A Coach's Perspective

Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Executive Director Denny Hunt discusses all of the events that MBCA has coming up to promote the game of basketball. Jim Powers joins us and recaps the Class 1, 2, and 3 state championships and previews Class 4 and 5. The Show-Me Showdowns are held at JQH Arena in Springfield, Missouri.

Dr. Kerwin Urhahn (Executive Director for the Missouri State High School Activities Association) and Kevin Garner (Assistant Director for MSHSAA) join us about the upcoming ShowMe Showdowns - the basketball STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS at Missouri State University. They share their insight on running this excellent tournament experience for our state.

In this episode, we visit with the New York Liberty Head Coach, Katie Smith. We discuss her Ohio State career, her 16 year professional basketball career, her Olympic career, and her upcoming induction to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Excellent and insightful interview!

We wrap up our SUPERFAN series with representatives from the University of Arkansas, Jay Rush; University of Missouri, John Ford, and the St. Louis Blues, Brian Pesek. They were informative and entertaining! Thank you for sharing what you love about your programs, your dedication is inspiring!

In this Valentine's Day special episode we explore the balance of a marriage and coaching a sport on the same staff. Coaches Jon and Kelly Harper (Missouri State University) and Coaches Leon and Dawn Neal (Evangel University) talk about the advantages and challenges of working together in the coaching world. Spoiler - there are more advantages! They give excellent insight to this topic.

In this episode we look at the ultimate college superfans! My panel shares how passionate they are for their teams year in and year out and why they follow their particular school. Marty Prather and Betty Ward represent Missouri State, Jeanine Scott Campbell represents Drury University, and Bill Breashers represents Southwest Baptist University.

In this episode, we had an awesome panel of super-fans! Jeff Burnett represented the Kansas City Chiefs, Don Louzader represented the St. Louis Cardinals, and Ethan Bryan represented the Kansas City Royals as SUPER-FANS. What makes them invest unconditional loyalty season after season - they tell us! Thank you for the insight, fellas!

In this episode, we get great calls and points of view from two excellent officials, Nathan Stokes and Patrick Youmans. Impressive perspective on judgment calls, rule interpretations, and reacting to crazy comments in the stands. They brought up some fantastic points, it was a great officials panel!

In this episode we congratulate the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions for doing it again! This year the number one attended high school basketball tournament in the country brought in nationally ranks teams and players for high caliber competition. Joining us on the show were the directors Marty Marsh and Jeff Starkweather. They put a lot of effort into making this tournament the best in the country. They discuss the tournament results for this year, how teams are selected, hosting high profile coaches, officials, and all of the tasks that go into running this event in southwest Missouri.

In this episode, Courtney Frerichs, Olympian and Silver Medal winner at the World Championships in the Steeplechase, joined us in studio to talk about her incredible journey from Nixa High School to London for the World Championships and her preparation for her next Olympics. Her husband, Griffon, was also with us as he just finished his first full marathon! Our co-host tonight, from Hiland Dairy (and long time official), was the always informative and entertaining Greg Stephenson.