Josiah Lake - Former Global Director of Jordan Footwear on Leaving Corporate America to Focus on His Passion Full-Time, Combining Basketball & Business Experience to be a Good Leader, and More.

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Josiah Lake. Josiah started his basketball career playing at Oregon State University. He then went on to spend 11 years working for Brand Jordan, where he served as Global Director of Jordan Footwear. While paving a successful career for himself which included working hand-in-hand with Michael Jordan, Josiah still found time to pursue his passion for training players.

In 2013, Josiah decided to focus on this passion full-time and opened The Practice Facility in Portland, OR. His vision was to combine his basketball and business experience to create a unique place for athletes of all ages to pursue their goals. The Practice Facility has sent over 60+ players on to play college basketball.

Josiah finds purpose in helping youth athletes develop, and understand how to use basketball as a vehicle to accomplish their goals on and off the court.

Learn more about Josiah Lake and The Practice Facility.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes

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