The 0–20 Team They Followed Anyway

A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Mike Lowery, longtime Marysville, Washington high school basketball coach from a coaching family — his father, his brother, and Mike are all in the State Basketball Hall of Fame — hosted by Bruce Brown as part of the "Greatest Coaches You've Never Heard Of" series. Topics covered: a family that holds three-on-three tournaments at weddings; his abnormal path (not being a great player, valuing the whole bench, loyalty to seniors, and a strict "level of acceptance" with just two intense hours a day); the beloved 0–20 team that followed years of district championships, the rooter buses that followed them, and the humility it taught; the blank-canvas view of each high school season; turning points (the 2 a.m. decision at Washington State to change his major, and Wheels the manager's "perfect health" perspective lesson); advice to his younger self — be yourself (Al McGuire, not Coach K); his dad's lessons ("if you never lie, you never have to remember what you said"; "you're criticizing their product in public"); relationships first, joy plus intensity; player-voted leadership and Pepperdine team camps; "What's Your Story?"; and his most important goal — every player having a great experience.