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The Rising Coaches Podcast

From young assistants to head coaches, Rising Coaches sits down with some of the brightest minds in basketball to talk about their rise through the profession and what they are working on now.

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Episode 132: RJ Allen, Head Coach, Newman University

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2025/01/30

RJ Allen is the Head Coach at Newman University. Coach Allen has grown himself in the industry, following his playing career at Hutchinson Community College, he started in a Graduate Assistant position at Concordia University. He grew in his role and ended up taking an assistant coach at Woodbury High School before being appointed the Associate Head Coach at Newman University and ultimately being appointed Head Coach, where he has been for 8 seasons. In this episode we talk about some bumps in the

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56:18

Episode 131: Ryan Pannone, Assistant Coach,...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2025/01/27

Ryan Pannone is the Assistant Coach at the University of Alabama, Coach Ryan Pannone. Coach Pannone has worked his way up the coaching ranks holding positions in 5 countries including China, Slovakia, Israeli, Germany and South Korea as well as positions including Wallace State Community College, Erie Bayhawks, New Orleans Pelicans and currently the University of Alabama. Pannone has a strong coaching background and a wealth of knowledge for the game overall as you will come to learn. Pannone speaks

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51:50

Episode 130: Rob Lanier, Head Coach, Rice University

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2025/01/23

Rob Lanier is the first year Head Coach of Rice University, Coach Rob Lanier. Coach Lanier joins us with a current 141-135 Head Coaching record holding head stints at Siena, Georgia State, SMU and now Rice University. Coach Lanier started his coaching journey at Niagara University as an assistant and held various other assistant positions at St. Bonaventure, Rutgers, Texas, Virginia, Florida and Tennessee.On this episode, we talk about some takeaways Coach Lanier has learned working under legendary

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53:48

129: Carlin Hartman, Associate Head Coach, University...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2025/01/20

Carlin Hartman is the Associate Head Coach at the University of Florida. Following Hartman’s playing career at Tulane, he played a few years in a Semi Professional league and then right into his first coaching position at Rice. Following Rice, Hartman held various positions at McNeese State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Richmond, Centenary, James Madison, Columbia, Oklahoma, UNLV and currently The University of Florida. In this episode Coach Hartman talks about some of the biggest challenges he has faced in

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52:58

Episode 128: Dedrique Taylor, Head Coach, California...

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2025/01/16

Dedrique Taylor is the Head Coach at California State Fullerton University. Coach Taylor is in his 12th season as a head coach, all while at Cal State Fullerton. Coach Taylor started his coaching career following his playing career at UC Davis and pivoted into various roles at Loyola Marymount, Portland State, Nevada and Arizona State. Looking back on Coach Taylor’s coaching career, we take him back to his first year as a head coach and learn what he would have done differently as a head coach, we

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48:25

Episode 127: Jason Hart, Assistant Coach, University...

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2025/01/13

Jason hart is the Assistant Coach at the University of Kentucky, Coach Jason Hart. Coach Hart joins us starting in the AAU circuit as well as High School ranks as a Head Coach at Taft High School following his 9 year NBA Career. Following Coach Hart’s year stint with Taft he has made coaching stops at Pepperdine University, USC, NBA G League Ignite and currently The University of Kentucky. Coach Hart talks to us on this episode about his experiences growing in the ranks from coaching in High School

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53:53

Episode 126: Don Showalter, Director of Coach...

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2025/01/09

Today, on the Rising Coaches Podcast, we got the pleasure of speaking with a legendary High School coach, USA National coach and USAB National Director for Coach Development, Coach Don Showalter. Coach Showalter has coached for 45+ years, achieving the status of a 10x gold medal winner with USA Basketball and 10x USA basketball development Coach of the Year awards. He has also received Iowa Coach of the year accolades 10 different times, and was inducted into the Iowa High School hall of fame in

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48:54

Episode 125: Jim Shaw, Associate Head Coach, Stanford...

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2025/01/06

Jim Shaw is the Associate Head Coach at Stanford University. Coach Shaw joins us with a strong career of winning, while being a part of 19 NCAA tournament teams in his time making stops at Western Oregon State as a player, and holding various assistant positions at Idaho State, Oregon State, University of Portland, Oklahoma, University of Washington, Saint Mary’s, Washington State and Stanford, while also holding a Head Coaching stint at Western Oregon University and posting a 102-30 overall Record

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47:52

Episode 124: Jamie Wood, Founder and CEO of...

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2025/01/02

Jamie Wood is the Founder and CEO of HYPHENATED ATHLETICS, Jamie Wood. Jamie Wood joins us as previously holding an assistant athletic director position at Ohio State University as well as formerly being the Assistant Athletic Director of NIL at Texas A&M. Now he currently runs his own company called HYPHENATED ATHLETICS which helps student athletes with their NIL. In this episode we talk heavily on the new elephant in athletics, NIL or Name, Image and Likeness. Jamie talks about what a typical

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49:40

Episode 123: Brett Reed, Head Coach, Lehigh University

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2024/12/30

Brett Reed is the Head Coach of Lehigh University, Coach Brett Reed. Coach Reed joins us as a coach who has grown in the profession himself. Starting as an assistant coach with Oakland Community College following his playing career at Eckerd, leading him into positions at UNC Greensboro, High Point and Lehigh all as an Assistant. After 4 years of learning and growing at Lehigh he is appointed the Associate Head Coach and then the Head Coach after one more year and holding a 53% winning record and

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46:02

Episode 122: Nick Sales, Head Coach, Rose Hulman...

