Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Coach Scott Allen shares his journey from growing up in Vermont to becoming the Head Coach of the St. Paul VI Catholic High School's girl's basketball program.

Coach Allen has solidified himself as one of the premier coaches in the country! He was led PVI to an unprecedented eighteen VISAA state championships (SIXTEEN consecutive) and has been named VISAA Girl's Basketball Coach of the Year ten times.

Coach Allen has been named the WCAC Coach of the Year twice and Washington Post girls’ basketball coach of the year in 2014. He was also named the 2016-17 MaxPreps Virginia High School Coach of the Year, the USA Today 2015-16 ALL-USA Girls Basketball National Coach of the Year and awarded the 2014-15 Pat Summitt Trophy as the National Coach of the Year by the Women’s Coaches Basketball Association.

He has been instrumental with the development of nearly 50 of his players moving onto the college level, and coaching in the college ranks. Coach Allen created both the Art Turner Memorial and D.C. Metro College Showcase, both events are considered some of the highest level competitions in the country.

The 2026-27 season will be his 25th at the helm of St. Paul VI Catholic High School. He's won over 500 games, is the all-time winningest coach in school history, and was inducted into the school Hall of Fame in 2023.

Coach Taja "Taj" Edwards shares her journey from growing up in Long Beach to becoming an Assistant Coach at the NCAA Division I level for over a decade, coaching in the NBA & WNBA, and now a Senior Account Executive for Just Play Sports Solutions.

After a stellar high school career at Long Beach Poly she took her talents to Fresno State where she led them to the NCAA Tournament in each of her four seasons - and has the second most wins in a four year span.

She embarked on a career in coaching when she accepted a support staff position at Ole Miss and was quickly thrusted into an Assistant Coach role within the first three months.

Coach Edwards spent time coaching at Cal State Fullerton, USC, Dartmouth and Loyola Marymount before ascending to the professional ranks. She joined the Charlotte Hornets franchise for a season and then spent time in the WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever before returning to the college ranks with TCU in 2022.

Recently Coach Williams pivoted to a position with Just Play Sports Solutions where she is still able to remain involved with basketball and helping coaches.

Coach Andy Fox shares his journey from being a standout basketball player at Cornell (Iowa) to becoming the Associate Head Coach at George Mason University.

Andy got his start in the profession as Graduate Assistant at Tennessee under Buzz Peterson, he was retained when Bruce Pearl took the reins, the Volunteers captured the SEC East Championship in 2006 and earned 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

He went on to join the coaching staff at The Citadel under Ed Conroy and he helped propel the Bulldogs to a school-record 20 wins and the program's first postseason appearance in 2009.

Coach Conroy took Andy with him when he accepted the job at Tulane. After five seasons at Tulane, Coach Fox joined the coaching staff at Louisiana Tech serving under Eric Konkol.

After four seasons at Louisiana Tech he moved to Nashville and served in a multitude of roles under Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt. The Commodores made a pair of NIT appearances and had their best season in over a decade during his time in Nashville.

Coach Fox spent the 2024-25 season coaching at Army West Point under Kevin Kuwik. In 2024-25, Fox helped lead the Black Knights to a historic season, which included the program's first postseason win in 55 years.

Tony Skinn hired Andy Fox to his George Mason University coaching staff in June 2025 and they pioneered the Patriots to the program's best-ever overall (18-1) and A-10 starts (6-0). They became the fastest in school history to reach 20 victories (22), they earned a spot in the 2025 NIT. In June 2026 Coach Skinn promoted Fox to an Associate Head Coach.

Coach Dylan Evans shares his journey from growing up in Owego, New York to becoming the Associate Head Coach at Richard Bland College.

He attended St. Bonaventure and was a Student Manager under Coach Mark Schmidt. During his first two seasons at St. Bonaventure he also coached at Owego Free Academy [his alma mater]. The Bonnies made a NCAA Tournament appearance, a NIT appearance, won an Atlantic 10 Regular Season and won an Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship.

After graduating Coach Evans accepted a Graduate Assistant position at Keuka College on the women's side. He received his Master's Degree and then joined the men's basketball staff at Richard Bland College (NCJAA D1).

Coach Evans was promoted from Assistant Coach to Associate Head Coach after two seasons at RBC under Coach Will Cabrera.

Coach Jared Wagner shares his journey from growing up in York, Pennsylvania to becoming the Head Coach at York College.

Wagner was a multi-sport athlete before deciding to attend York College and play for Coach Matt Hunter. He helped lead the Spartans to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and was a first-team NABC All-Region V selection as a senior - and was 2nd Team D3 All-American.

