Beyond the Hardwood

Jayson takes us on his journey from growing up in the inner city of Cleveland, OH, playing alongside, Earl Boykins, in high school and how he made an opportunity from his exposure, learning to stick through adversity as a freshman at Indiana State & buying into a coaching change going into his senior year, standing head to head against Ray Allen & getting comfortable in the NBA Summer League scene, his 13 year career overseas and how being by himself allowed him to find himself, working with Nike post basketball career & how reading the book, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek, revealed to him his true calling to help others find their true purpose & why in life 5 years later ..

For more information on Jayson Wells or to continue to support & follow his journey, check out his website https://jaysonwells.com/ also if you are interested in purchasing his book, The Things We Know But Do Not Do, click the link below to purchase online at Barnes & Noble, otherwise it is also available on his website.

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Coach Irvin talks about growing up on the outside of Chicago, how playing pick up with the boys at an early age helped her game grow as a player, transitioning from Illinois to Cali to go play at Fresno State, getting her first chance in the business working under the legendary, Doug Bruno at Depaul, becoming the head coach at Whitney Young High School and how it helped her grow in all aspects of being a coach and the difficult trials she went through as a woman to try to have a baby that led to a miracle in the end.

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Coach Rahim talks about his childhood and growing up in a big family, his college career, playing for Bill Kennedy and how adversity helped them turn the program around, the advice his older brother, Shareef Abdul-Rahim, 13 YR NBA Vet & NBA G-League President, gave him as a young kid and player in college, his original plan to play pro before reuniting with Coach Kennedy on the coaching side, the lessons he learned while at Ga. Tech & C. of Charleston, and the biggest takeaways from his first year as a head coach as he enters into year 2 at KSU.

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Jordan Surenkamp talks about growing up in the state of Indiana and the basketball culture within the state, his playing career at Wabash College (DIII), connecting with the Butler staff through camps to get his first break into the business as a GA at South Alabama, how relationships led to him taking a chance at working in the NBA and his experience with the Brooklyn Nets and now the Charlotte Hornets organizations.

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Coach Jump talks about how she was never the most talented player, but she was great in her role and how she added value for her team and teammates, how after graduating college she secured a job in the business, balancing out being players allies rather than their friend and how her the village she has been around in the business has aloud her to be named a 2x WBCA 30 under 30 honoree.

Tyler Relph talks about growing up in New York, coming up in the ranks as one of the best high school players in the state, the lessons he learned as a player at West Virginia and St. Bonaventure, how he fell in love with helping players get better while on staff at St. Bonnies, moving to Dallas, TX to begin his skill/player development brand, the relationships and cultures he has been built and how he has been actively using his brand and platform to help be an advocate for change during these times in our society.

Coach Brooks III talks about his childhood growing up in the inner city of Houston, TX, his desire to originally not want to be a college basketball coach, his journey once he did enter the business as a coach, the championship habits they build in their program at Baylor and how during this pandemic, Be Ready has become an extended family for so many coaches and others involved.

Coach Willemsen talks about his journey through the coaching business from his time at Lee University as a student manager, becoming one of the nation's youngest assistant coaches at Tennessee Tech, the beauty in the struggle at South Alabama, and the lens he looks through being a white coach at an HBCU.

Beyond the Hardwood podcast is hosted by Dionte Ferguson, Assistant Coach at Tusculum University. This podcast will feature guests who, like myself, are involved in the world of basketball, but have paved their own path to where they are today. Each episode will feature guests from within the basketball profession, as well as other athletic professionals.