Episode 42 - Tyler Niekamp - Head Basketball Coach - Van Buren High School (Van Buren, Ohio) - a podcast by Jon Cook

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, Ohio,  He attended college and played basketball at the University of Findlay.  Upon his graduation from Findlay, Tyler spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach in the Oiler program before beginning his teaching and coaching career at Upper Scioto Valley High School.  After two years as the junior varsity coach at USV, Coach Niekamp was positioned to become the head coach.  During the summer, Coach Niekamp and I actually spent time planning for me to join his staff as an assistant coach.  However, when an opportunity arose for Tyler to take a teaching job with Van Buren schools, just an 8-minute drive from his house, he opted to change jobs.  The change in jobs also meant walking away from a head coaching position to be the freshman coach at Van Buren.  Ultimately, Coach Niekamp became the head coach at Van Buren and today he shares the story of his journey in coaching as well as his vision for Van Buren Basketball.  Please enjoy my conversation with Tyler Niekamp of Van Buren High School. 

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