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Adam Scott came to Ohio Northern University in the fall of 2019 as a hyper-athletic and equally immature basketball player in search of an identity and a purpose. After a 4-year career that saw him experience more than his share of ups and downs, both individually and with his team. He experienced a COVID-marred sophomore season and a coaching change heading into his senior season. And essentially one year after receiving his degree, Adam is now the head coach at Danbury High School in Lakeside, Ohio. The remarkable turnaround is just a part of Coach Scott's journey. Enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Coach Adam Scott of Danbury High School.
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Matt Croci has been the head coach at Wittenberg University since 2016. In that time he has led his alma mater to 142 wins and 3 appearances in the Division III NCAA tournament, including a 28-2 record and the Sweet 16 in 2020, when the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19. Coach Croci graduated from Wittenberg in 1994, when he was the NCAC Player of the Year and an All American, before beginning his coaching journey. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Coach Matt Croci of Wittenberg University.
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Tim Fralick played college basketball at both Oakland University and Saginaw Valley State University. He went on to coach collegiately at both Ashland University and Gannon University before becoming the head coach at Ashland High School (OH). He then joined the staff of the Ashland University women's basketball program, when his wife Robyn, became the head coach. After almost unheard of success at Ashland, the Fralick's have moved on, first to Bowling Green and now Michigan State University. While Tim has had to step away from full time coaching, he continues both personal and group training as well as youth coaching with Be Transformed Basketball. Please enjoy my conversarion about Basketball and Life with Tim Fralick.
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John Ellenwood will coach his 16th year as the head coach at Ashland University in 2024-2025. We sat down at the beginning of year 15 last September and discussed his remarkable basketball journey from a young man struggling to be a junior high player in Sylvania, Ohio to becoming a Division III All American at the College of Wooster, all the way through his quest to become a head coach (and turn down a possible job with the FBI along the way). Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Coach John Ellenwood of Ashland University.
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The relaunch of the podcast in July of 2023 resulted in 20 terrific episodes! Unfortunately, a number of things occurred during 2023 that led to another interruption of the podcast and we are truly sorry for that! Thanks for checking back... Stay tuned for Episode 99 with Ashland University head coach John Ellenwood and more in the coming weeks!
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Andy Moore spent 25 years as an assistant basketball coach in the college ranks including stints at the United States Air Force Academy, and in both the Mid-American Conference and the BigTen. He is beginning his fourth season as the head coach Reynoldsburg High School in central Ohio.
After playing for his father at Mt.Vernon High School, Andy had a stellar playing career at Division III Muskingum College for legendary head coach Jim Burson. His career in college coaching began at Kenyon College as an assistant to Bill Brown in the early 1990’s, and continued through the pandemic in 2020. Andy’s journey in high school coaching may have been unexpected, but his success should not be. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Coach Andy Moore of Reynoldburg High School.
Andy Moore spent 25 years as anassistant basketball coach in the college ranks including stints at the UnitedStates Air Force Academy, and in both the Mid-American Conference and the BigTen. He is beginning his fourth seasonas the head coach Reynoldsburg High School in central Ohio.
After playing for his father at Mt.Vernon High School, Andy had a stellar playing career at Division III MuskingumCollege for legendary head coach Jim Burson. His career in college coaching began at Kenyon College as an assistantto Bill Brown in the early 1990’s, and continued through the pandemic in2020. Andy’s journey in high schoolcoaching may have been unexpected, but his success should not be.
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Brook Cupps first joined the podcast in the fall of 2020 on Episode 72. Since that conversation Coach Cupps has seen his team at Centerville win a state championship and make 3 consecutive trips to the state Final Four in Ohio's big school division. He has also seen his son be named Ohio's Mr. Basketball and accept a scholarship to play basketball at Indiana University. Did I mention that he has also published a book, Surrender the Outcome, co-authored a 2nd book, The Score That Matters, and he remains the head coach of one of the most respected high school programs in the country. Enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Brook Cupps of Centerville High School.
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Cody Hartzler is in his ninth season as an assistant coach at Baldwin Wallace University in 2023-24. Hartzler came to BW after spending two years as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Washington and Jefferson (Pa.) College. Prior to W & J, Hartzler served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Bluffton University for two seasons. Coach Hartzler also served as the assistant men’s basketball coach for two seasons at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Please enjoy my my conversation about Basketball and Life with Cody Hartzler of Baldwin Wallace University.
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Jon Tropf is a northwest Ohio native, raised in Van Buren, Ohio just minutes away from the ONU campus in Ada, Ohio. However, his journey has been about a lot more than the distance between 2 small towns in the Buckeye state. Coach Tropf spent his undergraduate years at Eastern Michigan University serving as a student manager, including 3 years as the head manager. He began his college coaching career at Oakland University. He then spent 8 toal seasons at Goshen College, his first three as an assistant to Neal Young followed by 5 seasons as the head coach. He has since re-joined Coach Young at ONU. Please enjoy my convesation with Jon Tropf as we talk Basketball and Life!
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Nick Sales is enetring his 2nd season as the head basketball coach at RHIT, an NCAA Division III program in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Coach Sales previously spent 9n seasons as an Assistant Coach and then Associate Head Coach at Marietta College. He enjoyed an outstanding playing career at Defiance College where he was the HCAC Player of the Year and an Honorable Mention All American in 2010. Please enjoy my conversation with Coach Nick Sales as we talk Basketball and Life.
