After The Timeout

Episode 11: Todd and Jon sit down with Coach Stephanie Kuzmanic, Head Girls Basketball Coach at Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois, and an AAU Coach for All In Athletics. Prior to being Head Coach at Leyden, Coach Kuzmanic played at Carthage College and Wheeling High School. They talk to Coach Kuzmanic about becoming a Head Coach at a young age, being from a basketball family, creating a positive culture in your program, what it takes to play at the collegiate level and timeout development.   

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Episode 10: On this episode, we sit down with Coach Terry Head, Head Boys Basketball Coach at Michele Clark High School in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to being Head Coach at Michelle Clark, Coach Head was Head Coach at Foreman High School. We talk to Coach Head about Chicago Public League Basketball, building a program, working through Covid, promoting your players through high school and AAU Basketball.

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Episode 9: Todd and Jon sit down with Coach Will Rey, Head Boys Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at Northridge College Prep in Niles Illinois. Prior to being Head Coach at Northridge Prep, Coach Rey has spent his career coaching at both the high school and collegiate level. Coach Rey has been Head Coach at Gordon Tech High School, Crete Monee High School, Fenwick High School, Northridge Prep High School and Loyola University. They talk to Coach Rey about his multiple zone defensive system, coaching at a variety of levels, things he has learned from a tough loss balancing life and basketball, and his over 40+ years in coaching.  

Episode 8: We sit down with Coach Kelly Graves, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at the University of Oregon. Prior to being Head Coach at the University of Oregon, Coach Graves was the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at St. Mary’s and Gonzaga University.  We talk to Coach Graves about the anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s Death, developing your roster during Covid, building a program, developing your coaches and players, and learning from a major loss.

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Episode 7: We sit down with Author and Motivational Speaker Jamy Bechler.  Jamy was a former Athletic Director and Head College Basketball Coach prior to becoming an author and motivational speaker.  We talk to Jamy about ideas to create a good culture in your program, working through issues within your culture, important leadership skills, his work with college and professional sports teams, and how to continue to develop your program and yourself as a coach through Covid-19.

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On Episode 6 of the After the Timeout Podcast, we sit down with Coach Tyler Whitcomb, Head Boys Basketball Coach at Western Michigan Aviation Academy in Grand Rapids Michigan. Coach Whitcomb also creates media for Championship Productions and his company E3 Hoops Analytics.  We talk to Coach Whitcomb about his unique and innovative offensive and defensive systems, key analytics to use when assessing your teams success, and what it's like coaching at an Aviation and Military academy.  

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On episode 5 of the After the Timeout Podcast, we talk to Coach Jason Tucker, Head Boys Basketball Coach at Taft High School in Chicago. Coach Tucker has also been the Head Coach at Luther North College Prep and Sullivan High School.  We talk to Coach Tucker about running a high school program during Covid, what it is like to coach a large public school team vs. a smaller private school team, and how to schedule, scout, and prepare a successful high school program. 

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Episode 4: We are joined by Coach Cassie Lastivka, Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Wilmington College in Wilmington Ohio. Coach Lastivka has been a coach at both the high school and college level.  She talks about player development, starting out in coaching, pre-game warm-ups, developing yourself as a coach, and getting more women involved in coaching and covering the game in the media.  You can follow Coach Lastivka on Twitter @CoachCass_

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Episode 3: We are joined by James Jones, Head Coach of the Yale University Men's Basketball Program.  Coach Jones discusses speaking to your team about social justice and racial equality, and the overall program culture he has built over his 21 years as the Head Coach at Yale University. Within the Yale culture we talk about his coaches development, player development and winning the first NCAA Tournament game in Yale University Men’s Basketball History in 2016. You can follow Yale Mens Basketball on Twitter @YaleMBasketball.  You can also follow Coach Jones on Twitter at @JamesJones_Yale. 

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Episode 2: On this episode, we are joined by Dr. George Barber, Head Coach of the Greenville University Men's Basketball Program.  Coach Barber discusses his System Style Offense, scheduling games during the Covid-19 pandemic, and adjustments his teams make to be successful.  Coach Barber's Greenville team holds the NCAA Division III record for points in a season with 3,580 total points in 2019-2020.  Greenville Men's Basketball team also holds the NCAA Division III Record in points per game average with 135.1 points per game in 2018-2019.  Before coming to Greenville College, Coach Barber served as an assistant coach at Bradley University, and an administrative assistant at the University of Kentucky where he was a member of Rick Pitino's staff that won the 1996 national championship team.