Category Archives: Interviews

In Memoriam: HoopsHD interviews former FIU coach Shakey Rodriguez

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Jon Teitel

Marcos “Shakey” Rodriguez went to college at Florida International University in the 1970s and later became a legendary basketball coach at Miami Senior High School, winning 428 games in 14 years and 5 Florida state titles from 1987-1993. In 1995 … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: HoopsHD’s Jon Teitel interviews Dan Lynch Jr. about his father Daniel

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Jon Teitel

Daniel Lynch did it all at St. Francis as both a player/coach. As a player he led his team in scoring for 4 years in a row and was captain of the 1937 team. A decade after graduating he became … Continue reading →

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Season preview: HoopsHD interviews ASU SR SF Kimani Lawrence

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Jon Teitel

CLICK HERE For All of Hoops HD’s Continued and Extensive Preseason Content We are keeping our fingers crossed in the hope that we can return to a “normal” version of college basketball this fall: fans in the stands, announcers without … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary!: HoopsHD interviews Hall of Famer George Gervin

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Jon Teitel

CLICK HERE For All of Hoops HD’s Continued and Extensive Preseason Content Ask a non-basketball fan about “The Iceman” and they might respond that it was a terrible sci-fi film from the 1980s about a prehistoric man who gets resuscitated. … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: HoopsHD interviews Rodney Davis about John McDougal

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Jon Teitel

John McDougal accomplished a lot at Evansville: he was a 3-year letterwinner as a halfback in the 1940s and was inducted into the Evansville Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981. He was not that shabby at Northern Illinois either: MAC … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!: HoopsHD interviews James Holland about Mike Gibson

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Jon Teitel

USC Upstate basketball was having a rough go of it in the mid-1970s while winning an average of 4 games/season…and then Mike Gibson showed up in 1978 and made everything better. During his 4 years the team won an average … Continue reading →

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