The Jump Around with Blake DuDonis

Newly hired Ole Miss women's basketball head coach Yolette McPhee-McCuin, better known as "Coach Yo" joined me in a wide-ranging conversation.

We discuss her time at Jacksonville and how she found success at a place that hadn't had much of that before her time there. We also discuss her Ole Miss team, her expectations and the difficulties she faced (and still faces) after taking the job.

Also discussed is her place as a female head coach and what she hopes to do as a successful woman in her position. That conversation also included how race places into things and the racial history of the state of Mississippi.

Today I was joined by Terri Williams-Flournoy, known as Coach Flo to many. We talk about her journey from Georgetown to Auburn and what made her switch to the full court, havoc type defense they play (a defense that forced 23 turnovers per game last season, 3rd most in the country).

We talk about the difficulty of building a program and what to expect from her Auburn team that has both a lot of talented returners and newcomers. She also tells me how importance of having a staff that she can trust and get along with (two of her assistants have been with here for all 7 seven seasons in Auburn.) Coach Flo was a lot of fun in this one.

Alabama head coach Kristy Curry joins me today as talk about her journey from being a 21-year-old high school coach all the way to where she is today.

We discuss her making the Final Four three out of four years (two as an assistant at Louisiana Tech and one as the head coach at Purdue) and how difficult it is to get back.

We also talk about her time at Alabama, the team's expectations and what to expect from her Tide team with a lot of new faces.

Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick joined me to talk all things Lady Vols. We discussed her playing time at Tennessee, followed by her long stay as both an assistant and a head coach.

I asked her how the constant chatted of people wanting her fired affects her and if that noise gets too loud sometimes. We also discussed the tension that seems to have been around the program for the past few seasons.

Finally, we discuss this season's team, the importance of Meme Jackson and what makes this freshman class so special.

Florida head coach Cameron Newbauer joined me on the pod and was extremely open about his shortcomings as a head coach. We talk about him, in his words, wasn't coaching the way his kids needed and how he fixed it.

We also talked about his journey to Florida starting way back in his days as a men's coach before working for Andy Landers at Georiga. After that, we talk about this year's Florida team and what to expect from them going forward.

Cam then ended the interview with a joke so bad, it was kinda good.

As I begin my preview of the upcoming SEC WBB season, Vanderbilt head coach Stephanie White joined me to talk about her journey to the program. Now entering Year 3, White tells me what improvements her team has made, plus the ones they need to continue to make. We discuss her staff's success on the recruiting trail (#19 class in the nation this past year) and what to expect from this year's Commodore team.

I'm joined by Jessica Luther, a freelance writer whose work came to national prominence when she, along with Dan Soloman, broke open the Baylor football sexual assault story. Since then, Jessica has been at the forefront of journalists breaking these types of stories (she also had a big hand in the Dallas Mavericks story that broke earlier this year).

We discussed the Baylor story, but also talked a lot about Ohio State and Urban Meyer. We also talked about how she personally deals with hearing these types of stories daily, what can be done to help fix the problem and what else there is still to be done.

The long-awaited family episode. I sit down with Washington Mystics head coach and general manager Mike Thibault, Mystics assistant coach Eric Thibault, University of Minnesota assistant coach Carly Thibault, plus Mike's wife Nanci (affectionately known as Pants) and Eric's fiancee Dreya.

We talk all things Mystics, WNBA season, Mike's career, the growth of the sport and more. We also have a WNBA player's name spelling bee which may or may not have been rigged.

TCU women's basketball head coach and Dallas Wings lead TV analyst Raegan Pebley joins me to discuss both of her basketball roles.

We talked about the staff she was on at Colorado State with Tom Collen, Nicki Collen, Curt Miller and Becky Hammon, her appointment as a 26-year-old head coach at Utah State and how that led her here. Plus, how she got into TV and all that she has learned in that role.

Atlanta Dream head coach Nicki Collen, the WNBA Coach of the Month in July, sits down with me the night before the Dream's game at Minnesota. We dive into Collen's journey to her current position, talk about her taking the Dream job andTiffany Hayes' snub from the All-Star Game.

I also get her to tell me a fun Curt MIller story.