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Mike Koehler is the Boys’ Basketball Varsity Head Coach at Elkhart Lake High School in Wisconsin. He is also the Founder and Program Director of Mammoth Basketball.

Koehler took over the program at Elkhart Lake in 2019 and in his second season the team was the fourth most improved team in Wisconsin (all divisions) and since then his teams have had the most successful years in 35 years of program history including several regional final appearances and a regional championship.

As a player, Koehler finished his high school career as the 3rd leading scorer in the history of...

On this episode, Mike and Jason break down every NBA team and place the league into 6 tiers.

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When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in America™ — Dr. Dish. Feed You...

Welcome to the 82nd edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.

October’s Round Table question is: What’s your philosophy on building an effective transition offense and defense?

Our Coaching Lineup this month:

On this episode, Mike and Jason draft either the total wins or losses for each NBA team heading into the 2025-2026 season. Jason is 2-0 in this exercise so Mike is trying to prevent a threepeat!

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When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in A...

Daniel Harris is entering his second season as the head men’s basketball coach at Davis & Elkins College and his fourth overall with the program in 2025–26. He guided the program to its fourth consecutive Mountain East Conference Tournament appearance, where D&E earned a 63-61 first-round victory over ninth-seeded Wheeling.

Prior to Davis & Elkins, Harris served as director of basketball operations under Head Coach Lennie Acuff at Lipscomb University for two seasons. He also served as a graduate assistant at Jacksonville University. Harris gained additional experience as a recruiting coordinator with Hoop Group in Reading, Pennsylvania.

As...

Weston Jameson is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at D2 Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. In just his second year at the helm in 2024-25 he led the Bison to a 22-10 record and the NCAA Tournament after winning the Great American Conference Tournament.

Prior to taking over the men’s program at Harding, Jameson was an assistant coach for the women’s basketball programs at Abilene Christian University (2021-2023), Arkansas State University (2020-2021) and Harding (2015-2020).

Before his first stint at Harding, Jameson worked as the junior boys head coach and senior boys assist...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the Western Conference win total over/unders for the 2025-2026 season.

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Dr. Dish Basketball

When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in America™ — Dr. Dish. Feed Your Fire. Visit drdishbasketball.com today.

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Chris Richardson is entering his 6th season as the Men's Basketball Head Coach at Wheeling University in the 2025-2026 season. During his career he has been a part of five 20-win seasons, two conference championships, three NCAA tournament appearances and one conference tournament championship. Richardson has coached 22 all-conference players and three All-Americans.

Richardson previously spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Central Missouri, two seasons as an assistant at Delta State, and one season as an assistant at both Fairmont State and University of Charleston. He got his first coaching job at Arkansas Tech University in 2009.<...

Jordan Fair is entering his first season as a Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Arkansas State University in 2025-2026 under Head Coach Ryan Pannone.

Fair spent the previous 4 seasons as the Head Coach at his alma mater Oldsmar Christian (FL) High School building up the Eagles into one of the top 25 high school programs in the country. Fair has also worked in player development with NBA players including Donovan Mitchell, Anfernee Simons, John Henson, Tony Bradley, Adrian Griffin, Aaron Jackson, Harrison Barnes, and more.

Fair served as an assistant coach under Rick Pitino at Lo...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the Eastern Conference win total over/unders for the 2025-2026 season.

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Dr. Dish Basketball

When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in America™ — Dr. Dish. Feed Your Fire. Visit drdishbasketball.com today.

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Your first...

Jason Parker is the founder of JP3 Training in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he strives to help basketball players grow their skills and aggressiveness. Prior to starting JP3 in August of 2025 Jason served 12 years as an athletic director at Muskogee Public Schools, Sapulpa Public Schools, and Monte Cassino School.

Jason earned his Juris Doctorate in 2012 from Tulsa and passed the Oklahoma Bar Exam in 2013. While completing his JD, he served as a graduate assistant in Athletics at Tulsa.

As a player, Jason graduated from Memorial High School finishing 3rd academically and was the school’s all-time le...

Kevin Snyder is currently an assistant boys’ basketball coach at Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He spent the previous three seasons as the 9th grade boys’ head coach at Bentonville West High School in Arkansas.

Prior to his time at the high school level, Snyder coached collegiately in various roles at Bucknell, Brown, Williams College, and The College of William and Mary.

As a player Snyder was a 1,000 point scorer at Williams College where he served as a team captain and was the team’s MVP during his senior season in 2008-09.

O...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss some big picture questions heading into the 2025-26 NBA Season including:

Ethan Quinn is entering his 5th season as a Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach at Denison University in 2025-26. Last season the Big Red recorded a program-record 24 victories, propelling them to their first-ever NCAC regular season championship title. They finished the season ranked #18 in the country. Denison earned an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championships by winning the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.

Quinn previously spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the men’s basketball program at Ohio Dominican University. He has had a unique journey getting into the college basketball worl...

