Katie Smith is a Logan, Ohio native who went on to play her collegiate career at Ohio State University where she ended up breaking the BIG 10 scoring record for points in a career for both the men’s and women’s teams. She ended up getting drafted into the WNBA to the Minnesota Lynx for 6 years where she then bounced to a couple teams including Detroit Shock, Seattle Storm and rounded her career with the New York Liberty. As a coach she continued her basketball career coaching where she ended her career at the New York Liberty as the assistant and then the Head coach for a year. She is currently the assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx. 

Episode 07: Katie Smith, Assistant Basketball Coach, Minnesota Lynx

From young assistants to head coaches, Rising Coaches sits down with some of the brightest minds in basketball to talk about their rise through the profession and what they are working on now.

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We sit down at the Final Four in Phoenix with the current Assistant Coach at Indiana University, Coach Brian Walsh. Coach Walsh is a young coach on the rise with a great resume so far, having a stellar playing career at Xavier and Akron University. Following his playing career Walsh started his coaching career at Akron University which led into a stint at Dayton, and where he now stands for the last 7 seasons, Indiana University. The Pittsburgh native has helped bring in one of the top recruiting classes in the nation for the Hoosiers and produced a strong season this past year with numerous BIG 10 wins on the road. We are excited to learn more from a young and aspiring head coach.

Episode 62: Brian Walsh, Assistant Coach, Indiana University

Mike Jarvis is a former NCAA coach with 28+ years of coaching experience, with 18 of which being a head coach. Coach Jarvis started his coaching career following his playing career at Northeastern and onto Harvard as an Assistant Coach. Following Harvard, Jarvis went on to Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, as his first head coaching gig, which led him to Boston University, George Washington, St. John’s and most recently Florida Atlantic University. Coach Jarvis has multiple coach of the year awards on top of a 364-201 overall head coaching record.

Episode 61: Mike Jarvis, Former NCAA Head Coach

We sit down at the Final Four in Phoenix with the current Head Coach of John Carroll University, Coach Pete Moran. Following Moran’s playing career at JCU he went out to coach at Berkshire High School in Cleveland where he led his team to three conference and two district championships in 3 years, leading him into an assistant coaching role at John Caroll and ultimately into the head role where he stands now. In Moran’s 7 seasons as a head coach at JCU, he has posted a 92-54 overall record with 3 OAC Championships, numerous NCAA appearances and a Final Four appearance, while also being the #1 Division 3 team in the country numerous times throughout his stint. We are excited to learn from a phenomenal young coach.

Episode 60: Pete Moran, Head Coach, John Carroll University

Paul Biancardi a former Division 1 coach and current National Recruiting Director of High School Basketball and Sports Analyst for ESPN. Coach Bicardi has made various coaching stops along his way including Salem State, Stoneham HS, Suffolk, Boston University, Boston College, Ohio State, and Saint Louis all in the assistant coach positions and was named the #1 assistant coach in the country by Hoop Scoop in 2002, while also holding a head coaching stint for 3 years at Wright State where he earned the Horizon League coach of the year award in 2004. We look forward to learning more about the recruiting process and getting some advice from one of the best in the business.

Episode 59: Paul Biancardi, National Recruiting Director of High School Basketball and Sports Analyst, ESPN

We sit down at the Final Four in Phoenix with the current NBA scout for the Chicago Bulls, Coach Dave Bollwinkel. Coach Bollwinkel provides a ton of knowledge on the game with his extensive resume including assistant coaching positions at Cal University, Oregon, Colorado State, San Jose State, University of Dayton, Wisconsin, St. Marys and having a head coaching stint at Cal Poly Pomona and St. Mary’s. Bollwinkel also held NBA positions with the Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers and currently the Chicago Bulls. We talk about some advanced scouting tactics that NBA scouts use and what to look for when recruiting a player.

Episode 07: Katie Smith, Assistant Basketball Coach, Minnesota Lynx

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