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Create Your Shot: John Linehan

Create Your Shot

Chris Horwedel

Sports, Underdog Sports, The Underdog, Basketball, Nba, -- None --, Create Your Shot

4.9939 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The guys get back on the hardwood with former Providence Friar and current Hartford assistant, John Linehan. One of the best defenders in NCAA history, John raps with the guys about his journey into coaching, his pro-career, playing AAU ball with Kobe Bryant and much more. Currently, John is the NCAA all-time leader in steals, sign this petition to get him into the Providence athletics HOF. 2:39: Tyler and Smallz Intro 3:40: Tyler butters up all the guests on CYS 6:05: "Secret Scrimmages": Understanding the hours of coaching 6:58: Tyler admits he was wrong about something for the second week in a row! 8:25: Sign the petition on change.org to get John Linehan in the Providence HOF 10:03: Welcome John Linehan 11:00: John's coaching journey 11:25: When did John decide he wanted to coach? 12:05: The transition from playing to being the low man on the totem pole 12:57: Staying humble and doing whatever it takes to get in the door 13:28: What is it like going to class and making no money after being a pro basketball player 14:45: John's start in the coaching world and meeting Tyler for the first time 16:25: Former players getting back into coaching and trying to get a job 17:28: What in John's background prepared him to be able to work/grind 17:50: What Chester, PA means to John 18:28: Is Jameer Nelson better than John at basketball 19:30: Fred Pickett: Former head coach at Chester 19:40: John's AAU team with Kobe Bryant and Rip Hamilton 20:00: John gets cold feet about going to Howard 21:10: How he convinced his Mom to let him go to prep school 21:50: Kids chasing their dreams and going to prep school. 22:53: John's playing career after college 24:10: NBA training camp and playing in the D-League 25:20: How tall John really is 26:03: Culture of being other places than Chester, PA 27:00: How John ended up at Winchindon School for Prep School 27:19: John doesn't know how to put his phone on silent x 2. 28:25: Living in the US without your family while trying to make it in coaching 30:00: John on working in college vs. the NBA 30:55: Shedding the title of being "just" a workout guy 32:04: Lloyd Pierce's impact on John's career 33:40: Learning from great basketball minds 34:09: Tyler drops a great interview tip while John's boss tries to get in touch with him 35:05: John's networking strategy: Be honest and open 35:57: Not having preconceived notions about working 37:05: John throws Tyler under the bus/Tyler's negativity 37:20: Tyler/John love fest continues 37:55: John is unreliable 38:10: John's ultimate career goals 39:05: Coach Speak 39:30: Tyler digs at Butch Jones again 39:40: Being a leader but not being a great player: Butch Jones quote 42:15: Young players that need to play: John Fox quote 42:40: John's experience with Ryan Gomes 44:45: City Review: Providence, Rhode Island 46:30: John doesn't drink and the podcast almost ends 47:20: 10 touches 47:35: Funniest teammate 48:10: Worst basketball travel experience 48:58: Toughest cover of John's career 49:28: Best part about living overseas 50:15: JOHN CAN'T BE A HEAD COACH 50:53: Create Your Shot book club 51:05: John calls out Bobby Jordan/Chester HS vs. Roman Catholic HS 52:25: Smallz tells a story from when he was 7 with perfect memory 52:50: Smallz argues with John about games John played in! 53:00: Tyler disses Lower Merion and drops some knowledge 54:00: John shares two AWESOME stories about Kobe Bryant: Featuring Tim Thomas 56:45: John's pregame routine 58:10: John is a terrible rebounder 59:00: 4 quarters in NCAA games and shorter shot clocks 59:40: Winning a state title at Chester, PA 1:00:10: Who would win at 1 on 1, John or Jameer 1:00:50: John on staying humble 1:01:26: Having no regrets/read more books 1:02:20: Is John going to get fired from big timing his head coach

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast is part of the Underdog Sports Podcasting Network.

0:09.8

For a full list of our shows, as well as breaking sports news and engaging feature stories,

0:15.5

visit us at www.theunderdogsports.com.

0:19.4

Welcome to the seventh episode of Create Your Shot.

0:29.9

This week, Smalls and I talk to former Providence Fryer John Linnahan,

0:34.0

John is currently an assistant coach at Hartford University in the American East Conference.

0:39.2

John had one of the best defensive careers in the history of the NCAA.

0:42.4

He's still the all-time leader in steals over a career.

0:45.6

He was two-time Big East defensive player of the year and one-time national defensive

0:49.6

player of the year.

0:50.6

He was also two-time second team all-big East.

0:53.2

He had a 12-year pro career overseas with the majority of that being in France.

0:58.9

We listen to some unbelievable stories like playing AAU basketball with Kobe Bryant

1:02.3

and Richard Hamilton, who's the better Chester Pennsylvania alum, he or Jameer Nelson.

1:07.5

We hear his opinion on the best high school programs in Philly.

1:11.1

But I think mainly the best thing is listening to John's journey as a coach and how he has

1:14.8

the same journey as anybody trying to make it.

1:17.5

Comes back from being a player and he's a graduate assistant making no money, having to

1:21.1

go to class and having to mop the floors just like the rest of the managers.

1:24.9

So as always, we're at create your shot on Twitter, at create your shot pod on Instagram,

1:30.3

create your shot on Facebook, and create your shot at gmail.com if you'd like to get in touch

1:34.6

with us.

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