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2024/12/26

Nick Sales is the Head Coach at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. Following Coach Sales’s Playing Career at Defiance College, he soon became the Graduate Assistant there which then led him into assistant positions at Albion College and Marietta College. Following Marietta, Sales got his first head coaching position at Rose Hulman as he is now going into his third season. Coach Sales talks to us about some of the benefits of starting as a Division 3 Coach, some first year Head Coaching bumps in

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52:41

Episode 121: Jake Lorbach, Assistant Coach, Eastern...

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2024/12/23

Jake Lorbach is the Assistant Men’s basketball Coach and Director of Scouting for Eastern Kentucky University. Coach Lorbach is a young coach on the rise but has a plethora of knowledge in the game, having a playing career under coach Thad Matta at Ohio State University and working his way up the profession starting at St Edward’s High School, University of Colorado Springs, Kirkwood Community College and now where he stands, Eastern Kentucky University all in the assistant roles. Coach Lorbach also

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41:51

Episode 120: Bill Hubly, Assistant Athletic Director...

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2024/12/19

Bill Hubly is the Assistant Athletic Director of Scouting with the University of Pittsburgh Men’s team, Coach Billy Hubly. Coach Hubly joins us with a strong coaching background including various roles at Georgia Institute of Technology, East Carolina University, University of South Florida and currently the University of Pittsburgh. Coach Hubly, has made a great rise in the industry getting to learn from some phenomenal coaches, including Coach Brian Gregory and Jeff Capel to name a few. In this

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43:27

Episode 119: Sean Damaska, Assistant Coach and...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2024/12/16

Sean Damaska is the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at the University of Dayton. Coach Damaska had started right into his coaching career following his playing career wrapping up at Northern Illinois University. His first coaching role would be with the Dallas Mavericks as a Player Development Intern and soon leading him to Dayton where he worked his way up from a Graduate Assistant into now as an assistant coach. On this episode Coach Damaska talks about identifying and developing young

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52:46

Episode 118: Sean Glaze, Former Coach and Current...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2024/12/12

We take a unique turn and get to learn from not only a coach with 10 years of coaching experience but also someone with nearly 20 years of experience in team building and growing leaders, Coach Sean Glaze. Coach Glaze has coached two different high school programs including Cobb County Schools and Cherokee County, where he brought both programs from single digits wins to individual school record breaking programs. On top of this Coach Glaze has spoken in front of large corporations as well helping

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44:08

Episode 117: Keith Smart, Former NBA Player and...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2024/12/09

On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we are continuing the second half of our previous conversation with a legend in the industry as a former NBA Head and Assistant Coach and most recent assistant coach for the University of Arkansas. Please welcome the second half of our conversation with coach Keith Smart.

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47:07

Episode 116: Keith Smart, Former NBA Player and...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2024/12/05

Keith Smart is a former NBA Head and assistant coach and most recently former Assistant Coach with the University of Arkansas. Coach Smart is a legendary coach and player as he hit arguably one of the biggest shots in NCAA history, has a 20 year professional career and 27 year coaching career. Coach Smart has been the Head Coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings as well as holding assist positions with those same programs, also including the Fort Wayne Fury,

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43:59

Episode 115: Kelby Jones, Assistant Women's Coach,...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2024/12/02

Kelby Jones is the assistant Women’s coach at Oklahoma State University. Coach Jones has worked his way through the industry starting as a student manager at North Texas and growing into various roles at schools including the University of Texas, Mississippi State and now Oklahoma State University. Coach Jones talks about some takeaways he has learned while growing in the industry, utilizing analytics as a team and some of the most important elements to growing a strong basketball team.

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49:53

114: Desmond Oliver, Assistant Coach, University of...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2024/11/28

Desond Oliver is the Assistant Men’s Coach at The University of South Florida. Coach Oliver has nearly 30 years of coaching experience including a head coaching stint at East Tennessee State and held assistant roles with Niagara, Texas A&M, Cornell, St. Bonaventure, Rhode Island, Georgia, Canisius, Charlotte, Tennessee and currently South Florida. In this episode Coach Oliver enlightens us on some takeaways he learned as a head coach, how his coaching philosophy has grown over the years and some

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45:21

113: Jeff Battle, Assistant Head Coach, Georgetown...

The Rising Coaches Podcast ·

2024/11/25

Jeff Battle is the Associate Head Coach at Georgetown University. Coach Battle has truly grown in the industry starting as a Graduate Assistant at Delaware and making stops in various roles at Caesar Rodney High School, Delaware State University, Loyola, Xavier University, Wake Forest, Providence and currently Georgetown University. Coach Battle has coached a wide range of tenured players, some including Chris Paul, Jeff Teague and Ish Smith. Coach Battle talks with us on rising in the industry

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