11. Brent Scott - Virginia Commonwealth

03/04/21 • 72 min

This episode is a conversation with Brent Scott. I found this to be a conversation filled with gratitude. Coach Scott expresses immense gratitude for the individuals who served him along his path, and highlights his journey of helping others move forward as a way of honoring those who served him. Along the way, he highlights the role of setbacks in beginning the inner journey of servant-leadership, the power of the “softer side,” and using one’s gifts to help others believe in themselves.
Brent Scott is an Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Virginia Commonwealth University, otherwise known as VCU. Coach Scott is currently in his fourth season with the Rams, and his tenure features an at-large NCAA tournament berth. Coach Scott is a 14-year college coaching veteran, and prior to his time at VCU, Coach Scott also previously served as an assistant coach at LSU, TCU, and Rice University. Coach Scott also played basketball professionally for 14 seasons across First Division-level European teams, and in the NBA.
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10. Frank Allocco, Sr. - Univ. of San Francisco Athletics

This episode is a conversation with Frank Allocco, Sr. I found this to be a conversation filled with wisdom. Coach Allocco highlights that self-knowledge often allows us to cultivate larger purpose in work and life, that helps move towards greater definitions of success and service to others. He also explores cultivating a shared vision, and the power of elevating and valuing others as a reflection of their inherent importance.
Frank Allocco Sr. is the Executive Senior Athletic Director for External Relations at the University of San Francisco. Coach Allocco is perhaps more well-known for his high school basketball coaching career as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Northgate High School and De La Salle High School in Northern California. Coach Allocco is second all-time in state history in winning percentage, and his teams won 20 games a season for 24 consecutive seasons. Additionally, Coach Allocco is also the only coach in California state history to win a state championship at two different schools. Beyond his success on the court, Coach Allocco also leaves behind a legacy of thousands of lives positively impacted as the founder and Camp Director of the Excel in Basketball summer camps. Since 1981, Excel in Basketball has served as a teaching camp for basketball skills and so much more for thousands of youngsters in California and in New Jersey.
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12. Shan Ray Ferch, Ph.D. - Professor of Leadership & Forgiveness Studies, Gonzaga University

This episode is a conversation with Shann Ray Ferch. I found this to be a conversation filled with kindness and healing. Dr. Ferch explores balancing love and power in healthy ways, countering inappropriate ambition and power drive, and more healthy ways of relating to and being with one another in basketball, and in our families and communities.
Dr. Shann Ferch is a Professor of Leadership & Forgiveness Studies with the internationally renowned PhD program in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University. Dr. Ferch has served as a visiting scholar in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, is the editor of the International Journal of Servant-Leadership, and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Ferch is also an award-winning author of poetry, prose, and leadership and political theory. His works include Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity: Servant-Leadership as a Way of Life, American Copper, and American Masculine. Dr. Ferch played college basketball at Montana State University and Pepperdine University, and professional basketball in the German Bundesliga, one of Europe’s top professional leagues.
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