Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast

Justin Wetzel joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to discuss player development. Wetzel is originally from Cut Bank, Montana, and has coached at the high school, college & professional levels. Currently, Wetzel is an assistant coach for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the G-League. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Herd. Wetzel also coached high school an...

Austin Johnson joins the podcast to talk about Lewis-Clark State College Men's Basketball Program. Johnson just finished this third year as head coach and led the Warriors to the NAIA Championship Game. He was also named the NABC's NAIA Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Johnson, who is originally from Kansas, discusses how his path in coaching led him to Lewiston. He gives an insid...

Idaho Basketball Coaches Association founder Jon Nettleton joins the podcast to discuss the NFHS's decision this week to allow state's to adopt a 35-second shot clock without penalty for the 2022-23 season. Nettleton, who is the head boys coach at Mountain View in Meridian, has been an advocate for Idaho to adopt a shot clock. He helped conduct a survey a few years ago that found nearly 90 percent...

Diogo Cunha joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to discuss spacing concepts and curling off of off-ball screens. Cunha is an up-and-coming basketball coach who originates from Portugal. He is currently a youth coach with the City of Birmingham Rockets in the United Kingdom.

Cody Hansen joins the podcast to talk about McCall-Donnelly Girls Basketball Program. In his seventh season, Hansen led the Vandals to their first state tournament appearance since 1993. It also happened to be McCall-Donnelly's first year in the 3A classification after a decade in the 2As. Hansen is a longtime high school coach who spent a year as a grad assistant at the University of Idaho. In th...

Aaron Fernandez joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to discuss practice planning for all levels of basketball. Fernandez has coached at various levels of basketball as head and assistant coach. Most recently, he worked as a player development coach and video coordinator at Davidson College. He is currently finishing his Masters degree in Coach Education and Athlete Development at Xav...

Jordan Ax joins the podcast to talk about Owyhee Girls Basketball Program. Owyhee High opens next school year and will be the newest school in the continuously growing Meridian School District. As the program's first head coach, Ax talks about the challenge of facing the unknown with the school still under construction and students deciding if they will attend. He discusses the challenges of playi...

Seth Kindig joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to give 5 tips for how you can be a better coach. Kindig is the Director of Girls Basketball & head varsity coach at Providence Christian Academy in the Atlanta area. You may have come across Kindig’s notes from coaching clinics or podcasts that he regularly posts on his Twitter account. Kindig also started TCD Teams, which helps co...

Jeff Sanor joins the podcast to talk about the Meridian Boys Basketball Program. Sanor capped off his fourth year as head coach by leading the Warriors to the 5A State Championship. Sanor is a longtime coach who graduated from Boise High School. After a standout high school career, Sanor played three years at the University of Washington before finishing at Boise State. In the podcast, Sanor refle...

Jarrod Moore joins the Small-Sided Coaching Development Series to talk about coaching and player development. Moore is the Coach Development Manager for New South Wales Basketball, which works with more than 80 basketball associations in Australia's most populous state. Moore has a considerable background in teaching coaches how to coach. In this podcast, Moore discusses a number of topics that wi...

Bryan Chase joins the program to talk about the St. Maries Boys Basketball Program. Chase capped off his seventh year as head coach by guiding the Lumberjacks to the 2A state title. Chase has built one of the most consistent programs in the state. St. Maries has made the state semifinals all seven years and finished third and second the previous 2 years. A former girls basketball coach at St. Mari...

Brent Tipton joins the Small-Sided Pod Coaching Development Series to talk about Pick and Roll concepts. Tipton is the head coach of Guam's U-17 team and an assistant for the men's senior team. Originally from Missouri, Tipton is also a Regional Director for The Basketball Embassy. In the podcast, Tipton gives a detailed breakdown of the PnR concepts used by Guam's national team. He gives reasons...

Joerik Michiels joins the Small-Sided Pod Coaching Development Series to talk about his philosophy on basketball skills training. Based in Belgium, Michiels is the co-founder of Elite Athletes. EA started as a small group of coaches managing a youth team to a skills training academy that shares its unique philosophy on training with coaches around the world. Using a mix of block and small-games, M...

