College Basketball Coach? Check College Baseball Coach? Check High School Basketball Coach? Check Travel Baseball Coach? Check Fans, Ed Ward has done it all! What a great guest for The Greatest Games Podcast! Coach Ward tells us about his unique journey through sport and about a couple of epic games. This episode really brings out the spirit of wha…

Rich Gatewood, the new Head Boys Basketball Coach at Moore Traditional School in Louisville, joins Kris and Brian in today’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast. Coach Gatewood has one of the most unique stories and journeys through high school basketball that he shares with us in this inspiring episode. Hear his thoughts on traditional high scho…

Join us for today’s episode with 5 time state championship winning coach Chris Roche! Learn all about how his Wilsonville HS team won back to back state championships in 2019 and 2022. That’s correct and not a typo! Coach Roche is an incredible man and has an amazing amount of clarity when it comes to how he coaches and what is shooting for each ye…

Coach Fred Hill joins Kris and Brian for the second time to discuss many topics including The Basketball Reunion coming up on April 4 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, Team Hill Foundation and Compass Basketball Academy. Learn more about about each of these ventures and the links below: www.thebasketballreunion.com www.teamhillfoundation.org …

We are excited to bring you New York Times Best Selling Author Ian O’Connor in today’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast. He is the author of the brand new book The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski. This is a MUST read as we witness the end of Coach K’s illustrious coaching career. Ian shares about his process of writing the book, and about ho…

Jeff Koehler returns to talk about a challenging topic: Parents and their role in talking with coaches about playing time, etc. This is a really thought-provoking episode and we can’t thank Coach Koehler for coming back to share some wisdom with us! Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coa…

After a late night of work on The Bash Brian checks in to say hello and talk briefly about The Bash!By 816 Basketball

Corbin Landers, the head JV and Varsity Boys Basketball coach at Camden Military Academy, joins us for this week’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast. Coach Landers has a wide variety of experiences in basketball at a young age and has now landed his first head coaching opportunity in Camden, SC. Hear his heart for his players and learn more abo…

Relationships are hard enough, but imagine preparing your team for a big game and, oh by the way, the other team is coached by your spouse! Well, that’s what happened recently in the Bronx as Rutgers University-Newark, coached by Ashley Cieplicki, visited The College of Mount Saint Vincent, coached by Phil Stern, in what we believe is the very firs…

As a basketball player George Selleck was selected as the California Interscholastic Federation Player of the Year, at Stanford he earned All-American honors and then went on to being elected to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame and the Pac-12 Ring of Honor. As a coach he was selected TWICE by the Los Angeles Times as the High School Coach of the …

Podcast fans, we have taken the week off from a fresh podcast to bring you this gem from the great George Glymph. We know high school seasons around the country will be starting soon, so what better way to celebrate that than bring you one of the greatest high school coaches of all time, Coach Glymph has touched countless lives throughout his journ…

Rob Carcich is the new head boys basketball coach at Westwood High School in New Jersey. In this episode hear Coach Carcich talk about his philosophies around teaching young men the game of basketball and life. He tells a great story about a player that forgot his jacket and how he handles it in the moment. He has a fascinating journey that began a…

Silvio Santander, Assistant Coach for the Argentina National Team AND Head Coach of the Venezuelan professional team Guaiqueríes de Margarita, joins us for this week’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast. Coach Santander comes from a basketball family and tells us about his journey from coaching youth basketball to being a professional coach trav…

JP Nerbun is a former Division I basketball player at The University of South Carolina winning an NIT championship in 2006. He then moved to Ireland and began his coaching career. In this episode learn about his journey from a coach that was a “yeller and screamer” to transformational coach and how he started TOC Consulting. Coaches of all levels w…

In this week’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast we visit with Fort Lee’s (NJ) Head Coach, Adam Shrager. Coach Shrager has had an interesting journey across this great country of ours and has landed in New Jersey where he is an incredibly thoughtful, caring and successful head coach. This is yet another episode that left us encouraged about the…

We have heard a lot of great stories throughout 130 episodes of The Greatest Games Podcast, but the story told by Jimmy Kinard easily lands in the top 5 of EPIC greatest games story. Learn about an enormous rivalry game and how the lights WENT OUT before the final seconds. Stories like these are why we love sports and especially high school sports.…

Larry Davis was named Mr. Basketball in South Carolina, was recruited to UNC, transferred to The University of South Carolina and scored over 1000 points in two years in a Gamecock uniform. He followed that up with a long and successful career playing overseas. Needless to say, Larry Davis was a great player. Here in this episode how he has become …