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Coach Michele Durand is making a return visit to the podcast. She previously joined us for Episode 28, when she was the recently retired basketball coach from Ohio Northern University. After a brief time away from the sidelines, and working in athletic administration, Coach Durand is set to begin her 2nd season leading the Oilers. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Michele Durand of the University of Findlay.
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A lot has happened and some things have changed since the podcast shutdown in October 2020. Talkin' Hoops: With Coach Jon Cook is now Basketball & Life: With Coach Jon Cook. Thanks so much for your interest in the podcast. It is great to be back!
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Keith Utendorf is a Putnam County native who grew up in Ottawa, Ohio and attended Ottawa-Glandorf High School. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that he is a basketball junkie. But Keith's basketball journey has been atypical to say the least. It is a journey that has led him to be the head coach at not one, but two of Putnam County's small school basketball programs. Two programs in Ft. Jennings and Ottoville that are fierce rivals located less than 5 miles apart. During his time at Ottoville, the Big Green have become one of the most consistent programs in the region. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Ottoville High School head coach Keith Utendorf.
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Quincey Simpson is a Lima Senior Spartan through and through. His journey through high school and college, then ultimately into coaching has been an unconventional one. unconventional also accurately describes his passion for the leadership role that he plays as the head basketball coach at his alma mater. The lifelong journey that took him to seemingly every corner of the basketball world, has landed him at the exact place where he is supposed to be. Leading the basketball program at Lima Senior is not just Quincey's job. He believes that it his calling. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Coach Quincey Simpson of Lima Senior High School.
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Coach Bob Ghiloni is making a return appearance on the podcast, after first joining me for Episode 26, back in 2020. At that time Bob had only recently stepped down after 18 years as the head coach at Denison University. Three years of "retirement" from coaching proved to be enough for Coach Ghiloni and he is returning to the high school ranks after previously spending 15 years at Bishop Ready High School prior to his time at Denison. I encourage you to go back and give a listen to Episode 26 for Bob's full story. Coach Ghiloni's principled approach to coaching and leadership, makes him a must listen for coaches and fans of basketball. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Coach Bob Ghiloni.
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Dre White is entering his 7th season as a head basketball coach in the fall of 2023, and all of those years have been spent at two rural northwest Ohio high schools which are longtime and often bitter rivals. It is an interesting part of the basketball journey for Dre that began as a youth in Lima, Ohio and has seen him have an outstanding high school career as a player, followed by a stellar four-year journey as a college player at Ohio Wesleyan University. Coach White is one of seven members of that Ohio Wesleyan team and/or coaching staff who have gone onto coaching careers of their own. Five of those men, including Dre are current high school or college head coaches. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Dre White of Upper Scioto Valley High School.
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Andy Bucheit is set to begin his 11th season at the helm for Heidelberg University in 2023. Coach Bucheit played 4 years of college basketball at Wittenberg University, and began his college coaching journey as a volunteer assistant to legendary coach Bill Brown, at his alma mater in 2005. The following year, the Cincinnati, Ohio native became a graduate assistant at Ashland University, where he worked under Coach Roger Lyons for two seasons before being hired as an assistant coach at Marietta College in 2008. After 5 very successful years assisting Coach Jon VanderWal, in 2013, Andy was hired to takeover the program at Heidelberg. Coach Bucheit was named Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in the COVID season of 2020-2021, and the Student Princes have followed that by winning 37 games over the past 2 seasons. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Coach Andy Bucheit of Heidelberg University.
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When I was growing up I was like any other basketball loving kid. I had idols. I loved Dr. J, and of course I enjoyed the Magic vs. Bird debate. Michael would come along a little later, and I became a fan much later in his career. But for me the true heroes of the sport were the college players that I watched on television. Try to understand that I was a kid growing up in rural northwest Ohio, and I did not have cable television. I lived for the games and the players that could be brought to me via my old school antenna. Thankfully that meant that I could watch Roosevelt Chapman at Dayton regularly, but my real hero was Dennis Hopson at The Ohio State University. I was completely immersed in his playing career for the Buckeyes. And like many who rooted for Dennis, I struggled to understand or accept when his NBA career did not go as expected.
While he may have disappeared from the basketball world's public eye relatively early in his basketball journey, Dennis Hopson continued an odyssey that includes scouring in the NBA, coaching in the CBA, in NAIA basketball as well as in the Mid-American conference, and at the high school level. Today Dennis is the head coach at NAIA Division II Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio and is the director of the Hopson Elite AAU Basketball Program. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Lourdes University head coach, Dennis Hopson. -
Tyson McGlaughlin spent most of his childhood watching his father lead the basketball program at Miller City High School before enjoying a standout high school playing career at Ottawa-Glandorf High School, and then at the University of Findlay. When he graduated and began his coaching career he could not possibly have known that he would eventually serve as the head coach at both Miller City and Ottawa-Glandorf. That storybook journey has seen him lead his alma mater to remarkable heights by even the incredibly high standards of Titan Basketball. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Tyson McGlaughlin of Ottawa-Glandorf High School.
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Geno Ford is a basketball lifer. Practically raised in the gym by his father and legendary Cambridge (Ohio) High School coach Gene Ford, Geno was Ohio's Mr. Basketball in 1993 and went on to an outstanding career at Ohio University. He played briefly overseas before beginning his coaching career. His coaching stops include stints as an assistant at his alma mater, Ohio University, as well as Kent State and Stony Brook. He also served as head coach at Shawnee State, Muskingum and Kent State before logging four years as head coach at Bradley. He was named Mid-American Coach of the Year while at Kent State in 2010 and 2011, both times as a result of the Golden Flashes winning the league championship. Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Geno Ford.
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