Beyond The Bounce

Coach Coleman and Coach McGraw interview New York Times Bestseller Jeff Pearlman about his upcoming book, "Three Ring Circus." He is a former Sports Illustrated senior writer, a former ESPN.com columnist, and a former staff writer for Newsday and The (Nashville) Tennessean. He contributes to Bleacher Report and CNN.com, and blogs regularly at www.jeffpearlman.com. His new book Three Ring Circus covers the Lakers dynasty in the early 2000s. Jeff also gives great insight into coaching with stories on Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, Doc Rivers, and Jimmie Johnson.

Coach Coleman and Coach McGraw sit down with one of the best high school coaches they have had the pleasure to coach against. Kyle Yano-Goss has over 20 years of coaching experience at all levels of high school basketball. He gives great insight at what it's like to coach varsity basketball at small schools and how he built an amazing program in Firebaugh California. Every coach needs to give this a listen as Kyle is someone we both look up to in this coaching fraternity.

Coach Coleman and Coach McGraw sit down with one of the best high school coaches in California: Brad Roznovsky the Head Coach of San Joaquin Memorial High School boys basketball team. Roznovsky has won three straight section championships and had the pleasure of coaching Jalen Green who will be a top 5 NBA draft pick next season.

Coach Coleman and Coach McGraw talk about how to install program expectations and how to hold student-athletes accountable. They also discuss practice plans, lower level coaches, try-outs, and how to set the foundation for a great program.

In this episode, Coach McGraw and Coach Coleman interview Oregon Head Coach Kelly Graves who entered the 2019-20 campaign with a record of 124-52 in his previous five seasons with the Ducks and a 551-254 overall head coaching mark over 25 seasons, which includes three years at Big Bend CC. He is 506-214 all-time as a Div. I head coach, with stops at Saint Mary's, Gonzaga and Oregon. As a head coach, Graves has won 12 regular-season conference titles and reached the NCAA Tournament 11 times. In tournament play, he boasts one trip to the Final Four, four career trips to the Elite Eight, and six total Sweet 16 appearances. His teams have won 20-plus games in 12 of the last 13 seasons and 17 total times.

Coach Coleman and Coach McGraw talk about games where you are absolutely getting crushed and how to deal with it. They reminiscence on a great rivalry game and some tough losses they have experienced in their coaching career.

In this episode, we are excited to bring you a special guest appearance by Division 2 Head Coach Ryan McCarthy. The five-time GNAC Coach of the Year has taken the Alaska Anchorage program to unprecedented heights in his eight seasons, producing a 221-36 record and making the Seawolves annual title contenders. An Anchorage native, McCarthy last season improved his status as the winningest active coach in NCAA Div. II (.827, 235-49 in nine combined seasons), leading UAA to the best winning percentage in program history (.939) with a 31-2 record. Despite not featuring a single player among the NCAA top-50 stats leaders, the 2019-20 Seawolves also swept the Great Northwest Athletic Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles, finishing No. 4 in both national polls, landing McCarthy both the GNAC and NCAA West Region coach-of-the-year awards.

Coach McGraw and Coach Coleman discuss the severity of the official's decisions on the court. They also go into detail with some of their coaching history with officials.

Coach Coleman and Coach Mcgraw sit down to discuss why they started the podcast, the Covid-19 impact on basketball, and their biggest pet peeves that players do.