{"id":117584,"date":"2016-01-15T14:28:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T22:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=117584"},"modified":"2016-02-09T17:53:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T01:53:02","slug":"state-of-the-game-lou-richie-h-s-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/state-of-the-game-lou-richie-h-s-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Game: Lou Richie (H.S. Coach)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently had the opportunity to sit down with respected individuals in various roles and talk about the state of the high school and grassroots game. We interviewed respected national talent evaluators (Jerry Meyer<\/a>\u00a0of 247Sports.com, Clark Francis<\/a> of the Hoop Scoop,\u00a0Joel Francisco<\/a>\u00a0of ESPN.com), a shoe company national manager (Tony Dorado<\/a> of Nike), college coaches (Pepperdine University assistant\u00a0John Impleman<\/a>\u00a0and Santa Clara University assistant\u00a0Mike Peck<\/a>), a young high school coach (former UNLV guard Justin Hawkins<\/a> from Liberty of Henderson, Nev.) and a state title-winning high school coach (former Clemson guard\u00a0Lou Richie<\/a>\u00a0from Bishop O'Dowd of Oakland, Calif.).<\/strong><\/p>\n

In part No. 1 of our \"State of the Game\" BIL exclusive, we sit down with Richie to discuss the expectations for coaching incoming high school and college freshmen, making the right choices in college and the importance of mentoring\/role models.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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