Episode 17 - Coach Steve Lavin

I first met Steve Lavin in 1993 or 1994 as an 11 year old camper attending his Lavin Summer Basketball Camp in Northern California. To interview him 27 years later for this passion project of a podcast is absolutely amazing. Even back in the 1990s he was a larger than life figure with a passion for people and stories. Coach Lav served as head coach of two of the most storied college basketball programs - UCLA and St John's. He's also been a professional sports broadcaster for 12 years. This opportunity resulted in him working with the GOAT Brent Musburger at ABC/ESPN. And he's most recently joined the broadcast teams at Fox Sports, CBS Sports and the Pac 12 Network. 

We discuss attending his camps, a phone chat b/w my Dad and his legendary father - Cap Lavin, growing up in a sports and liberal arts dominant household, power of re-framing and staying focused on helping his players and teams achieve their potential, becoming head coach at UCLA and St. John's, becoming a sports broadcaster, life philosophies and "letting gifts reveal", an interesting theory about Golden State Warriors GM Bob Myers, and fond memories of Kobe Bryant.