Welcome to the 69th edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.

September’s Round Table question is: What role do captains play in your program?

Our Coaching Lineup this month:

• Jake Boyd – Eureka College
• Jerry Buckley – Bishop Kenny (FL) High School
• Erik Buehler – Arapahoe (CO) High School
• Joe Burke – Skidmore College
• Chris DeLisio – Olmsted Falls (OH) High School
• Stephen Halstead – Grace College
• Joe Harris – Lake Chelan(WA) High School
• Bob Krizancic – Mentor (OH) High School
• Josh Merkel – Randolph-Macon College
• Dan Miller – San Marcos (TX) High School
• Nate Sanderson – Mount Vernon (IA) High School
• Don Showalter - USA Basketball

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Let’s hear from our panel about the role captains play in their program.

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Chris McMillian is the Men’s Basketball Associate Head Coach at Central Michigan University. He joined Head Coach Tony Barbee’s staff as an assistant coach in May of 2021 and was promoted to associate head coach in August 2024.

Prior to Central Michigan, McMillian spent two seasons at Idaho State (2019-21), after serving as the Director of Player Performance at Illinois-Chicago for four years, overseeing the design and implementation of the Flames' strength and conditioning program.

McMillian's resume also includes stops as an assistant coach at the College of Southern Idaho (2014-15) and at Hawaii (2010-14), where he served first as the strength coach and video coordinator before being promoted to the director of basketball operations. He began his coaching career as the director of operations at Centenary College in 2009-10.

As a player, McMillian was a four-year starter at Wyoming from 1998-2003 where he helped lead the Cowboys to two Mountain West Conference titles and an NCAA Tournament berth.

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Have a notebook handy as you listen to this episode with Chris McMillian, Men’s Basketball Associate Head Coach at Central Michigan University.

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Email - mcmil2c@cmich.edu

Twitter/X - @CoachMcMillian1

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Byron Burt is an aspiring G-League/NBA Coach who previously served as the Head Boys’ Basketball Coach at St. Laurence High School in Chicago, Illinois. He also spent two seasons as the Head Coach at his alma mater, Stephen T. Mather High School before landing the job at St. Laurence. Byron also worked at Beacon Academy in Chicago as the Head Boys’ Basketball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director from 2017 to 2018.

Coach Burt has worked as a coach at the youth level since his playing days and currently helps to oversee Chicago Hoops, the AAU Program he started back in 2016.

Byron played college basketball at Loyola of Chicago for Coach Porter Moser.

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Take some notes as you listen to this episode with Coach Byron Burt.

Website – https://www.upnextathletics.org/

Email – byronbrt13@yahoo.com

Twitter – @Burt3030

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Jake Diebler is the Head Men’s Basketball at the Ohio State University. He has been with the Buckeyes for a total of eight seasons. He was a video coordinator with the program from 2014-16 and then returned as an assistant coach prior to the 2019-20 season. He was promoted to associate head coach before the 2021-22 season and then was named interim head coach on Feb. 14, 2024. The first Ohioan to be Ohio State’s head coach in 35 years, Diebler led the Buckeyes to a 6-2 record in his time as the interim head coach.

Following the Big Ten Tournament, Diebler was named the full time head coach and led the Buckeyes to the quarterfinals of the NIT. Overall, Diebler amassed an 8-3 record as head coach at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Jake began his coaching career at Valparaiso with Bryce Drew from 2009-2013. He also worked for Drew at Vanderbilt from 2016-2019.

As a player Jake holds the all-time Ohio high school career records in both assists (835) and steals (578). At Valparaiso, Diebler finished his Crusader career 10th with 130 career steals and 16th all-time at Valpo with 229 career assists.

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Take down some notes as you listen to this episode with Jake Diebler, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at The Ohio State University.

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Email - diebler.11@osu.edu

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On this episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast, hop aboard the Hot Takes Express! Mike and Jason discuss 3 Hot Takes each for the upcoming season, mixed in with a few honorable mentions. Mike and Jason finish the episode by discussing their expectations for the Browns Opener this upcoming Sunday.

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Get automated highlight clips for all scoring plays as well as rebounds, steals, assists, and more. Plus free live streaming, advanced scorekeeping, and team management.

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Todd Simon is entering his second season as the head coach of the Bowling Green State University’s men’s basketball program in 2024-25. In his first season with the Falcons, Coach Simon orchestrated one of the quickest turnarounds in program history. In his first season, the Falcons tallied 20 wins for just the 10th time in the program's MAC era, becoming one of 10 teams in the nation to go from 20 losses in 2022-23 to 20 wins in 2023-24.

Simon joined the Falcons after spending seven seasons at Southern Utah as the head coach of the Thunderbirds. Under Simon’s leadership, Southern Utah went 118-96 with three straight 20 wins seasons from 2020-2023.

Prior to arriving at Southern Utah, Simon was named interim head coach of the UNLV men's basketball program in January 2016 and was in his third year as associate head coach with UNLV.

Before his time as a Runnin' Rebel, Simon served Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada for seven years in both head and assistant coaching roles.

During his career Simon has helped develop and coach several players that have become top NBA draft picks, including Anthony Bennett, who was selected as the top overall pick in 2013, Rashad Vaughn, Avery Bradley, Christian Wood, Jorge Gutierrez, Cory Joseph, DeAndre Liggins, Nick Johnson and Tristan Thompson.

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Have a notebook handy as you listen to this episode with Todd Simon, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Bowling Green State University.

Website - https://bgsufalcons.com/sports/mens-basketball

Email – todd.simon@gmail.com

Twitter/X - @CoachTsimon

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Melissa Jackson is entering her first season as Youngstown State's Head Women's Basketball Coach in 2024-2025. She is the ninth head coach in the history of the Youngstown State University women’s basketball program.

Jackson previously spent 15 seasons at Akron and the most recent campaign at Cleveland State. Her final five seasons in Akron were as the Zips’ head coach, and she is the only coach in the program’s history to have a winning record. Jackson held three different positions over her 15 seasons at Akron from 2008-23 and was part of the Zips’ best period in program history. She was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on Jodi Kest’s staff from 2008-12, and she was elevated to the role of associate head coach alongside Kest from 2012-18. Jackson’s role in Akron’s success under Kest helped her earn a promotion to Akron’s head coach before the 2018-19 season, and she helped the Zips assemble a 72-69 record and 40 MAC victories in her five seasons.

Jackson spent the first four years of her coaching career at Delaware from 2004-08 after graduating from the University of Richmond where she was a 4 year basketball student-athlete.

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Be sure to take some notes as you listen to this episode with Melissa Jackson, Head Women's Basketball Coach at Youngstown State University.

Website - https://ysusports.com/sports/womens-basketball

Email – mdjackson02@ysu.edu

Twitter - @CoachJackson21

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