March 18, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Filed under American, Basketball, Interviews, Mike Brennan
I had a chance to speak with American University assistant coach Mike Brennan earlier today, as the Eagles prepared for their first round NCAA Tournament game against Villanova. A transcript of our conversation follows. - JS
First things first, congratulations.
I appreciate it. Thank you.
Is the team already in Philadelphia?
Yeah. We are. We got up here last night.
Is there an open practice at the Wachovia Center later today?
Exactly. We're practicing at noon at another facility and then we have to go over there later on this afternoon for about an hour. Basically, it is just like a shootaround.
Read the rest of this entry »
August 25, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Filed under Basketball, Howie Levy, Interviews, Princeton
I had a chance to speak with new Mercer County Community College head coach Howie Levy earlier today. A transcript of our conversation follows. - JS
Congratulations!
Thanks. Should be fun.
Was a head coaching position something that was on your radar since you stopped coaching at Princeton, or did this job kind of find you?
A little bit of both. Last spring I actually tried to get the Princeton High School job, which I didn't get. I think that it is ok that I didn't get it. I knew I wanted my next coaching job to be some sort of head coaching job and I was thinking over the last year - "what would be a good job for me?" I wanted to find somewhere where I was not moving my family and I said Mercer would be a good job. I liked the idea of helping kids that need some help and might not necessarily be in the educational system.
The AD at Mercer is a guy named John Simone, who was a long-time high school coach in the area. I think he called me during last season. I can't remember how it started but I want to say I was thinking about them and he happened to call me. He had a pretty good inkling that Kelly Williams, who was the head coach last year, was going to have a real good shot at the College of New Jersey job and asked if I would be interested. I said yes and from there we stayed in contact for a while. When Kelly got the job he called me and we talked and it worked out.
Read the rest of this entry »
March 28, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Bill Bradley, Interviews, Princeton
I had a chance to interview Senator Bill Bradley this evening in Princeton. Bradley was in town to discuss "The New American Story", his sixth book. Senator Bradley was gracious to give me 14 minutes of his time before signing copies of this book at the area Barnes & Noble.
You can listen to the interview here (.mp3). Unlike the majority of the interviews on princetonbasketball,com, this recording does not require a donor subscription. Enjoy!
« Previous entries
