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Episode 22 - Kelvin Green - Playing D1 with Sabbath accommodations and ending up on ESPN's Cold Pizza show.
Kelvin Green is a lifelong Seventh-day Adventist who played 1.5 seasons for Division 1 Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, during which t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 21 - Landon Banks - Pacific Union College men's and women’s head coach on building a new foundation and challenges of coaching two teams at once.
The new men's and women’s head coach at Pacific Union College talks about his basketball journey from Takoma Academy (TA), all the way across the cou…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 20 - Kenny Johnston - Sacramento Adventist Academy’s athletic director and girls head coach on building a program.
Sacramento Adventist Academy’s athletic director and girls head coach talks about how he got into coaching as a student missionary in Micronesia, and…
2 years ago
Episode 19 - Keith Beckett - Takoma Academy basketball history with vice principal/interim athletic director, which goes back to the 1960's!
The vice principal and interim athletic director at Takoma Academy in Maryland shares some of the rich history of TA basketball, going back to a 1964…
2 years ago
Episode 18 - Ally and Dennis Haslam - Daughter-father duo from Chisholm Trail Academy talk dynamics of playing for and coaching each other.
This daughter-father duo from Chisholm Trail Academy in Texas talk about their team’s success the past couple of seasons, culminating in championship…
2 years ago
Episode 17 - Tamir Goodman - From the Sports Illustrated cover to Takoma Academy, the "Jewish Jordan" talks Sabbath observance and October 7 attacks.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Tamir grew up as an Orthodox Jew. He fell in love with the game of basketball and excelled to the point where he was…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 16 - Leslie Aragon - Resigning from Orangewood Academy after building one of the best Adventist programs in the country.
After 19 years at Orangewood Academy as one of the most successful Seventh-day Adventist basketball coaches in the game, Leslie resigned from his pos…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 15 - Kevin McCloskey - San Gabriel Academy's boys coach on building one of the top Adventist programs in the country, how Adventist education could use competitive sports to address declining enrollment. and
The boys head coach and athletic director at San Gabriel Academy in southern California gives context to the success his team has experienced in the …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 14 - Simon Jacob - Oakwood University's men's head coach discusses USCAA championships, pitfalls of competition, and recruitment of non-Adventist players.
Oakwood University's men's head coach started his basketball journey with OU as a student in the 1980's playing on a touring team that visited church…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 13 - Seth Fogg - North Tampa Christian Academy’s athletic director on how the school became one of the top Adventist programs in the country.
North Tampa Christian Academy’s athletic director talks about his experience joining a brand new school in 2019 with a blank slate on which to build …
2 years, 2 months ago