Chop Talk
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#44 Luke St. Lifer - VCU Director of Basketball Operations
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luke and I go way back to when he was playing in college. In this episode you will hear about how he navigated his journey. What I love about Luke&apo...
#43 Darius Theus - VCU Assistant Coach
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Darius Theus is one of the most humble people I've met during my time in basketball. As a player he helped lead VCU to a Final Four the played pr...
#42 BACK AT IT - Ivan Thomas Georgetown Men's Basketball
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Ivan Thomas is the Associate Head Coach for Georgetown Men's Basketball. Coach Thomas started as a High School / AAU Coach where he won mu...
#41 Sean Hoehn - Pro Basketball in Kosovo
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Sean Hoehn is a stand out basketball player who now plays professionally in Kosovo. He also graduated from Sacred Heart University where he...
#40 Danny O'Connor - Delaware Men's Basketball
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Danny O'Connor is the Director of Player Development for Delaware Men's Basketball. Before graduating from Indiana University, Danny ...
#39 Cole Dewey - Head Coach (Garden City Community College)
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Cole Dewey is the Head Coach of the Men's Basketball program at Garden City Community College in Kansas. Cole is a young star in college b...
#38 NJ Hoop Recruit
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Justin Delaney. If you haven't check out NJ Hoop Recruit on Instagram, you need to know. Justin has grown the brand from a small 3,000 fol...
#37 Luke St. Lifer - Bryant Men's Basketball DOBO
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Luke St. Lifer is the Director of Basketball Operations for Bryant University Men's Basketball. Luke started his career out as a student m...
#36 Connor Clark - Bubbleville
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Connor Clark works for a company called The Gazelle Group where he helps put on different types of events. A lot of those events are college ba...
#35 Marc Mitchell: You have to love them
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: March Mitchell is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at St. Peter's University. I met Coach Mitch at FDU Florham where we both worke...
#34 - "1,000 likes and I'll quit my job"
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Justin Krompier is a New Jersey based adventure and lifestyle photographer. Justin has traveled all around the country taking photos and has ...
#33 Adam Virgile - Sports Science
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Adam Virgile is a sports scientist who is working on his PHD at The University of Vermont. He also worked with the New York Rangers for 4 years...
#32 Nick Hopkins - Grad Transfer
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Nick Hopkins is a guard for the Siena College Men's Basketball team. He started his career at Belmont University before deciding to use hi...
#31 Matt Gambino - $Invest In Sports Cards$
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Matt Gambino is a former college athlete who has a career in sales but also has a serious side hustle that involves sports cards. Over the last...
#30 Anthony Pelliccia - Have Confidence
05 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Anthony Pelliccia is an admissions counselor at Siena College and also an alum. He is one of the most passionate people I have met and really d...
#29 Athan Katsantonis - Nebraska Men's Basketball
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Athan Katsantonis is a Graduate Assistant for Nebraska Men's Basketball. He is also the former Head Manager of the Syracuse Men's Bas...
#28 Matt Goldsmith TCNJ - Be Uncommon
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Matt Goldsmith is the head coach at TCNJ for the Men's Basketball team. Since taking over the program Coach Goldsmith has brought TCNJ to ...
#27 Bob Gallager - IMG Academy
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Bob Gallager is a former college basketball manager for St. Bonaventure Men's Basketball. After earning his undergrad and masters degree t...
#26 Major Mac - United States Marines
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jake MacDonald is a lead instructor for a company called The Program. This company works with a variety of teams on building leadership, toughness, an...
#25 Ryan Pedon - Ohio State Basketball
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Ryan Pedon is an assistant coach for THE Ohio State Men's Basketball team. In this podcast Coach Pedon discusses topics such as positivi...
#24 Rob Ferrara - Las Vegas & DraftKings
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Rob Ferrara is a Senior Manager of VIP Development for DraftKings. Rob and I have known each other since college and he has had a great journey...
