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.

Episode 159: Mark Bialkoski, Director of Basketball Operations, Geroge Mason University
May 5, 2025 – 47:11
Episode 158: Jeff Santarsiero, Head Coach, Geneva College
May 1, 2025 – 42:32
Episode 157: Bill Cartwright, Former NBA Player and Head Coach
Apr 28, 2025 – 45:55
Episode 156: Ryan Murray, Assistant Women's Coach, Ohio State University
Apr 24, 2025 – 36:08
Episode 155: Chris Oliver, Founder of Basketball Immersion and The Basketball Podcast, Basketball Immersion
Apr 21, 2025 – 49:10
Episode 154: Mike Brey, NBA Assistant Coach, Atlanta Hawks
Apr 17, 2025 – 51:11
Episode 153: Toure Murry, Player Development Coach, Philadelphia 76ers
Apr 14, 2025 – 42:03
Episode 152: Steve Clifford, Former NBA Head Coach and Advisor in the Front Office, Charlotte Hornets
Apr 10, 2025 – 42:56
Episode 151: Anthony Johnson, Assistant Coach, Youngstown State University
Apr 7, 2025 – 47:40
Episode 150: Joe Abunassar, Skills and Player Development Trainer, Impact Basketball
Apr 3, 2025 – 54:16
149: Travis Branham, National Recruiting Analyst, 247Sports
Mar 31, 2025 – 48:36
Episode 148: Ben Newman, Mental Performance Coach, The Ben Newman Companies
Mar 27, 2025 – 36:35
Episode 147: Rex Walters, Former NBA Player and Assistant Coach
Mar 24, 2025 – 50:49
Episode 146: Scoonie Penn, Former NBA Assistant Coach
Mar 20, 2025 – 51:07
Episode 145: Darris Nichols, Head Coach, La Salle University
Mar 17, 2025 – 45:22
Episode 144: DJ Irving, Assistant Coach, University of Miami
Mar 13, 2025 – 49:47
Episode 143: James Fraschilla, Assistant Coach, Capital City Go-Go
Mar 10, 2025 – 50:13
Episode 142: Tyler Thornton, Director of Player Development and Assistant Coach, Howard University
Mar 6, 2025 – 48:01
Episode 141: Brian Baudinet, Assistant Coach, UMBC
Mar 3, 2025 – 52:50
Episode 140: Dr. Richard Sander, Athletic Director at ETSU and Founder of TopConnect
Feb 27, 2025 – 50:41
Episode 139: KT Harrell, Director of Basketball Operations, University of Michigan
Feb 24, 2025 – 45:39
Episode 138: Kyle Getter, Associate Head Coach, University of Notre Dame
Feb 20, 2025 – 46:53
Episode 137: Brad Kanis, CEO of EuroProBasket and International Scout
Feb 17, 2025 – 45:44
Episode 136: Katy Young Staudt, Vice President of TurnkeyZRG
Feb 13, 2025 – 43:05
Episode 135: Drew Hanlen, NBA Skills Coach and Consultant, CEO of Pure Sweat Basketball and Published Author
Feb 10, 2025 – 53:13
Episode 134: Matt Brase, Assistant Coach, Philadelphia 76ers
Feb 6, 2025 – 47:23
Episode 133: Ganon Baker, Skills and Development Trainer
Feb 3, 2025 – 49:37
Episode 132: RJ Allen, Head Coach, Newman University
Jan 30, 2025 – 51:56
Episode 131: Ryan Pannone, Assistant Coach, University of Alabama
Jan 27, 2025 – 56:18
Episode 130: Rob Lanier, Head Coach, Rice University
Jan 23, 2025 – 51:50
129: Carlin Hartman, Associate Head Coach, University of Florida
Jan 20, 2025 – 53:48
Episode 128: Dedrique Taylor, Head Coach, California State Fullerton University
Jan 16, 2025 – 52:58
Episode 127: Jason Hart, Assistant Coach, University of Kentucky
Jan 13, 2025 – 48:25
Episode 126: Don Showalter, Director of Coach Development and USA Basketball Youth Coach
Jan 9, 2025 – 53:53
Episode 125: Jim Shaw, Associate Head Coach, Stanford University
Jan 6, 2025 – 48:54
Episode 124: Jamie Wood, Founder and CEO of HYPHENATED ATHLETICS
Jan 2, 2025 – 47:52
Episode 123: Brett Reed, Head Coach, Lehigh University
Dec 30, 2024 – 49:40
Episode 122: Nick Sales, Head Coach, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
Dec 26, 2024 – 46:02
Episode 121: Jake Lorbach, Assistant Coach, Eastern Kentucky University
Dec 23, 2024 – 52:41
Episode 120: Bill Hubly, Assistant Athletic Director of Scouting, University of Pittsburgh
Dec 19, 2024 – 41:51
Episode 119: Sean Damaska, Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator, The University of Dayton
Dec 16, 2024 – 43:27
Episode 118: Sean Glaze, Former Coach and Current Corporate Keynote Speaker
Dec 12, 2024 – 52:46
Episode 117: Keith Smart, Former NBA Player and Coach, Part 2
Dec 9, 2024 – 44:08
Episode 116: Keith Smart, Former NBA Player and Coach, Part 1
Dec 5, 2024 – 47:07
Episode 115: Kelby Jones, Assistant Women's Coach, Oklahoma State University
Dec 2, 2024 – 43:59
Episode 114: Desmond Oliver, Assistant Coach, University of South Florida
Nov 28, 2024 – 49:53
Episode 113: Jeff Battle, Assistant Head Coach, Georgetown university
Nov 25, 2024 – 45:21
Episode 112: Ciara Gregory, Director of Recruiting Operations and Assistant Women’s Coach, University of Kentucky
Nov 21, 2024 – 34:09
Episode 111: Brian Pauga, Director of College Scouting and Basketball Intelligence, Utah Jazz
Nov 18, 2024 – 42:39
Episode 110: Jeff Capel, Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh
Nov 14, 2024 – 51:49

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Coach Mobilio

Rising coaches

Adam and Brandon do a phenomenal job running the Rising coaches! If you are a coach looking to learn and grow rising coaches is the community you want to be part of! Rising coaches.com -Shawn Mobilio-
Supa Dav

A Must!

Must listen for coaches of all levels. Young coaches trying to break in or ride up for helpful insights. Coaches there to reflect on the time they were in the same boat. Definitely a must have in the podcast library!
pjpollock

Great Podcast for the Serious Hoop Junkie

Great Podcast for the Hoop Junkie. Great guests, wealth of knowledge and so many topics go beyond the 4 lines. Highly recommend to any coach or hoop enthusiast out there. @pjpollock123
Picc5Cannon

Great Resource

Great free resource for any coach. Wide variety of guests that all have one thing in common. They love the game of basketball. Highly recommend!!
Getting an Edu

More Jonah Baize needed

An amazing story!
Coachjunker22

Rising Coaches = Excellent

RCE is an awesome organization. Whether it's there conferences, meet ups, or this podcast. They understand what coaches want to talk about and here. Love Andy and the guys.