Building with Brick

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Hall of Fame Coach Larry Holley was the head men's basketball coach at his alma mater, William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. His 919 career wins make him one of only 10 four-year college coaches (NCAA and NAIA) to amass 900 career wins. He is currently in ninth place all-time in total career wins.

In Part 1 Coach Holley talks about:

• where he developed his competitive nature
• his success in high school as a student-athlete
• how he made his college choice
• why he went into coaching after college

Coach Holley's teams won 20 games in a season 24 times and  posted both a 45-game conference winning streak and a 43-game home court winning streak. Four times his teams won 30 or more games in a season, and his teams reached the NAIA Final Four four times.

Larry's teams won 11 Conference Championships and he received 14 Coach of the Year awards. He has been inducted into the  William Jewell College Athletic Hall of Fame, the Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, the Missouri Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, and the NAIA Hall of Fame.

Larry joined William Jewell as head men's basketball coach for the 1979–80 season after coaching four years at Northwest Missouri University, six years at Central Methodist College and one year at Harrisburg Missouri High School.

Off the court, Larry served as a faculty member in the Department of Physical Education for more than 35 years. He started the annual High School Holiday Classic, which recently completed its 40th edition, as well as the well-respected Cardinal Basketball camps in the summer of 1980. Coach Holley helped spearhead the start of the William Jewell Athletic Hall of Fame, which has now inducted more than 150 individuals and teams. More than 96 percent of his fourth-year players earned a William Jewell degree.

Coach Holley is a native of Jameson, Missouri.

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Coach Brickner delays his podcast with NAIA Hall of Fame Coach Larry Holley one week in order to spend one episode talking about Coach Chic Downing the teammate, the coach, the friend. Chic passed away February 22.

Chic was an unbelievable athlete (High School & College Basketball All-American) and a Hall of Fame high school basketball coach. He acted as Coach Brickner's assistant coach for Coach B's first two years at Benedictine and helped change the direction of Raven basketball. In this episode Dr. B talks about:

• his relationship with Chic over the years and how their friendship grew
• Sharing a number of stories that probably only he and Chic knew about
• honoring his longtime friend and fellow coach emphasizing that there was much more to Chic than his record of accomplishments

Chic Downing was an amazing person who touched many lives. He is a Kansas legend, and will be missed by many. May God bless his soul.

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In Part 4 Ohio High School Hall of Fame Coach Bob Seggerson completes his interview with Coach Brickner discussing:

1. how he dealt with potential scholarship players and their parents
2. how did you use your assistant coaches and managers
3. his opinion on creating a difficult playing schedule for his teams
4. how he got into writing a weekly article for the local newspaper, The Lima News
5. giving Coach Brickner permission to publish his "50 things learned as a high school coach" on Coach B's website (www.drjoebrickner.com)

In wrapping up his final session with Dr. Brickner, Coach Seg continues to share the wisdom he gained over 32 years as a head boys high school basketball coach. His stories and shared experiences are of the quality that the listener will retain for a long time. The listener, at the conclusion of the series, will certainly understand why Coach Bob Seggerson achieved the results he did and became a Hall of Fame inductee.

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In Part 3 Coach Seggerson talks about:
* how his wife, Janie, dealt with being the spouse of a high school coach
* how his faith was incorporated into his coaching
* the concept of "Players Make Plays"
* his perception of the differences in coaching in high school vs. college

Bob expounds upon these items with stories/actual experiences he encountered throughout his 32 year coaching career at Lima Central Catholic High School in Lima, Ohio. As always, Coach Seg is entertaining.

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Bob Seggerson is a member of the Ohio High School Basketball Hall of Fame and the former coach of Lima Central Catholic high school in Lima, Ohio. Coach Seg won 518 games in 32 years at LCC including the state championship in win #518. In January, 2021, LCC named its basketball court after Coach Seggerson.

In Part 2 of 4 of the series Coach Seg talks about:

• college coaching career opportunities
• dealing with parents as a coach
• how he dealt with losing 5 games by a total of 8 points in the Ohio High School Final Four before winning the state championship on the last possession.

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Bob Seggerson, a member of the Ohio High School Hall of Fame as the coach of Lima Central Catholic High School Thunderbirds, won 518 games at LCC over the span of his 32 year career. He took teams to the final 4 six times, losing five of those games by a total of 8 points. Finally, on his 518th win, in story-book fashion, he brought home the Ohio State Basketball Championship trophy.

In part 1 of this 4-part series, Bob first talks about where he got his competitive edge as a youngster growing up in Lima, Ohio. He shares his journey to eventually receiving a full scholarship to St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, where St. Joe's belonged to one of the best NCAA Division 2 conferences in the country. His recruiting stories will have you laughing at how some of the coaches tried to impress Bob's parents. He finishes up the first segment by talking about the lessons he learned from his coach at St. Joe's as well as other coaches who had an impact on his coaching philosophy.

In subsequent sessions with Bob he will share his college coaching opportunities and why he chose to stay at LCC, his reaction to the 5 losses by a total of 8 points on the biggest stage in Ohio basketball, how his wife dealt with being a coach's wife for all those years, how his Catholic faith was involved in his coaching experience, how he dealt with parents as a high school coach, how and why he became a journalist writing a weekly basketball column for the local Lima News newspaper, among other things.

If you are a young coach , if you have children playing  or getting ready to play high school sports, or if you just enjoy hearing about the ups and downs of someone who has a passion for their career choice, this 4-part series with Bob Seggerson is one you will not want to miss!

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In part 4 of 4, Ken discusses his views on a number of the concepts espoused in Coach Brickner's book, "So, You want to be a Coach..." Ken, an author himself, then talks about the children's books he has published and his latest baseball novel. He shares the story of his initiation into writing and gives a quick listing of some of his previous books. He also provides the listener with a way to purchase his books. And as expected from experiencing Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series, Part 4 ends in laughter.

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In Part 3 of 4 Ken talks about:

1.  A coach's spouse's role
2. Being fired
3. Coach Brickner's 3F Model for Success.

He relates how his wife adjusted to his role as a coach in the minor leagues, the sacrifices required and what affect being married to a coach has on a marriage. Kenny also answers the question "Have you ever been fired?" and talks a little about Dr. Brickner's 3F Model for Success.

Part 3 is shorter than the first two parts of the interview, but no less entertaining. 

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Ken Berry describes his experience as a baseball player, coach, manager, and tutor over a 37 year career in professional baseball. In Part 2 Ken talks about the day the White Sox moved him from third base to the outfield, and the hilarious "first day" with his new outfield coach. He also discusses the "Players make Plays" concepts and who were some of his players that he coached that did that for him. He briefly describes his way of developing the whole person instead of just the baseball player, and how his Christian faith guided him.

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