Coach Dave Craine started coaching and teaching at St. Pats the year before Coach Bailey started. He has the unique perspective of coaching under both Max Kurland and Mike Bailey. He joins the podcast to talk about St. Pats basketball history including the 1932 National Champion team. Coach also talks about the consistency of the program under Mike Bailey and shares memorable stories from his 30-plus years as a Shamrock.

Continuing the Bailey Tree, Ridgewood Coach Chris Mroz joined the show. He talked about his upbringing, choosing St. Pats, the legendary 2000-01 Sectional Champion team, his playing days at Bradley and Missouri St. Louis, and his coaching career. Great listen for Shamrock fans!

Continuing the Bailey Tree Series, Fenton boys basketball coach Chaz Taft joined On the 'Rocks to discuss his career. Coach Taft was an assistant with Saint Pats from 2004-05. He has also been the head coach of Notre Dame for Girls, South Elgin, Waubonsie Valley, and his alma mater, Fenton. In this episode, coach talks about his career, coaching at his alma mater, memorable games, and coaching in the upstate 8!

Coach Tim Trendel '94 joins Mike to talk about his experience as a student, teacher, administrator, and coach at St. Pats. Coach Trendel also shares his background story, along with discussing his head coaching career at Providence and Marist. We also discuss the merger of the ESCC and Catholic League, his baseball coaching career, and more! Thanks for listening.

In this episode, we speak with Coach Sergio Muro! Coach Muro was a former Maine East basketball player, and he's now coaching at his alma mater. He also talks about his unique background coming from an immigrant family in Chicago, his 11 years coaching at Saint Pats, and many more stories from his accomplish career!

0:30 - Summer coaching recap

3:45 - Coach Muro's background and upbringing

9:10 - Memories as a Maine East player/intro to Coach Bailey

20:00 - How he ended up at St. Pats

28:20 - Best St. Pats memories/games

37:26 - Taking the head coaching position at Maine East

40:00 - Coaching roundtables

43:20 - Defensive playing style

47:00 - Coaching in the CSL

48:30 - Best moments of coaching Maine East

55:05 - Best HS players he's seen

60 min - Hobbies

Continuing the "Bailey Tree" series, we were fortunate enough to talk with Coach Ron Ashlaw from Waukegan basketball. Coach Ashlaw is a four-time IBCA Coach of the year and has led the Bulldogs to four Sweet 16s, a final four, and a state championship game. In this episode, Coach talks about his career prior to Waukegan, the history and tradition of Waukegan basketball, coaching in one of the state's legendary gyms, and more! Great episode for basketball fans.

In the newest episode of "The Bailey Tree" series, Mike and Dan sit down with former St. Pats teacher and assistant basketball coach, Matt Monroe. Coach Monroe has been the head boys basketball coach at St. Ignatius since 2016, leading them to 2 Final Four appearances. In this podcast, he discusses his roots, all the various coaching positions he has held, his time at St. Pats, and his successful career at St. Ignatius. He also shares his thoughts on the new ESCC/Catholic League merger along with the shot clock that's coming to high school hoops. Thanks for listening!

Tom Zbikowski is the new head football coach at Saint Patrick High School! In this episode, Tom discusses his famous career, which includes playing safety at Notre Dame, playing in the NFL, his boxing career, time as a Chicago firefighter, and more.

Coach Heidkamp is a Saint Pats 1988 grad, as well as being a former teacher and coach. He has been the Head Boys Basketball coach at Benet since 2008, where he has helped lead the program to four state championship games, including being crowned 2024-25 Illinois 4a state champions. He was recently inducted into the IBCA Hall of Fame. Join us for this awesome episode where we talk about his basketball career!

Dan and Mike connect with Tom Shallcross, from the Saint Patrick class of 2002. Tom is the owner of Now Serving Properties, LLC, a company that specializes in flipping and managing properties. His properties are primarily on the Northwest Side of Chicago. He is also the host of the 'Straight Up Chicago Investor' podcast. This is an excellent show that can be found on Spotify. His podcast, which just launched its 300th episode, features guests with expertise on investing in the Chicago market.  We hope you enjoy our talk!