Greenberg and Dakich tip off the podcast recapping the NBA Draft, talking about the advantage overseas players have playing in professional leagues, being moved by the emotion of draft night, James Wiseman going to Golden State, Jalen “Stix” Smith jumping up to No. 10 and second round guys that could have long NBA careers. Then the guys shift gears to preview a slew of mid-major teams, including Northern Iowa, Richmond, Saint Louis, Bowling Green, Austin Peay, UNC Greensboro, San Diego State, UNLV and Utah State (22:44). Later, Loyola Chicago’s Porter Moser hops on from isolation to discuss the outbreak of COVID-19 on his team, Cameron Krutwig doing it all, the Horizon League and how the Final Four appearance has impacted the program (39:58).

Loyola-Chicago head coach Porter Moser joins Tim Miles on the Mind of Miles this week to talk through what has been a fascinating career to date. Moser was fired early on as a head coach before spending years on Rick Majerus' staff at Saint Louis. Everyone that worked for Majerus has a great Majerus story, and Porter is no different. He also talks about his Final Four run and, of course, has a legendary story about the one and only Sister Jean. 

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Loyola Chicago basketball coach Porter Moser tells Harry Schroeder why he wrote "All In - Driven by Passion, Energy and Purpose" and describes what he hopes he accomplished. 

NEW Details of Life with Marcus Wilson featuring Loyola Ramblers Head Coach, Porter Moser discussing his preparation to be a head coach, his time at SLU with the legendary Rick Majerus, behind the scene details of their EPIC Final Four run and much more! Tune in now! Like, subscribe and share!

In this episode Chris and Jeff welcome in the man who led Loyola;s men's basketball team to the Final Four in 2018, Head Coach Porter Moser. Conversation topics include coaching in the time of COVID, lessons from Porter's book "All In", a preview of the upcoming season and fighting racial inequality.

Porter's favorite podcast:

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The head men's basketball coach at Loyola University Chicago since 2011, has been an NCAA Division I men's basketball coach for 30 years. His 2018 team went to the Final Four. As a player he competed on the Creighton University Bluejays and in 2017 was named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a player. He has also been inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame. Plus he is the author of a new book called, "All In: Driven by Passion, Energy, and Purpose."

An NCAA Division I men's basketball coach for thirty years, Porter Moser has been the head men's basketball coach at Loyola University Chicago since 2011 and is one of only three coaches in school history to win over 160 games on the Loyola bench. Moser has grown a reputation for developing men on and off the court. Porter’s list of accomplishments in his nine seasons at Loyola is impressive. His keen recruiting eye and proven experience in developing men both on and off the court has resulted in three postseason berths including a historic run to the 2018 NCAA Final Four and back-to-back MVC regular-season championships in 2018 and 2019, 14 all-conference selections, two MVC Player of the Year honorees, two Associated Press Honorable Mention All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans, a MVC Defensive Player of the Year, a MVC Sixth Man of the Year and a pair of MVC Freshman of the Year selections. Loyola’s 73 wins over the last three seasons are its most ever over a two-year stretch.

Originally from Naperville, Illinois, Porter currently resides in the Chicago suburbs with his incredible family - wife, Megan, and their four children, Jordan, Jake, Ben, and Max.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• Why ‘how you think’ is so important, especially when we are in unchartered waters
• How Porter reframed the adversity caused by COVID-19 and embraced all the blessings that have presented themselves
• Why it is so important to start everyday with a positivity journal
• How he is virtually spending time with his team and what they do during their time together
• How he reads with a purpose and goes about executing on his takeaways
• Why it is so important to embrace all the resources that we have at our disposal and to use them to build deep relationships
• How he is utilizing this time to get to know his players better
• What inspired him to write his newly released book, All In: Driven by Passion, Energy, and Purpose

Additional resources:

• All In: Driven by Passion, Energy, and Purpose by Porter Moser: https://amzn.to/2VeBRZ6
• Twitter: @PorterMoser
• Website: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball

Bestselling author Jon Gordon talks with Porter Moser. Porter is the head coach of the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers. He is one of only four coaches in school history to win over 140 games and saw Loyola earn its first Associated Press Top 25 votes since 1985. Porter is also the author of the newly released book, ALL IN: Driven by Passion, Energy and Purpose.

Jon and Porter dive deep on this one about leadership… what separates the best from the rest and how a leader can bring out greatness in themselves and their team. Porter shares some great advise on building team relationships, how to overcome minimal resources and much more.

If you want to take your leadership to the next level or develop leaders on your team, join us for an upcoming Power of Positive Leadership 1-Day LIVE training with Jon Gordon and our head of training, Julie Nee. You’ll discover how to fuel yourself and your team with positivity, build a great culture, overcome negativity, increase engagement, communicate and connect more effectively and lead through change. You’ll leave with a personal action plan to improve your team and organization and create positive results. We have multiple dates in multiple cities throughout the year that you can attend or we can bring a workshop onsite to you. Go to powerofpositiveleadership.com to learn more. This is game changer. Don’t miss it.

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