Welcome to the 81st edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.

September’s Round Table question is: How do you define and communicate roles to players so they buy in and execute effectively?

Our Coaching Lineup this month:

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the worst trades in NBA History. Just a few of the players involved include Scottie Pippen, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish, Kevin Garnett, and more. Plus Mike goes on a Ted Stepien rant and why the NBA now has the "Stepien" rule about not being able to trade first round picks in consecutive seasons.

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The 21st episode of “The Triple Double” with Rob Brost, Bolingbrook (IL) High School Boys’ Basketball Head Coach. Rob, Mike, & Jason hit on three basketball topics in each episode of “The Triple Double”.

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Michael Rejniak has been the GM and Head Coach of the We are D3 TBT Team since 2018. The team competes annually in the TBT and is comprised of all former Division 3 All-Americans who are currently playing professionally.

On this episode Coach Rej and Mike talk about We Are D3’s run to the semifinals of the 2025 TBT showcasing the exceptional talents of former Division III players. We discuss the impact of this achievement, emphasizing the significance of providing opportunities for underrepresented athletes to shine on a larger stage. Throughout our conversation, we delve into the intricacies of pr...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the Kawhi Leonard / Clippers salary cap circumvention scandal, the new all-star game format, and the teams and players that most remind them of the sad sack Cleveland Browns.

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When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in Amer...

Keith Hack is entering his third season as the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham. The Devils improved their win total by 6 in Hack’s second year.

Prior to FDU-Florham, Hack spent the four seasons as the Head Coach at Medaille College. During his time there, he coached the team to a 2022 AMCC Conference Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance. The team transitioned to the Empire 8 Conference the next season and he was able to help the team make the Empire 8 Conference Tournament in the team's first year in the conference. Before his...

Mike Larkin is the Director of Basketball Operations at Rutgers University. He has been with the Scarlet Knights since 2019. He initially was hired as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach, before earning a promotion to the Director of Basketball Operations role.

Larkin previously served at Saint Michael’s College where he spent seven seasons on staff, including the last four as associate head coach. Before that Larkin served as a graduate intern for two seasons at Rutgers-Newark and was an assistant coach at Bard (NY) College.

Larkin was a Jacob Albright Scholar and a me...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the best basketball commercials of all-time including MJ, LeBron, Lil Penny, Converse, Jingle Hoops and many more!

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Dr. Dish Basketball

When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in America™ — Dr. Dish. Feed Your Fire. Visit drdishbasketball.com today.

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Devrinn Paul is entering his third year as the head coach of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology women's basketball team in the 2025-26 season. Paul has guided Rose-Hulman to a combined 24 wins in his first two seasons as head coach after the program won just 23 games over the previous four seasons combined. In his inaugural season in Terre Haute, Paul guided the Fighting' Engineers to a 10-win improvement over the previous season.

Paul has been a member of the coaching staff at three Division One institutions, including Louisville, Cincinnati and Marshall. His stop at Louisville included two...

Dominic Parker is entering his second season as the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Rochester Institute of Technology. He took over the Tigers program after one season as the Assistant Head Coach at Christopher Newport University where he had previously coached two seasons from 2017-2019. Parker spent one year as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore after leaving Christopher Newport in 2019. Next, he was an assistant coach at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina from 2020-2022.

He originally came to CNU following two seasons assisting the Shenandoah University men's basketball program. He be...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the best duos in NBA History including Jordan & Pippen, Magic & Kareem, Shaq & Kobe, Bird & McHale, Duncan & Parker, Stockton & Malone, Baylor & West...plus many more.

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When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in America™ — Dr. Dish. Feed Your Fir...

Ras Vanderloo recently retired after his 14th season as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Sioux City East High School in Sioux City, IA. He spent 32 years coaching basketball, 14 as a Head Coach and 18 as an Assistant Coach. Ras is a 5-time district coach of the year and the 2017 State 4A Coach of the Year. He won 314 games as a head coach at East High with 4 State Tournament appearances and a State Runner Up in 2012.

In addition to his run as the Head Coach at East, Ras also runs a large youth league basketball program with over 650...

Welcome to the 80th edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.

August’s Round Table question is: Do you involve former players in your program, and if so, how?

Our Coaching Lineup this month:

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss NBA players whose careers were significantly impacted by injuries. They explore the stories of Brandon Roy, Grant Hill, Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Ralph Sampson, Penny Hardaway, and Andrew Toney, reflecting on their potential and the impact of injuries on their careers. The conversation highlights the emotional connection fans have with these players and the 'what if' scenarios that arise from their shortened careers.

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Ryan Glenney is in his ninth season with the Dallas Baptist University Men’s Basketball team and serves as the team's Associate Head Coach. During his eight seasons with the Patriots, DBU has advanced to the NCAA Tournament six times, won two Lone Star Conference Division titles, a pair of Heartland Conference regular-season titles, clinched the Heartland Conference Tournament Championship in 2018, and posted a 107-75 record. In 2019, Glenney was named the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Small College Assistant Coach of the Year.

