1996 NBL coach of the Year Brett Flanigan coached the Canberra Cannons from 1993 to 2000 and has since gone on to create yournextbiggame.com, a company focused helping retired athletes move past depression and into the second stage of their lives.

Brett became the youngest coach to ever lead an NBL program when he moved took over from Barry Barnes at the Cannons in 1994.

Brett and Dan discuss the highlights and challenges of the Canberra Cannons program during the 1990s as well as the players who made the team special like Simon Dwight, Ray Borner, Robert Rose, Darnell Mee, Jamie Pearlman, Dave Simmons, Simon Cottrell, Jervaughn Scales, Fred Cofield, Mario Donaldson and many more

• The NBL Next Star program and it's impact in the United States (2:00)
• Working with retired athletes struggling with depression (6:00)
• Flanigan's NBL career as a player and how it shaped his current career working with retired athletes (18:30)
• The launch of the Australian Institute of Sport and it's first three years (22:00)
• How Bob Turner doesn't get enough credit for his impact on Australian basketball (29:00)
• The Cannon's transition from the Phil Smyth/Herb McEachin era and taking over the regins of the Canberra Cannons (34:00)
• Fred Cofield, Jervaughn Scales and a rookie Simon Dwight lead the Cannons in 1995 (36:00)
• The Cannons make it to the semi-finals in 1996 behind Darnell Mee and Robert Rose (39:00)
• Whatever happened to Chris Blakemore? (49:00)
• Memories of Ray Borner (51:00)
• The intensity of Rob Rose and Darnell Mee during training sessions (52:00)
• Why didn't the Cannons bring back Darnell Mee in 1997, instead, signing Mario Donaldson (55:00)
• 1997 Simon Dwights best season as a Cannon (58:00)
• 1998 Melvin Thomas joins the team but the Cannons miss the playoffs (103:00)
• 1999/00 and Brett Flanigan is replaced by Cal Bruton mid-season (105:00)
• The highlights and challenges of the 1990's Canberra Cannons (1:13:00)

All of this and a whole lot more...

Listen to our previous interviews with the biggest stars in Australian Basketball, head to Aussiehoopla.com. Check out previous podcasts featuring;

Australian Basketball Legends - Luc Longley, Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Mark Bradtke, Leroy Loggins, David Andersen, Andrew Vlahov, CJ Bruton, Chris Anstey, Brett Maher, John Rillie, Tony Ronaldson, Brad Newley

Current NBL Stars - Kevin Lisch, AJ Ogilvy, Damian Martin, Daniel Kickert, Thomas Abercrombie, Jason Cadee, Bryce Cotton, Chris Goulding, Mitch McCarron, Cam Gliddon

Our Finest Coaching Minds - Brian Goorjian, Joey Wright, Adrian Hurley, Aaron Fearne, Rob Beveridge, Phil Smyth, Ian Stacker, Shawn Dennis, Dean Vickerman, Trevor Gleeson, Lindsey Gaze, Ken Cole

NBA Stars Past & Present - Andrew Bogut, Matthew Dellavedova, Stephen Jackson, Randy Livingston, Torrey Craig, Acie Earl, Josh Childress, Reggie Smith, Todd Lichti, Ryan Broekhoff

The NBL's Greatest Imports - Darryl McDonald, Ricky Grace, Derek Rucker, Leon Trimmingham, Scott Fisher, Lanard Copeland, Mike Mitchell, Darnell Mee, Isaac Burton, Shawn Redhage, Willie Farley, Al Green, Corey "Homicide" Williams, Andre Moore, Steve Woodberry, Mike Mitchell, Dusty Rychart

And the men who run things - Larry Kestelman, Paul Maley, Vince Crivelli, Jeremy Loeliger, Chuck Harmison, Jeff Van Groningen, Bob Turner

All that and much more. Follow @AussieHoopla on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and email at [email protected]