We’re taking a little bit of a diversion from our normal basketball content today and we talk with the great Andrew Kitick. Andrew is a former Sports Information Director for the University of South Carolina. He tells us about some incredible Gamecock games as well as the leadership characteristics of Coach Ray Tanner. Andrew works for the Evans Sc…

Coach James Pulliate has had a fascinating journey from through college and high school basketball to now being an assistant coach at Emerson HS with the great John Ziemba. This episode takes a deep dive into the idea of a team truly being a family. Thanks Coach Pulliate for being an awesome guest! Before going any further, please make a donation h…

Coach Brian Dunn of Northern Valley Old Tappan joins us for this week’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast! Coach Dunn is both the head coach of the girls basketball and football teams there and has led them both to multiple sectional titles. Coach tells us about an incredible sectional game in 2018 vs. Pascack Valley and the great Jeff Jasper (…

Imagine for a moment you are a young head coach and your team is facing off against a living legend...a legend you have admired and respected for many years. And, oh by the way, he’s gunning for his 1000th win. That’s the scenario Dan Burke describes in this epic episode. Coach Burke is the head coach of the Wilmington University Wildcats in Wilmin…

This week’s episode is a repost of the dynamic Yusuf English of Hartsville HS. Coach English was nice enough to invite Brian on his podcast to record this week (The Staley Kurtz English Show) so we wanted to make sure our listeners caught this highly-entertaining episode with Coach English. Check out his brand: www.unfilteredforever.com and his oth…

Coach Melvin Watson, a former SEC Champion with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, talks about a couple of his greatest games. From several times coming up short as player as a coach to earning a state championship as a head coach, Coach Watson weaves a beautiful story of redemption in this episode. Before going any further, please make a …

You know Coach Dave Cieplicki as the legendary head girls basketball coach at Dumont High School in Bergen County, NJ, but after listening to this episode you will truly know the heart behind the legend. Hear Coach talk about how he has stayed true to who he is as a person and as a coach, and learn how to have high expectations while building lasti…

On June 24, 2021 the very first The Greatest Games Coaches Social was held at Miller’s Ale House in Paramus, NJ. We can’t thank everyone enough for coming out and having a great time with us. What an honor it was to connect with coaches, share stories and laugh together for a few hours. The basketball community is special. It is filled with kind, l…

Mark Mitchell tells us all about his amazon journey from growing up on the streets of Newark, NJ to starting as a middle school coach to his current position as the Head Women’s Coach at St. Peter’s University. Coach Mitchell tells us all about how hard work and taking no shortcuts has led to his unbelievable success. To this day, Mitchell remains …

We welcome back one of our favorite guests, coaching veteran Bruce Hamburger. Coach sheds some light on what it is like to be a college coach in search of a job. He tells us all about the steps he is currently taking to land his next job. Coach takes us inside his daily routine of phone calls, emails and the endless waiting game. As always, we are …

What a fun and unique episode this week. Ashley Cieplicki is the Head Women's basketball coach at Rutgers University-Newark and her husband Phil Stern is the AD and Head Women's basketball coach at The College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, New York. These two great coaches share how the role of a coach has changed even over the past decade i…

John Ziemba, guest number 38 on The Greatest Games Podcast, returns in this week’s episode to talk about possible legislative changes within the NJSIAA that would affect basketball season as well as other sport’s seasons. Click here to read an article on NJ.com about the proposed changes. This episode shows the power of collaboration between coache…

Rex Walters has been an incredibly successful player and coach on the college and professional levels, and has been known as a hard-driving player and coach. But what did we find? Coach Walters is HIGHLY entertaining, genuine and FUN. Of course he wants to win, but fans will hear his enormous personality come through loud and clear. He shares some …

We’re reposting one of our best episodes to date about our boy Tacauma Lettsome. We’re reposting for several reasons, but this Saturday Ridge View HS will be hosting an All Star game in his honor and he’ll be in attendance! We’re super-pumped to have him back on campus once again and can’t wait to honor him and raise funds for him and his family du…

Vietnam Veteran? Check. The first girls basketball coach in NJ history to reach 1,000 wins? Check. One of the most entertaining and engaging guests on The Greatest Games Podcast? Check! Join us for this week’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast as the legendary Coach Jeff Jasper of Pascack Valley High School tells us about his incredible journey…

Coach Bruce Hamburger has been recommended to us time and again, and let’s be honest: HE DELIVERED in this podcast. Coach Hamburger is a highly-entertaining storyteller and one of the really great guys in the business. We can’t thank him enough for joining us on the show to tell us about his story and all about the run Seton Hall made to the 1989 N…

