Audio Episodes

How do great coaches build teams that win year after year? In Episode 316 of the JAMODI Podcast, Langston University Head Men's Basketball Coach Sam Kohnke shares how he develops winning programs by recruiting competitors, teaching basketball through concepts instead of memorized plays, and creating players who can think and make decisions under pressure. Coach Kohnke discusses: 🏀 Recruiting "dogs" instead of just talent 🏀 Why concepts outperform rigid offensive systems 🏀 Teaching players t...

How do great coaches build teams that win year after year? In Episode 316 of the JAMODI Podcast, Langston University Head Men's Basketball Coach Sam Kohnke shares how he develops winning programs by recruiting competitors, teaching basketball through concepts instead of memorized plays, and creating players who can think and make decisions under pressure. Coach Kohnke discusses: 🏀 Recruiting "dogs" instead of just talent 🏀 Why concepts outperform rigid offensive systems 🏀 Teaching players t...

What separates championship programs from everyone else? Coach Nicole Collins has built one of Texas' premier girls basketball programs at Cedar Hill High School, leading teams to sustained success while developing young women far beyond the game. A former Baylor point guard under Kim Mulkey, Nicole shares lessons on leadership, culture, accountability, player development, faith, and why relationships—not talent—create championship teams. In this episode we discuss: • Building championship c...

What separates championship programs from everyone else? Coach Nicole Collins has built one of Texas' premier girls basketball programs at Cedar Hill High School, leading teams to sustained success while developing young women far beyond the game. A former Baylor point guard under Kim Mulkey, Nicole shares lessons on leadership, culture, accountability, player development, faith, and why relationships—not talent—create championship teams. In this episode we discuss: • Building championship c...

What separates championship programs from everyone else? Coach Nicole Collins has built one of Texas' premier girls basketball programs at Cedar Hill High School, leading teams to sustained success while developing young women far beyond the game. A former Baylor point guard under Kim Mulkey, Nicole shares lessons on leadership, culture, accountability, player development, faith, and why relationships—not talent—create championship teams. In this episode we discuss: • Building championship c...

What separates championship programs from everyone else? Coach Nicole Collins has built one of Texas' premier girls basketball programs at Cedar Hill High School, leading teams to sustained success while developing young women far beyond the game. A former Baylor point guard under Kim Mulkey, Nicole shares lessons on leadership, culture, accountability, player development, faith, and why relationships—not talent—create championship teams. In this episode we discuss: • Building championship c...

What separates championship programs from everyone else? Coach Nicole Collins has built one of Texas' premier girls basketball programs at Cedar Hill High School, leading teams to sustained success while developing young women far beyond the game. A former Baylor point guard under Kim Mulkey, Nicole shares lessons on leadership, culture, accountability, player development, faith, and why relationships—not talent—create championship teams. In this episode we discuss: • Building championship c...

Basketball is bigger than basketball. In Episode 314 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Great Lakes Christian College Head Coach Elijah Kess to discuss building a championship culture through consistency, servant leadership, relationships, and daily standards. Growing up in Baltimore, basketball became Elijah's path toward changing the trajectory of his life. Today, he leads one of the nation's successful Christian college programs while working multiple jobs, raising a family, ...

Basketball is bigger than basketball. In Episode 314 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Great Lakes Christian College Head Coach Elijah Kess to discuss building a championship culture through consistency, servant leadership, relationships, and daily standards. Growing up in Baltimore, basketball became Elijah's path toward changing the trajectory of his life. Today, he leads one of the nation's successful Christian college programs while working multiple jobs, raising a family, ...

Basketball is bigger than basketball. In Episode 314 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Great Lakes Christian College Head Coach Elijah Kess to discuss building a championship culture through consistency, servant leadership, relationships, and daily standards. Growing up in Baltimore, basketball became Elijah's path toward changing the trajectory of his life. Today, he leads one of the nation's successful Christian college programs while working multiple jobs, raising a family, ...

Basketball is bigger than basketball. In Episode 314 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Great Lakes Christian College Head Coach Elijah Kess to discuss building a championship culture through consistency, servant leadership, relationships, and daily standards. Growing up in Baltimore, basketball became Elijah's path toward changing the trajectory of his life. Today, he leads one of the nation's successful Christian college programs while working multiple jobs, raising a family, ...

Basketball is bigger than basketball. In Episode 314 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Great Lakes Christian College Head Coach Elijah Kess to discuss building a championship culture through consistency, servant leadership, relationships, and daily standards. Growing up in Baltimore, basketball became Elijah's path toward changing the trajectory of his life. Today, he leads one of the nation's successful Christian college programs while working multiple jobs, raising a family, ...

