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Preston Spradlin is in his second season as full-time head coach after spending the majority of the 2016-17 season as interim head coach. He is in his fifth season overall with the Morehead State men's basketball program and his 10th year working with a Division I program.

On March 16, 2017, he was named the 14th men's basketball head coach in program history.

Spradlin officially took on the interim head coaching position on Dec. 15, 2016, nine games into the 2016-17 season after the Eagles opened with a 2-7 record. He then guided Morehead State to a 12-9 record the rest of the way and a 10-6 mark in OVC play, which ranked second in the league.

Following the 2015-16 season, Spradlin was named to the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) 2016 Under Armour 30-Under-30-Team, which recognizes 30 men's basketball coaches across the country that are under the age of 30.

Spradlin came to Morehead State after five seasons with national power Kentucky. He spent two campaigns (2009-11) as a graduate assistant with the Wildcats before three years as the assistant director of operations (2011-14). His duties included film breakdown, creating and maintaining playbooks, assisting with opponent scouting and day-to-day operations.

In this episode, I think you will enjoy the process Coach Spradlin has to opponent scouting. 

Website - https://msueagles.com/sports/mens-basketball

Email - [email protected]

Twitter - @CoachPSpradlin @MSUEaglesMBB

Ger Sasser is the Owner and Trainer at CrossFit Countdown, located in Ashland, KY. Ger is the strength coach for the Tomcat Basketball team at Ashland Blazer High School, Ashland, KY.  Last year, the Tomcat Basketball program became the first team to win 2000 games in Kentucky high school history, and finished their season undefeated at 33 – 0. Coach Jason Mays credits much of their success to the rigorous strength training that is now embedded into his basketball program. 

Formerly ranked 25th in the world for competitive CrossFit Athletes, Ger now focuses on coaching athletes back in his hometown. “The most rewarding thing is seeing kids do things they never thought they would be able to, says Sasser. Witnessing the Tomcat Basketball team go undefeated last season was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had. I’m excited to share with other high school basketball coaches what I’ve learned training the players at Ashland.”

In this episode Coach Mays will expose explicit details into how Coach Sasser believes high school coaches should approach strength and conditioning within their programs. Coach Mays depicts the model that his Ashland Blazer high school team uses and the impact it has had on their program. Please reach out to Coach Mays at @CoachJMays or @CoachMaysPod on Twitter for questions about this episode or references for Coach Ger Sasser.

Welcome to the CoachMays.com Podcast, an explicit submergence into coaching high school basketball. 

Having coached basketball for more than two decades, but only recently as a high school coach, I’m obsessed with learning as much as possible about winning at the prep level.

Together, we will learn from coaches across the basketball spectrum.

The purpose is simple, to give you that one take-a-way from each episode to make your high school program more successful tomorrow than it was today.