Bill Zotti has a familiar journey that we have heard on The Greatest Games Podcast working his way up from a student manager to a Division I assistant coach. He tells us about a game during the early days of UMBC basketball (well before the Retrievers knocked off the #1 seed Virginia Cavaliers). Even though he is currently retired, Coach Zotti coul…

Coach Tim Maloney joins us for this week’s episode of The Greatest Games, and he really brings the heat when it comes to talking about basketball and the development of student-athletes in life. He has been a high school coach, been at The University of Florida with Billy Donovan as well as Baylor with Scott Drew, and a myriad of other stops. Throu…

From Casper, Wyoming, to Pullman, Washington, ending all the way up in Ōpunake, New Zealand, hear the incredible journey of Coach Angelo Hill. He played college basketball for the legendary George Raveling, played professionally all over the world, and coached in junior college and internationally in New Zealand. He tells a story of absolute determ…

Ben Lee, head boys basketball coach at River Bluff High School in Lexington, SC, joins us for today’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast. Coach Lee takes us through his incredible journey of building River Bluff High School in eight years to a State Championship program at the AAAAA level of South Carolina. Click here to view The State Newspaper…

The great Chris Gaskin returns to the place where it all started! As our first guest on The Greatest Games Podcast, we can’t thank Coach Gaskin enough for helping us to get our start. This episode takes a dive into the NCAA Tournament and all of our favorite memories around March Madness. Thank you Coach Gaskin for making a return visit to the show…

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for a repost of our episode as Coach Steve Collins, head coach at Madison Memorial High School (WI), talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Collins tells us a great story of a legendary triple overtime state championship game giving him his first state title. Coach Collins is one of …

Matt Doherty, former Head Coach at a variety of stops in Division I Men’s College Basketball, joins us for today’s episode of The Greatest Games Podcast. Coach Doherty takes us along for his journey through coaching, the lessons he has learned along the way and tells us all about his new book: Rebound. This book is as wonderful read full of basketb…

Tacauma Lettsome, a former Ridge View High School Volunteer Assistant Coach and School Resource Officer, is fighting ALS. This episode is all about our guy, his story, his fight and how you can help. Before going any further, please make a donation here at his family’s GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate You can …

This week we decided to do something special. We decided to post our episode with the incredible Phil Martelli. Why, you ask? This is the point in the season where a lot of coaches are saying goodbye to their teams either because of not making tournaments, tournament losses, or even COVID-19 related issues. We felt like it was important to post thi…

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 104 Josh Coley, Head Boys Basketball Coach at United Faith Christian Academy in Charlotte, NC, talks about his greatest game. Coach Coley also chimes in on the question from episode 103: “Is talent or toughness more important?” Great quote from this episode from Coach Coley: “P…

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 103 as Robert Wells, Head Boys Basketball Coach at Brookland Cayce High School in Cayce, SC, talks with Kris and Brian about his greatest game. Coach Wells brought the fire early in the show after he posed the question, “Is it better to have tough players or talented players?” …

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 102 as Jimmy Duncan, current athletics director at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina, tells us about his journey sharing the coaching room with some wonderful mentors. Coach Duncan tells us about a game that had to be delayed because of a raucous environment…

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 101 as Brandon Wallace, assistant coach at Gray Collegiate Academy, tells about his journey as an all SEC performer, international basketball star to the sideline. Brandon tells us about losing his love for the game after his playing career and has rekindled his passion for the…

The 100th episode is HERE! We can’t thank you enough for all your support of The Greatest Games Podcast. This episode is special for a couple of reasons: It is our 100th episode. But, more than that, we have Coach George Glymph joining us for today’s episode. Coach Glymph has touched countless lives throughout his journey through the world of baske…

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 99 as Mr Brandon Ross, Assistant Principal at Ridge View High School, joins us for today’s episode. Mr. Ross is the current South Carolina Association of School Administrators Assistant Principal of the Year! Hear his thoughts on what up and coming coaches as well as seasoned c…

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 98 as Coach Ché Roth of Cannon School in Concord, NC talks with us about his greatest game. Coach Roth tells us about the 2020 NCISAA 4A Boys Basketball State Championship game in which his Cannon Cougars defeated Charlotte Latin 71-69. Click here to read a story and see the in…

816 Basketball presents The Greatest Games Podcast. Join us for Episode 97 as Coach Larry Shyatt tells us about his greatest game. Coach Shyatt brings over 40 years of college coaching experience to the Greatest Games podcast. Coach Shyatt is an amazing storyteller who brings us in the locker room of back to back National Championships Florida Gato…