The Bryan Turner Basketball Podcast

In my last episode, I had a nice conversation with one of my former teammates about Relationships, the stuff that life is made of. This episode I wanted to expand a bit more and talk about the Relationship Bank Account.  The concept comes from the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People/Teens by Steven Covey. The best selling book is a great read for people wanting to improve their relationships and p...

Relationships, the stuff that life is made of. I had the pleasure of sitting down with my old high school teammate and we reminisced about the throwback days. Melvin Dale is Beaumont Legend that played a huge role in the success of our high school teams at Beaumont High School. An All-Conference and All-Metro performer, he talks about his mentality growing up in North St. Louis. His relationships...

Ep- 32 Value Your Time Everyone has a lot to do and sometime it feels as if it’s not enough time. This episode can help. It’s about learning how to prioritize and manage your time so that the most important things in your life come first and not last. Putting the important things in your life first can also help you overcome fears and be strong during hard times. This one is dedicated to Klay Thom...

Another year in the books. And as the year 2021 winds down to the end, I want to present to everyone the Best of 2021 - 100 Wins Episode with Coach Jermain Smith. S/O to everyone on thanking me for my 100 career wins. Its a great milestone but I want to give thanks to everyone who played a part in making it happen.     Follow on: Bryan Turner - @Coach. Bryan. Turner (Instagram) Bryan Turner - @Coa...

This a bucket list interview. When I was 13, my two favorite players were Michael Jordan and Erwin Claggett. Finding out more on his basketball history was awesome.  He signed with St. Louis University and was a three year starter there. Erwin was a three time All Great Midwest Conference selection and scored 1,910 career points. He has been recognized as one of the best players in Billikins histo...

Episode 29 we talked to one of the vets of the game today.  Coach Torrey Davie of Lift for Life Academy is making great strides in turning thier basketball program into a household name. Finishing 4th last season in the Showme Showdown his team is posed to make another run at getting back to State.  In this interview we talk about our past similar experiences and approaches we are taking this year...

Basketball Coach Tony Irons stops by the Podcast to talk about his brand of Vashon (MO) Basketball. Son of Legendary Vashon (MO) Coach Floyd Irons, his name is definitely in the conversation as one of the greatest basketball minds of this generation.  With so many accomplishments, we discuss him being one of the only people in history to win a Missouri High School State Championship as a player, a...

Coach Frank Bennett is one of the nations’s top high school coaches and he leads Chaminade College Prep into another season of high expectations. A great podcast detailing life as a student athlete at Chaminade, playing alongside former NBA All-Star David Lee and coaching current NBA players Bradley Beal, Jayson Tatum and Tyler Cook. So much amazing inspiration in this episode it is most definitel...

Professional Basketball player Rebecca Harris is our guest for this episode. She has had a great season with the St. Louis Surge and has done a tremendous job of putting together a book that ask the question, How Bad Do You Want It?  So many student- athletes search for answers to getting seen by coaches or accomplishing a goal only few are chosen for. In this interview, we tackle some of the answ...

Today's youth have so many obstacles and hurdles to jump over that we never really had to deal with. This lastest podcast was dedicated to helping them find options to more mentally tough and resilient. Mentally strong people have healthy habits and they manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in ways that set them up for success in life. Listen to Coach Turner discuss some of the best...

“Coach playing favorites!” I know a lot of us have at one time or another said this and/or thought your coach or your child’s coach was playing favorites? Without sugar coating anything YES They DO! And here is WHY! My list of 10 Traits That Make a Coach Play Favorite Players in Episode 24 of the Bryan Turner Basketball Podcast.  Follow on: Bryan Turner - @Coach. Bryan. Turner (Instagram) Bryan Tu...

The spirit of teaching came over me for this episode. Before we can try to teach students how to win games in front of fans we must first teach them the importance of winning the Private Victory within themselves.  This video was inspired after reading one of the chapters in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey. A very power series of books for students and adults. Let me know if I...

