We’re reposting one of our best episodes to date about our boy Tacauma Lettsome.  We’re reposting for several reasons, but this Saturday Ridge View HS will be hosting an All Star game in his honor and he’ll be in attendance!  We’re super-pumped to have him back on campus once again and can’t wait to honor him and raise funds for him and his family during his fight with ALS.

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

Want to know more about the event this Saturday?  Visit RidgeViewSports.com

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

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Vietnam Veteran?  Check.

The first girls basketball coach in NJ history to reach 1,000 wins?  Check.

One of the most entertaining and engaging guests on The Greatest Games Podcast?  Check!

Join us for this week’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast as the legendary Coach Jeff Jasper of Pascack Valley High School tells us about his incredible journey from Vietnam, to becoming a high school teacher and starting the girls basketball program at Pascack Valley High School.  And hear how, after one year, he was offered a boys coaching job and turned it down.   The rest is history for Coach Jasper.  This episode will encourage listeners of all levels and brings us all back to the “why” behind coaching:  relationships.  Thanks Coach Jasper for an amazing interview.

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

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Coach Bruce Hamburger has been recommended to us time and again, and let’s be honest:  HE DELIVERED in this podcast.  Coach Hamburger is a highly-entertaining storyteller and one of the really great guys in the business. We can’t thank him enough for joining us on the show to tell us about his story and all about the run Seton Hall made to the 1989 NCAA National Championship game.  Hear an incredible story on how PJ Carlisemo handled the loss.

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy.

Bill Zotti has a familiar journey that we have heard on The Greatest Games Podcast working his way up from a student manager to a Division I assistant coach.  He tells us about a game during the early days of UMBC basketball (well before the Retrievers knocked off the #1 seed Virginia Cavaliers).  Even though he is currently retired, Coach Zotti could step on the floor with any program.  This episode is entertaining from start to finish and really highlights the connection that all coaches have with one another.

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy.

Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.

Coach Tim Maloney joins us for this week’s episode of The Greatest Games, and he really brings the heat when it comes to talking about basketball and the development of student-athletes in life.  He has been a high school coach, been at The University of Florida with Billy Donovan as well as Baylor with Scott Drew, and a myriad of other stops.  Through personal health issues he has realized the extreme value of working with kids.  This is a highly encouraging episode for all listeners.

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy.

Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.

From Casper, Wyoming, to Pullman, Washington, ending all the way up in Ōpunake, New Zealand, hear the incredible journey of Coach Angelo Hill. He played college basketball for the legendary George Raveling, played professionally all over the world, and coached in junior college and internationally in New Zealand. He tells a story of absolute determination by him as a coach, and by one of his players to win the JUCO Region title while at Casper College. His words about coaching and the impact coaches have on players are truly moving. Please take the time to listen to this special episode and share with a coaching friend. 

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy.

Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.

Ben Lee, head boys basketball coach at River Bluff High School in Lexington, SC, joins us for today’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast.  Coach Lee takes us through his incredible journey of building River Bluff High School in eight years to a State Championship program at the AAAAA level of South Carolina.  

Click here to view The State Newspaper article about River Bluff’s win over Dutch Fork.

Click here to view The State Newspaper article about River Bluff’s State Championship win over the 4-time defending State Champion Dorman.

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy.

Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.

The great Chris Gaskin returns to the place where it all started!  As our first guest on The Greatest Games Podcast, we can’t thank Coach Gaskin enough for helping us to get our start.  This episode takes a dive into the NCAA Tournament and all of our favorite memories around March Madness.  Thank you Coach Gaskin for making a return visit to the show!

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy.

Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for a repost of our episode as Coach Steve Collins, head coach at Madison Memorial High School (WI), talks with us about his greatest game.  Coach Collins tells us a great story of a legendary triple overtime state championship game giving him his first state title. Coach Collins is one of the most successful coaches in the state of Wisconsin with 3 state championships and countless appearances in the state Final Four. He also runs a coaching website and several of his own podcasts. You can find him here: 

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Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy!

Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball! 

Matt Doherty, former Head Coach at a variety of stops in Division I Men’s College Basketball, joins us for today’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast.  Coach Doherty takes us along for his journey through coaching, the lessons he has learned along the way and tells us all about his new book:  Rebound.  This book is as wonderful read full of basketball stories from his time as a player at UNC as well as lessons learned along his coaching journey.  

Before going any further, please make a donation here Tacauma Lettsome’s GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate

You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease” here at ALS.org.  Hear more about Lettsome’s story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC.

Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins.  Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time.

Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy.