Interview with High school coach Justin Reho

Ten Questions: Justin Reho

Tommy Reynolds

2/19/20

Q: What grade and sport do you coach?

A. I coach ninth and tenth grade boys basketball.

Q: Did you play sports in high-school, why choose basketball?

A. I played football, soccer, basketball & baseball in high school.

Q: What lessons did your coaches instill in you that made you want to pursue coaching?

A. How to handle adversity, how to work together as a team, how to sacrifice for the great of the group and how to share your love of the game with your athletes.

Q: What are some aspects that you’ve changed or made better?

A. I’ve changed how I actually coach. You cannot coach the traditional way of whatever I say goes and you’re going to listen. Today's athletes dont respond well to that style of coaching.

Q. What has been one thing that has surprised you now that you're the one coaching?

A. What surprised me is how involved/ active parents are. It can be good but is also a definite negative.

Q: What message do you want to instill in your players?

A. I want to instill in my players those same messages that were instilled in me; commitment, integrity, how to handle adversity, how to work effectively in a team setting and how to be leaders. All while hopefully fostering a passion for the sport.

Q: Would you ever consider coaching at a higher level, say college or even professional?

A. Absolutely. My ultimate goal is to be a full-time coach at the division 1 level.

Q: How do you feel about the new California law that allows college athletes to make money off their image?

A. I agree with the California state law. The amount of money these kids generate for the NCAA is crazy. I think that if the player is popular ( for example Zion Williamson) they should be able to make money off their likeness.

Q: What do you think could be some causes for the first drop in over 30 years of participation in high-school athletics?

A. A sedentary lifestyle is one reason. Kids nowadays want to spend their time inside playing video games or on other electronics rather than experience team sport. Another reason is parents. Parents foster and coddle their kids so when they experience and hardship through sport they just give up and quit. They can’t hand;e adversity because their parents have allowed them to while growing up.