Life on the Road - A Coach's Journey

This week on Life on the Road, Coach Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Marty McGillan , the Associate Head Coach at Eastern Michigan University and one of the most respected assistant coaches in college basketball. With more than three decades on the sidelines, Coach McGillan has built a career on loyalty, relationships, and a commitment to doing the work that most people never see. Hi...

On our 50th episode of the Life on the Road Podcast, Coach Andre Gray sits down with Coach Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage and sums up life in college basketball with "You gotta be a little crazy to stay in it." And after this conversation, you'll understand exactly why he says it with a smile. He opens up about the highs, the lows, and everything in between that comes with building...

On this episode of Life on the Road, hosts Coach Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Coach Drew Richards , head coach at UNC Pembroke , for a candid look at what it really takes to build a career in college basketball. Coach Richards traces his path from the junior college ranks all the way to the NCAA, and he does not hold back on the highs and the lows. He opens up about the 2023-2024...

From Salisbury Roots to Morehouse Maroon Tigers: Coach Larry Dixon Returns He's back. Larry Dixon returns to Life on the Road for a conversation with Alphonza Kee & Scott Bollwage that spans two decades of college basketball, a hometown hall of fame induction, and a first season at Morehouse College that's already being called one of the best debuts in program history. Since his last a...

This week on Life on the Road, Coach Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Tierra Terry , head women's basketball coach at Winston-Salem State University . Coach Terry just wrapped a historic debut season leading her alma mater, guiding the Lady Rams to a 28-4 record, a CIAA Tournament championship and the program's first appearance in the NCAA Division II Sweet 16, with the team f...

This week on Life on the Road, Coach Alphonza Kee and Coach Scott Bollwage sit down with Coach Greg Young , he is currently the Special Assistant to Buzz Williams at the University of Maryland .Coach Young began coaching in 1986 as an assistant at Texas Wesleyan, then returned to his hometown of Cleburne, Texas, for a season as an assistant at Cleburne High School. From there he moved to Eastern N...

This week on Life on the Road, Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Bobby Collins , a coach whose resume spans over 30 years and touches nearly every level of college basketball. Coach Collins broke into coaching at Old Dominion before spending eleven seasons at Hampton University, where he helped the Pirates capture three MEAC Championships, including the program's back to back title...

This week Tom Palombo joins Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage on Life on the Road for a conversation with thirty four years of head coaching wisdom behind it. Palombo built one of the most decorated resumes in Division III basketball during his twenty two seasons as head coach at Guilford College. He led the program to all eight of its NCAA Tournament appearances and all five of its ODAC titles, adv...

This week on Life on the Road , Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Devin Hoehn , head men's basketball coach at Fayetteville State University , fresh off one of the most decorated debut seasons any coach has ever had at the NCAA Division II level. In year one leading the Broncos, Hoehn went 23-7, won the CIAA Southern Division with a perfect 10-0 mark, and captured the 2026 CIAA Cha...

This week on Life on the Road, Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Chris Wright , the newly named Head Men's Basketball Coach at Alabama State University , a program he took over as the school's 14th head coach after building one of the most remarkable resumes in small college basketball. Wright's career numbers speak for themselves, 332 wins against just 121 losses, three tr...

This week on Life on the Road, Coach Alphonza Kee and Coach Scott Bollwage sit down with Lonnie Blow Jr ., Head Men's Basketball Coach at Virginia State University, for a conversation that spans more than 25 years on the sidelines and a career built on consistency, adaptability, and an unmistakable love for the game. Coach Blow has built one of the most decorated resumes in CIAA basketball his...

Some coaches find the game. Jon Adams found himself coaching a team before he could drive to practice, a player/coach at 13 years old, which tells you just about everything you need to know about how his mind works. This week, Coach Alphonza Kee and Coach Scott Bollwage sit down with the Team CP3 17U head coach for a conversation about what it actually takes to build one of the most respected gras...

🎙️ NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🎙️ Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage are back with another incredible episode of Life on the Road: A Coach's Journey, and this week's guest is one you cannot miss! You never know who's watching. Nobody on the planet proves that more than Darrell Armstrong ! Think about this journey for a second. Darrell didn't even play high school basketball until his senior...

