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Guest: Ivan Thomas is the Associate Head Coach for Georgetown Men's Basketball. Coach Thomas started as a High School / AAU Coach where he won multiple state titles before breaking into the business at Providence College. After spending 9 years there he made the move back home to Georgetown a few months ago. His journey is different which makes this episode a great listen. Enjoy! 

Guest: Sean Hoehn is a stand out basketball player who now plays  professionally  in Kosovo. He also graduated from Sacred Heart University where he earned first team all conference honors. Sean shares his journey on how he got to where he is now. 

Here are some of his career highlights 

College 
Named to the All-NEC First TeamNamed to NABC All-District First Team185 made career three-pointers places him fifth all-time in program's Div. I historyEnded SHU career with 1,366 points, which ranks 23rd all-time in program-historyLed the Pioneers and was third in the NEC in scoring with 17.9 ppgHigh School
Morris County Player of the YearFirst Team All-Conference, League, and Area as Junior and SeniorSecond Team All-State Group 3 as Junior and Senior

Guest: Danny O'Connor is the Director of Player Development for Delaware Men's Basketball. Before graduating from Indiana University, Danny worked numerous camps. One of those camps was Hoop Group where we met. After graduating he got on at UDEL and has been a part of their growth ever since.  Enjoy! 

Guest: Cole Dewey is the Head Coach of the Men's Basketball program at Garden City Community College in Kansas. Cole is a young star in college basketball and has worked his way to being one of the younger head coaches in the basketball world. I look forward to following his journey as he returns to Garden City.

Coach Dewey's Resume: 
-Head coach Garden City 
-Head Coach Otero 
-Assistant Coach Indian Hills 
-Assistant Coach South Plains
-Assistant Coach Garden City 
-GA Campbell University 

Guest: Justin Delaney. If you haven't check out NJ Hoop Recruit on Instagram, you need to know. Justin has grown the brand from a small 3,000 follower account to over 100k now. I remember when I was at St. Benedict's he was grinding and going to games everywhere. Five years later he has one of the strongest brands in basketball and THE strongest in NJ. 

Breakdown: 
Background 
3:15 - What is NJ Hoop Recruit? 12:30 - Contacting media guys  15:30 - Building a BRAND 20:50 - Creating momentum 31:45 - How would you keep NJ kids home? 40:01 - Grad Transfers 

Guest: Luke St. Lifer is the Director of Basketball Operations for Bryant University Men's Basketball. Luke started his career out as a student manager before working his way to Bryant and then LeMoyne. 

Breakdown: 
Background 3:55 - Landing a job at Bryant  6:30 - Subject line 12:55 - What have you learned? 15:00 - Staff Dynamic 20:01 - Being on the road 22:17 - Working your way back to Bryant 25:00 - Connect with kids 30:20 - Staying organized 36:30 - DOBO life