We decided to have a little fun with this episode . On November 19, 2004, is a day that will forever live in NBA history and forever redefine fan and athlete interaction. The players reflect on a night that left their reputations stained both on and off the court. Listen to Coach Bryan Turner and his Southern Illinois University Saluki teammate Sly Willis spend time reviewing and debating the new...

For the kickoff of Season 2, we decided to go live and stream this episode with a very important person in our basketball community.  Joe Green Jr was a stellar athlete that played high school basketball for St. Louis powerhouse Riverview Gardens in the early 90's under Coach Todd Dutton. After high school school he continued his basketball career at Harris Stowe University were he fell in lo...

Associate Head Coach Chris Lowery sits down with us for a great interview on the climate of college basketball.  Growing up in Evansville, Indiana we talked about him being inducted into his High School Hall of Fame while playing with two other NBA players and one NFL player during that era. Coach went on to have a great career at Southern Illinois for long-time Salukis’ head coach Rich Herrin and...

Welcome back to another great episode. Listen to a great story of two of my favorite high school teammates that were able to make the transition from basketball to the business world as young black entrepreneurs once thier playing years were over.  They both took the skills they obtain in hoops and applied that same energy and hard work to the game of life. Jerome "Lefty" Davis of Lefty&...

Check out this brand new episode with Legendary Hall of Fame Coach Preston Thomas of Cardinal Ritter High School (MO). This interview is a well-deserved honor for me because this was a tremendous man that inspired me to study counseling education for high school students.  A former head basketball coach at Cardinal Ritter College Prep, Thomas is an official member of the the Missouri Sports Hall o...

Back with another great episode of the podcast with legendary High School Coach Justin Tatum. Yes the Justin Tatum. Father of Boston Celtics Superstar Jayson Tatum. During the show we talk about his great high school and AAU run with best friend Larry Hughes that ultimately lead both to signing with the St. Louis University’s Bilikens. He shares his stories of overcoming adversities early duiring...

In our latest podcast we sit down with legendary Vashon Coach Floyd Irons.  A Vashon graduate, he returned to his roots and was hired at Vashon High School to teach social studies. He was later named assistant principal at the school and has also served as principal and head basketball coach.  Under Irons’ tutelage, the 1983 Wolverines’ squad went to the state tournament and won the coach’s first...

With student-athletes trying to excel in their particular sport to make the professional ranks, some players struggle with having a realistic Plan B.  In this episode we talk with former professional basketball player and Edwardsville native Shawn Roundtree. Shawn is an actor & entrepreneur and he talks about combining his experiences playing basketball on a big stage to bringing his acting pe...

In this episode we had the pleasure of sitting with Coach Ron Golden who is one of the founder members of the now Nike EYBL Bradley Beal Elite (St. Louis Eagles Basketball). A lot went into being one of the oldest Nike grassroots programs in the country and Coach shares with us the trails they all went through to get to this point.  Along with being apart of the Eagles organization, Coach Golden i...

In this episode we talked with Basketball Legend Angela R. Lewis.  Some may know her from her careeer playing at St. Louis University and playing professional in Germany for many years but now she is an international speaker, author and founder of Ignite Her Game Academy. She has done a lot to push the game forward to help inspire the next generation athlete.  She has been featured in dozens of sh...

In episode #12 we talk with legendary high school Coach Corey Frazier. This man has accomplished almost everything to accomplish at the igh school level and his resume keeps growing.  From being a legendary player in the basketball rich town of Charleston Missouri. To playing for legendary Coach Charlie Spoonhour at St. Louis University, Corey has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to basketball....

Episode #11 we sit down with my former high school Principal Travis Brown. Mr Brown is a proud member of the Sumner High School's Hall of Fame, Missouri Baptist College University  Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame. Named one of the 50 greatest players at Sumner,  he was one of the star players on the 1969 Sumner basketball team that is named by many as the best St. Louis bas...

Another Hall of Famer!!  In this episode we sit down with Valley Park’s (MO) Gary Buchanan. He was a three-time All-State performer and still holds all the scoring records at Valley Park with (2330 career points).  Gary Buchanan went on to become one of the true poineers for the  elite Villanova University basketball program.    He was the NCAA D1 free throw record holder while playing at Nova. He...