Kevin Eastman is an International Corporate and Sports Team Speaker who spent 13 years in the NBA. His roles included being VP of Basketball Operations and an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers. Kevin was also an assistant coach for the 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics.

In addition to his time in the NBA, he served as the National Director for the Nike Basketball Skills Academies, spent 22 Years as a college coach

and 4 Years as a College Director of Athletics.

Over his 40 years in the game of basketball at the collegiate and professional levels, Kevin Eastman has studied what makes the best The Best -- their habits, mindsets, strategies and every day choices.

Known as a thought leader in the basketball and sports worlds, Kevin is now an engaging speaker who inspires a wide range of audiences, from sports teams to diverse corporate groups.

What sets Kevin apart from many other speakers is that he has lived in the world of the best while observing and studying them every day. His curiosity and dedication to learning provide the backdrop for delivering powerful talks on leadership, culture, teamwork and why the best are The Best.

I guarantee you’re going to want to take a few pages of notes as you listen to this episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast with Kevin Eastman, author of the book, “Why the Best are the Best” Check out the show notes if you’re interested in purchasing the book. It will be money well-spent. Please enjoy our conversation with Kevin Eastman.

Twitter - @kevineastman

Email – [email protected]

To Purchase Kevin’s Book “Why the Best are the Best” click here - www.kevineastman.net/book-orders/

 Benjamin Pirillo has been an elementary Physical Education teacher since 2001. He was awarded the 2015 TAHPERD Elementary Teacher of the Year and the 2016 SHAPE America Southern District Elementary Teacher of The Year. He has been fortunate enough to teach on the same campus his entire career and in 2008 he was awarded Teacher of the Year for his campus. Since becoming a teacher within his district, he has been a part of developing their Coordinated School Health and Physical Education curriculums. Upon moving to Texas, he quickly became a member of TAHPERD and over the years became more involved within the organization. He started presenting at the annual conventions in 2010 and by 2013 was volunteering more with TAHPERD. Benjamin has been helping the organization in its endeavors to become more visible in social media. Benjamin loves to share is ideas with colleagues around the world. In 2013, he created a YouTube channel to share engaging activities he uses with his students. Each week during the school year he posts one dance video and one physical education video. The physical education videos focus on various skills students learn and use in dynamic activities. His dance videos are the most popular, where anyone can follow along, much like the popular dance video games. In 2014 Benjamin created his own website to share more content for teachers to use in their classes. On the website teachers can download and use various materials like fitness cards, assessment forms, posters, cross curricular items, and much more. He is an author of various eBooks that are available in his Teachers Pay Teachers store. Benjamin has been honored to present for different state organizations, national organizations, and school districts. His love and passion for physical education is evident during the presentations. He is a fun, energetic, and enthusiastic presenter. When presenting, he always carries the same flow of energy throughout the whole presentation. The teachers walk away with a variety of activities they can easily incorporate within their school’s curriculum. His presentations focus on activities which help reinforce previously learned skills while providing some ways to integrate technology. 

[email protected]

https://twitter.com/CoachPirillo

https://t.co/eo21XsxD5V

 teachphysed.weebly.com 

Max Rooke has enjoyed four highly successful seasons as the associate head coach of the Pepperdine women's soccer program. The 2018 season will be his fifth with the Waves.

Since coming to Pepperdine prior to the 2014 season, he has been a part of three NCAA Tournament teams (2014 Sweet 16 and 2016 and 2017 second rounds) and two WCC titles (2016 and 2017). He’s been part of a staff that’s earned United Soccer Coaches West Region Coaching Staff of the Year honors in both 2016 and 2017.

Rooke joined the Waves' staff after serving as an assistant coach at both Illinois-Springfield and his alma mater, Mercer. While at UIS, Rooke also served as Director of Coaching for the Springfield Area Soccer Association.

Before joining the staff at Mercer, Rooke worked as the head coach for both the boys’ and girls' soccer programs at Tattnall Square Academy. In his time at Tattnall, he guided the boys' team to two Georgia Independent Schools Association (GISA) State Final Four Appearances (2005, 2008) along with a GISA Regional 3 AAA Championship in 2005.

