Flaum (Tulane) and Villarreal (Georgia Tech) offer their insights on building relationships, managing and maneuvering COVID-19 and what’s it’s like to wear many hats for a women’s basketball program.

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Episode 26: Coaches on Coaches (Feat. Lauren Flaum and Ashlee Villarreal)

We continue our “Coaches on Coaches” series with head coaches AnnMarie Gilbert of Detroit Mercy and Molly Miller of Grand Canyon. Both coaches are entering their first season at the NCAA Division I level after successful stints at NCAA Division II programs. In this episode Gilbert and Miller offer insights into their transitions from DII to leading a DI program.

Episode 25: Coaches on Coaches (Feat. AnnMarie Gilbert and Molly Miller)

We continue our “Coaches on Coaches” series with assistant coaches Tasha Brown of UCLA and Danielle O’Banion of Minnesota. Brown and O’Banion discuss coaching over the past eight months including empowering student-athletes through civic engagement and how their programs have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode 24: Coaches on Coaches (Feat. Tasha Brown and Danielle O'Banion)

Retired head coaches Harry Perretta of Villanova and former WBCA president Barbara Stevens of Bentley combine for total of 1,822 wins and today they are going to offer their insight on what they’ve learned through their 40+ years of coaching experience.

Episode 23: Coaches on Coaches (Feat. Harry Perretta and Barbara Stevens)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down to talk with Amanda Alexander, licensed psychologist at Stretch Performance Psychology. Alexander is a former Division I athlete and earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Her primary areas of expertise and interest are peak performance, stress management/reduction, burnout and more. Today she will talk about performance anxiety in student-athletes and how coaches can best support them.

Episode 22: Managing Anxiety and Performance (Feat. Amanda Alexander)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Lindsey Wilson, founder of Positive Performance Training. Wilson will discuss why coaches are the perfect people to deliver mindset training, even during a global pandemic, and why it is important to prioritize your mindset and self-care first, as a leader of your team.

Episode 21: Positive Performance Training and Student-Athletes (Feat. Lindsey Wilson)

Nikki McCray-Penson from Mississippi State and Yolett McPhee-McCuin from Ole Miss join the #WBCAPodcast to talk about their activism to get the Mississippi state flag changed. McCray-Penson is entering her first year with the Bulldogs after a successful three-year stint at Old Dominion. McPhee-McCuin is a 16-year coaching veteran and is entering her third season with the Rebels. Today they will offer insight about their recent experience of going to the Mississippi state capitol to advocate to change the Mississippi state flag.

Episode 20: Coaches Creating Change: The Mississippi State Flag

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manger of education, sits down with Carla Gilson, director of sports medicine at Georgia Tech, to discuss returning to campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 19-year veteran of the Georgia Tech community, Gilson has served as an athletic trainer with women’s basketball, football, tennis, track and field and cheerleading. In this podcast, Gilson gives her advice on how to keep student-athletes safe when they return to campus.

Episode 19: Returning to Campus: Keeping Your Student-Athletes Safe

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with the University of North Georgia women’s basketball staff led by Buffie Burson to talk about their in and out’s of recruiting. Burson has over 500 wins in her career and has guided the Nighthawks to 12 national tournament appearances. Today, Burson and her staff break down their specific recruiting responsibilities and overall recruiting approach.

Episode 18: Recruiting, Pt. 1 (Feat. North Georgia women's basketball)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Oklahoma head coach Sherri Coale to continue our discussion on evaluating the year. Coale has been at the helm of the Sooners program for 24 seasons, earning six Big 12 titles and 19 NCAA tournament appearances. Coale offers her perspective on the evaluation process with your administration and staff and how this has evolved for her over the years.

Episode 17: Evaluating the Year, Pt. 2 (Feat. Sherri Coale)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with the newest member of the WBCA team, Deputy Director, Mary Ellen Gillespie, to talk about evaluating your staff. Gillespie is a former Division I athletics director and under her direction in 2019, the Hartford women’s basketball team earned a postseason berth for the first time since 2013. Gillespie goes in depth into the review process and offer tips and best practices for successful evaluations.

Episode 16: Evaluating the Year, Pt. 1 (Feat. Mary Ellen Gillespie)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Courtney Banghart, head coach at North Carolina to talk about interviewing. Banghart is in her first year at the helm of the tar heels and she’ll discuss the steps she took to complete her staff along with advice for growing one’s professional network.

Episode 15: Interviewing, Pt. 2 (Feat. Courtney Banghart)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Chad Chatlos to discuss interviewing. Chatlos specializes in senior executive searches across the sports industry with a focus on diverse roles in the ever-changing landscape of Intercollegiate Athletics. Today he will offer tips on building your career resume and share some do’s and don’ts of the search/interview process.

Episode 14: Interviewing, Pt. 1 (Feat. Chad Chatlos)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Cori Close to discuss coaching Generation Z student-athletes. With over 25 years of experience as a head coach and assistant coach, Coach Close will talk about what traits define Generation Z along with how your coaching style can evolve to help this generation thrive in your program.

Episode 13: Generation Z, Pt. 2 (Feat. Cori Close)

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Tim Elmore to discuss Generation Z. Elmore is the CEO and founder of Growing Leaders and a world-renowned expert on Generation Y and Generation Z. Elmore provides insight on how to communicate and relate to this up and coming generation.

Episode 12: Generation Z, Pt. 1 (Feat. Tim Elmore)

The WBCA Podcast: Growing Our Game is where we sit down with coaches and industry leaders to dive into a variety of topics regarding women’s basketball. Join host Shanteona Keys, manager of education, and the association as we work to build excellent people, not just excellent players, and improve lives, not just records.

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