In Episode 313 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Zach Urbanus, founder of BTY Basketball Training and Texas Pro Academy, to discuss what separates elite player development from ordinary workouts. Zach shares practical coaching strategies used with youth, high school, college, and professional players while explaining how coaches can build better habits, stronger relationships, and more effective practices. 🏀 The three characteristics of great coaches 🏀 Why overcoaching hurts p...

In Episode 313 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Zach Urbanus, founder of BTY Basketball Training and Texas Pro Academy, to discuss what separates elite player development from ordinary workouts. Zach shares practical coaching strategies used with youth, high school, college, and professional players while explaining how coaches can build better habits, stronger relationships, and more effective practices. 🏀 The three characteristics of great coaches 🏀 Why overcoaching hurts p...

In Episode 313 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Zach Urbanus, founder of BTY Basketball Training and Texas Pro Academy, to discuss what separates elite player development from ordinary workouts. Zach shares practical coaching strategies used with youth, high school, college, and professional players while explaining how coaches can build better habits, stronger relationships, and more effective practices. 🏀 The three characteristics of great coaches 🏀 Why overcoaching hurts p...

In Episode 313 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Zach Urbanus, founder of BTY Basketball Training and Texas Pro Academy, to discuss what separates elite player development from ordinary workouts. Zach shares practical coaching strategies used with youth, high school, college, and professional players while explaining how coaches can build better habits, stronger relationships, and more effective practices. 🏀 The three characteristics of great coaches 🏀 Why overcoaching hurts p...

In Episode 313 of the JAMODI Podcast, Matt Sayman sits down with Zach Urbanus, founder of BTY Basketball Training and Texas Pro Academy, to discuss what separates elite player development from ordinary workouts. Zach shares practical coaching strategies used with youth, high school, college, and professional players while explaining how coaches can build better habits, stronger relationships, and more effective practices. 🏀 The three characteristics of great coaches 🏀 Why overcoaching hurts p...

In Episode 312 of the JAMODI Podcast, Baylor Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Drew returns five years after becoming the very first guest on the podcast. Coach Drew reflects on Baylor's remarkable journey while sharing timeless leadership lessons on building culture, developing people, delegating responsibility, and keeping faith at the center of everything. Topics include: 🏀 Going 1-0 in everything you do 🏆 Building a championship culture 👥 CEO leadership and empowering assistant coaches ...

In Episode 312 of the JAMODI Podcast, Baylor Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Drew returns five years after becoming the very first guest on the podcast. Coach Drew reflects on Baylor's remarkable journey while sharing timeless leadership lessons on building culture, developing people, delegating responsibility, and keeping faith at the center of everything. Topics include: 🏀 Going 1-0 in everything you do 🏆 Building a championship culture 👥 CEO leadership and empowering assistant coaches ...

In Episode 312 of the JAMODI Podcast, Baylor Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Drew returns five years after becoming the very first guest on the podcast. Coach Drew reflects on Baylor's remarkable journey while sharing timeless leadership lessons on building culture, developing people, delegating responsibility, and keeping faith at the center of everything. Topics include: 🏀 Going 1-0 in everything you do 🏆 Building a championship culture 👥 CEO leadership and empowering assistant coaches ...

In Episode 312 of the JAMODI Podcast, Baylor Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Drew returns five years after becoming the very first guest on the podcast. Coach Drew reflects on Baylor's remarkable journey while sharing timeless leadership lessons on building culture, developing people, delegating responsibility, and keeping faith at the center of everything. Topics include: 🏀 Going 1-0 in everything you do 🏆 Building a championship culture 👥 CEO leadership and empowering assistant coaches ...

In Episode 312 of the JAMODI Podcast, Baylor Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Drew returns five years after becoming the very first guest on the podcast. Coach Drew reflects on Baylor's remarkable journey while sharing timeless leadership lessons on building culture, developing people, delegating responsibility, and keeping faith at the center of everything. Topics include: 🏀 Going 1-0 in everything you do 🏆 Building a championship culture 👥 CEO leadership and empowering assistant coaches ...

Coach Scott Schumacher has built one of the premier junior college basketball programs in the country, but his greatest passion isn't wins—it's developing people. In this episode of the JAMODI Podcast, Coach Schumacher shares nearly four decades of coaching wisdom, lessons learned from some of the biggest names in basketball, and the culture-building habits that have made Blinn College a perennial powerhouse. From stories about learning alongside Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Jay Wright, Jim Boeheim, a...

Coach Scott Schumacher has built one of the premier junior college basketball programs in the country, but his greatest passion isn't wins—it's developing people. In this episode of the JAMODI Podcast, Coach Schumacher shares nearly four decades of coaching wisdom, lessons learned from some of the biggest names in basketball, and the culture-building habits that have made Blinn College a perennial powerhouse. From stories about learning alongside Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Jay Wright, Jim Boeheim, a...