Observations from The Front Row with Mark Gottfried

Welcome Coach Mark Gottfried

0:30 – Historic basketball career
1:00 – Grew up in Ohio and Mobile Alabama
1:20 – Dad was basketball coach (then an athletic director)
3:30 – High School Player of Year – recuitment trips
4:10 – Oral Roberts to Alabama (’82 – ’87)
5:30 – Drafted by Detroit Pistons (bad boy years)
6:30 – Athletes in Action years
7:20 – UCLA (Jim Harrick) – and UCLA (7 years)
8:00 – Time with Coach John Wooden
12:00 – Coach Wooden turns 80 – what a night
13:10 – NCAA National Champs (UCLA) (’05) (31-2)
19:00 – Coached at Alabama (#1 in the country)
20:00 – NC State head coach
23:20 – “You gotta win”
24:00 – Raleigh (NC State) 15 miles from Duke and NC
26:00 – Finished with over 400 wins
28:00 – “Let’s talk about today…” The Front Row Podcast
29:00 – Guests include: Dabo Sweeny, Cedric the Entertainer, The Pump Brothers, Jim Boeheim, Jim Harrick, DJ Caruso, Gary Williams, David Fajgenbaum, Johnny O’Donnell)
36:00 – What’s next for Coach Gottfried?

37:00 – Last 3 questions:
– Where do you eat?
– Where do you church?
– Where do you play?

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