Interview w/ Mike Blaine (Head Coach at SUNY Plattsburgh)

Coach Mike Blaine takes us through his long and unique journey from growing up the son of a member of the military to nearing two decades in college basketball coaching. He graduated from Bishop Ireton HS in the legendary WCAC and was a key contributor for a upper echelon DIII basketball program at Johns Hopkins under the great Bill Nelson. During his college years he worked numerous camps and made lifelong friendships. After graduating from Johns Hopkins he decided to pursue a career in coaching basketball rather than work on Capitol Hill. He accepted the DOBO position at James Madison (CAA) where he spent the 2003-04 season before accepting an AC position at Army (Patriot League). Coach Blaine remained at Army for two seasons before returning to Virginia where he was an AC at Radford (Big South) under Bryan Samuels for a season. After Radford he landed the full-time AC position at DIII Hampden-Sydney (ODAC), After the season he was offered an AC position at Maryland Eastern Shore (MEAC) and spent two years at the HBCU prior to spending four years at Cornell (Ivy League).

In 2014 Coach Blaine accepted the HC position at Medaille College, a DIII school in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. He took them to great success before being named HC at SUNY Plattsburgh in October 2019. I'm positive that listeners will learn a ton from this interview!