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Matt shoots it with basketball lifer Rob Kennedy, President of Hoop Group. Rob talks about the growth of The Hoop Group, the mega-successful tournament, clinic and camp business, as well as his unique position in the world of basketball. Rob shares candidly his thoughts on the NCAA, the current landscape of college recruiting, and how he thinks about leading his company to bigger and better things.

Matt shoots it with one of his former players, Temple great Khalif Wyatt. Among other things, Khalif shares about how obstacles, in basketball and life, have also created great opportunity.

Matt shoots it with friend, former co-worker, World Champion and current Head Athletic Trainer for the Cleveland Cavaliers Steve Spiro. Among other things, Steve shares on his working relationship with Lebron James, technologies impact on athletics and basketball, cross-training and his journey through the profession.

In part 2, Matt continues his conversation with mentor, friend and basketball genius Doug Collins. Doug discusses his career and love for hoops through various relationships with coaches and players including Henry Iba and Michael Jordan.

Matt shoots it with mentor, friend and basketball genius Doug Collins. Doug discusses his career and love for hoops through various relationships with coaches and players including Henry Iba and Michael Jordan. This is part 1.

Matt shoots it with Adonal Foyle '98, longtime NBA player, and renaissance man. Adonal touches on what he thinks makes his Golden State Warriors such a special team, the thought behind his philanthropic works, and his lifelong mission, the pursuit and journey of continued education.

Matt shoots it with Sports Illustrated journalist Luke Winn on this episode. They cover a variety of topics including the changing times in Luke's profession, his time with Gonzaga Basketball during their historic run to the NCAA Final 4, his perspective on his alma mater's epic season, and how he broke into sports journalism and landed his coveted job with arguably the premier sports magazine. We hope you enjoy the podcast. If you do, please give us a rating!

Matt Shoots It in studio with Rob Stone '91, former soccer captain, current Fox Sports broadcaster. Matt talks with Rob about his journey from soccer player and English major, to ESPN, to Fox Sports. Rob focusses on soccer, college basketball and college football for Fox Sports. If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating.

Matt shoots it with USA Women's Ice Hockey Captain Meghan Duggan and his father, John Langel who helped represent Meghan and her teammates in their monumental negotiations with USA Hockey. In addition to the inside details of the negotiations, the 7 time world champion shares on leadership, culture and what's next for her and the Women's USA Hockey team.

Matt shoots it with athletic administrator and long time coach Dan Leibovitz. Dan touches on his path, mentors, and characteristics valued in every walk of life.

Matt shoots it with long time friends Dan and Brian Earl. One of only five sets of brothers who are each NCAA D1 basketball coaches, Dan and Brian discuss their journey to becoming head coaches at VMI and Cornell, what it took for them to become successful players, and various other challenges they face as young, first time head coaches

Colgate graduate, Co-founder and Executive Director of Peace Players International Brendan Tuohey '96 shoots it this week with Matt. Brendan talks leadership, vision, and how PPI grew from a startup to an internationally recognized player in a fight for peace through sport.

Amidst a record setting season, Northwestern Men's Basketball coach Chris Collins shoots it about his experiences as a Duke player, learning from basketball icons Coach K and his father Doug, growing up in a basketball household, and the program he's building as Chicago's Big 10 team

University of Connecticut assistant coach Dwayne Killings talks about his journey in basketball, what it takes to be successful in recruiting, and more in this episode of Shootin' it.

Matt Langel shoots it with Chris Spatola about his time at West Point as well as Iraq. He shares perspective on being part of the Duke coaching staff, and also Coach K's family. Chris candidly discusses his concerns of today's media but also how he approaches his responsibility in his professional roles.

Matt Langel shoots it with Ryan Robertson about winning in college and being professional teammates on EiffelTowers Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Matt Langel is joined by Jerome Allen, former head coach of the University of Pennsylvania and current assistant coach of the Boston Celtics.

Matt and Robert Morris College Head Men's Basketball coach Andrew Toole talk coaching mentors, playing days, advice for young aspiring coaches and more.

Matt talks to ESPN's David Lloyd (Colgate '83) about Colgate, his career in the sports industry, big interviews, and his daughter's fight with cancer.

In the first episode, Matt Langel talks with soccer midfielder Julie Foudy. Matt learns what it takes to get prepared. Shootin' it with Matt Langel is a talk show designed to help Matt learn from people from different walks of life. Subscribe for a new conversation every two weeks. Host: Matt Langel Colgate University Men's Basketball coach, former european professional basketball player and assistant coach at Temple University.