Basketball

Podcast A Program That Had Never Won — Then 36 Straight Jon Frazier, head boys basketball coach at Summit High School in Bend, Oregon from 2011 to 2024, who inherited a program with no winning seasons and left it a state champion with an Oregon record. Listen now Podcast Basketball at Its Purest Trice Ham, national champion wheelchair basketball coach and Team USA staff member, on the day his program’s words stopped matching its results, and building a culture where it’s safe to fail. Listen now Podcast Two of My First Four Wins Came in the Mail Steve Ridder, 30 years and nearly 700 wins at Embry-Riddle, on inheriting an 0–22 team with no scholarships, the faculty vote that saved his job, and the three P’s that kept him in one place. Listen now Podcast You Get What You Allow Nick Brown, head basketball coach and award-winning English teacher at Arlington High School, on banning “we should have won,” radical honesty, and nights for custodians and the band. Listen now Podcast The 0–20 Team They Followed Anyway Mike Lowery, Marysville, Washington basketball coach from a family with three Hall of Famers, on the winless season he loved, the manager named Wheels, and finding out who you are as a coach. Listen now Podcast I Joined the Dark Side Mike Cashman, high school and Division I coach turned basketball official, on the officials shortage, what makes a great one, and the player whose “you’re a liar” changed how he coached. Listen now Podcast After Practice, We Were Dad and Son Joe Harris, Hall of Fame Washington high school basketball coach for 31 years at two small schools, on coaching his own son — who went on to the NBA — and teams that outwork people and play together. Listen now Podcast Don’t Let This Steal Your Joy Donnie Bostwick, national champion men’s basketball coach at Oklahoma Wesleyan, on the hour after COVID cancelled the tournament, meekness as power under control, and coaching aggressive mistakes. Listen now Podcast I’ll Never Tell You What You Want to Hear Dean Lockwood, associate head women’s basketball coach at Michigan State and 15 years with Pat Summitt, on the coach who promised him the truth, and reversing the interview to check for alignment. Listen now Podcast Make Where You Are the Big Time Danny Miles, 45 years and 1,040 wins at Oregon Institute of Technology, on three national titles, what it took to earn the name “Oregon Tech guy,” and protecting your marriage and family. Listen now Podcast Capable, Not Comfortable Billie Moore, first coach to win national titles at two schools and head coach of the 1976 U.S. Olympic team, on coaching athletes for what they can do — and mentoring Pat Summitt. Listen now Podcast We Will Not Have a Bad Day Andy Affholter, retired girls basketball coach at Granger High School (WA), on the poverty poster in his locker room, winning with undersized teams, and losing the battle to win the war. Listen now