#23 Dr. Atur Turakhia - Mental Health #2
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Dr. Atur Turakhia is an experienced leader, educator, and team builder. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a Bachelors in Molecular & C...
#22 Matt Elkin - Yale University Basketball
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Matt Elkin is the Director of Basketball Operations at Ivy league power Yale University. Coach Elkin started as a student manager and has climb...
#21 Kyle Young - Siena Basketball
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Kyle Young is a sophomore on the Siena Men's Basketball team. In this episode Kyle and I talk about his adjustment to college hoops, minds...
#20 Dwayne Killings - Marquette University Men's Basketball
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Dwayne Killings is the Associate Head Coach at Marquette University for the Men's Basketball team. Coach Killings and I met about five yea...
#19 Drew Flanagan - Tell Your Story
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Drew Flanagan is a former Villanova Men's Basketball student manager. I met Drew while working camp at Lehigh University. Since graduating...
#18 Josh King - Germany Basketball
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Josh King coaches for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg a professional team in Germany. He's our first overseas coach on Chop Talk and has taken a un...
#17 Carmen Maciariello -Head Coach Siena College
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Coach Carm is the head coach at Siena College for the Men's Basketball team. Before coming to Siena he had stops at George Washington, Bos...
#16 Jared Czech - Air Force Academy Basketball
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Jared Czech is an Assistant Basketball Coach at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. Coach Czech has worked his way up from Graduat...
#15 Kevin Hoehn - Mental Health
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Kevin Hoehn is a walk-on for the Villanova basketball team. Kevin was 14 years old when I met him coaching a local AAU program called NJ Thunde...
#14 Jake Martino - TCU Football (BIG12)
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Jake Martino is a freshman at Texas Christian University (TCU) where he works with the football team in content creation. He is at every BIG12 ...
#13 Matt Healing - Head Coach Pace University
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Matt Healing is the Head Men's Basketball Coach at D2 Pace University. In this episode we talk about working his way up the ladder, revita...
#12 Nick LoPinto - Sports Agent (Montag Group)
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Nick LoPinto works for the Montag Group as a sports agent where he represents numerous sports broadcasters. Nick was also a former St. Johns st...
#11 Nate Pierre-Louis - Temple University Basketball / Work Ethic
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Breakdown 2:00 – Choosing Temple University 5:00 – Taking defense seriously 8:50 – What makes a good defender? 10:45 – Looking for tendenc...
#10 Coach Mike Murray - St. Rose College Basketball
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Breakdown: 1:00 - Hoop Group / Working camps 6:05 - Relationships 10:30 - Getting the job at St. Rose College 20:29 - D2 recruiting challenges 2...
#9 Bobby Whyte - HyPower Performance
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Bobby Whyte. Bobby is the owner of HyPower Performance, a company that helps develop athletes. HyPower offers both basketball and strength prog...
#8 Andrew Ford - USA Basketball
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Andrew Ford: University of Florida Men's Basketball Graduate Assistant In this episode of Chop Talk Andrew talks about his transition fro...
#7 Jordan King - "Earning Your Scholarship"
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan King is a local product of Albany NY and Siena Men's Basketball player. In this episode King talks about different topics including playin...
#6 "Always bet on yourself" - AJ Mott (Western Colorado University)
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
AJ Mott is the head strength coach at Division 2 Western Colorado University. He joins Chop Talk to discuss moving across the country for his new job,...
#5 Jalen Pickett - Siena Basketball
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to a new season of Chop Talk. We have joined with us MAAC player of the year Jalen Pickett. In this episode, he talks about his journey t...
#3 The Backbone Of A College Basketball Program (Ft. Danny Cohen)
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are back at it again with another hot new episode of Chop Talk. Rob Mahala, Ben Diamond, and Greg Fahey, with special guest Danny Cohen, go into de...
#1 Story of a Walk-On (Ft. Conner Fenlon)
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of Chop Talk is finally here. Co-Hosts Rob Mahala and Ben Diamond, along with Greg Fahey and guest Conner Fenlon, go into depth on C...