Rooke was named the GISA Region 3 AAA Coach of the Year twice (2004, 2005) as well as the GISA State Coach of the Year in 2004.

Rooke also brings many years of collegiate and professional playing experience to his position. Playing collegiately for Mercer University, he earned all-academic honors in each of his four years. He was twice an All-South American selection (2000, 2001) and was the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year in 2001. He served as the team captain in each of his last three seasons and in 2005 he became the first male soccer player in school history to have his jersey retired.

His professional experience stretches overseas as he was also a member of the Great Britain National Soccer Team, playing in two world championships, and also with the professional Reading Football Club.

A native of Reading, England, Max graduated from Mercer in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a minor in Education. He currently holds his NSCAA Premier Coaching Diploma.

Rooke is also a noted motivational speaker who has developed a program to help individuals and teams master their mental game and elevate performance levels (maxrooke.com).

Max and his wife, Noelle, have been married since 2008. Noelle is currently the assistant women's volleyball coach at Cal State Northridge. They reside in Oak Park, Calif.

 @Max_Rooke 

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 https://www.maxrooke.com/ 

Mr. Miles has been the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) Owls Men’s Basketball coach for 45 years, and is one of the four winningest coaches in the nation, having reached his one thousandth win on February 1, 2014. Mr. Miles’ accomplishments are impressive, including:

* 3x NAIA National Basketball Coach of the Year (2004, 2008, 2012)

*  Inducted in the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018

* National Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year (2012)

* National winner of NAIA’s Champion of Character award for all sports in 2009

* A.T. Slats Gill All-Sports Coach of the Year (2004)

* DNA Award at the Oregon Sports Award show (2013)

* Guardians of the Game Pillar Award for Advocacy from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (2013)

* 3x NAIA National Championships

* Received the Coach Wooden “Keys to Life” Award at the Athletes in Action Legends of the Hardwood Breakfast (2015), held each year during the Final Four

Mr. Miles is native to Southern Oregon, and is an alumnus of Southern Oregon University. In 2005 he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award at a dinner held in his honor. He is a charter member of the SOU and the City of Medford’s Halls of Fame for his outstanding athletic fortunes.

How fortunate are we? Just to think of the chance that he (Danny Miles) would be there and be an influence in the lives of these young kids… So happy for (my son) and his schoolmates! – Lori R. via Facebook

Mr. Miles has coached ten summer clinics in France, as well as held clinics in Australia and China. In 2010, Miles participated in the Athlete’s In Action (AIA) as a staff member, traveling throughout Kenya and Rwanda, Africa where they hosted basketball clinics. In August 2011, he was selected as the Head Clinician for AIA, having coached the national coaches of Rwanda, as well as the top men’s and women’s players from the East African nation.

Having grown up in Medford, Mr. Miles is looking forward to returning to his roots and settling nearby with his wife, Judie.

 The fourth most winningest coach in college basketball history at Oregon Tech; the last three letter varsity athlete at Southern Oregon; and now, the 72-year-old is the head athletic director at Cascade Christian High School. 

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 The school has had considerable success in basketball The girls' basketball team, led since 1972 by New Jersey's winningest girls' basketball coach, Jeff Jasper, has won 30 consecutive league titles (1979 through 2008), and seven county championships to go along with multiple state titles. The girls' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1981 (vs. Camden Catholic High School), 1982 (vs. North Hunterdon High School) and 1989 (vs. Mainland Regional High School), and the Group II title in 2005 and 2008 (vs. Rumson-Fair Haven High School in both years). In 2008, the Indians won the Group II State title with a 58–52 win against Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, qualifying for the state Tournament of Champions, and giving Jasper the 800th coaching victory. Jasper was inducted by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association into its Bollinger High School Hall of Fame in 2006. The 2010 girls' basketball team was NBIL champions and won the North I, Group III state sectional title, defeating top-seed Teaneck High School 51-47. Jasper earned his 900th win in January 2013, joining Bob Hurley as the only other coach in state history to reach that mark. On January 11, 2018, Jasper earned his 1,000th career coaching victory with a 73-25 win against Northern Highlands Regional High School, becoming the first girls basketball coach in New Jersey to reach this milestone, joining Hurley again as the only other high school basketball coach in New Jersey with 1,000 or more wins 

