Worthy Of The Jersey

Don Showalter, USA Basketball National Director for Coach Development, joins Sharman White (Pace Academy), Mike Jones (DeMatha) and Eric Flannery (St. Edward) for a wide ranging discussion on various basketball topics. 1:23 - An introduction to Coach Showalter, his experience as a coach and current role with USA Basketball. 6:30 - Coaches Jones, White and Flannery give a brief background of their involvement with USA Basketball. 9:10 - Coach Showalter gives the story of where "Mind Candy" came from. 13:30 - The coaches talk about the status of sports in their states as the school year is approaching. 27:10 - The coaches discuss some of the biggest lessons they've learned this summer and what they will take with them moving forward. 29:10 - USA Basketball has done weekly zoom calls, some favorite anecdotes and lessons are shared. 37:35 - Coach Showalter talks about how they are evaluating players for the USA basketball junior teams during the pandemic 38:50 - What's going on with the USA Basketball junior prog