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EP 02: The Grind You Can't Cheat w/ Yusef Fitzgerald

On this episode of Hardwood Voices, we're joined by Yusef Fitzgerald, Athletic Director and Head Coach at The Piney Woods School. Coach Fitzgerald shares his journey from growing up in Jackson, Mississippi being raised by a single mother and learning what it meant to be a man at Piney Woods. We talk through his early coaching stops, his move to Chicago, coaching Anthony Davis and Kendrick Nunn on the EYBL circuit, head coaching varsity at IMG Academy, and serving as Director of Basketball Operations at Iona during an NCAA Tournament run. He reflects on becoming head coach at Hinds Community College, returning to Piney Woods as an AD and head coach, adjusting to today's athletes, and what it means to leave every place better than you found it. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:13 Growing up in Jackson, MS 02:35 Motivation 03:50 Learning to be a man 05:12 Coaching Journey 06:06 Velma Jackson 06:53 Piney Woods 07:08 Moves to Chicago 10:00 Meeting Loren Jackson 13:38 Meanstreets EYBL 14:11 IMG Academy 15:02 Iona College 19:30 Hinds CC 26:30 Back to Piney Woods 28:44 Adjusting to the athletes 30:32 Coaching Anthony Davis and Kendrick Nunn 33:04 Playing Anthony Davis 1v1 37:45 High School Players Going D1 44:00 Honesty 48:52 How do you want to be remembered 51:16 Lifelong Learner