Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Coach Stan Jones shares his journey from growing up in Mississippi and walking onto the basketball team at Memphis [State] to becoming one of the most well respected assistant coaches in the country!He amassed an overall record of 353-91 including back-to-back state championships in 1993-94 and 1994-95. After his tremendous run as a high school coach he joined the college ranks at the University of Miami under Coach Leonard Hamilton and then moved onto the Washington Wizards coaching staff with Coach Hamilton.After the Washington Wizards parted ways with Coach Hamilton, Stan accepted an Assistant Coach position at Mississippi State under Coach Rick Stansbury. His lone season in Starkville, Coach Jones helped lead Mississippi State to the school's second SEC Tournament Championship.Coach Hamilton hired him to join his coaching staff at Florida State in 2002 and Coach Jones served as his Associate Head Coach until Hamilton retired at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season.Stan Jones is nationally recognized as one of the top assistants in the country and is widely respected by coaching peers. He was a member of the inaugural Assistant Coach Hall of Fame.**Sponsored by FastModel**Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Tyler Summitt shares his journey from growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee to becoming the Head Coach at Louisiana Tech to the Co-Founder of Pat Summitt Leadership Group and Director of the Pat Summitt Foundation.Growing up the son of Coach Pat Summitt, Tyler attended The Webb School where he played basketball for current Swarthmore Head Coach Landry Kosmalski. Tyler went on to play for both Bruce Pearl and Cuonzo Martin at Tennessee before becoming a Student Assistant for the Lady Vols.Tyler was hired as an Assistant Coach at Marquette and after two seasons he was named the sixth Head Coach in the history of Louisiana Tech Women's Basketball.Currently Tyler is the Co-Founder of Pat Summitt Leadership Group and Director of the Pat Summitt Foundation.**Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Coach Bobby Marlin shares his journey from growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi to winning 600+ games as a college basketball coach. After serving as a GA and an Assistant Coach earlier in his career, Coach Marlin was hired at Pensacola Junior College and won 123 games in his five seasons at the helm - including the 1993 NJCAA National Championship. He served as an Assistant Coach at Alabama from 1995-1998 before being named the Head Coach at Sam Houston State. The Bearkats had great success during his time in Huntsville including three Southland Conference Championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances, he was named Coach of the Year three times - as well as being named Coach of the Decade for the Southland Conference. Coach Marlin moved onto the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He led the Ragin' Cajuns to six postseason tournament appearances including two NCAA Tournaments. The Ragin' Cajuns had great success under Coach Marlin, he was unexpectedly let go by their Athletic Director prior to the start of Sun Belt competition during the 2024-25 season despite leading the program to the NCAA Tournament in 2023. **Sponsored by FastModel* * Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Coach Mike Roberts played at Indiana and was on the team that was the Runner-Up 2002 NCAA Championship. He served as a Graduate Assistant at Texas Tech under Hall of Fame Coach Bob Knight before embarking on a coaching career that has taken him to California, Rice, UNC Greensboro, Indiana, Cincinnati, and now UTEP. Coach Roberts has developed a strong reputation for his recruiting efforts and has helped coach and mentor multiple players who have gone on to be selected in the NBA Draft. **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Coach Josh Mandell shares his journey from growing up in Texas to becoming the Video Coordinator at Loyola Marymount. He worked his way up to Head Manager at the University of Washington before electing to stay on as a Graduate Assistant under Coach Mike Hopkins. After finishing up his Master's degree he was hired by Coach Stan Johnson at Loyola Marymount. **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Coach Andrew Muse shares his journey from growing up in North Carolina to becoming a Graduate Assistant at Wichita State. Growing up in a basketball family, Andrew played for his father in high school and then walked on at App State. He played for Coach Dustin Kerns and his twin brother Aaron served as a Student Manager during their four years in Boone. After graduating from App State he accepted a Graduate Assistant position at Wichita State under Coach Paul Mills. **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Coach Chris Acker shares his journey from growing up in Compton, California to becoming the Head Coach at Long Beach State. He was a member of the Chaminade team that knocked off Villanova in the 2003 EA Sports Maui Invitational. Chris played professionally in Portugal and Greece before returning to the US to play in the Continental Basketball Association. After finishing up his playing career, he embarked on his coaching career. He was on staff at Citrus College then led West Los Angeles to great success. Coach Eran Ganot hired Chris to his coaching staff at Hawaii. Following two seasons on staff at Hawaii, then Boise State he joined Coach Brian Dutcher's coaching staff at San Diego State in 2019. Coach Acker immediately helped elevate San Diego State, the Aztecs started the season 26-0 and finished the season going 30-2 including 17-1 in league play prior to the NCAA Tournament being cancelled due to COVID. The Aztecs went 134-34 (69-16 in conference) during Coach Acker's time on staff. They won two regular season Mountain West Conference (MWC) championships, three MWC tournament championships, four NCAA Tournaments, a National Championship appearance, then a Sweet Sixteen last season. Coach Acker was hired as the Head Coach at Long Beach State on April 2, 2024. **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

2024 Southern Conference (SoCon) Men's Basketball Media Day: Dwight Perry (Wofford) Ed Conroy (The Citadel) Bucky McMillan (Samford) Brooks Savage (East Tennessee State) Mike Jones (UNC Greensboro) Andrew Wilson (VMI) Tim Craft (Western Carolina) *Chattanooga, Furman, and Mercer were unable to schedule interviews this season **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Anthony Grant (Dayton) Chris Caputo (George Washington) Chris Mooney (Richmond) Dru Joyce III (Duquesne) Fran Dunphy (LaSalle) Frank Martin (UMass) Josh Schertz (St. Louis) Matt McKillop (Davidson) Ryan Odom (VCU) Tony Skinn (George Mason) Keith Urgo (Fordham) Mark Schmidt (St. Bonaventure) Archie Miller (Rhode Island) Billy Lange (St. Joe's) Drew Valentine (Loyola Chicago) **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.

Coach Maciariello shares his journey from growing up in New York and being the Albany Times Union Player of the Year in 1996, to becoming a the Head Coach at his alma mater [Siena]. He started his college basketball career at New Hampshire before transferring to Siena College where he redshirted under Coach Paul Hewitt and playing for Coach Louis Orr. After playing professionally in Italy he returned to the United States and became the Director of Basketball Operations at Siena under Coach Fran McCaffery. He then went on to coach with in the AAU ranks prior to joining Coach Ed Cooley's staff at Fairfield. Coach Maciariello initially went to Providence with Cooley before accepting an Assistant Coach position at Boston University with Coach Joe Jones. From Boston University he moved to our Nation's Capital to coach at Coach Mike Lonergan's staff at George Washington University. He coached at GW for four seasons including the season that they captured the 2016 NIT Championship. Coach Jamion Christian hired Coach Maciariello to his staff at Siena. After helping to orchestrate one of the nation's most impressive single season turnarounds, Jamion accepted the Head Coach position at George Washington University and Carm Maciariello was named the Head Coach at his alma mater. Carm Maciariello led Siena to back-to-back MAAC regular season championships including a berth to the NCAA Tournament - which was subsequently cancelled due to COVID. He won 20 games that first season at the helm and was only the second person in the history of the program to lead them to the NCAA Tournament in their first season as Head Coach. Despite winning 55% of Siena's games in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference competition, and only having one season under with a losing record, Siena parted ways with Coach Maciariello in March of 2024. **Sponsored by FastModel** Be sure to check out FastModelSports.com and use the promo code "BOXSCORE" for 15% off your purchase.