Tell Me Your Story Coach

This is officially the conclusion of Season #1 of the “Tell Me Your Story, Coach” Podcast. I appreciate everyone listening. Hopefully, we helped some young coaches learn and grow. In Episode #1, I said the goal was to talk to 100 Coaches. We accomplished this goal! My parents always told me to finish what I had started. And I thought it was imperative that my 7-year-old son, JJ, saw this example firsthand. I am unsure how and when and, honestly if ever, Season 2 will happen. The past 18 month...

Coach Elyse Schlump,Today we are talking to Coach Elyse Schlump. Coach Elyse is currently the Head Coach at Concordia University. This season marks Coach Elyse’s first season as the Head Coach. She was hired as the Head Coach on July 1st. And, if you follow the WHAC, Coach has her team right in the mix in a highly challenging NAIA Women’s Basketball Conference. Coach Schlump played for and graduated from Concordia. As a player, she was a key team member who made a first-ever NAIA D2 National ...

Coach Jon Tropf, Today we are talking to Coach Jon Tropf. Coach Tropf is currently an assistant coach for Head Coach Neal Young At Ohio Northern University. Coach Jon arrived at Ohio Northern after spending the past eight seasons at Goshen, including the previous five as their head coach. At Goshen, Coach Jon’s 2017-18 team led the Crossroads League in scoring with 84.9 points per game, the most in program history. In addition, this is Coach Jon’s second tenure with Coach Neal. Coach Jo...

Coach Will Delgado, Today we are talking to Coach Will Delgado. Coach Will is the Head Coach of the Men’s team at Washtenaw Community College, where he’s been the Head Coach since 2017. In his first year, Coach Will was the Women’s Head Coach. The following year, he transitioned to lead the Men’s program. In addition, Coach Will works as a Sales Manager for Marriott Hotels. There is a good chance that if you are traveling to the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area with your college basketball team,...

Coach Kevin Mondro, Today we are talking to Coach Kevin Mondro, currently the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Cleary University. Everyone knows Coach Mondro as Coach Dro. As you soon will hear, Coach Dro has a special interviewer - his son, JJ Mondro. This is a pretty fun conversation. JJ might have a future in the broadcasting Industry! Happy holidays from the Mondro family! Wishing you and you family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Keep growing as a Coach. And, thank you...

Coach Darren Sorenson, Today we are talking to Coach Darren Sorenson. Coach Darren is currently the assistant director for the Army A Club at the United States Military Academy. In addition, Coach Darren is the Vice President at Superior Sports Management. Coach Darren plays a massive role in annually building one of the bigger college basketball MTE’s - the Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic. As you will learn, even though Coach Darren has not been on a college coaching sideline for the past seve...

Rashad Phillips, Today we are talking to Rashad Phillips. Rashad Phillips is the author of the book: The Evolution is Being Televised. Rashad breaks down how the evolution of basketball has called for updated terminology for player positions. He gives you fascinating personal stories of NBA and college players, explaining where they belong in his new positions metric. And Rashad’s new positions metric provides an innovative tool to aid coaches, scouts, evaluators from all levels in identifyin...

Coach Chad O’Donnell, Today we are talking to Coach Chad O’Donnell. Coach Chad is the Founder and Director of Capital Elite Agency. I met Coach Chad when he was the Associate Head Coach for Coach Will Brown at Albany. At Albany, he helped the program win five America East Championships and thus, five NCAA Tournament appearances. And, I was instantly impressed -talk about a young coach who could flat out recruit! Coach Chad spent over 20 years as assistant basketball college coach at Brya...

Coach Steven Hawkins,Today we are talking to Coach Steve Hawkins. Coach Steve Hawkins is currently the Head Coach of Quincy University. This is his second tenure as the Head Coach of this incredible Division II basketball program. Many people know Coach Steve Hawkins simply as Coach Hawk. Coach Hawk is returning to Quincy after an amazing run as the Head Basketball Coach at Western Michigan University from 2003 to 2020. During Hawkins's tenure at WMU, Coach Hawk led his teams to 291 wins. He ...

Coach Kevin Hickey, Today we are talking to Coach Kevin Hickey. Coach Hickey is currently an assistant coach for Coach Scott Sorenson at Northland College. Coach Sorenson has been the leader of this D3 college in Wisconsin for the past 11 seasons. I met Coach Kevin during my last year working for Coach Rob Murphy at Eastern Michigan. I was blown away with his story. As we all know, life happens. And, Kevin is a great example of this. He started his college education at Bowling Green Universit...