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This week, T.J. and Sam are joined by Eric Deft, Associate head coach at Weber State University.

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Coaches, welcome back to the hardwood hustle. We have a special guest today, Eric Duff from the Weaver State University, and he's been there for, I think, over 15 years now, coach. And we're going to start off. I want to get your background, but really interested to hear, you know, how you came to be at one place. I'm just starting my 16th year at the same place. And I get that question all the time, like, what is it that's made that special to you? And I want to get some background on your coaching journey. We're going to dive into some offense, which I know coaches love talking about. And you're going to actually speak at our PGC coaching clinic in Salt Lake City. And you're going to dive even deeper into the offense. But we're really excited to have you today. Coach Duff, thanks for being here. Yeah, thanks for having me. We really appreciate. Anytime we can get Weber State out there, we'd like to do it. Yeah, great. Well, tell us a little bit about that. Like I said, you know, you've been there for quite a while now, And so obviously it's a special place to you. And tell us a little bit about your coaching journey.

What got you there? little bit about that. Like I said, you know, you've been there for quite a while now, and so obviously it's a special place to you. And tell us a little bit about your coaching

journey, what got you there, what kept you there, and just kind of what makes you take a little

bit. Yeah, you know, I played college basketball at a NIA school, Sterling College in Kansas,

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