Shooters Touch

Matt Woodley has over 20 years of coaching experience under his belt in the high school, college and professional ranks. Matt was a wealth of basketball knowledge and is truly passionate about his role as a basketball coach.

2020 was such a different year for everyone. This includes coaches and athletes. At the Shooters Touch we were very fortunate to get the opportunity to interview so many of those great coach and athletes. Words can’t describe how appreciative we are of our guests, listeners and followers. We’re looking forward to 2021 for many reasons, one being to continue to bring your great stories and guests! On this episode we review some of our favorites from this past year and look ahead to 2021!

Kraig Ulveling is a Hall of Fame Coach from our neighbors to the North, Minnesota! Don’t worry, he’s originally from Iowa! Kraig racked up 468 total wins while coaching boy’s and girl’s basketball in South Dakota and Minnesota. He’s one of our most energetic guests and has some great stories about his 37 year coaching career.

Coach Marty Richter is one of the most energetic guests we’ve had on the podcast. He’s full of knowledge from his coaching career, head and assistant, and even has experience starting a program from scratch. Talking shop with Marty was interesting and educational as he is a hoop head through and through. We know you’ll enjoy this one!

Nate Steege is a long time friend of the podcast. His beginnings in Fredericksburg were like many of us small town athletes, playing four sports and eventually finding a passion for basketball. After a collegiate career he knew coaching was his path. He’s had many successful teams, players and state tournament runs already and we expect many more! We thoroughly enjoyed talking to Coach Steege about philosophy, mentors and more importantly, what is a Go-Hawk?

Jeff Horner is a name that all basketball fans from Iowa will recognize! He committed to play for the Hawkeyes as a freshman and continued to improve as he played 4 years in Iowa City. His coaching journey started at Grand View and is currently at Truman State in Missouri. We thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Jeff and hope you do too!

We had a great conversation with Coach Vanderloo! He’s an incredible basketball mind and has some great stories! We even talk to him about his top 5 players from Sioux City East!

Coach Martin is a perfect guest for the Shooters Touch. A basketball junkie who has spent a ton of time in the coaching ranks here in Iowa and the Midwest. He comes to Coe from The University of North Dakota where he helped bring that school from Division II to Division I. It's super interested talking to him about that team and some of the trials and tribulations of no post season or conference affiliation.

Aaron Thomas grew up like many did playing every sport he could. Realizing basketball was his best chance for continued play, he accepted a scholarship to play at Drake University. Through a few other schools he is now coaching at Aplington-Parkersburg. He has some great stories about his influences, his philosophy and how hard work still plays a vital part in playing at the next level!

Coach Jilek's passion for coaching is unrivaled. Originally from Mason City, he was a multi sport athlete and his first love was baseball. Like a lot of our guests he got his basketball coaching start by chance and necessity. One of his strategies is to grow a program from the younger athletes to create total buy in. It seems to be working as Johnston was the 2020 class 5a Girls champions and Coach Jilek was awarded the All- Iowa Girl's Basketball Coach of the Year!