In this episode, we interview Fil-Am NCAA Champion, Coach Kurtis Townsend! We discuss:

• His experience as a Filipino American in the NCAA

• His relationship with Kansas Fil-Am Player, Remy Martin

• What is was like coaching and recruiting Joel Embiid

• Why Kelly Oubre Jr. became the biggest surprise of his coaching career

Kurtis Townsend: (via https://kuathletics.com/coach/kurtis-townsend/)

Kurtis Townsend joined the Kansas staff in summer 2004. Since his arrival in Lawrence, Townsend has been a part of theKU program which has won two national championships, reached three NCAA Tournament title games, four Final Fours, eight NCAA Tournament Elite Eights and ten NCAA Sweet 16s. KU has won an NCAA record 14-consecutive Big 12 regular-season titles and eight conference tournament crowns with Townsend on the sidelines. Also while at Kansas, Townsend has coached 10 NBA Draft Lottery selections, 22 overall NBA draftees and 51 All-Big 12 Jayhawks.

Recognized as a top assistant by many national organizations, Townsend played a major role in recruiting KU’s NBA draftees Josh Jackson, Andrew Wiggins, Ben McLemore, Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur, Julian Wright and Josh Selby, as well as 2010 Consensus All-American Sherron Collins. He also was instrumental in bringing 2017 National Player of the Year, Frank Mason III, to KU as well as 2018 Consensus All-America First Team selection Devonte’ Graham.

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