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Jarren Dyson is a men’s basketball assistant coach at Army West Point. Prior to Army he helped Christopher Newport University win the D3 National Championship in 2023 as an assistant to Head Coach John Krikorian.

Dyson previously spent 5 seasons at Lafayette College as an assistant where he served as the program's recruiting coordinator and was involved in player development.

Before joining the staff at Lafayette, Dyson had his first stint at Christopher Newport University where helped lead the team to back-to-back conference championships and a run to the program's first-ever Final Four appearance in 2016. The Ca...

On this episode Mike and Jason talk about the Cavs' decision to tank their final game against the Hornets, Wemby's Friday night upset of the Nuggets, LeBron & the Lakers beating Zion and the Pelicans to grab the 8th seed, and Phoenix avoiding the play-in with a win over the T-wolves. Next, they preview the play-in games in both conferences before ending the pod by discussing their picks for MVP, Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the year, and 1st Team All-NBA.

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Welcome to the 64th 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.

April’s Round Table question is: How can coaches help improve a player's basketball IQ?

Our Coaching Lineup this month:

The 9th 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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On this episode Mike and Jason talk about the NCAA tournament and the popularity of the women's game vs the men's. Next, they discuss the Cavs' struggles and try to make sense of the Eastern Conference Playoff Race. Finally, they try to figure out how the seeds will fall in the loaded Western Conference.

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Ben Kaplan is the co-author of Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-College Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA. For the first time in league history, NBA coaches and general managers are just as likely to have played Division III basketball as they are to have played in the NBA. While the number of former D3 players working in the NBA is higher than ever, small college alums have served in leadership positions since the league’s founding. Their improbable and inspiring journeys tell a bigger story – the history of small college athletics, the evolution of coaching and management in t...

Kent Washington made history by becoming the first American to play professional basketball behind the Iron Curtain. In his memoir, Kentomania, he recounts his journey from grade school, when he was known as Peanut, to become the first Black American to play professionally in the top league in Poland.

Kent began to tap into his talent as a basketball player in junior and senior high school in New Rochelle, New York. His obsessive work ethic started to pay dividends as he elevated his game and became a college player at Southampton College in Long Island. During a...

On this episode Mike brings on his former coaching colleague Jason Popp to fill in for Jason, who is on vacation at Disney World. Mike and Popp each share and discuss their lists of the 5 most intriguing players heading into the NBA Playoffs.

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Brooks Miller is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Trine University where he led the Thunder to the 2024 Division 3 National Championship finishing with a record of 29-4. Miller has compiled an overall record of 226-116 at Trine in his 13 seasons as head coach.

Prior to arriving at Trine, Miller worked as an assistant men's basketball coach for three Hall of Fame coaches that amassed seven National Championships throughout their careers. Miller began his collegiate coaching career working for Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Hall of Fame Coach Ed Douma (one National Championship) whom he previously played fo...

The 8th 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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