Hondo Handy’s Podcast

Meet Shaka Smart, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Marquette University. Atlantic Physical Therapy presents the 81st Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. The podcast shares the journey of Coach Smart, as he enters his first year at Marquette. He spent his previous six seasons coaching the Texas Longhorns. In his first season at Texas, the Longhorns won 20 games and received an at-large-bid to the NCAA Tournament. He finished with five winning seasons, of 19 wins or more. He also won the N.I.T. VCU hired Smart to be the head coach in the spring of 2009. In his first season, he led the Rams to a 27–10 season and a CBI Championship. Despite not securing the automatic bid, VCU earned an at-large bid to the Southwest region of the 2011 NCAA Tournament. The Rams were one of the last four teams invited, and were placed in the First Four against USC for a spot in the main 64-team tournament bracket. VCU defeated USC and then upset the 6th-seeded Georgetown Hoyas and 3rd-seeded Purdue Boilermakers to advance to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. VCU won 72–71 against Florida State University in overtime to earn the school's first spot in the Elite Eight and subsequently upset the top-seeded University of Kansas 71–61 for its first Final Four appearance. The Rams lost to Butler 70-62 in the semifinal game.

Shaka has held several assistant coaching positions including University of Akron for three years, Clemson for two, and Florida for one. At Clemson he was an Assistant to my high school teammate Oliver Purnell.

Ed Hileman Drywall and Custom Painting presents the 80th Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. This week’s podcast shares the journey of former Stephen Decatur High School Basketball Star Lynn Smack. Lynn is currently the Assistant Basketball Coach at Dundalk Community College. He previously was an Assisted Coach at Catonsville Community College and Chesapeake Community College. Many of his young men have moved on to play in Division l, Division II and Division III colleges. His Ocean City Classic Tournament was one of the largest basketball tournaments ever held in Ocean City, Maryland, with over 90 teams. His Ocean City Basketball Classic Tournament was recognized by the National AAU Headquaters. He has also been featured in Sports illustrated Magazine for his involvement with AAU Basketball. The Strafford University graduate has had teams come as far away as Denmark and Wisconsin to play in his tournament.

Southside Deli presents the 79th Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. The podcast shares the journey of Sean Hull, President of Life & Breath Foundation. The an organization dedicated to finding a cure for Sarcoidosis – the disease that took his mother’s life. Sean is the Wealth Management Director at PNC Wealth Management in Baltimore. Sean is active on the NCAA College basketball courts as a men’s basketball official in the Atlantic Coast Conference and many other conferences. His connections has allowed him to reach out and ask athletes to utilize their celebrity status for the betterment of the Life and Breath Foundation.

He came up with the idea to create Flip-Flop Festivus, a casual evening affair that featured past and present Ravens.

The event became known as “Baltimore’s best football party.”

Ed Hileman Drywall and Custom Painting presents the 78th Episode of the Hondo Handy Podcast. The podcast shares the journey of Marty McNair. He is a father, thought leader, motivational speaker, advocate and founder of The Jordan McNair Foundation. His son, Jordan, played football for the University of Maryland. Following the death of his son, Marty began spreading his message of player safety to parents, coaches and student athletes across the country. His story has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, ESPN, Sports Center and HBO’s Real Sports. Today, Marty resides in Baltimore, Maryland and continues to work tirelessly to prevent any more parents from feeling the anguish of losing a child to a preventable injury. The mission of “The Jordan McNair Foundation” as a non-profit organization is to promote awareness, educate, and advocate for parents and student athletes about heat related illness at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels. He seeks to diminish the occurrence of heat-related illnesses and improve player safety.

He is also Co-Executive Director of Mi Casa Es Su Casa Behavioral Health Program located in the eastern corridor of Baltimore City.

Ed Hileman Drywall and Custom Painting presents the 77th Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. The podcast shares the journey of Lakita Frazier Watson, Executive Director of Richland County Recreation Commission in Columbia, South Carolina. Lakita is the former Director of Parks and Recreation with the City of Suffolk, Virginia. She started her career in recreation in 1994 as a part-time recreation leader for a summer program. She is a dedicated professional who enjoys working with young professionals and students encouraging them to excel in the field of parks and recreation.

