Championship Vision Basketball Podcast

Kevin Furtado

Welcome to Championship Vision. Impact, Grow and Share!! I believe that coach's must have an impact on their players and fellow coaches. They must continually grow and get better and we must all share ideas to make the coaching profession better for our student-athletes.

  1. 12/29/2025

    Episode 384: Coach Jake Nannen (The 5-out Drive and Space Offensive Actions)

    In this episode of the Championship Vision podcast, Coach Kevin Furtado interviews Coach Jake Nannen, head varsity girls basketball coach at Elkhorn South High School. They discuss Nannen's coaching journey, influences, and the innovative drive and space offense he employs. The conversation covers various offensive strategies, including the Rose series, fan cuts, and the importance of creating and maintaining advantages on the court. Nannen emphasizes the significance of mentorship, simplicity in coaching, and the need for players to make quick decisions. The episode concludes with Nannen sharing resources for coaches and his commitment to sharing knowledge in the basketball community. Jake Nannen is the Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach at Elkhorn South High School, competing in Nebraska’s largest classification (Class A). In the beginning of his sixth season as a head coach, Nannen owns a 70–53 overall record, with a proven track record of building fast paced offenses. Since taking over at Elkhorn South in 2023, Nannen has led one of the most statistically improved teams in school history. During his first season, the Storm set multiple offensive school records, including 222 made three-pointers (Top 10 Class A History), 17 made 3s in a game (Top 5 Class A History), earned the most wins since 2019–20, and saw major gains in scoring (3rd most PPG in school history), ball movement, and efficiency. His impact earned him recognition as a Top 5 finalist for the Omaha Metro MBCA Class A Coach of the Year.

    1h 11m
  2. 07/22/2025

    Episode 376: Coach Kevin Abrams- "“Coaching in the Digital Era: Spotlight on Coach-Portal”

    Kevin Abrams is the Co-founder and CEO of Coach Portal, a platform built by coaches, for coaches, designed to give every coach visibility, access to career opportunities, and a chance to be discovered. Before founding Coach Portal, Kevin spent 11 seasons as a Division 1 college football coach—first as a student assistant and quality control coach at the University of Illinois (2009–13), then serving as a graduate assistant at the University at Buffalo (2014) and Vanderbilt University (2015–16), working on both offense, defense special teams. In 2017, Kevin joined Indiana State University as the Special Teams Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator, guiding an FCS unit that ranked among the national leaders in multiple Special Teams categories and producing multiple all-conference specialists. These years on staff brought firsthand perspective on what works—and what doesn’t—in coaching, recruiting, career progression, hiring transparency, and day-to-day operations. Since stepping away from on-field coaching, Kevin has served as the managing partner of Conroad Associates, L.P., a family office investment firm focused on commercial real estate and public/private equity investing. He's also an angel investor in early-stage sports technology startups, bringing business, finance, and entrepreneurial insight to his leadership of Coach Portal to benefit coaches across the country. Using the Coach Portal platform, Kevin and the Coach Portal Team continues to help, guide, and empower coaches to achieve their career goals, which is ultimately the mission of Coach Portal.

    1h 3m
3.2
out of 5
37 Ratings

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Welcome to Championship Vision. Impact, Grow and Share!! I believe that coach's must have an impact on their players and fellow coaches. They must continually grow and get better and we must all share ideas to make the coaching profession better for our student-athletes.

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