The JUCO lifestyle and grind is certainly not for everyone. Scary path to some, overlooked path by some, and an embraced path by some. Nothing is OWED to you once you get on campus, EARN IT. Entitlement dies quick in JUCO. The strong survive.
5 years ago I entered this business as a JUCO AC. I had a goal & dream of one day coaching at the D1 level. When I was blessed w/the opportunity to become a D1 AC last off-season I took it. I promised myself I would never “big time” anyone & would always be accessible. I mean it!
The transfer portal can be great, but it can also hurt you.
I recruit the portal, JUCO & high school kids. It comes down to how good you are, how good of a fit it is & how much you can help us win. This game is about relationships, players, & winning!
Get at me if this is you!
Master’s degree ✅
First generation college graduate.
Our kids will understand the importance of education.
Incredibly thankful for my wife
@sidra_white
for helping make this happen.
Thank you
@LaneTitans
! It’s been an unforgettable time here. My heart will always carry
@LaneTitansHoops
with me! Now it’s time for me to take the next step, and that step is assistant coach at Idaho State for Coach Looney in the Big Sky! Go Titans! And now let’s go Bengals!
Blessed and honored to be promoted to Associate Head Coach! My family and I are very grateful for the trust Coach Looney has in me and to be a part of the Bengal Family! Let’s keep building. Go Bengals! 🐅🏀
Gender reveal!!! Feeling incredibly blessed to be living this life with
@sidra_white
! No better way to celebrate Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day my love! And to all the wonderful moms out there!
God’s plan! Couldn’t be more excited to share this incredible news with all of our family and friends. We got a baller on the way! Our greatest recruit has committed and will be on campus in October!
#blessed
#family
#babyWhite
Our beautiful, perfect, baby girl has made her grand entrance 💓🙏. Yesterday, 5/25/23 at 12:15 pm.
Winnie Jo White
6lb 5oz, 19 inches long
Mom and baby are doing great!
We are so blessed!
GOD did his thing last night!
Help me officially welcome Mr. & Mrs. White!
Absolutely beautiful day in every way possible. Things came together perfectly. We’re blessed to say the least! Thanks to all family & friends!
Officially signed my best recruit EVER & she is stunning!
Recruits, DON’T BE FOOLED! The school that wants you the most will continue recruiting you the hardest during this crazy time we’re all going through with COVID19. Keep that in mind while you’re navigating through this recruiting process. Go where you’re most wanted! Good luck!
Winners:
•Dive on loose balls
•Take charges
•Compete to win at everything
•Hate to lose more than they love to win
•Take their preparation serious
•Are Locked-in on scouts & film
•Are committed to executing the game plan
•Make sacrifices for the best of the team
Champ Robert White
DOB: 10/19/2021
Time: 10:33 AM
Length: 19 inches
Weight: 6 lbs 5 ounces
We are so in love with him.
@sidra_white
is doing great! God is so good! We are so blessed!
Open to all offers at this time for class of 2040. Idaho State is the early favorite.
Recruits, don't be fooled with your recruitment! At all levels the staff that spends the most time on you usually wants you the most. There is A LOT of value to going where you are wanted the most. Don't overthink things.
Just a couple of former JUCO coaches, former pro players, who played at the NAIA level, living our dream at the D1 level as coaches. God is so good! 🙏🐅🏀
Please help our
@LaneTitansHoops
Men’s Basketball Program officially welcome the tenacious Tashon Brown (
@Jb1Tay
) to the Titan Family! “Tay Tay” is from Tacoma, Washington and graduated from Curtis HS. Go Titans!
#LaneccMBB
#Lanefoundat18n
Advice for young assistants:
-Be loyal to your boss
-Always put your players first
-Never complain
-Don't be too good for any task
-Be quick to take on any additional responsibilities
-Always be accessible
-Take pride in anything and everything you do
-Lead by example
Congratulations to my assistant coach Aaron Green on accepting a NCAA D1 Graduate Assistant position at Long Beach State. Best of luck in your next chapter coach!
Winners:
-Care more about winning than anything else
-Want to be coached
-Go hard in everything they do
-Put the team first at all times
-Celebrate teammate & team success
-Dive on loose balls
-Take charges
-Make the “one more” pass
-Hold teammates accountable
-Communicate
Big difference between a school that loves you vs a school that likes you.
The school that wants you the most, needs you, loves you & your game, is going to show you. They’re going to recruit you the hardest. Have a plan for you.
Find this school for you & take the opportunity!
Beyond excited! Baby White
#2
is coming May 2023! Thank you so much to
@coachlooneyisu
and our entire
@IdahoStateMBB
team for helping make this happen. Our team revealed to
@sidra_white
, Champ, and I what our baby will be! WE ARE BLESSED!
First official practice in the books! Same excitement today that I had 10 years ago on this day when my coaching career began. It’s go time! Go Bengals! 🐅🔥🏀
I am extremely blessed, excited & honored to be named the Head Men’s Basketball Coach of The Lane Community College Titans. I want to thank the college administration for their support of my selection. I also want to thank my family, friends & supporters for believing. Go Titans!
Honored and blessed to be included on this list with some of the best coaches in the country! Thank you to
@RyanSilver1
& the
@SilverWaveMedia
team for the recognition. I am grateful to have worked with, & continue to work with good people. Good coaches, players & administrators.
Recruits, the school that wants you the most will spend the most time building w/you. The larger priority you are, the more time you get. Don’t let anyone tell you different. Make sure you realize who spends the most time on you. We’re all busy in season,that’s not a good excuse!
No better time to be a Bengal!