After graduating from York, he joined Coach Chad Dickman's staff at Hood College. Unfortunately Hood did not have a season as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, however the following season he would rejoin the York College Men's Basketball program as an Assistant Coach.

Following four seasons as an Assistant Coach at York College, he was promoted to Head Coach after Matt Hunter accepted the job at Gettysburg College. Coach Wagner led the Spartans to a 23-9 record in his first season at the helm.

Coach David Hastings shares his journey from law enforcement to becoming a college basketball coach at Keene State.

Hastings grew up in Gill, Massachusetts and entered the Police Academy straight out of high school and worked his way up the ranks to the Chief of Police of Gill.

While serving as a police officer he coached AAU and high school basketball, and ran AAU tournaments. He eventually joined Ryan Caine's coaching staff at Keene State, they had great success and after a couple of seasons he was promoted to Associate Head Coach.

After Coach Caine accepted the head coaching position at Johns Hopkins University, Coach Hastings was elevated to Interim Head Coach. He led the program to their 7th Little East Conference tournament title (3rd straight and 6th in the last 10 seasons), reached the Sweet 16 for the 6th time, and the NCAA tournament for the 9th time in program history in 2023-2024.

Keene State ultimately did not bring him back as Head Coach and so he returned to the high school ranks and began refereeing college basketball.

Coach Nate Bollinger shares his journey from growing up in York, Pennsylvania to becoming the Associate Head Coach at American University.

Nate attended Delaware Valley before transferring to Millersville. He set a program record 50 points in a single game and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Shortly after graduating from Millersville he accepted his first coaching position at York College under Coach Matt Hunter - in addition to working the third shift at a juvenile detention center.

After one season at York he joined Scott Cherry's coaching staff at High Point University as the Director of Player Development. In his first season at High Point the team captured the Big South Conference regular season championship.

Following three seasons at HPU he moved onto Saint Vincent College under Coach D.P. Harris. He helped the team go 22-5 and subsequently was named to the NABC 30-Under-30 Team.

Coach Dane Fischer hired Nate to his staff at William & Mary in 2019 as the Director of Basketball Operations. He was promoted to an Assistant Coach in 2021 and then moved onto American University in 2023.

Coach Bollinger was promoted from an Assistant Coach to an Associate Head Coach following the 2024-25 season. The Eagles won both the Patriot League regular season and conference tournament in 2024-25.

Coach Dylan Backalar shares his journey from growing up in Michigan to becoming the Assistant Coach at South Dakota Mines.

Dylan was a four year Student Manager at Ball State under Coach James Whitford and served as Head Manager during his senior year. After graduating he served as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside under Coach Luke Reigel, helping lead University of Wisconsin-Parkside to the D2 NCAA Tournament.

Following his time in Wisconsin, Coach Backalar moved onto Rockford University where served under Coach Jeremy Reigle during the 2024-25 season. Coach Michael Iseman hired Dylan as his lone Assistant Coach at South Dakota Mines in May of 2025.

Coach Tim Kaine shares his journey from growing up in Tennessee to becoming an Assistant Coach at the High Major level at LSU.

Tim played both basketball and soccer in college prior to getting the coaching bug. After coaching high school basketball during his undergraduate years at Winthrop he embarked on a college coaching journey that began at Austin Peay where he served as a Graduate Assistant.

Tim moved onto Guilford College (D3) and then Newberry (D2) before being hired at his alma mater [Winthrop] as their Director of Basketball Operations.

Coach Mike Jarvis hired Tim to his coaching staff at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and he remained as an Assistant Coach for six seasons. Following FAU he landed on staff at Georgia Southern for one season before spending the next ten years on staff with Coach Matt McMahon at both Murray State and LSU.

After 24 years in coaching and numerous championships, Tim stepped away and pivoted to the MMR Group.

Coach Hughes shares his journey from growing up in Ligonier, Pennsylvania to becoming an Assistant Coach at Northern Michigan (DII).

John Michael attended the prestigious IMG Academy prior to being a PWO (Preferred Walk On) at High Point University. He played under the legendary Coach Tubby Smith and then played as a Graduate Transfer at The Citadel.

Coach Hughes was then hired as a Graduate Transfer at USC under Coach Andy Enfield and had players such as Bronny James, DJ Rodman, Boogie Ellis, Isaiah Collier, and Kobe Johnson.

After Coach Enfield accepted the job at SMU, Coach Eric Musselman wanted to retain John Michael, but ultimately accepted an Assistant Coach position at Northern Michigan.