I CAN'T MAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT

I CAN'T MAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE IT

Sitting down with Coach Kyle Adams is the consummate leadership and history lesson. From West Philadelphia born and raised, we dived so deeply into coaching, basketball, hip-hop, HBCU Pride, history and fatherhood that I had the grandiose task of editing this podcast down to an hour.  We talk about the Xs and Os and the ebbs and flows of THE GAME. However, what you all get the opportunity to hear is a coach that's true to the craft of developing the people from head to heart to hands which makes each person a triple threat in all field of human endeavors when trained, coached, empowered and supported properly.

PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION

My good friend and sister, Dr. Venessa Perry stopped by on a break from an AWARD TOUR which is her life in real time to weigh in on all things coaching, consulting and adulting. The view from her proverbial window is actually the best seat in the BIG APPLE because of her passion for serving, listening, learning, leaning, leading and shifting the atmosphere in spaces where she is charismatically fluent in the language of equity, advocacy, problem solving and team building.

RAISING CHAMPIONS BY COMMITTEE

Coach Monique S. Boykins a beloved daughter of the City of Brotherly Love. She is dedicated to modeling the principles of a scholar athlete and the consummate professional renaissance woman. As a high school and college standout hooper "Coach Moe", as she affectionately known, believes in insulating her student athletes with love, leadership, discipline and consistency.

WE ALL NEED SOME HELP

Relationship Development Specialist Glen P. Brooks, Jr. is the co-host of the weekly YOUTUBE Show Breakfast With The Brooks and CEO and Founder of MAPS, based in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He joins us to discuss his journey from Baltimore, MD (Cherry Hill to be exact), to the U.S. Military to radio, the ministry and now to his journey as an entrepreneur. As a relationship and professional development coach, he believes and shares that "WE ALL NEED SOME HELP" when it comes to love, life and leadership.

GOD. FAMILY. BASKETBALL.

Landon Banks, Head Women's Basketball Coach at Southwestern Adventist University joins us as we talk about the love for the history of the game, the ministry of coaching,  his rocky road through academic ineligibility to his elevation and evolution from an assistant coach to head honcho. We also touch briefly on the advantage that international basketball players have over US basketball players.   COACHING RESUME' May 2019- Present Southwestern Adventist University Head Women’s Basketball Coach June-August 2019-TCU Jaime Dixon TCU Basketball Camp Coach and Counselor June-2019-SMU SMU Basketball Camp Coach and Counselor July 2017-NBA Coach/Clinician for Junior NBA clinic. 2015-2019-Centennial High School Varsity Asst. Boys Basketball Coach at Centennial High School (Peoria, AZ) 2015-2018-Grand Canyon University Coach and camp counselor at Dan Majerle’s Grand Canyon University Basketball Camp 2012-2015 Basketball Developmental Coach and Trainer. 2011-2012-Southwestern Adventist University Women’s Basketball Head Coach. 2011-Key Interview Finalist for the University of Delaware Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach position. 2006-2009-Takoma Academy Takoma Academy (Takoma Park, MD) Boys Varsity Asst. Coach. 1998-1999-Southwestern Adventist University Member of the Southwestern Adv. University (Keene, TX) Men’s Basketball Team. (NAIA) 1995-1996-Morgan Wootten Metro Area Basketball Camp Coach and camp instructor at the Metro Area (MD) Basketball Camp