The Rising Coaches Podcast

David West is a New Jersey Native and former American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Xavier University and then went on to play an extensive career of 15 seasons in the NBA for numerous teams including the New Orleans Hornets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors and was a two-time NBA All-Star (2008 and 2009) and a two-time NBA champion (20...

Erin Sinnott was born and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri. She went on to start her playing career at Evansville for two years and finished her playing career at Daemen University. She started working as a director of basketball operations with Rising Coaches and through hard work she has grown into various roles such as a Intern position with Minnesota and a DOBO role with Buffalo leading her into...

Dusty May is an Illinois native, and currently the head basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University. Coach May started as the student manager at Indiana University under coach Bob Knight until 2000 where he then went on to take on video and administrative roles at USC and Indiana before landing his first assistant job at Eastern Michigan while also finding assistant roles at Murray State, UAB,...

Coach Matt Painter is a Fort Wayne, IN native and is currently the Head Coach for the Purdue Boilermakers. Painter played for four years at Purdue University where he then went on to graduate and begin his coaching career at Washington & Jefferson College in Pittsburgh, PA. Painter then transitioned after a year to Barton University, which ultimately led him to Eastern Illinois, Southern Illin...

In our first episode under new leadership, Doug and Alan are joined by Rich Czeslawski to discuss the future of the organization. Joined by some special guests early in the show, the group sets the stage for what’s next for Rising Coaches.