Episode 31: Tom Penders




The Jonah Keri Podcast show

Summary: Jonah Keri interviews Tom Penders, former college basketball coach and author of "Dead Coach Walking: Tom Penders Surviving and Thriving in College Hoops." Topics include: In-game awareness; the AAU; aggressive boosters, NCAA rules, and changes through the years in youth sports; extending the free market system to college athletics; the "student" in "student-athlete"; March Madness; dealing with the loss of a team's best player; breakout stars of the tournament; instant replay and selective officiating based on circumstance; and coping with losing.