What do you do when the young men under your charge have their life long dreams crushed? A massive award from his peers. A coach’s six sense. Taking a small school to the big stage.

These are some of the topics that we address on this episode of Martial Arts and Life with Eastern Washington University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Shantay Legans. We take a long drive down the meaningful roads of motivation, character, and grit. Listen to his break-point while playing professional basketball in Europe. And how Coach Legans states we all have to pass through this gate of life.

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Here is some background on Coach Legans

Eastern men’s basketball coach Shantay Legans continued a bit of EWU history when he was announced on March 10, 2020, as Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year from balloting by the league’s 11 head coaches. The 2020-21 season will be his fourth as head coach and 12th overall at EWU after guiding EWU to finishes of 23-8 overall and 16-4 in the Big Sky in the 2019-20 season. He becomes the fourth Eastern coach to earn the honor and follows in their footsteps as Big Sky Conference champions. Steve Aggers was coach of the year in both 1998 and 2000, the latter honor coming after EWU won the regular-season title. Ray Giacoletti (2004) and Jim Hayford (2015) were honored after their teams each followed regular-season championships with titles in the Big Sky Conference Tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament.

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