Griz Greats: The Coaching Tree

About Griz Greats: The Coaching Tree

Griz Greats: The Coaching Tree brought to you by Blackfoot Communications, Berkshire Hathaway, and Stockman's Bar is an interview series hosted by Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez from ESPN Missoula. University of Montana basketball has an illustrious reputation for producing some of the best college basketball coaches that the game has ever seen, and it can be traced back to legendary Michigan State head men's basketball coach Jud Heathcote, who got his first college head coaching job at the University of Montana. The coaches that have followed him have gone on to make their own significant marks in college basketball at places like Stanford, Old Dominion, and Utah to name a few. Ryan and Colter sat down with every Montana head men's basketball coach who followed Jud Heathcote to talk about what makes Montana basketball and Missoula special. Bonus episodes include interviews with some former Montana basketball players and other significant influences on the program.

Publisher

ESPN Missoula

Category

sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jan 2020

Latest episode

18 Mar 2020

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Mar 2020

   Montana Women's Head Coach 1978-2016 Robin Selvig

   Robin Selvig played for Jud Heathcote before becoming the women's head basketball coach at the University of Montana for more than three and a half decades. He won 20 conference coach of the year awards and never left his perch as the University of Montana head women's basketball coach. ESPN Missoula's Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez asked Selvig about his relationship with the men's program, how he was able to cultivate such success at the University of Montana for himself and the women's program, and what it was like coaching so many family members.

2. 

   11 Mar 2020

   Bonus: Martin Breunig + Bobby Moorehead

   Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez sat down with Martin Breunig and Bobby Moorehead, who both played for current University of Montana head men's basketball coach Travis Decuire, to learn about what it was like to play for Coach DeCuire.

3. 

   11 Mar 2020

   Montana Head Coach 2014-present Travis DeCuire

   Travis DeCuire played for the University of Montana under Blaine Taylor, and he was an assistant coach for Taylor at Old Dominion and Mike Montgomery at UC-Berkeley. He took the head coaching job in Missoula in 2014, and he has guided the Griz to back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids and is hungry for another at this week's Big Sky Conference tournament. ESPN Missoula's Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez spoke with DeCuire about what it means to be a point guard, his introduction to Montana basketball, and how he finally came back to Missoula to be the head coach.

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