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Tell Me Your Story CoachEP 100 - Kevin Mondro, Head WBB Coach, Cleary UniversityCoach 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 for listening to the Tell Me Your Story, Coach podcast. ...2022-12-2211 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 99 - Darren Sorenson, United States Military Academy & Jersey Mike’s Jamaica MTECoach 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 seven seasons, this coach is indeed still coaching at a high level! After an incr...2022-12-1952 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 98 - BONUS EPISODE - Rashad Phillips, “The Evolution is Being Televised”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 identifying players for drafting, recruiting, and roster placement. I had the opportunity to have a front-row seat to Rashad Phillips's incredible co...2022-12-1134 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 97 - Chad O’Donnell, Capital Elite AgencyCoach 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 Bryant University, Holy Cross College, the College of Charleston, University of New Hampshire, Robert Morri...2022-12-0239 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 96 - Steve Hawkins, Head Coach, Quincy UniversityCoach 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 took the Broncos to seven 20-win seasons and made two appearances in the NCAA Division I...2022-11-2543 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 95 - Kevin Hickey, Assistant Coach, Northland CollegeCoach 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 University. At BG, Coach Kevin was both a student assistant coach and...2022-11-1826 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 94 - Mike Peck, Associate Head Coach, The University of Texas at San AntonioCoach Mike Peck, Today we are talking to Coach Mike Peck. Coach Peck is currently the Associate Head Coach for Coach Steven Henson at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This season will be Coach Peck’s seventh as the Associate Head Coach at UTSA. A product of Gaylord, Michigan, Coach Peck played at Northwood University for Coach Dean Lockwood, who is currently the Associate Head Coach for Coach Suzy Merchant at Michigan State. Coach Peck came to UTSA after being an assistant at Santa Clara University. Before Santa Clara, he spent two seasons as the head co...2022-11-1134 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 93 - Kyle Gerdeman, Head Coach, Lindenwood UniversityCoach Kyle Gerdeman,Today we are talking to Coach Kyle Gerdeman. Coach Gerdeman is currently the Head Coach at Lindenwood University. And, Coach Kyle enters his fourth year as the leader of the Lindenwood men's basketball program. This season, Lindenwood is transitioning from Division 2 to Division 1. Lindenwood will play in the OVC Conference. Coach Kyle came to Lindenwood after spending seven seasons at Central Michigan. As a matter of fact, Coach Kyle and I had many battles in the MAC conference. Prior to working for Coach Keno Davis at Central Michigan, Gerdeman spent three years as an assistant c...2022-11-0536 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 92 - Antonio Capaldi, Assistant Coach, Alma CollegeCoach Antonio Capaldi,Today we are talking to Coach Antonio Capaldi. Coach Capaldi is currently an Assistant Coach for Coach Sami Stormont at Alma College. And, everyone knows Coach Capaldi as simply Coach Tone. Coach Tone was named an Assistant Coach with Alma College and their Women's Basketball program this past summer. Before coming to this Division 3 basketball program, Coach Capaldi was an Assistant Coach for Coach Kiefer Haffey at Concordia University in the WHAC Conference. And before transitioning to the Women’s Basketball Coaching ranks, Coach Tone was a Student Assistant at Madonna University with their men’s ba...2022-10-2832 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 91 - Andrew Kang, Manger of Basketball Operations, Detroit PistonsCoach Andrew Kang, In this episode, you’ll hear from Coach Andrew Kang. Coach Kang is currently the Manager of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons. And, everyone knows Coach Andrew as simply Drew. Coach Drew has an amazing story and I had to share his story for numerous reasons. I met Coach Drew when I was an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, working for Coach Rob Murphy. Coach Drew, who at one time was studying to work in a career of aviation, moved to Michigan to chase his dream of being in basketball. And, as a student at...2022-10-2130 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 90 - Carl Thomas, Head Coach, Cleary UniversityCoach Carl Thomas, In this episode, you’ll hear from Coach Carl Thomas. Coach Thomas is currently the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Cleary University. Cleary University is an NAIA university in the WHAC Conference. And, this past summer, Cleary University added both Men’s & Women’s Basketball. Cleary University will start competing next season. Coach Thomas is a STAPLE in the State of Michigan. A former three-sport athlete at Lansing Everett High School, Coach Thomas and his twin brother, Charles, selected Eastern Michigan as their college destination where they both had sensational college basketball careers. Playing for Coac...2022-10-1544 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 89 - Marcus Stout, Assistant Coach, Detroit Motor City CruiseCoach Marcus Stout. In this episode, you’ll hear from Coach Marcus Stout. Coach Marcus is currently an Assistant Coach for Coach DJ Bakker with the Motor City Cruise, the Detroit Pistons G-League affiliate team. Coach Marcus played at Detroit Renaissance High School and was a member of the 2003-2004 team that went 27-0 and won the Michigan Class B State Championship. Coach Marcus would then have a standout career at Fordham University in the A-10 Conference. Coach Marcus scored over 1,700 points and in 2015 was inducted into the Fordham Hall of Fame. After a professional career cut short by...2022-10-0837 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 88 - Adam Bauman, Director of Scouting and Analytics, The University of AlabamaCoach Adam Bauman,In this episode, you’ll hear from Coach Adam Bauman. Coach Adam is currently the Director of Scouting and Analytics for Coach Nate Oats at The University of Alabama. And, if you watched the TBT Tournament this summer and saw Blue Collar U (the Buffalo Alumni Team) win the Championship then you saw Coach Adam as their Head Coach. Before we get going, think about this: Coach Oats allowed his exceptional, and I mean exceptional, staff member to coach a TBT team the past two seasons. And, Coach Adam just CRUSHED IT! If you are cu...2022-09-3029 minTell Me Your Story CoachEP 87 - Rob Murphy, Assistant General Manager, Detroit PistonsCoach Rob Murphy, In this episode, you’ll hear from Coach Rob Murphy. Coach Murphy is the current Assistant General Manager of the Detroit Pistons. As of matter of fact, Coach Murphy has now held four positions with the Detroit Pistons organization: President & General Manager of the Motor City Cruise, Sr. Director of Player Personnel for the Detroit Pistons, and now Assistant General Manager. And, this has all happened over a 400-day window! Before Coach Murphy’s transition to the NBA, Coach Murphy was the Head Basketball Coach at Eastern Michigan for ten seasons. Coach Murphy is the 2nd al...2022-09-221h 25