Create Your Shot

Smallz and Tyler welcome on Professional Shooting Coach, Mike Dunn this week. Mike is a former player at Philadelphia University the best shooter in the history of the program. Mike goes into his journey, whether shooters need to play defense, the proper way to shoot a basketball and much more. Mike can be found on Instagram raining jumpers and shooting trick shots @seemikedunn and online at seemikeshoot.com 0:28 -- Tyler and Smallz intro 7:17 -- Intro to Mike Dunn 9:59 -- Mike's evolution with social media and building a brand 13:15 -- Journey in basketball and Mike's college career 19:10 -- HOW TO SHOOT 22:24 -- working with struggling shooters 25:30 -- Mike on Ben Simmons and other pro shooters 28:00 -- Life changing moment in Mike's life 33:27 -- Inspirational mentors 36:51 -- Building the brand 38:55 -- Ultimate career goals and the next steps 42:00 -- Coach Speak 53:50 -- City Review - Manayunk, PA 1:00:29 -- Ten Touches 1:07:43 -- Parting Shots

This week Tyler and Smallz welcome on the most junior, senior writer at The Athletic, Sam Vecenie. Sam joins the guys to talk about his career, this season in college basketball, the NBA draft and even some Australian rules football. Sam gets into his draft sleepers, compares players in Tyler's favorite segment, Rothstiens and takes Smallz on a tour of Columbus, OH. The guys even talk Lavar Ball since CYS is desperate for clicks. Sam can be found on Twitter @sam_vecenie. :29: Tyler and Smallz intro 8:21: Intro to Sam Vecenie 10:56: daily schedule 12:12: Sam getting his start 17:46: Writing his way, carving a niche 20:21: Stats In context 23:52: Genesis of love for the game 26:10: Twitter Networking 29:58: Industry Networking 37:32: Draft class thoughts 41:35: Sleepers in the draft 46:45: Ultimate career goals 48:44: Rothstein's: Collin Sexton, Jalen Brunson, Robert Williams, Trae Holder, Chimezi Metu 54:10: City review: Columbus, OH 59:12: Ten Touches 1:22:46: Parting Shots

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz chat with Mark Titus of Fox Sports. They discuss Mark's time at Ohio State, how he started club trillion, why he has the career he does now and so much more. They also dive into Mark's history with depression and self-care and how important it is for athletes. For more episodes like this check out Create Your Shot on apple pods and follow Createyourshot on Twitter. Mark can be found on Twitter @clubtrillion and heard on his show "Titus and Tate"

This week Julianne Viani joins Create Your Shot. The former MAAC HOF basketball player and current college basketball analyst with ESPN, CBS Sports, Big10 network, Pac12 and NextVR talks about her college career at Marist, playing in the NCAA tournament, playing overseas in Armenia and making her career as a sportscaster. The guys ask Julianne which coaching style worked for her and how she deals with coaches during her time with them before games, and Julianne takes the guys through Manhattan, NY during the city review. Julianne can be found on Twitter @JulianneViani.

This week the guys are joined by Courtney Lyle, an absolute rising star in the play-by-play industry. Courtney can be heard on ESPN, The SEC Network and Friday Night Stripes where she does play-by-play for football, basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball. Courtney joins the guys for an awesome talk about her work experience, her lack of sleep, the best restaurants in Knoxville and what it's like covering college football in a rabid football town! This weeks coach speak features Butch Jones and the city review is Knoxville, TN. Courtney can be found on Twitter @Sportney_Lyle :29 Smallz and Tyler Introduction 5:26 Smallz makes his return to coaching! 15:27 Courtney Lyle joins CYS 19:00 How Courtney decided she wanted to get into sports broadcasting 25:32 Internships and jobs that Courtney did to gain experience 28:42 Courtney's first full time job in Macon, GA 36:33 Covering big time college football at Tennessee and Butch Jones stories 45:38 Friday Night Stripes and how Courtney has carved out a niche in high school football 48:05 Overcoming challenges as a woman in media 58:40 Coach Speak â Butch Jones 1:02:48 City Review â Knoxville, TN 1:07:00 Ten Touches 1:12:24 Parting Shots

This week on Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz are joined by Chris Spatola from ESPN to talk some college hoops. Chris, a former West Point PG and Lieutenant in the Army, talks about his career in the military, working on staff at Duke, having dinner with Jay Bilas and gives his thoughts on the current college basketball season! This week's city review is Durham, NC and Coach Speak features a quote from Chris himself. Chris can be found on Twitter @Chris_Spatola. :29 Tyler and Smallz Introduction 10:17 Chris Spatola joins Create Your Shot 16:30 Challenges of playing at West Point and lessons from the Army 21:04 Post-Grag Active Duty 26:50 Coming back from the military and joining the staff at Duke 32:48 Being Coach K's son-in-law and winning a national title in 2010 40:11 Transitioning out of coaching 43:52 Building a career in media 46:25 Current college basketball story lines 55:00 Coach Speak â Chris Spatola on the NCAA Investigation 1:00:36 City Review â Durham, NC 1:07:32 Ten Touches 1:24:10 Parting Shots