She is a graduate of Norfolk State University and is currently working on her Masters at Liberty University. She served as President of Virginia Recreation & Parks Society in 2010. She has served as President of the National Recreation and Parks Ethic Minority Society. She also served as a Regent for Revenue and Development School in Wheeling, West Virginia. She serves on the Advisory Committee for the

Research, Education, and Development (RED) for recreation and land agencies.

She started the Facebook group and non-profit "Women in Parks and Recreation (WiPaR)" which now has over 10,000 members.

Lakita is a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional.

Atlantic Physical Therapy presents the 76th Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. The podcast shares the journey Rick Anthony, Director of Recreation & Parks for the City of Bakersfield, California. Rick is one of the most highly respected Recreation & Parks Professionals ever in the State of Maryland and now in California. He has served as the Director of Recreation and Parks for Anne Arundel County in Annapolis, Maryland for the past 10 years.

A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a graduate of Lancaster Bible College. He is a Certified Parks and Recreation Executive through the National Recreation and Parks Association.

Atlantic General Hospital presents the 75th Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. The podcast shares the journey of Tyler Keiser of Huntingdon College. The Stephen Decatur High School Star grew up in Ocean City. He was a three sport varisity athlete for soccer, swimming and lacrosse. For both soccer and lacrosse he was an All Bayside Conference player. He went to regionals for swimming three of the four years, winning his regionals with his sophomore year team. He continued his educational and lacrosse careers down in Montgomery Alabama at Huntingdon College. In his freshman year his team won the conference championships and played in the NCAA DIII National tournament. His team went back to the conference championship during his sophomore year where they lost by one point. An All Conference all player during his junior and senior years. He was the second leading scorer on the team during his senior season. He also broke the school’s All Time Caused Turnover Record before his college career ended.

Ed Hileman Drywall and Custom Painting presents the #74 Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. The podcast shares the journey of Drew Haueisen of Dickinson College. The former Stephen Decatur High School Basketball Star scored his 1,000th career point during Decatur’s game against James M. Bennett. He finished his high school career with 1,169 points. He was the Bayside South Player of the Year during his senior year. He also had an impressive soccer career at Decatur. After dealing with COVID during his freshman year at Dickerson College, he and his team look forward to the upcoming basketball season.

Residence Inn by Marriott presents the #73 Episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. This podcast shares the journey of Kevon Voyles, a member of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Men’s Division I Basketball Team.

Kevon was one our local star basketball players from Stephen Decatur High School, where he was named the Bayside South Player of the Year. During his younger days he played sports in Virginia, before moving north to Maryland. He played for Stephen Decatur High School. After graduation he decided to attend TLAP Sports Academy in Florida. His freshman season he played in 27 games with three starts. He scored a season-high 14 points including four 3-pointers against Delaware. He recorded eight points and a season-high five rebounds against Baylor. He finished with 11 points and a season-high three steals vs North Carolina Central. The 20-2021 season was loss season due to COVID-19.

Atlantic Physical Therapy presents the 72nd episode of the Hondo Handy’s Podcast. This episode shares the journey of Troy Brohawn, Head Baseball Coach for Salisbury University. He was a college All American, while playing baseball at the University of Nebraska. The former Major Baseball League pitcher won the World Championship, while pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001. He lead the Sea Gulls to the first NCAA Division III baseball national championship in program history in 2021. He enters his eighth season at the helm of the Sea Gull program in 2022. In his first seven seasons he oversaw four conference championships, extended Salisbury's NCAA Tournament streak to 21 straight appearances and made it to two College World Series (2015, '21). The Eastern Shore native played for Cambridge-South Dorchester High School. He returned to Cambridge to lead the Vikings to a state championship in 2013. Before that he served as the Salisbury University Sea Gulls’ pitching coach for four seasons from 2006-2009. He became the head coach at Salisbury in 2015.