Michael Porter Sr. - Basketball Coach
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Episode 573
Michael Porter Sr is a basketball coach, father and husband. He has coached the game of basketball for over 20 years, most recently as an assistant coach and Director of Player Development at the University of Missouri and head coach Cuonzo Martin.
His son, Michael Porter Jr. was selected in the first round of the 2018 NBA Draft by Denver and helped lead the Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals in 2020.
A former University of New Orleans basketball player, Porter Sr and his wife Lisa have eight children including four that played on the University of Missouri's women's and men's basketball teams.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Michael Porter Sr. about watching his son play in the NBA 2020 bubble, being a parent and mentor to an NBA player, why leading with faith has been a constant, the difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing Jesus, and encouragement he has for other sports parents. Follow Michael on Twitter: @CoachPorter8
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