Don Showalter joins the Small-Sided Pod Coaching Development Series to talk about implementing your transition offense and defense systems. Showalter is the Coach Director for USA Basketball. Coach Showalter was a successful high school coach and the U16-17 Men’s National Team coach from 2009-18. During his time, he was part of 10 Gold Medals. Showalter speaks at clinics throughout the world and h...

Michael MacKay joins the Small-Sided Pod Coaching Development Series to talk about how we can better connect with today’s athletes. MacKay is a former high school coach and athletic director. He now works as the Women’s High Performance Manager for Basketball Canada. MacKay provides some history on what has led Canada to be a hotbed for for basketball talent on both the men’s and women’s game. Mac...

Jon DeMarco joins the Small-Sided Pod Coaching Development Series to discuss rebounding.  If you are on basketball Twitter, you more than likely have come across Coach DeMarco. He provides coaches around the world some great teaching resources in different types of media. His weekly Get Better Basketball Chat on Twitter is nearing 100 straight weeks of helping coaches on a variety of topics....

Alex Sarama joins the Small-Sided Pod Coaching Development Series to discuss how coaches can use small-sided games to enhance their practices. Sarama is from England and has been coaching basketball since he was 14. He now works for Basketball Immersion and as a consultant for clubs and federations across Europe. Sarama goes in-depth for coaches on how they can create small-sided games that emphas...

Mario Betancourt joins the program to talk about the Vallivue Boys Basketball Program. A long-time assistant coach at all levels, Betancourt is entering his second years as the Falcons head coach. Betancourt is a fixture in the Treasure Valley basketball scene, having played his high school basketball at Caldwell High. He shares his journey as a coach, which started by leading a girls junior high...

Cody Powers joins the podcast to talk about the Raft River Girls Basketball Program. Powers is about to start his seventh year as a head coach. Prior to Raft River, Powers spent 1 year as an assistant coach at Burley. Powers help guide Raft River to a consolation title at this year's 1A D1 State Basketball Tournament. He was selected as the District 4 Coach of the Year. Powers talks about his expe...

Travis Noble joins the podcast to talk about the Timberline boys basketball program. Timberline made waves last year when the Wolves made a late run to the 5A state tournament. Noble is entering his third year at Timberline. Prior to that, Noble coached in college and at Oakley High School. Noble shares insights on how coaching differs from the college and high school levels and how he approaches...

Kris Knowles joins the podcast to talk some basketball from the athletic director side of the game. Knowles is the athletic director at Sandpoint High School. (That's right ... he's the boss of the podcast host.) Prior to that, Knowles was the athletic director at Bonners Ferry High School. Before becoming an administrator, Knowles was a basketball coach at Lake City High School where coached both...

Jon Nettleton joins the podcast to talk about the Idaho Basketball Coaches Alliance. The Alliance is still in its infancy but is intended to give Idaho basketball coaches and organized voice in regard to decisions by the state. Nettleton recently sent an email survey to all of the high school basketball coaches in the state with questions about incorporating a shot clock, adding a restricted area,...

Jacqueline Luna-Castro joins the podcast to talk about her basketball career. Jax Luna-Castro is a professional basketball player who went to Boise High School Luna-Castro was Idaho's Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior and went on to play at UC Santa Barbara and College of Charleston. Her professional career has taken Luna-Castro all of the world, playing in places like Finland, Greece, Austr...

Tony Gibbs joins the podcast to talk about the Malad Boys Basketball program. The Dragons won the consolation trophy at this year's 2A tournament after reaching state for the first time since 2006. Gibbs is entering his fourth season as head coach, and he spent two years as Malad's JV coach. Gibbs shares how Malad battled through injuries and a series of loser-out games to qualify for state. Gibbs...

Joshua Edwards joins the program to talk about his recent appointment to the WBCA's Social Justice Task Force. Edwards is an assistant women's coach at the College of Southern Idaho. Edwards, who is the only junior college on the task force, has been at CSI since 2015. In the podcast, he discusses the mission of the Social Justice Task Force and explains why he wanted to be a part of it. Edwards a...