@jasperpascack 

Bostwick’s first head coaching position was at Vinita High School where in his second season led the Hornets to the State Championship game. After returning to JBU as an assistant coach Bostwick helped guide the Eagles to the 2005 NAIA National Championship. In 2007 he took over as the head coach at Oklahoma Wesleyan University where he led the Eagles to the 2009 NAIA DII National Championship, winning a NAIA DII record 39 consecutive games. Bostwick then spent 6 seasons at Southwestern Assemblies of God University where in 2013 he once again led his Lions to the National Championship Game.  Making Bostwick the only coach to ever lead programs to championship games as a high school coach, assistant college coach, and as head coach at both the NAIA DI and DII level.  Bostwick received National Coach of the Year Honors in 2009, 2010, & 2013. His 146-29 win-loss record at OKWU over his five seasons at the helm makes OKWU one of the most successful programs in the country.  He has coached over 12 All-Americans and 5 NAIA Players of the Year including the No. 1 and No. 3 All-Time Three-point Shooters in the History of College Basketball – Brandon Cole – 527 & Steve Briggs – 498

Bostwick has directed Basketball Camps all over the world including Alaska, Hawaii, the Himalayas of Bhutan to the jungles of Africa and all across the United States. He is a sought after Clinician Speaker who has spoken at the NCAA Final Four and for Glacier Coaching Clinics. He has worked for both Point Guard College and Northwest Basketball Camps, which are the two largest camps in the United States.

This past season Bostwick returned to Oklahoma Wesleyan University and led his team back to the NAIA DII Sweet 16. Bostwick considers coaching a ministry and runs his program like a family.  “Our camps are provide excellent high level basketball skills training, but we also invest valuable time in teaching our campers how to include their faith in their game along with teaching the value of leadership, hard work and character.”

 This past October, Bostwick was asked by a close coaching friend whom he had been blessed to pour into and influence spiritually the following question. “If you were going to start a new ministry, then what would it be?” They both knew the answer was to be an encourager to coaches and help them grow spiritually. From that conversation, Bostwick began praying and in his spirit was birthed “SPIRIT LED COACH”. The mission of the ministry is to both encourage and empower coaches. On March 3, Bostwick launched a movement called SLC3 which challenges coaches to take their walk with Christ to another level. He has a big vision for the future of the ministry, but understands it will take time and a move of the Spirit. The first step is a Christian Coaches Clinic July 19-21 called the SLC3 Experience. Go to www.spiritledcoach.com to learn more. 

 In addition to Coach Bostwick’s professional accolades, he considers his greatest success to be at home, where he and his wife of 25 years enjoy raising their four children and are thrilled to bring their family back to their Bartlesville home. 

 @Coach_Bostwick 

During Phillips’ 26-year tenure at her alma mater, Archbishop Mitty High School, she established a 667-125 record.  Under Coach Phillips, Archbishop Mitty captured 23 league titles, 20 Central Coast Section titles, 12 Northern California titles, and 6 CIF State Championships.

