Welcome to the Heath Barn

About Welcome to the Heath Barn

Heath Barn Hoopcast is a new podcast featuring former Illinois Men’s Basketball players, hosted by Jon Heath. This pod provides a great way for Illini nation to hear entertaining stories from their favorite players of the past. Whether it’s the all-time leader in scoring, assists and steals, or a walk-on that carved out an important role for 4 seasons, Heath Barn Hoopcast provides an outlet for these players to rehash some of their fondest memories while wearing the Orange and Blue. They cover their childhood all the way to what they’re doing now, with stories and advice that can range from hilarious to inspirational. It’s an honor to have these men on as guests, and I hope you’ll check out Heath Barn Hoopcast.

Publisher

Jon Heath

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Feb 2023

Latest episode

4 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 140 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Apr 2026

   EP. 18 Former Illini Nate Mast from his sons baseball game

2. 

   3 Apr 2026

   EP. Marcus Griffin..former Illini center has been a GREAT guest every time.

3. 

   3 Apr 2026

   EP. 16 TJ Wheeler..entertaining as always ahead of the Final 4

Inside a recent episode

EP. 2 PART 2 ILLINI LEGEND BRUCE DOUGLAS

Published 17 Dec 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But it would have been great, great to watch. Yeah. Well, if you talk about coaching a little bit, I was going to have you real quick, maybe talk a little about Coach Henson and what kind of relationship you guys had and, you know, what kind of leader you thought he was and things like that. Oh, sure. Yeah. You know, I, I mean, I was in close contact or, you know, communication with coach until he went home to be with the Lord. And, um, coach was a, he was a, you know, he was a great leader because he was a very humble person. He, you know, he was very truthful, very disciplined and, um, And he was hard nosed. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.1 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

3.0 / 5

29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

75

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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