Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast

We are fortunate to have Francesco Nanni on this episode of the podcast. Nanni is an Italian professional coach, who has more than 10 years of experience at various levels in Italy. He has established a big social media following from his clips of game breakdowns and drills. Nanni recently released a serious of videos through Basketball Immersion that provide coaches with hours of drills for devel...

We are fortunate to have Basketball Development Coach Steve Dagostino on this episode.  Coach Dags has helped develop players of all ages and all levels since 2008. He and his staff typically train more than 1,000 players per year. Coach Dags is a Court Coach for USA Basketball’s junior national team, and runs NBA Pre Draft workouts. Besides working with NBA players, he also coaches his daugh...

We are fortunate to not just have one coach on this episode, but three coaches with us today. The common thread among today’s guests? We all spent some time coaching basketball in Idaho this summer.  Well, 3 of the coaches are actually from Idaho. The fourth coach, Alex Sarama, is from England and spent a week last June in the Gem State  conducting clinics on implementing his BDT Offense...

We are fortunate to have George Couros on today’s podcast. Originally an educator in Canada, George is an Innovative Teaching, Learning and Leadership consultant based in Florida. I had the opportunity to participate in a workshop led by Couros last month at my school, and I’m currently reading his book The Innovator’s Mindset. I’ve really enjoyed applying his message and approaches for encouragin...

We are fortunate to have Nate Colvill on this episode. Colvill is the new head women’s coach at North Idaho College. He comes to Coeur d’Alene with an extensive basketball background, having played at the University of Montana in the 90s. He has coached at both the high school and college level, including a stint as an assistant for the Lady Griz where he coached my current assistant coach Madi “M...

We are fortunate to have Nabil Murad on this podcast. Coach Murad is from Ireland, and we conducted the interview at a hotel in Dublin.  (Apologizes for any disruptive background noise.) Murad has coached basketball around the world, including the United States and UK. He is currently coaching in Austria, where among other things, he is the U16 Men’s National Team head coach. Among other thin...

We are fortunate to have J.P. Nerbun on this episode. Nerbun, who played basketball at the University of South Carolina, just released his second book called The Culture System. The book gives readers a glimpse at the secrets of successful team cultures. Nerbun consults with athletes, coaches and parents at every level across the world helping with culture building through TOC Culture Consulting....

We are fortunate to have Marshall Cho on this episode. Cho is the head boys coach at Lake Oswego High School in Oregon. Cho is also apart of USA basketball. He has worked the Nike Youth Summit since 2012, and most recently was at the Junior National Team Minicamp in April.  Previous to working at Lake Oswego, Cho has coached in New York City, Mozambique, and DeMatha Catholic High School in Ma...

We are fortunate to have Chris Oliver on today’s podcast. I believe it is safe to call him The Hoops Podfather or The Basketball Coaches' Coach. Odds are you’ve learned from Coach Oliver whether it’s on The Basketball Podcast or from one of the many resources from Basketball Immersion. In this episode, Oliver shares his thoughts on how coaches should approach practice. EPISODE BREAKDOWN 0:55 - Who...

I’m fortunate to have Anthony Pugh on this podcast. Pugh is a Player Development Coach based in Ohio, who works with players of all ages and skill levels. He is the founder of Clockwork Athletics. Besides providing detailed development for players, there are plenty of resources for coaches to help improve development within their program. In this episode, we discuss helping players develop their f...

I’m are fortunate to be joined by Lyle Fuller in today's podcast. In the episode we discuss the impact that Name, Image, Likeness policies being adopted by state activities associations around the country could have on high school sports. Fuller is a practicing attorney who graduated from Duke University in 2000. He is also a broadcaster and longtime Idaho high school sports fan in Preston. BREAKD...

We are fortunate to have Colby Blaine on this podcast. Blaine is the head men’s coach at the College of Idaho. In just his fourth year as head coach, the Boise High grad as already surpassed 100 wins with the Yotes. That includes a 32-5 record this season, which saw the CofI advance to the Elite 8 in the NAIA National Tournament. In this episode, Blaine talks about the past season, why college bas...

