Coach David Kent divides his time working as the head basketball scout for Insider Exposure and also the Finest Basketball Club (FBC) Carolina Elite travel team. I met David when he started writing about and working with one of our players at Watauga High School in Boone, North Carolina: Kate Sears. Kate attended some Insider […]

Like me, both of my guests on today’s episode are lecturers in the Rhetoric and Composition program at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. At App State, we have what is called The Vertical Writing Curriculum, which is a series of four required writing courses for students. The first-year course is called RC 1000 […]

Today’s guest on the Torg Stories Podcast is the new head coach at Mars Hill University, Coach Emry Tsitouris. Mars Hill is located just north of Asheville, North Carolina and competes at the Division II level as a member of the South Atlantic Conference. Coach Tsitouris was hired in the spring of 2022 and was […]

Today's podcast guest is Associate Head Coach James Janssen of the Davidson College women's basketball team.

Welcome to the August 2, 2022 edition of the Torg Stories podcast. On this episode I talk with Dr. Sarah Zurhellen, assistant director of the Writing Across the Curriculum program at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. This conversation is a part of a larger project in which I’m focusing on that examines the […]

Podcast on Directing Composition, Required Writing Courses, and the Vertical Writing Model at App State University

Kent Chezem is the new head boys basketball coach and dean of students at North Judson High School in Indiana. The hire was approved at a school board meeting on Tuesday May 19, 2020. Coach Chezem joined the Torg Stories Podcast to discuss his new jobs. The interview is available in video or audio form. […]

We list our favorite basketball books on this week's Torg Stories Podcast. What did we miss?

Kent Chezem on the Torg Stories Podcast March 12th, 2020 Edition In the midst of all this coronavirus news, I’m joined by my friend Kent Chezem. With stops including Clinton Prairie, Covington, and Loogootee, Kent has spent 25 years as a head boys basketball coach in the state of Indiana. His teams have won over 300 […]

Ethan Joyce is the Appalachian State University beat reporter for the Winston Salem Journal. Ethan is my guest for this week’s Torg Stories podcast Monday, September 2 Labor Day edition. An Appalachian State graduate, Ethan continued his education and earned a master’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University in New York. Some of my favorite […]