All Ball with Doug Gottlieb

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Doug is joined by former Loyola Marymount Head Coach Max Good who looks back on how he became involved in hoops as a kid in Maine, cutting his teeth in coaching, his best player that never made it, why he ranks MJ over LeBron, how he turned Maine Central Institute into a prep powerhouse, and coaching future NBA players like Caron Butler. Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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Doug is joined by former Villanova Head Coach and current CBS college hoops analyst Steve Lappas, who looks back on growing around NYC hoops in the 70's, and cutting his teeth as a high school coach in the city while coaching a young Rod Strickland. He also looks back at taking a job as an assistant on Rollie Massimino's Villanova staff, memories from the '84 title run, eventually taking over and turning around a Manhattan program as head coach. Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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In the conclusion of a two part interview, NBA individual workout pioneer Joe Abunassar tells Doug how he helped build the IMG Academy hoops model, how it taught him to create his own profitable business, his training techniques and philosophy, how he builds player confidence, and his stories from working with Chauncey Billups, and the legendarily intense Kevin Garnett. They also discuss playing vs. training balance and why the trend towards not playing in games is bad for prospects. Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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Doug is joined by NBA individual workout pioneer Joe Abunassar to discuss his background from his days as a student manager under Bobby Knight at Indiana, the legend of Damon Bailey, if Knight could exist in today's basketball culture, how he landed his first assistant job at Wyoming with help from Knight, and early stories from his transition into establishing his individual training business with Al Harrington and Ty Lue. Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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Doug sits down with longtime Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy to discuss his new book Wish It Lasted Forever about his time covering the dominant 80's Celtics title teams, how he developed a relationship the initially closed off Larry Bird, why Robert Parrish hated him, the Bill Walton experience, and why the 80's teams will always be more beloved the "Big 3" Celtics. Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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In the second part of a two part interview, Colorado State Head Coach Niko Medved tells Doug about turning around the Rams as an assistant under Tim Miles, how creating his own head coaching identity allowed him to succeed at Furman, his offensive philosophy, why he wanted to return to CSU to take the head job, how he energized a dormant program into a winner, recruiting, and his expectations for the program. Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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Doug is joined by Colorado State Head Coach Niko Medved to discuss his rise from student manager for Clem Haskins at Minnesota, to an assistant at Furman and Colorado St., to eventually taking over the Furman program, and his philosophy on program building and changing culture. Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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Doug is joined by former Indiana and Dayton HC Archie Miller and former Arizona HC Sean Miller to discuss their relationship despite their 10-year age gap, growing up as sons of a high school coach, their distinguished college careers, their respective mid major success at Xavier and Dayton, how they're dealing with their high profile firings from Indiana and Arizona, and what to expect from their their new podcast Next Play. .Make sure you download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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