We are fortunate to have Alex Sarama back on the podcast. Sarama is a basketball coach based in Italy. You probably know Sarama from his work with Basketball Immersion, where he’s become a team and coaching development resource for basketball coaches around the world. Sarama recently wrote about developing a comprehensive vision and coaching development plan for basketball programs. On this episod...

We are fortunate to have Darren Hansen on this episode of the podcast. In this episode, Hansen answers questions related to strength and conditioning development for basketball players in and out of season. Hansen has a degree in Exercise Science and is the owner of HansenAthletics, an online strength and conditioning platform that focuses on a performance-based approach to develop athletes. Hanse...

We are fortunate to have Ty Keck on the podcast. Keck is the Skyline Girls Basketball Program Director.  He just finished his seventh season as head coach and has helped the Grizzlies win trophies the last 2 years at 4A state tournament. That includes Skyline’s first appearance in the state final, where the Grizzlies lost to Burley. Keck talks about a season that he's called a "roller coaster...

We are lucky to have Zachary Eastman on today’s episode. Eastman is the head coach of the Lapwai boys basketball team. Lapwai just finished off an undefeated season (27-0) to win their second straight 1A Division II championship. It was the program's 12 state title. Lapwai led the state in scoring with 83 points per game and beat two 5A teams. Senior standout Titus Yearout will play next year at t...

We are fortunate to have Andy Jones on the podcast. Jones is the head coach at Timberline High School in Boise. The Timberline girls just beat rival Boise High to claim their first 5A basketball title since 2003. It’s the seventh state title for Jones, who is now just 2 titles behind the legendary Emery Roy for most titles.

We are fortunate to have Allison McNeill on the podcast. Coach McNeill is a legend when it comes to basketball coaching. After playing at the University of Oregon and short spurt overseas, McNeill coached at the college level in both Canada and the United States. She went on to coach the Canadian Women’s National Team for 16 years, which included a quarterfinals appearance in the London Olympic Ga...

We are fortunate to have James Anderson on today’s podcast. Anderson is the head coach of the Lake City girls basketball team. Besides girls basketball, Anderson has also coached on the boys side and has a lot of experience with youth development. Anderson’s team just had an impressive run in the top bracket of the Tarkanian Classic this week. Lake City lost in the tournament championship game by...

We are fortunate to have Casey Wheel on this podcast. Wheel is a strength and conditioning coach at Pacific Ridge School in Carlsbad, California. I’ve had the fortune of watching Wheel talk about athletic development and have learned a lot from his presentations. He also has a great Twitter and TikTok accounts where he posts a lot of content related to athletic development.  In this episode,...

Coach Nate Hartman joins the podcast to talk about the beginning of the season and practice planning. Hartman is the head boys coach at Middleton High School. Prior to that, Coach Hartman was the varsity assistant at Idaho Falls. He helped lead the Tigers to a 4A State Title. Coach Hartman has learned the game from some of the best. He shares that basketball knowledge on his website coachnatehartm...

Coach Mike Winters joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to discuss his new book about coaching high school basketball. Winters has more than 25 years of experience as a boys high school coach in Illinois. Winters just published a book called The Journey: Lessons from the Hardwood. Winters’ book is a blend of macro and micro aspects of coaching basketball. There are a lot of big pictur...

Trent Harrison joins the podcast to talk about the Middleton Girls Basketball Program.  In his first season as head coach, he guided the Vikings to the 4A SIC crown and an appearance in the 4A state tournament. Harrison was the assistant coach at Middleton the year before. Harrison has experience coaching boys basketball at Caldwell. He is also the JV football coach at Middleton.

Coach Ágúst Björgvinsson joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to discuss basketball in Iceland. Björgvinsson is a long-time coach in Iceland who is based in Reykjavik. He is currently coaching with Iceland's U-16 mens national team and works for Valur, one of Iceland’s top clubs. Björgvinsson has coached both men’s and women’s senior teams in his career. He has also coached at several...

Garrett Hickey joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to discuss player development. Hickey is the associate head coach for Fairfield Prep in Fairfield, Connecticut. He’s also the founder of #ShareTheGame🏀, a hashtag and blog that is a great resource for basketball coaches at all levels. In this episode, Hickey shares his thoughts and ideas for developing a defensive culture in your pr...