Beyond the Box Score Podcast

Host David Kaplan shares his trials and tribulations and perspective on topics in and around the world of Basketball. A Podcast by a Coach for the Basketball Community!

Beyond the Box Score Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by David Kaplan, with 207 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

David Kaplan hosts Beyond the Box Score Podcast, a sports show with 207 episodes published.

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  Episode #206

  Interview w/ Coach Taja Edwards (Former D1 Assistant Coach)

  Oct 2, 20261h 7mS2

  Coach Taja "Taj" Edwards shares her journey from growing up in Long Beach to becoming an Assistant Coach at the NCAA Division I level for over a decade, coaching in the NBA & WNBA, and now a Senior Account Executive for Just Play Sports Solutions. After a stellar high school career at Long Beach Poly she took her talents to Fresno State where she led them to the NCAA Tournament in each of her four seasons - and has the second most wins in a four year span. She embarked on a career in coaching when she accepted a support staff position at Ole Miss and was quickly thrusted into an Assistant Coach role within the first three months. Coach Edwards spent time coaching at Cal State Fullerton, USC, Dartmouth and Loyola Marymount before ascending to the professional ranks. She joined the Charlotte Hornets franchise for a season and then spent time in the WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever before returning to the college ranks with TCU in 2022. Recently Coach Williams pivoted to a position with Just Play Sports Solutions where she is still able to remain involved with basketball and helping coaches.

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  Episode #205

  Interview w/ Coach Andy Fox (Associate Head Coach at George Mason)

  Aug 5, 20261h 40mS2

  Coach Andy Fox shares his journey from being a standout basketball player at Cornell (Iowa) to becoming the Associate Head Coach at George Mason University. Andy got his start in the profession as Graduate Assistant at Tennessee under Buzz Peterson, he was retained when Bruce Pearl took the reins, the Volunteers captured the SEC East Championship in 2006 and earned 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. He went on to join the coaching staff at The Citadel under Ed Conroy and he helped propel the Bulldogs to a school-record 20 wins and the program's first postseason appearance in 2009. Coach Conroy took Andy with him when he accepted the job at Tulane. After five seasons at Tulane, Coach Fox joined the coaching staff at Louisiana Tech serving under Eric Konkol. After four seasons at Louisiana Tech he moved to Nashville and served in a multitude of roles under Jerry Stackhouse at Vanderbilt. The Commodores made a pair of NIT appearances and had their best season in over a decade during his time in Nashville. Coach Fox spent the 2024-25 season coaching at Army West Point under Kevin Kuwik. In 2024-25, Fox helped lead the Black Knights to a historic season, which included the program's first postseason win in 55 years. Tony Skinn hired Andy Fox to his George Mason University coaching staff in June 2025 and they pioneered the Patriots to the program's best-ever overall (18-1) and A-10 starts (6-0). They became the fastest in school history to reach 20 victories (22), they earned a spot in the 2025 NIT. In June 2026 Coach Skinn promoted Fox to an Associate Head Coach.

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  Episode #204

  Interview w/ Coach Dylan Evans (Associate Head Coach at Richard Bland College)

  Jul 16, 202641 minS2

  Coach Dylan Evans shares his journey from growing up in Owego, New York to becoming the Associate Head Coach at Richard Bland College. He attended St. Bonaventure and was a Student Manager under Coach Mark Schmidt. During his first two seasons at St. Bonaventure he also coached at Owego Free Academy [his alma mater]. The Bonnies made a NCAA Tournament appearance, a NIT appearance, won an Atlantic 10 Regular Season and won an Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship. After graduating Coach Evans accepted a Graduate Assistant position at Keuka College on the women's side. He received his Master's Degree and then joined the men's basketball staff at Richard Bland College (NCJAA D1). Coach Evans was promoted from Assistant Coach to Associate Head Coach after two seasons at RBC under Coach Will Cabrera.

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  Episode #203

  Interview w/ Coach Jared Wagner (Head Coach at York College)

  Jun 9, 20261h 9mS2

  Coach Jared Wagner shares his journey from growing up in York, Pennsylvania to becoming the Head Coach at York College. Wagner was a multi-sport athlete before deciding to attend York College and play for Coach Matt Hunter. He helped lead the Spartans to a pair of NCAA Tournaments and was a first-team NABC All-Region V selection as a senior - and was 2nd Team D3 All-American. After graduating from York, he joined Coach Chad Dickman's staff at Hood College. Unfortunately Hood did not have a season as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, however the following season he would rejoin the York College Men's Basketball program as an Assistant Coach. Following four seasons as an Assistant Coach at York College, he was promoted to Head Coach after Matt Hunter accepted the job at Gettysburg College. Coach Wagner led the Spartans to a 23-9 record in his first season at the helm.

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  Episode #202

  Interview w/ Coach David Hastings (Former Interim Head Coach at Keene State)

  May 13, 202634 minS2

  <p>Coach David Hastings shares his journey from law enforcement to becoming a college basketball coach at Keene State.</p><p>Hastings grew up in Gill, Massachusetts and entered the Police Academy straight out of high school and worked his way up the ranks to the Chief of Police of Gill.</p><p>While serving as a police officer he coached AAU and high school basketball, and ran AAU tournaments. He eventually joined Ryan Caine's coaching staff at Keene State, they had great success and after a couple of seasons he was promoted to Associate Head Coach.</p><p>After...

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