Before arriving at DBU, Glenney was the top assistant coach at North Platte Community Co...

Derek Sloan is entering his 5th season as the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College. He spent two seasons as an assistant coach on previous WVWC head coach Nick Patella's staff and was appointed as the interim head coach on Aug. 10, 2021 before taking over the Bobcats’ program officially on September 15, 2021

In 2018, Sloan served as an assistant basketball coach at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ind. The Cleveland, Ohio native was a member of the Cleveland State University men's basketball team from 2013-2018 where he earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

On t...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss what intrigues them the most about each team scheduled to play on Christmas Day in 2025.

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Dr. Dish Basketball

When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps, the right motivation, and the #1 Selling Shooting Machine in America™ — Dr. Dish. Feed Your Fire. Visit drdishbasketball.com today.

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Welcome to this rebroadcast of the sixteenth edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table features our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question.  A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.

This episode's Round Table question is:  What advice would you give a young coach just entering the profession?

Our Coaching Lineup:

Tyler Coston is the Founder of Savi Performance.  He is known as a thought leader in player development, curriculum creation and teaching methodology.  Tyler spent 13 years providing leadership as Director of Basketball Development for PGC Basketball. Tyler coached the women’s basketball team at Trinity Western University from 2005-2007, while simultaneously running a skills-development program that produced five Division I (USA) athletes. In 2007, he accepted a position as Assistant Coach at Portland State University. During his first year at Portland State, the Vikings won the Big Sky Conference with an overall record of 23-8. After Portland State captured the Big...

Monty Patel is the Head Boys’ Basketball Head Coach at eSTEM High School in Arkansas. Monty also serves as the Head Coach for Team Arkansas TBT and is the Director of the AAU Club Off 2 U. He was previously an assistant coach at Jacksonville, North Little Rock, and Marion High Schools. He won a state championship at Jacksonville in 2020 as an assistant. Monty has helped more than 30 of his players play college basketball at various levels.

On this episode Mike and Monty discuss the impact of relationships—among players, coaches, and parents—on building a successful basketball progra...

Matt Goldsmith is entering his first season as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Middlebury College. He previously served as the Head Coach at The College of New Jersey for 10 seasons where he piloted the Lions to over 150 victories and Two New Jersey Athletic Conference championships in 2020 and 2024.

Prior to TCNJ Goldsmith worked for Dave Hixon at Amherst College, where he was an assistant coach for three seasons. In his first season at Amherst in 2012-13, he helped guide the Jeffs to a 30-2 record and the second national title in program history.

Goldsmith ha...

Ryan Van Zelst will enter his first season as the Men's Basketball Head Coach at Drew University in 2025-26. Most recently, Van Zelst held the post of associate head coach at Division II Millersville University during the 2024-25 campaign, when he helped Millersville to a 19-12 record.

Van Zelst’s career includes head-coaching stops at both Cabrini University and Penn State Abington. He also served as the associate head coach at Landmark Conference rival University of Scranton, where he spent seven years with the Royals. He picked up additional Division III experience as an assistant coach at bo...

Casey Kasperbauer is entering his first season as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Upper Iowa University.

Prior to Upper Iowa, Kasperbauer was an Assistant Coach for the University of South Dakota men's basketball team from 2018-2025. During his time with South Dakota he served as Offensive Coordinator for four seasons, Defensive Coordinator for one season and Director of Opps for two seasons

Kasperbauer also spent a season (2017-18) as a skills coach for Pure Sweat Basketball in Des Moines, Iowa, where he developed training programs for various skill levels.

A 2016 graduate of...

On this episode, Mike and Jason discuss the implications of Dame Lillard's return to Portland, Chris Paul's signing with the Clippers, and Marcus Smart's potential impact on the Lakers. They analyze the motivations behind each player's decisions and the future outlook for their respective teams.

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When a player becomes unguardable, the game shifts, the defense breaks, the crowd roars, and your team takes control.

Great players don’t just get lucky, they stoke the fire within. They’re built in practice, accelerated with the right reps...

Kyle Cooper is entering his third season as Head Men’s Basketball Coach and Athletic Director at Howard College. In his first two years, the Hawks had a 37-23 record. The Hawks had NJCAA All-Americans back-to-back years and sent 10 players to play at the NCAA D1 level. Cooper has helped players to compete in the SEC, WAC, A-10, Southland, Sun Belt, Big Sky, Summit, and SWAC.

Cooper came to Howard after one year as an assistant coach at Tarleton State University. Before Tarleton, Cooper served as the Head Men’s basketball coach at Western Texas College. In his...

welcome to the 79th edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.

July’s Round Table question is: How do you evaluate the effectiveness of your program from year to year?

Our Coaching Lineup this month: