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Basketball and Life: with Coach Jon Cook

I love talking hoops! High School, College, Professional... Coaches, Players, Games, X's & O's... You name it! If it is hoops I am interested and love talking about it. However, the longer I am around the game, the more it becomes clear to me that everyone who has a passion for this great game has a story to tell, that is so much more than just talkin' hoops. Don't get me wrong, I still love talkin' basketball with anyone who has an interest in the game from almost any angle, but the real stories of Basketball and Life are what this podcast is all about.

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Episode 97: Brook Cupps - Head Coach Centerville High School from 2023-11-27T15:15:08

Brook Cupps first joined the podcast in the fall of 2020 on Episode 72. Since that conversation Coach Cupps has seen his team at Centerville win a state championship and make 3 consecutive trips...

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Episode 96: Cody Hartzler - Assistant Coach - Baldwin Wallace University Women's Basketball from 2023-11-20T18:07:58

Cody Hartzler is in his ninth season as an assistant coach at Baldwin Wallace University in 2023-24. Hartzler came to BW after spending two years as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Washingto...

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Episode 95: Jon Tropf - Assistant Basketball Coach - Ohio Northern University from 2023-11-06T17:39:03

Jon Tropf is a northwest Ohio native, raised in Van Buren, Ohio just minutes away from the ONU campus in Ada, Ohio. However, his journey has been about a lot more than the distance between 2 small ...

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Episode 94: Nick Sales - Head Basketball Coach - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology from 2023-11-01T20:34:36

Nick Sales is enetring his 2nd season as the head basketball coach at RHIT, an NCAA Division III program in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Coach Sales previously spent 9n seasons as ...

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Episode 93: Michele Durand - Head Women's Basketball Coach - University of Findlay from 2023-11-01T20:15:51

Coach Michele Durand is making a return visit to the podcast. She previously joined us for Episode 28, when she was the recently retired basketball coach from Ohio Northern University. After a brie...

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Episode 78: Basketball & Life - Introduction from 2023-10-23T12:11:53

A lot has happened and some things have changed since the podcast shutdown in October 2020. Talkin' Hoops: With Coach Jon Cook is now Basketball & Life: With Coach Jon Cook. Thanks so much for your...

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Episode 92: Keith Utendorf - Head Basketball Coach - Ottoville High School (Ottoville, Ohio) from 2023-10-16T12:19

Keith Utendorf is a Putnam County native who grew up in Ottawa, Ohio and attended Ottawa-Glandorf High School. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that he is a basketball junkie. But Keith's...

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Episode 91: Quincey Simpson - Head Basketball Coach Lima Senior High School (Lima, Ohio) from 2023-10-03T10:18:40

Quincey Simpson is a Lima Senior Spartan through and through. His journey through high school and college, then ultimately into coaching has been an unconventional one. unconventional also accurate...

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Episode 90: Bob Ghiloni - Head Basketball Coach Grandview Heights High School (Columbus, Ohio) from 2023-09-25T15:42:22

Coach Bob Ghiloni is making a return appearance on the podcast, after first joining me for Episode 26, back in 2020. At that time Bob had only recently stepped down after 18 years as the head coach...

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Episode 89: Dre White - Head Basketball Coach - Upper Scioto Valley High School (McGuffey, Ohio) from 2023-09-18T11:57:54

Dre White is entering his 7th season as a head basketball coach in the fall of 2023, and all of those years have been spent at two rural northwest Ohio high schools which are longtime and often bit...

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Episode 88: Andy Bucheit - Head Basketball Coach - Heidelberg University (Tiffin, Ohio) from 2023-09-11T10:07:10

Andy Bucheit is set to begin his 11th season at the helm for Heidelberg University in 2023. Coach Bucheit played 4 years of college basketball at Wittenberg University, and began his college coachi...

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Episode 87: Dennis Hopson - Head Basketball Coach Lourdes University (Sylvania, Ohio) from 2023-09-05T00:28:09

When I was growing up I was like any other basketball loving kid. I had idols. I loved Dr. J, and of course I enjoyed the Magic vs. Bird debate. Michael would come along a little later, and I becam...

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Episode 86: Tyson McGlaughlin - Head Basketball Coach - Ottawa-Glandorf High School (Ottawa, Ohio) from 2023-08-28T11:04:13

Tyson McGlaughlin spent most of his childhood watching his father lead the basketball program at Miller City High School before enjoying a standout high school playing career at Ottawa-Glandorf Hig...

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Episode 85: Geno Ford - Head Men's Basketball Coach - Stony Brook University from 2023-08-21T12:03:05

Geno Ford is a basketball lifer. Practically raised in the gym by his father and legendary Cambridge (Ohio) High School coach Gene Ford, Geno was Ohio's Mr. Basketball in 1993 and went on to an out...

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Episode 84: Doug Etzler - Head Basketball Coach Crestview High School (Convoy, Ohio) from 2023-08-14T11:12:48

I first saw Doug Etzler play high school basketball during the 1987-88 season, when he was a freshman point guard playing for his father, Ray Etzler at Crestview High School. I followed his playing...

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Episode 83: Neal Young - Head Coach Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio) from 2023-08-07T12:56:34

Neal Young is in his second season as the head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern in 2023-24. He took over the program on April 6, 2022. Young came to ONU after winning three USA South titles ...

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Episode 82: Doug Billman - Head Basketball Coach Antwerp High School (Antwerp, Ohio) from 2023-07-31T16:02:59

Doug Billman is an Antwerp, Ohio native who has been leading the basketball program at his alma mater since 2016. In those 7 seasons he has amassed 131 career wins and his teams have 20 or more gam...

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Episode 81: Jim Clay - Former Director of Van Wert (OH) AAU & American Youth Basketball Tour (AYBT) from 2023-07-24T12:07:17

Jim Clay may be the single most passionate member of the basketball community that I have had the good fortune to know. I met Jim in the early 1990's when he was the Director of the Van Wert AAU pr...

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Episode 80: Joe Campoli - Retired Head Basketball Coach - Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio) from 2023-07-17T13:51:04

After spending 17 years as an assistant coach at Ohio Northern University, Joe Campoli was appointed ONU’s head coach in 1992, at the age of 49, and became only the second first-year head coach to ...

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Episode 26 - Bob Ghiloni - Head Basketball Coach (Retired) Denison University (Ohio) from 2023-07-13T17:51:16

Bob Ghiloni retired from Denison University immediately following the 2019-2020 season.  He spent 18 years at the helm of the Division III program in Granville, Ohio.  Coach Ghiloni had a non-tradi...

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Episode 79: Bob Seggerson - Former Head Coach - Lima Central Catholic High School (Lima, Ohio) from 2023-07-10T17:07:35

Bob Seggerson stepped down as the coach of Lima Central Catholic High School following his win in the Division 3 state championship game in 2010 ending a legendary career that saw his team compete ...

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Episode 77 - Jamie Kachmarik - Head Coach St. Francis High School (Toledo, Ohio) from 2023-06-15T03:14:50

Note: In the fall of 2020, Talkin' Hoops with Coach Jon Cook was interrupted for what was supposed to be one basketball season. For a couple of specific reasons, I was unable to publish what...

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Episode 76 - Dave Krauss - Former Assistant Coach University of Findlay & Head Coach at Patrick Henry High School from 2021-06-18T20:30:14

This episode of the podcast is one of two that was recorded just prior to my unexpectedly being named as the head coach at Ada High School (you can listen to Episode 74 for the details on that s...

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Episode 75 - Chris Oliver - Basketball Immersion and The Basketball Podcast from 2020-11-10T17:06:19

Chris Oliver, the founder of Basketball Immersion and the host of The Basketball Podcast, had a 23-year career coaching college basketball in Canada before launching the Basketball Immersion websit...

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Episode 74 - You Can't Make This Stuff Up from 2020-11-08T21:08:40

The year 2020 just continues to be more and more bizarre.  When this podcast launched last spring no one, I mean no one, would have been able to convince me that coaching high school basket...

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Episode 73 - Matt Jones - MattJonesHoops.com from 2020-10-19T09:50:52

My guest today is Bryan, Ohio native Matt Jones.  Matt is a basketball lifer who has bet on himself more often than most people twice his age in pursuit of a life in basketball. After high ...

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Episode 72 - Brook Cupps - Head Coach Centerville High School (Ohio) from 2020-10-14T09:30:24

Brook Cupps graduated from Graham High School in St. Paris, Ohio near Springfield in 1995, and following a 4-year playing career at Capital University in Columbus, he returned to Graham.  H...

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Episode 71 - Brooks Miller - Head Coach Trine University (Angola, Indiana) from 2020-10-12T09:59:54

How many coaches have a resume that includes a year of high school assistant coaching while working for a tree service, a stint as a Division II assistant, followed by a graduate assistant posit...

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Episode 70 - Nate Axelrod - Assistant Coach Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, Ohio) from 2020-10-09T11:01:58

Nate Axelrod was a phenomenal player at Ohio Wesleyan University.  A 3-time North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year, an All-American and the NCAA Division III National Player of ...

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Episode 69 - Kirk Lehman - Retired Head Coach - Defiance High School (Defiance, Ohio) from 2020-10-07T11:17:07

I have often referred to the coaching profession as a fraternity or brotherhood, and it is.  However, it is also a highly competitive and sometimes ego-driven profession as well.  Beca...

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Episode 68 - Brett Hammons - Head Coach Lincolnview High School (Middle Point, Ohio) from 2020-10-05T17:32:54

Brett Hammons has been coaching basketball at Lincolnview High School for 14 years.  He spent six years as an assistant, including four years as either the JV coach or the varsity assistant...

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Episode 67 - Eric Rosenbeck - Head Coach St. Henry High School (St. Henry, Ohio) from 2020-10-02T23:00:12

My guest  today is Eric Rosenbeck of St. Henry High School.  Eric grew up in Russia, Ohio, the son of a high school coach, AD and Principal. He played for legendary head coach Paul Bremigan at Russ...

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Episode 66 - Corey Britton - Head Coach - Fort Loramie High School (Fort Loramie, Ohio) from 2020-09-30T23:04:33

Corey Britton is a basketball lifer.  He grew up in northwest Ohio, the son of an outstanding high school basketball coach.  He attended college and was a student assistant at the Univ...

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Episode 65 - Doug Krauss - Retired Head Coach Archbold High School from 2020-09-28T15:24:48

Doug Krauss spent 34 years as the head basketball coach at Archbold High School on northwest Ohio before retiring in 2018.  During his 34 years, Coach Krauss built (and maintained ) the BLu...

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Episode 64 - Dan Priest - Head Coach - Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio) from 2020-09-25T11:16:14

Dan Priest has been involved in college coaching since the early 1990's.  After a stellar playing career at Ohio Northern University, Coach Priest began a coaching odyssey that has taken hi...

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Episode 63 - Kole Vivian - Head Coach Marietta College Women from 2020-09-23T09:55:19

From his time as an assistant with the women's program at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Kole Vivian got used to winning.  In coming to Marietta College, first as an assistant, and ultimately as ...

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Episode 62 - Toby Carrigan - Head Coach - Mount St. Joseph University (Cincinnati, Ohio) from 2020-09-21T16:03:19

Toby Carrigan grew up in Indiana and played high school basketball at Rising Sun High School before a college career at Hanover College, where he played and then coached under legendary head coach ...

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Episode 61 - Dave Hirschy - Varsity Assistant Basketball Coach - Willard High School from 2020-09-19T17:16:23

If you are a high school basketball coach in northwest Ohio it is likely that you know Dave Hirschy.  If you are a person, coach or otherwise, who enjoys being around engaging, genuine, sin...

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Episode 60 - Zach Fleer - Co-Founder - 270Hoops.com from 2020-09-16T11:51:46

My guest today is Zach Fleer.  Zach is the co-founder of 270Hoops.com, a website dedicated to coversing high school basketball in central Ohio, and particularly in the city of Columbus. &nb...

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Episode 59 - Mike Fuline - Head Basketball Coach - University of Mount Union from 2020-09-14T11:09:34

Mike Fuline is a born and raised northeast Ohio guy who began his coaching career in Rootstown, Ohio.  His success at Rootstown led to his hiring at Massillon Jackson High School, a Division I powe...

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Episode 58 - Eric Flannery - Head Basketball Coach - St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) from 2020-09-11T10:57:01

Eric Flannery began his high school coaching journey as an assistant at his alma mater,  St. Edward High School, while he was still a college student, and he was named the head coach shortl...

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Episode 57 - Clay Tucker - Former Lima Perry and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Standout from 2020-09-09T10:58:07

The city of Lima, Ohio has been home to the recipient of the state's Mr. Basketball Award winner a total of 5 times since the award's inception in 1988.  Any reasonable discussion about the greates...

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Episode 56 - Don Showalter - USA Basketball - Director of Coach Development from 2020-09-07T16:14:10

Don Showalter spent 42 years as a high school basketball coach in Iowa.  He led 4 programs, recorded more than 600 wins and made 6 state tournament appearances between 1975 and 2016.  In 1998, Coac...

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Episode 55 - Carl Kremer - Head Coach Moeller High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) from 2020-09-04T10:36:21

When Carl Kremer was hired to be a teacher and assistant coach at Moeller High School in 1984, the program was not a basketball powerhouse.  Things are just a bit different now.  Coach...

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Episode 54 - Santino Davis - Assistant Basketball Coach - Central State University from 2020-09-02T12:12

Santino Davis was a standout player at St. Charles Preparatory Academy in Columbus, Ohio.  He graduated from The Ohio State University and began a career in the business world before being ...

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Episode 53 - Roger McEldowney - Head Basketball Coach - Arcanum High School (Arcanum, Ohio) from 2020-08-31T11:25:22

Not many coaches have ever had their very first head coaching opportunity slip through their fingers because budget cuts result in the elimination of their teaching position.  It happened t...

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Episode 52 - Jeremy Best - Former Head Coach - Crestview High School (Convoy, Ohio) from 2020-08-28T10:48:39

When I met Jeremy Best he was a smooth shooting lefty who played for Guy Neal at what was then Bluffton College.  Now Jeremy is the former head coach of Crestview High School in Convoy, Ohi...

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Episode 51 - Greg Mauk - Head Basketball Coach - Bath High School Girls (Lima, Ohio) from 2020-08-26T11:00:36

The Bath High School girls basketball program began in 1971, and is nearing 900 wins in program history.  All of those wins have been accomplished by two head coaches... Two!  Ohio Bas...

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Episode 50 - Rob Summers - Assistant Basketball Coach - Cleveland State University from 2020-08-24T03:03:29

Rob Summers is among a rather large group of people in the coaching profession whom I met courtesy of the Ohio Northern University Basketball Camp.  Of the entire group though, Rob may have the mos...

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Episode 49 - Brandon Pardon - Former Point Guard Lincolnview High School & Bowling Green State University from 2020-08-21T01:56:23

Brandon Pardon graduated from Lincolnview High School, near Van Wert, Ohio with one of the most storied careers in the history of Ohio high school basketball.  Two appearances in the Divisi...

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Episode 48 - Scott Elchert - Head Basketball Coach - Jackson Center High School (Jackson Center, Ohio) from 2020-08-19T18:25:34

Whether it is the business world, marriage, preaching or coaching, the general consensus is that it just does not work out well to return to a previous position.  Well Steve Jobs would cert...

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Episode 47 - Brett Norris - Head Coach Hilliard Bradley High School (Hilliard, Ohio) from 2020-08-17T12:09:45

Brett Norris grew up as the son of a coach.  He finished his high school career playing for the legendary Ray Etzler at Convoy Crestview.  After a college playing career at St. Francis...

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Episode 46 - David McWhinnie - Head Coach - Toledo Christian High School from 2020-08-14T11:07:20

David McWhinnie graduated from Toledo Christian in 1992 and after a four-year career as a soccer player, he graduated and returned to his alma mater.  Following a brief stint as an assistan...

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Episode 45 - Brad Francis - Head Basketball Coach Fairlawn High School (Sidney, Ohio) from 2020-08-12T11:37

Brad Francis has had an unconventional route in the coaching profession. After nearly two decades as an assistant to longtime Russia High School coach Paul Bremigan, Francis stepped away for two...

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Episode 44 - Michael Hunter - Assistant Basketball Coach - Lakeland Community College (Kirtland, Ohio) from 2020-08-10T12:22:04

How many junior college basketball coaches are likely to have ever played football for Urban Meyer?  Well, Michael Hunter did for 2 years.  His basketball journey has taken Hunter to C...

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Episode 43 - Damon Goodwin - Head Basketball Coach Capital University (Columbus, Ohio) from 2020-08-07T03:22:19

My guest for today's episode is Capital University Head Basketball Coach Damon Goodwin.  Coach Goodwin just completed his 26th season on the sidelines at Cap.  His coaching career bega...

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Episode 42 - Tyler Niekamp - Head Basketball Coach - Van Buren High School (Van Buren, Ohio) from 2020-08-05T12:02:55

Tyler Niekamp is set to begin his 10th season as the head basketball coach at Van Buren High School in 2020-2021.  The northwest Ohio native grew up and attended high school in Ft. Recovery...

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Episode 41 - Nate Conley - Head Basketball Coach - Manchester University from 2020-08-03T10:31:54

Nate Conley was hired and began his tenure as the head basketball coach at Manchester University just four days before his 1st practice with his new team.  Not an ideal way to begin his ini...

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Episode 40 - Kurt Goettemoeller - Head Basketball Coach Marion Local High School from 2020-07-31T14:53:46

Kurt Goettemoeller graduated from Marion Local High School in 1992.  He had played for legendary head coach Jack Albers.  After four years of college and choosing a career in education...

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Episode 39 - Tom Polambo - Head Basketball Coach Guilford College (NC) from 2020-07-29T10:17:02

Tom Polambo's first coaching job was to be the interim head women's basketball coach at his alma mater Virginia Wesleyan University.  He was hired a little more than 6 months after graduati...

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Episode 38 - Mike DeWitt - Head Basketball Coach - Ohio Wesleyan University from 2020-07-27T10:25:49

Mike DeWitt has been the head coach at his alma mater for 21 seasons, and has been a head coach in Division III basketball for 26 years in total.  His coaching career is a testament to esta...

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Episode 37 - Darnell Parker - Head Basketball Coach Loveland High School Girls (Cincinnati, Ohio) from 2020-07-24T12:06:26

I was so fortunate to coach Darnell Parker when I served as an assistant at Bluffton College in 1998-99.  After a stellar high school career at Findlay High School playing for former OHSAA ...

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Episode 36 - Kyle Brumett - Head Basketball Coach at Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN) from 2020-07-22T10:56:28

My guest today is Kyle Brumett.  Kyle has been a head college coach for 14 seasons at three different institutions, Lakeland College, Defiance College and now Wabash College.  Prior to...

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Episode 35 - Jason Vermillion - Head Boys Basketball Coach - Arlington High School (Ohio) from 2020-07-20T20:27:20

Jason Vermillion is a native of northwest Ohio and graduated from Cory-Rawson High School, which is just a stone's throw away from Arlington where Jason has now been the head basketball coach for t...

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Episode 34 - Frank Kill - Head Basketball Coach - Lima Central Catholic High School (Lima, Ohio) from 2020-07-17T12:39:02

I have had the opportunity to coach against Frank Kill when he played for a state championship team while he was a student at Lincolnview High School in 1997 and to coach against Frank Kill as the ...

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Episode 33 - Caleb Williams - Head Basketball Coach - University of Northwestern Ohio (Lima, Ohio) from 2020-07-15T11:57:59

Caleb Williams is 28 years old and has already been a head college basketball coach for three seasons.  That in itself makes his story pretty uncommon.  It is the rest of the story that makes him t...

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Episode 32 - Kevin Sensabaugh - Head Basketball Coach - Spencerville High School (Spencerville, Ohio) from 2020-07-13T12:18:42

I had the good fortune of watching Kevin Sensabaugh play as a high schooler, while at Spencerville High School and as college player at Ohio Northern University.  I have had the "pleasure" of compe...

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Episode 31 - Juli Fulks - Head Women's Basketball Coach - Transylvania University from 2020-07-10T13:10:11

Juli Fulks and I are both natives of western Hardin Co. Ohio.  We both attended tiny high schools in the northwest/central part of the state (she graduated with 39 students), and our paths crossed ...

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Episode 30 - The Decision Ten Years Later - Rick Grayshock Co-Founder of WaitingForNextYear.com from 2020-07-08T11:41:51

On July 8, 2010, then 25 -year-old LeBron James (along with his newly formed production company) used ESPN to air a live television event to announce his intentions for playing the 2010-2011 sea...

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Episode 29 - Dino Gaudio - Assistant Coach at the University of Louisville from 2020-07-06T11:27:51

My guest today is Dino Gaudio.  Dino is currently an assistant coach under Chris Mack at the University of Louisville.  Coach Gaudio has nearly 40 years of coaching experience includin...

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Episode 28 - Michele Durand - Head Women's Basketball Coach (Retired) at Ohio Northern University from 2020-07-05T16:59:46

I had the unbelievable fortune of serving as an assistant coach to Michele Durand for 3 seasons.  In that role I observed one of, if not, the most loyal, dedicated, hard working and humble ...

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Episode 27 - Charlie Ernst - Head Basketball Coach - University of Findlay (Ohio) from 2020-07-03T11:43:13

The University of Findlay basketball program has evolved over the last 30 plus years from a non-scholarship NAIA program to an NAIA program that offered scholarships, and since 1998 has competed...

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Episode 25 - Taylor Roth - Head Basketball Coach at Hiram College (Ohio) from 2020-06-29T11:53:11

Taylor Roth spent four years playing Division III college basketball at Baldwin Wallace University and one year as a student assistant coach with the Yellow Jackets.  Upon his graduation in 2012, h...

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Episode 24 - Sean Powell - Head Basketball Botkins High School (Ohio) from 2020-06-26T11:03:50

I first met Sean Powell when he was a 6th grade camper at the Ohio Northern University summer basketball camp.  He was a tall, skinny, super energetic kid with an infectious personality. &n...

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Episode 23 - Matt Tabler - Head Basketball Coach Perry High School (Lima, Ohio) from 2020-06-24T11:22:11

Matt Tabler is a Lima, Ohio kid, born & raised.  Growing up and attending Lima Central Catholic High School where he played for the legendary Bob Seggerson, allowed Matt to experience g...

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Episode 22 - Artie Taylor Head Basketball Coach at The Wellington School (Upper Arlington, Ohio) from 2020-06-22T16:30:51

After a stellar playing career at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, and then at John Carroll University, Artie Taylor has spent a career in coaching.  A passion that exploded during hi...

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Episode 21 - Happy Father's Day from 2020-06-21T13:39:30

I just want to wish a Happy Father's Day to all dad's out there, but especially to my dad and to the coaches I know who are dads as well!  I have had so many "father figures" in the coachin...

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Episode 20 - Jon VanderWal - Head Basketball Coach Marietta College (Ohio) from 2020-06-19T11:41:43

Jon Vanderwal became the head basketball coach at Marietta College in 2007 at 28 years of age.  The Cadillac, Michigan native had a four-year playing career at Albion College (Mi.) then ser...

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Episode 19 - Bill Brown - Former Head Coach at Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio) from 2020-06-18T12:04:15

Bill Brown spent nearly 40 years coaching college basketball at both the Division I and Division III levels, with 29 of those years as a head coach.  He was the head coach at Wittenberg University ...

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Episode 18 - Babe Kwasniak - Former Head Basketball Coach at Villa-Angela St. Joseph HS (Cleveland, Ohio) from 2020-06-17T11:12:51

Babe Kwasniak currently holds the position of Civilian Aide to the US Secretary of the Army.  He graduated from Cleveland St. Joseph High School in 1994, after winning a State Championship ...

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Episode 17 - Dave Froelich - Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Member from 2020-06-15T10:34:31

Dave Froelich spent 34 years in high school coaching in the state of Ohio.  after starting his career as an assistant to Larry Clark at Perrysburg High School, Dave went on to serve as head coach a...

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Episode 16 - Tom Heil - Head Basketball Coach at Baldwin Wallace University (Berea., Ohio) from 2020-06-13T11:31

I had the wonderful fortune to serve as an assistant coach at Bluffton University when Tom Heil was a junior and a senior.  He has since gone on to coach as an assistant at Defiance College...

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Episode 15 - Tom Souder - Head Basketball Coach Worthington Kilbourne High School (Ohio) from 2020-06-11T12:20:49

Today's episode is a visit with Tom Souder the head boys basketball coach at Worthington Kilbourne High School just outside Columbus, Ohio.  Coach Souder comes from a coaching family.  His father w...

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Episode 14 - Andy & Matt Winters - Head Coach & Assistant Coach at Otterbein University (Westerville, Ohio) from 2020-06-10T11:54:08

My guests today are Andy and Matt Winters.  They are brothers, and they just finished their first season leading the basketball program at Otterbein University.  Both played high school basketball ...

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Episode 13 - Ryan Stechschulte Head Boys Basketball Coach at Kalida High School (Ohio) from 2020-06-09T09:45:14

My guest for this episode of Talkin' Hoops: With Coach Jon Cook is Ryan Stechschulte, the head boys basketball coach at Kalida High School in Kalida, Ohio.  Ryan is a Putnam County native and has s...

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Episode 12 - Anthony Gholson - Assistant Coach Capital University (Ohio) from 2020-06-08T10:47:44

Anthony Gholson is my guest for this episode.  Anthony has been a college coach, as an assistant and a head coach at both the junior college level and in NCAA Division III for nearly 30 years.  He ...

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Episode 11 - Kurt Stubbs - Host of Ohio High School Hoops: Around the State Podcast from 2020-06-07T13:43:17

Kurt Stubbs is a true basketball junkie who has managed to overcome the coaching bug.  He has fed his basketball habit as a blogger, turned influencer, turned podcaster.  He is also a junior high m...

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Episode 10 - Because 2020 Has Really Sucked from 2020-06-04T13:22:25

Basketball is my first love, my only hobby and my true passion.  Basketball has created so many opportunities in my life and is the genesis of innumerable cherished relationships in my life...

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Episode 9 - Mark Bagley - Former Head Basketball Coach at Van Wert High School (Ohio) from 2020-06-04T02:00:47

My guest today is Mark Bagley, the former head coach at Van Wert High School in Van Wert, Ohio.  Mark spent 20 years  at Van Wert as the JV Coach and/or Varsity Assistant Coach under Ohio Basketbal...

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Episode 8 - Chad Shutler - Head Women's Basketball Coach at Bluffton University (OH) from 2020-06-02T02:27:37

Chad Shutler has spent nearly 25, of his more than 30 years in coaching, in Bluffton, Ohio.  From two years as a graduate assistant with the then Bluffton College, men's program under legen...

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Episode 7 - Mark Huelsman - Head Women's Coach at Ohio Northern University from 2020-05-31T20:35:26

Today I visit with Mark Huelsman, the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Ohio Northern University.  Coach Huelsman played Division III basketball at Wittenberg University before starting his coaching...

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Episode 6 - TK Griffith Head Coach Archbishop Hoban HS (Akron, Ohio) from 2020-05-29T17:23:38

Our guest for this episode is TK Griffith the head boys basketball coach at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio.  TK was a senior at Hoban, when the Knights won a state championship...

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Episode 5 - Eric Gabriel Assistant Coach High Point University (NC) from 2020-05-28T02:25:26

Today's episode is a visit with Eric Gabriel, Assistant Coach at High Point University in North Carolina.  Eric is a graduate of Alexander High School in Athens, Ohio and West Liberty State...

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Episode 4 - Jody May - Head Basketball Coach Albion College from 2020-05-26T12:11:48

In today's episode I visit with Albion College Head Men's Basketball Coach Jody May. Coach May was a Division III player at Ohio Northern University and s captain on a national championship squad i...

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Episode 3 - Scott Cooper - Head Basketball Coach - Indiana University-South Bend from 2020-05-22T17:21:01

Today we talk hoops with Scott Cooper the head basketball coach at Indiana University-South Bend. He led his NAIA Division II IUSB Titans to a conference title and their first appearance in...

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Episode 2 - Tyler Neal - Asst. Coach Canton Charge from 2020-05-20T03:19:21

On this episode of Talkin' Hoops I sit down with Canton Charge Assistant Coach Tyler Neal.  I'll apologize here for the minor technical glitch about halfway through the podcast. 

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Episode 1 - The Intro. from 2020-05-15T02:33:55

Welcome to Talkin' Hoops: With Coach Jon Cook!  Episode 1 is an introduction to Coach Cook and his unique background and a look at his vision for the podcast.

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Talkin' Hoops Intro. Trailer from 2020-05-14T15:47:39

Hi1  I am Coach Jon Cook and I am excited to be jumping into the podcast game!  I love talkin' hoops at every level and in every way.  From high school to the pros; from coaches t...

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