This week's episode hits close to home. Coach Alphonza Kee and Coach Scott Bollwage sits down with Mark Bass , the Head Basketball Coach at Girard College , and this one is more than an interview, it's a reunion. Mark and Scott go all the way back to playing on the same middle school team at Sacred Heart in Trenton, NJ, before walking the halls together at McCorristin Catholic High School....

What does it take to build a 30-year coaching career that has taken you from the hardwood floors of Fayetteville State all the way to the power corridors of the Big 12? This week, Coach Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with one of the most well-traveled and respected minds in college basketball, John Cooper , Assistant Coach at Kansas State University . Cooper's journey is the kind of...

In this episode of Life on the Road, hosts Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Coach Mark Downey , Head Men's Basketball Coach at Arkansas Tech University. This one carries a personal touch right from the start, as Coach Downey began his coaching career at Barton College in 1995-96, the same institution where host Scott Bollwage was a student athlete playing baseball. Two guys connec...

In this episode of Life on the Road, hosts Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with one of the most accomplished junior college basketball coaches in the country, Coach Mike Apple , Head Men's Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Coach Apple's story is one of roots, loyalty, and relentless commitment to excellence. A Moore...

What happens when a young woman with no intention of ever coaching ends up becoming one of the most respected voices in women's basketball? You get Coach Niya Butts , and this week she's pulling back the curtain on all of it. From winning back-to-back NCAA Championships at Tennessee under the legendary Pat Summit, to taking the lessons she learned in Knoxville and building something of her...

In this episode of Life on the Road: A Coach's Journey, hosts Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage sit down with Head Coach Rob Jones of Norfolk State University, one of the most accomplished coaches in HBCU basketball history. Coach Jones brings 251 wins, 5 MEAC Regular Season Titles, 3 MEAC Tournament Championships, 3 MEAC Coach of the Year awards, and a 2024 CIT National Championship to the conv...

What does it take to go from graduate assistant to national champion in less than a decade? Coach Easton Bazzoli , Head Men's Basketball Coach at Gannon University , sits down with Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage on Life on the Road, to tell the complete story of one of the most remarkable rises in college basketball history. Bazzoli's journey did not start with a head coaching offer or a...

🎙️🏀 Life On The Road: A Coach's Journey | ft. Bob Szorc, Associate Head Coach, Appalachian State Men's Basketball Coach Alphonza Kee and Coach Scott Bollwage sit down with Coach Bob Szorc . We go back and watch the Journey of a kid from the Chicago area pick up a whistle, step into a gym, and decide to give his life to the game of basketball. Trust us, this journey is one you do NOT want...

What does it actually take to make it in the coaching world? Coach Grant Leonard is pulling back the curtain and holding NOTHING back. From working multiple jobs just to stay in the game, to grinding through the camp circuit building relationships one summer at a time, to standing on the sideline of the NCAA Tournament for the FIRST TIME in Queens University history , this is the story nobody tell...

This week, Coach Alphonza Kee & Coach Scott Bollwage tap in with Akeem Miskdeen , assistant coach at Michigan, and this one is all about the journey. From knowing at an early age he wanted to coach… to starting as a volunteer at Hampton… to grinding his way through stops at Mount Olive, Wingate, Hampton again, Kent State, Florida Atlantic, Florida, Georgia… and now Michigan. We get into the mi...

This week, Coach Alphonza Kee and Coach Scott Bollwage sit down with Tryston Lawrence and take the journey global. Tryston began building his coaching foundation through player development; which opened the door for him to get onto the sidelines. His attention to detail in his training created opportunities to train some of the best in the game from Chris Paul and Aliyah Boston . From there, he di...

Season 2 is here… and we’re setting the tone right away. Coach Alphonza Kee and Scott Bollwage kick things off by catching you up on their journeys since Season 1, the grind, the growth, and everything the road has taught them along the way. We’re also introducing two new segments: “Hoops Took Me Here, Hoops Took Me There” , the best places and the wildest, most unexpected stops the game has taken...