Shooters Touch

A Cedar Rapids Washington grad and a certified bucket getter, Dani Franklin has a great basketball story. As a youngster she was a multi sport athlete who eventually settled on basketball. She ended up playing at Valparaiso and now is the new head coach at Waukee. We hope you enjoy learning about her playing and coaching journey!

Garrett has been a staple in Des Moines as he made the decision to continue playing basketball at Drake after high school. Not recruited a lot, Drake was one of a few D1 schools that offered him a PWO spot. When Darian Devries took over he didn’t know much about him, but said he had a spot on the team for him if he wanted it. That’s worked out for both sides!

HE’S BACK! Our first return guest of the podcast is Nate Oakland. We discuss his Covid year, keeping his athletes motivated during down times and debate Peppers or Mulligans!

Mike O’Connor recently vacated the Dowling Boy’s basketball coaching role. He amassed a record of 214-129 in his time there and made it to 5 state tournaments. As he talks about in the episode the winning culture at Dowling was one of the main drivers for that success. As well as the players’ willingness to do what it took to win.

A Hall of Famer, a former player under Dean Smith and Lute Olson, and a former assistant under Johnny Orr and Tim Floyd, Steve Krafcisin might have one of the best player/coach backgrounds of anyone. Just wait until you hear some of the stories!

Nicholas Baer knew what he wanted and went after it. He wasn’t highly recruited, but when he got the chance to be a Hawkeye, it was an easy decision. He took advantage of every opportunity that arose and is now one of the most well known names in Iowa City.

If you are a college basketball fan, AJ Green needs no introduction... we are going to give him one anyway! AJ is a State Champ from Cedar Falls High School and was a Top 100 HS recruit in the country coming out of high school. With plenty of opportunities for places to play, AJ chose to stay home and play for the Panthers. In his freshman campaign, he won MVC Freshman of the Year. His second season, he won MVC Player of the Year. Before last season got cut short due to injury, AJ was on the Naismith Watchlist for top players in the country! We say it a lot... shooters shoot and AJ is on brand! We hope you enjoy our chat with AJ Green!

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With 2 state titles under his belt, Josef Sigrist is no stranger to winning. We talk to coach about those teams as well as other teams he’s led. We also talk some golf and his thoughts on Lebron James.

The newly engaged couple came on the podcast to tell their story of Love and Basketball! Coming from completely different backgrounds they both end up at Drake and well... the rest is history! We hope you enjoy hearing their story!