The Rising Coaches Podcast

Mar 06 2025 142 ep. 48 mins 47
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From young assistants to head coaches, Rising Coaches sits down with some of the brightest minds in basketball to talk about their rise through the profession and what they are working on now.

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Episode 142: Tyler Thornton, Director of Player Development and Assistant Coach, Howard University

Mar 06 2025 48 mins  
Tyler Thorton is the Assistant Coach and Player Development Coach at Howard University, Coach Tyler Thornton. Coach Thornton is a young coach in the industry, following his stellar playing career at Duke University, he would play a few years in the CBA as well as time in Nova Scotia and Finland professionally. His coaching career would start at Marquette where he would be a graduat

Episode 141: Brian Baudinet, Assistant Coach, UMBC

Mar 03 2025 52 mins  
Brian Baudinet Is the assistant coach at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Coach Brian Baudinet. Following Coach Baudinet’s playing career at Rochester, he shortly became a coach starting in a role at Trinity College and moving to American International College, the Tulsa 66ers, Duquesne University, and now UMBC. Before UMBC he held a head coaching title at Canterbury

Episode 140: Dr. Richard Sander, Athletic Director at ETSU and Founder of TopConnect

Feb 27 2025 50 mins  
Dr. Richard Sander is the Athletic Director at Eastern Tennessee State University and the man behind the TopConnect Symposium, Dr Richard Sander. Dr Sander is a very active individual in the community while formally being the Athletic Director at VCU and having brought numerous NCAA Championships to the Richmond area. In this episode we talk about what Dr. Sander looks for in a coa

Episode 139: KT Harrell, Director of Basketball Operations, University of Michigan

Feb 24 2025 45 mins  
KT Harrell is the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Michigan, Coach KT Harrell. Coach Harrell starts his coaching career following a stellar playing career at Auburn and a stint internationally. Following his playing career, he started his coaching career as a Graduate Assistant at Auburn which would lead him to be the Director of Basketball Operations at Flori

Episode 138: Kyle Getter, Associate Head Coach, University of Notre Dame

Feb 20 2025 46 mins  
Kyle Getter is the Associate Head Coach at the University of Notre Dame, Coach Kyle Getter. Coach Getter started his coaching career following his playing career at Centre College and got his first coaching position at Hanover College. Following Hanover he has grown to places such as Marshall, Wright State, Dayton, Walsh University, VCU, Radford, Liberty, Virginia and now Notre Dam

Episode 137: Brad Kanis, CEO of EuroProBasket and International Scout

Feb 17 2025 45 mins  
Brad Kanis the Founder and CEO of EuroProBasket, Brad Kanis. Brad joins us with a ton of basketball and international experience following his playing career at Grand Canyon University and even having a stint with Houston Rockets NBA Summer League and later would bring him all around the world including, South America, Syria, Taiwan, Dubai, Japan, Uruguay, China, Africa and Europe.

Episode 136: Katy Young Staudt, Vice President of TurnkeyZRG

Feb 13 2025 43 mins  
Katy Young Staudt is the Vice President of TurnkeyZRG. Katy joins us with heavy experience in recruiting and placement of coaches in various collegiate positions as she has worked as a director of recruiting and holding nearly 20 years of experience working in search firms. She has helped support 150+ searches for division 1 Head Coaches at places such as Yale, Texas Tech, Ole Miss

Episode 135: Drew Hanlen, NBA Skills Coach and Consultant, CEO of Pure Sweat Basketball and Published Author

Feb 10 2025 53 mins  
Drew Hanlen is a NBA Skills Coach and Consultant, CEO of Pure Sweat Basketball and a published Author. Coach Hanlen built his business from the ground up and now is one of the most well known NBA trainers in the game. Working with players such as Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Bradley Beal and Zach Lavine, just to name a few. In this episode we talk about the journey Hanlen has had gro

Episode 134: Matt Brase, Assistant Coach, Philadelphia 76ers

Feb 06 2025 47 mins  
Matt Brase is the Assistant Coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. Coach Brase’s playing career allowed him to play at Arizona as well as helped propel his career on the other side of the ball. Following Arizona he took positions at Grand Canyon, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Houston Rockets and 76ers, all as an assistant. Coach Brase also held head coaching stints with Rio Grande Valley

Episode 133: Ganon Baker, Skills and Development Trainer

Feb 03 2025 49 mins  
Ganon Baker is an experienced Skills Development trainer, KeyNote Speaker, Life Development coach, Consultant and Author. Coach Baker has been in the industry helping athletes from all levels including the youth all the way to the NBA. Baker currently works alongside numerous clients in the NBA, NCAA and WNBA as well as numerous other countries as well. Baker has worked with many p