Jaymee Sire drops into the studio this week to talk the Tyler and Smallz about her career and what she is currently doing with the food network. We talk her journey to ESPN, the competition in the broadcast industry, getting laid off in the public eye and her current role with The Food Network and her advice for young journalists. Coach speak this week features CYS favorite Mike Leach and the city review is Jaymee's hometown of Great Falls, MT. Jaymee can be found on Twitter @Jaymee and on Instagram @Jaymeesire :29 Tyler and Smallz Introduction 8:18 Jaymee Sire joins CYS 15:25 Making the jump to major media markets 22:15 Transitioning to ESPN 27:50 Making life changing career choices and the competition at ESPN 35:06 Getting laid off at ESPN 44:50 Jaymee's work with the food network 55:10 What is next for Jaymee 1:00:13 Coach Speak â Mike Leach 1:03:55 City Review â Great Falls, MT 1:11:00 Ten Touches 1:25:16 Parting Shots

This week Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler are joined by Peyton Siva of ALBA Berlin. Peyton talks about his overseas career, college career at Louisville, recruiting process and winning a national championship. This weeks coach speak features Rick Pitino and the city review is Louisville, KY. Peyton can be found on Twitter @PeypeySiva3 and @PeyPeySiva on Instagram. :27 Tyler and Smallz Introduction 8:55 Peyton Siva joins Create Your Shot 16:14 The recruiting process in and going to Louisville 22:00 Waiting his turn as a freshman and crying on the court 28:16 Being on the wrong side of a buzzer beater in the NCAA tournament 31:01 Building chemistry on a national championship team 33:34 The Louisville - Kentucky Rivalry 38:47 Peyton's time in The NBA and D-league 44:00 The difference between basketball in the US and Overseas 48:55 Coach Speak â Peyton Siva 54:50 Story Time â Rick Pitino cliches and treadmills 59:10 City Review â Louisville, KY 1:06:03 Ten Touches 1:17:50 Parting Shots

The guys hit the gridiron this week and are joined by Mohamed Massaquoi, former Cleveland Browns and University of Georgia wide receiver. Currently a motivational speaker and entrepreneur in the Atlanta area, Mo talks about his HS, College and Pro career as well as going deep on his recent injury, his prosthetic hand and the philanthropic outlets he's gotten involved with since his surgery and rehab. A former second round pick in the NFL draft, Mo tells about athletes mindsets on and off the field as well as what coaching style worked the best on him during his playing career. He drops some financial knowledge on the guys and talks them through the best restaurants in Atlanta, GA. Mo can be found on Twitter and Instagram @Ironmassaquoi. 0:28 Tyler and Smallz Introduction 8:59 Mohamed Massaquoi joins CYS 11:20 Playing at Georgia and going through the recruiting process 19:10 Being a student athlete and dealing with the spotlight 26:30 The NFL draft process 30:54 Mohamed's accident and the impact it has had on him 34:50 Finding life after football while embracing new passions and outlets 39:59 Using his accident to help others 43:20 On athletes finding themselves during and after their career's 47:55 Exploring creative outlets and interests 52:42 Coach Speak â What type of coaching did Mo respond to 1:02:30 City Review â Atlanta, Georgia 1:06:13 Ten Touches 1:16:06 Parting Shots

Smallz and Tyler are joined by Eagle Witt, one of the fastest rising stand-up comics in New York. Eagle joins the guys to talk about his new podcast, Hangtime, his career in comedy, learning to not fear the stage, working through sets and much much more. Eagle takes the guys through the New York Comedy scene in this weeks city review and goes through ten touches and parting shots. Eagle can be found on Instagram @EagleWitt and Twitter @EagleWitt. He wants you to know his Instagram is better than his Twitter. :30 Tyler and Smallz Introduction 13:15 Eagle Witt joins Create Your Shot 15:51 Building a profile in comedy 18:52 Hard work in stand-up comedy 21:10 Perfecting your craft and dealing with bombing 27:07 Ultimate career goals 30:50 Performing in the Comedy Cellar and appreciating success 33:25 Being broke and staying focused 37:00 Politics in comedy and Kevin Hart 41:30 Hangtime podcast on Underdog Sports 45:02 City Review — New York City Comedy Scene 50:02 Ten Touches 56:14 Parting Shots

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler are joined by TJ Tibbs. TJ is in his third year as the head men's basketball coach at the College of Staten Island. Tibbs talks through his past 3 seasons, his career at CSI and how he ended up back at his alma mater. We talk about the transition that CSI will be making from Division 3 to Division 2 and how that changes coaching styles and recruiting philosophies! This weeks coach speak features Evan Turner and the city review is Staten Island, NY. Follow TJ on Twitter @TJTibbs!

