenny Wilkins Player of the Year, an award...

John Searby is a 1998 graduate of Milligan College where he led the Buffaloes to 3 conference titles and an NAIA National Tournament appearance. Following graduation, Searby embarked on a 10-year collegiate coaching career with stops at Gardner-Webb, Tennessee Tech, Lincoln Christian University, and Auburn. John Searby is co-owner of the Jay Bilas Skills Camp and serves as Camp Director. In this r...

Coach Bobby Jordan is in his first year as an assistant at Wagner College. Bobby played Point Guard under James “Bruiser” Flint at Drexel University from 2005-2009 and then transitioned into coaching as the Assistant Director of Basketball Operations at his alma mater from 2010-2012. In 2012 Coach Jordan became one of the Youngest Division 1 Assistant Coaches in the country. He coached, developed,...

In the first episode of 2019, Mike and Jason discuss the NBA landscape. They talk about the direction the Cavs are headed, the NBA Christmas games, James Harden's current stretch, Lebron and his recent GOAT comments, and end with quite the peculiar news item that popped up as they signed out. You can find the Hoop Heads pod on all of the following social platforms: Twitter: @hoopheadspod Instagram...

Coach John Shulman is the Head Coach at University of Alabama Huntsville. He has spent 24 years coaching in college at the highest level and has built a reputation of being a tireless worker during previous stops at East Tennessee State University, Tennessee Tech, Wofford College and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. John has over 500 career wins a head and assistant coach. Shulman was the 1...

Coach Matt Pugh grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He played at Winnetonka High School & then played collegiately at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri. Coach Pugh served as a high school varsity basketball coach for 10 years in the state of Missouri. He was also an assistant college basketball coach for 2 years at John Wood Community College, with a National Tournament Appearance in...

Nick Bartlett is the Marketing Director for Dr. Dish Basketball. Nick was born and raised near Minneapolis, Minnesota and played high school basketball at Mounds View High School for now retired coach Ziggy Kauls (4th all-time in Minnesota wins history at 739). Nick graduated from business school in 2012 at Wisconsin-Eau Claire (D3) after playing 4 years as a combo guard (2 year starter) in the WI...

Professional Golfer Ben Curtis won the 2003 British Open and in the process became the first golfer since 1913 to win a major in his first attempt. Ben grew up only 50 yards from the practice putting green of Mill Creek Golf Course in Ostrander, Ohio, where his grandfather built the course and his father is the superintendent. Ben started playing golf at age 3, won the Ohio Division II state golf...

Coach Nick Schauf has been the Head Varsity Basketball Coach at Oelwein High School in Iowa for 11 years. Nick‘s first 4 years out of college were spent as the Varsity Head Coach in Ventura, Iowa. Nick has worked Snow Valley Basketball School for 18 years which is something that he considers to be the absolute pure joy of coaching basketball. Nick’s passion for teaching the game goes well beyond b...

In this episode, Mike and Jason talk NBA. We talked Cavs, Fultz trade possibilities, and the Wild Wild West. We enjoyed talking last night and hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it. Today’s episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast is brought to you by “Raise Your Game” the new book by Alan Stein Jr. www.raiseyourgamebook.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...