Bridging Impact is an interview-style podcast hosted by Justin Furtado (Coach Furtado), Youth/HS Basketball Coach & Trainer | Coach Development Professional | Heart-Led Leader.

Maren is a teacher and coach at her core. Whether mentoring student-athletes on the basketball court or supporting business leaders and corporate executives, Maren is driven by opening doors and empowering others to live their dreams.

As a student-athlete at Penn State University, Maren earned all-conference honors and competed in the 2000 NCAA Final Four in Philadelphia. She played professionally in the WNBA and in Ligue Féminine de Basketball in France. A 10-year assistant coach and 5-year head coach at the Division 1 level, Maren has personal leadership and management experience in high-stress and public spheres.

After 15 years of coaching women's basketball, Maren enjoys using her on-court expertise as a television analyst. This adventure allows Maren to continue to share her love of the game.

In our conversation today, we dive head first into how we can lead ourselves. Then helping others lead themselves first so we can transfer that leadership to the next generation.

We also talk about boundaries and making sure that we make enough time to replenish recharge to keep giving and keep that giving going! We also discuss the importance and value of a coach to ripple effect throughout our society.

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Bridging Impact is an interview-style podcast hosted by Justin Furtado (Coach Furtado), Youth/HS Basketball Coach & Trainer | Coach Development Professional | Heart-Led Leader.

Andy Beronilla is currently the Head of the Physics Department & Assistant Varsity Boys Basketball Coach for Antelope High School.

In this conversation, we go into a lot of insight on how to connect and relate with your students/athletes. Even as a physics teacher! As a coach, we also discuss how to not burn out while living a balanced life.

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Coaches Corner is a reflection-style weekly podcast show hosted by Justin Coach Furtado, Youth/HS Basketball Coach & Trainer | Coach Development Professional | Heart-Led Leader.

In this week’s episode of coaches corner, I break down the 3 C’s all of us coaches & parents can implement into our daily lives to be more relatable when teaching/coaching sports or life lessons.

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Bridging Impact is an interview-style podcast hosted by Justin Furtado (Coach Furtado), Youth Basketball Coach | Youth Development Professional | Heart-Led Leader.

Issac Gildea is a Physical Education Teacher & Varsity Boys Basketball Coach for state champion St. Bernards. He is also the Founder & Director of Issac Gildea Next Generation Training. He was my JV Basketball coach back in the day and has a wealth of experience training the next generation of youth basketball players.

In this conversation, we got, we go into a lot of nuts and bolts of building a training business, but we also go into why we should listen more to kids, how to run a successful summer camp, & what it takes to build a state champion team.

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In this episode of Coaches Corner, I share my thoughts on my life transition moving from Eugene, OR to Los Angeles, CA. I share three tips every person can adopt.  

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In this speech, I share my first time being invited to a different summer camp to speak to athletes. I share with them my journey from being a role player as an athlete to becoming an impactful coach.

Bridging Impact is an interview-style podcast hosted by Justin Furtado (Coach Furtado), Youth Basketball Coach | Youth Development Professional | Heart-Led Leader.

Don Showalter is the USA Basketball Youth & Sport Development coach director. Showalter is a 10-time USA Basketball gold medalist head coach who served as head coach of USA men's U16 and U17 national teams from 2009-2018.

Showalter has been recognized by numerous organizations for his dedication to the game. In 2004 he earned the NABC Advocacy Award. In 2009 Showalter was honored by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association as its National, Regional and State Coach of the Year after having been named the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year nine times (1981, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2006-2008, 2010).

In addition to his high school coaching duties, Showalter was selected to coach in the 1999 McDonald’s High School All-America Game and the 2005 and 2012 Jordan Brand Classic All-Star Games. He has been a coach at the Nike Skills Academy and LeBron Academy and has also spoken at basketball clinics around the world, including in Australia, Belgium, Dubai, Egypt, England, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Spain (Canary Islands) and Switzerland.

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