On this weeks special episode the guys are joined by TJ Dileo of Telekom Bonn, and formerly the Temple Owls, to discuss The Scheme! The Scheme details the FBI case against Christian Dawkins and college basketball coaches and breaks down how and why things happened the way they did. The guys go through the two hour HBO special and talk about what made sense, what didn't make sense and who was right and wrong. Follow TJ on Twitter @TDileo and follow the show @Createyourshot or shoot us an email at Createyourshot@gmail.com.

On this weeks Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz welcome on David Muchnick of the NYU Violets out of the UAA conference. They discuss his first season as an assistant at NYU, how to integrate yourself on a new staff and how to recruit for your current head coach. They then discuss his time as the head coach of Maine Maritime Academy and his time as an assistant at Merchant Marine Academy and the challenges that go into coaching at service academies. This weeks city review is Greenwich Village, NY and the PLAYER speak features Cam Davis from Navy. Follow David on Twitter @CoachMuchnick

After a brief hiatus the guys are back with Sean Clores of the CCNY Beavers. First the guys talk about all of the cancellations of conference and NCAA tourneys and Smallz gives his perspective as a coach whose team was about to play in the Division 2 tournament. They then welcome Sean on to talk about his experience as a first year head coach. They cover topics like planning for a rebuild, learning from other coaches and building genuine relationships through camps and other work opportunities. This weeks coach speak features Buzz Williams and the city review is Astoria, Queens. Follow Sean on Twitter @Sean_Clores

On this week's episode of Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler welcome on Dale Wellman, Head Coach at Nebraska Wesleyan in the ARC Conference. They start the episode by celebrating Smallz 30th birthday party and recapping the Jefferson Rams 16 game win streak. They then welcome on Dale Wellman to talk about his coaching journey, including winning the 2018 national title and the 2018 NABC D3 national coach of the year award. They cover him getting the job at Nebraska Wesleyan, his recruiting philosophy, how he got into coaching and more. For the second straight week, city review is in Lincoln, NE and coach speak features a CYS favorite, Dabo Swinney. Follow NW on twitter @NWU_Basketball.

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler welcome on Trevor Johnson, the head coach of the Buena Vista Beavers. They talk with Trevor about his first year as a head coach, the process of getting his current position, his interview experience and how he prepared. They also talk about the swings of being a head coach, winning and losing streaks and what its like to be the primary decision maker on the sideline. This weeks coach speak features Eric Musselman and the city review is Lincoln, NE. You can follow Trevor on Twitter @BVU_Basketball.

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz are joined by Scott Bittner, the head coach of the Stockton College Ospreys. Scott joins to talk about his coaching career including working for a legend, being an assistant on a national runner up team and being elevated to associate head coach and the roles that came with it. Also covered is Scott's time as a player at Wheeling Jesuit where he was a division II hall of famer and how he got into coaching following his college career. This weeks coach speak features Jeff Capel and the electric city review is of The Jersey Shore. Scott can be found on Twitter @Scottabittner!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler chat with Mike MacDonald of the Daemen College Wildcats out of the ECC! Mike is in his twenty second season as a head coach with previous stops at Canisuis and Medaille. Mike talks about getting his start in coaching, suffering a team tragedy and working his entire life in the greater Buffalo area. We also talk through transitioning a team from NAIA to division II and his current team at Daemen. This weeks city review is Buffalo, NY and coach speak features a quote from Buffalo University head coach, Jim Whitsell. Follow Mike on Twitter @DaemenMBB!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler are joined by Chris Kraus, the head coach of the Stonehill Skyhawks out of the Northeast 10 conference. Kraus talks about his journey in coaching, from his time as a player at Stonehill to returning as an assistant and finally to his years as the head coach. Krause, the first Canadian born NCAA basketball head coach, talks about the grassroots basketball system in Canada as well as his time as a player growing up. Coach speak this week features Mick Cronin and the city review is Boston, MA. Follow Chris on Twitter @CoachChrisKraus!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler are joined by Nick Nichay, head coach of the Franklin and Marshall Diplomats. They talk about Nick taking over for the winningest division 3 coach of all time in Glenn Robinson, getting a late start on this season and how he's changed the most in his time at Franklin and Marshall. They also discuss his time at Lemoyne University and Hartwick College and his time as a manager at Rutgers. This weeks coach speak features Carolina Panther's Head Coach, Matt Rhule and the city review is Lancaster, PA. Follow the Diplomats on Twitter @FandmMBB.