Episode 5 - Eastern Kentucky's A.W. Hamilton

08/05/22 • 37 min

A.W. Hamilton is entering his fifth-season as the head coach at Eastern Kentucky. The Kentucky native spent the majority of his early coaching career at a prep school in Virginia, before spending one year as an assistant coach at NC State. After that one season, Hamilton returned home to Kentucky to take over at EKU.
Each Friday, Jeff Bidwell talks with a current or former Division I college basketball coach about their professional path. There are no overnight success stories in college coaching. We'll talk about the sometimes decades-long journey from the moment they wanted to get into coaching up to that first news conference introducing them as a Division I head coach.
Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCAjz2_HB3k&t=1s
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Episode 4 - UAlbany's Dwayne Killings

Dwayne Killings is entering his second season as the head coach of the University at Albany. The Amherst, Massachusetts native actually started his coaching career in the NBA, before working his way back to the college game. Killings has worked with some of the game's brightest minds, as he navigated a nearly 20-year journey to earn his first-ever Division 1 head coaching job at UAlbany.
Each Friday, Jeff Bidwell talks with a current or former Division I college basketball coach about their professional path. There are no overnight success stories in college coaching. We'll talk about the sometimes decades-long journey from the moment they wanted to get into coaching up to that first news conference introducing them as a Division I head coach.
Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt11C4Vio8I
Follow on Twitter and Instagram at @AKAJeffBidwell.

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Episode 6 - LSU's Matt McMahon

After a successful seven-year run at Murray State, Matt McMahon is entering his first season at LSU. After starting his career as a part-time assistant at Appalachian State, McMahon worked his way through the coaching ranks before finally getting his first head coaching job at Murray State in 2015.
Follow McMahon on Twitter @CoachMcMahon.
Each Friday, Jeff Bidwell talks with a current or former Division I college basketball coach about their professional path. There are no overnight success stories in college coaching. We'll talk about the sometimes decades-long journey from the moment they wanted to get into coaching up to that first news conference introducing them as a Division I head coach.
Follow on Twitter and Instagram at @AKAJeffBidwell.
Watch the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_DFgSI38Z4&list=PLzXbsNEoUTeueFU7HLf_YN-IGqaDEkkpu