Archbishop Mitty High School

USA Basketball

University of California Berkeley

Lead Assistant Coach, Women’s Basketball

In 1999, Coach Phillips guided the Women’s Varsity Team to its first state title at the Division I level. That same year, the Monarchs finished with a 31-0 record in which Coach Phillips was named National Coach-of-the-Year by Student Sports Magazine. In 2004, American Quarterly Basketball named her as one of five high school coaches in the country that “you should know.”  In 2018, Coach Phillips led the Monarchs to a 29-1 record, earning League and CCS titles, along with a National Championship. Under Coach Phillips’ leadership, the Women’s Varsity basketball team was named national champions by USA Today & espnW for the 2018 season and the team finished the season ranked No. 1 in the country by ESPN, MaxPreps, and USA Today. In recognition of her accomplishments in 2018, Coach Sue Phillips was honored with two national coaching awards, including the prestigious Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s National High School Coach of Year and the Naismith National High School Coach of Year. Coach Phillips’ program at Archbishop Mitty has produced over 50 NCAA Division One athletes including WNBA standout Danielle Robinson and Olympian Kerri Walsh. 

https://twitter.com/coachsphillips

"Don Puckett....A Beautiful Dude!...A practical, down-to-earth, master advocate for all youngsters. His presentations are exciting, charismatic and adventurous, featuring sound basic principles of child growth and development. Don's deep and sincere concern for Physical Education, its Teachers and Students, qualifies him for the title of EDUCARER!!" (Ambrose Brazelton)

Don’s Physical Education teaching experience for 38 years included all grade levels and coaching basketball, football, tennis, cross country, golf, wrestling, baseball and soccer.

He has served as Athletic Director, Physical Education Director, Assistant Principal, Curriculum Consultant and Testing Coordinator and has conducted in-service training for all grade levels and several college major groups for since 1976.

Don produced two award winning line dancing DVD's called "Line Dancing Is It" and "User Friendly Line Dancing", designed the popular “Aerobic Tinikling Cords” and authored "Playing It S.A.F.E. (Successful Activities for Everyone)"

SportVideo company of Tucson, AZ produced two activity DVD's featuring Don and 40 activities. You may use the following links to preview the activity DVD's.

http://youtu.be/hM8eHHKi_1c

http://youtu.be/M-xcZjk1Kpw

Don has received honors at the local, state and national levels for teaching excellence and innovative ideas, is currently retired from teaching but is still involved with consulting for individual school districts and Physical Education Conferences.

Don has worked for the “Share The Wealth Physical Education Conference” each of the 32 years it has been held at Jekyll Island, GA. 

If you need an informative and inspiring in-service presentation feel free to contact Don at [email protected]. 

EDUCATION:

1977-1979 Bryan College

Dayton, Tennessee

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Major: Mathematics

Minor: Secondary Education 

GPA: 3.5

Men’s Basketball Team

1975-1976 Cleveland State Community College

Cleveland, Tennessee

Academic and Basketball scholarships 

Associate of Science

Men’s Basketball Team 

1970-1974 McMinn Central High School – Englewood TN

Mr CHS, President of the Student Council, President of the Senior Class, President of the Beta Club, “Best All-Around” Faculty Award; Captain and MVP of basketball team, 4 year letterman; Most Valuable Player, Best Offensive Player, Best Attitude, All-Tri-State (Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2001 – present BETTER BASKETBALL website: www.betterbasketball.com

Instructional DVDs, Online Courses & Streaming Video for Coach & Player Development

Clinic Speaker for: PGC – Glazier Coaching Clinics (every Spring & Fall)

USA Basketball Coaching Clinics - Final Four NABC 

NAIA Champions of Character Annual Coaching Clinic - Athletes In Action

International Basketball Coaches Experience - Global Sports Partners 

Manitoba Super Coaches Clinic; Countries: Belgium, Canada, Norway, 

Costa Rica

1992 – 2003 Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, 805 Mt Vernon Hwy NW, Atlanta, GA

Coaching: Head Boys Varsity Basketball  

70% Winning% & Back-to-back Final Fours 

Teaching: Mathematics

1989 – 1992 Mount Vernon Christian Academy, 4449 Northside Drive NW, Atlanta, GA

Coaching: Head Boys Varsity Basketball 

Teaching: Mathematics

1982 – 1984 Ooltewah High School – Ooltewah TN 

Coaching: Head Boys Varsity Basketball 

Teaching: Mathematics 

1979 – 1981 Chattanooga Central High School, Chattanooga, TN 

Coaching: Head Boys Varsity Basketball 

Teaching: Mathematics