Coach Looney has us moving up! Two out of the last three seasons at Idaho State we have two of the best finishes in conference in the last 20 years at ISU! Both years resulted in a first round bye in the conference tourney. Go Bengals! 🐅🔥🏀
Please help our
@LaneTitansHoops
Men’s Basketball Program officially welcome gritty winner combo guard
@LezjonB
to the Titan Family! Lezjon Bonds is from Tacoma, Washington and will graduate from Lincoln HS. Go Titans!
#LaneccMBB
#Lanefoundat18n
When your coach gives you your role, do your best to fulfill that role. If you want a larger or different role, earn it with consistency and efficiency over time. If you find yourself unhappy with your role, don’t show it. Do your best to be your best at whatever is asked of you!
Nothing beats when
@sidra_white
and Champ stop by the office! Makes every day better. Can’t believe our sweet boy is already 1 week old today. Time is moving too fast.
Coaches love guys that LOVE hoop and LOVE to grind! Dudes that constantly work on their game and always want to find ways to get better. Guys that have big goals and big dreams and want to do whatever they can to make them happen.
James was one of a kind. The world lost an incredibly selfless, loving one. Heaven gained a real one. Great father & friend. Life won’t be the same without you. No west coast gym in the summer will be the same. Your love & spirit will carry on. Thank you for everything. R.I.P 💔
Pray about it. Speak it into existence. Control what you can.
Then be ready to act on it when your time is called and your opportunity is presented.
God’s timing.
Players that really care about winning want to be coached and held accountable. Those same players understand the importance of holding their teammates accountable. Growing together. Iron sharpens iron. 🐅🏀
There’s a big difference between a staff that loves you & a staff that likes you.
There’s a big difference between being needed by a school vs being wanted by a school.
If it feels right & all boxes are checked, take it!
Go where you’re loved & needed!
Winners do the following:
-dive on loose balls
-take charges
-blockout
-make the extra pass
-follow the scout
-look coaches in the eyes
-take all drills serious
-give their best effort
-hold teammates accountable
-show up early
-leave late
Every good coach will agree!
How about your Bengals? 🐅🔥
Incredible effort from our guys tonight! The togetherness and BELIEF is real!
Couldn’t be more excited and grateful to get another opportunity to go to battle with our guys! Great night to be a Bengal! 🧡🖤
Once you’ve been a HC & then become an AC again it gives you a whole different understanding for what your HC might always be dealing with or going through. The work never stops as a HC, ever! A great AC’s job is to make the HC’s job as easy as possible in every way at all times.
It’s not about how many offers, it’s about the right offer. Find what’s best for you academically, socially and athletically and run with it before someone else does. Opportunities don’t go away, they go to someone else!
First off, THANK YOU GOD for a blessing of a season.
Thank you to each individual who played a role in our special season. Thank you to my incredible staff (without them this job is impossible), my lovely significant other, our amazing group of young men, the support from our
Recruits, the school that wants you the most is going to recruit you the hardest. Keep that in mind when going through the recruiting process. Go where you’re most wanted and enjoy the experience!
GREAT to see the NWAC making big time moves! Huge to see the information that the NWAC is now allowed to scholarship WORLDWIDE! As a former NWAC coach I know this is a game changer! I am happy for all the student-athletes that will get to take advantage of this moving forward.
Amazed by my wife! We recently found out she passed her state exam and is now a Licensed Practical Nurse! Please help congratulate her as she continues to thrive on her way to becoming an RN. So proud of her!
#GodsWork
#BlessingsOnBlessings
#hardworkpaysoff
Tonight was SPECIAL! Not much better than beating the rivals. Our crowd was electric tonight in Reed Gym. Thank you to everyone who came and helped us get the win. Proud of our team. Happy for our guys!
#DEFENSE
Iron sharpens iron.
Surround yourself with people that challenge you and help you grow. The hope is to always be growing. The hope is to become great.
Don’t settle for good. Good is the enemy of great.
Grateful to see my guy
@CoachMcMillian1
in Arizona over the weekend! Happy for him and his family with their new opportunity at CMU. Blessings my brother. See you soon!
Recruits: be smart about what you put on your social media’s. Use it as a platform to help you. If used positively, it can really help. Just know that you’re only one bad tweet or photo away from a college coach going in a different direction than you. Trust me!
THANK YOU, POCATELLO!
Last night, on senior night, in front of a GREAT crowd, your Bengals snapped the nations longest win streak! Reed Gym was rockin’, & with that win, we secured a first round bye in the Big Sky tourney! All focus on our last conference game tomorrow at UNC now
GOD did his thing... again!
@sidra_white
& I are extremely blessed to have purchased this beautiful home here in Pocatello! Special thanks to our amazing realtors Tiffanie & Gunnar for all your help. Blessings continue to come our way, THANK YOU LORD! 🙏🏻
Photo cred:
@dcfurman
📸
I am so grateful for the 50+ family & friends that came out to see my family, our team, & I Thursday in Corvallis. Not the outcome we wanted vs OSU but it was special to be back in Oregon, close to home, & see so many loved ones!
My family & I love & appreciate you. Go Bengals!
Couldn’t be happier for
@coachlooneyisu
and his family! This is BIG! What a blessing!
Congrats on your second extension at ISU, Coach!
Go Bengals! 🐅🏀🔥🙌
PROUD. Love these guys. Thanks Pocatello for your incredible support for our guys all year. Another year of growth & firsts since getting to ISU:
•Won 2 games & advanced to the semi-finals (first X in 36 yrs)
•Swept Weber (first X in 20 yrs)
•Swept PSU (first X in 8 yrs)
GAMEDAY in Pocatello! Excited for our guys to lace up vs Walla Walla in tonight’s 7:30 pm exhibition to start the year. Come support your Bengals! Hope to see you here!
As a former JUCO coach it makes me so happy to see so many JUCO dudes ballin’ this year at the D1 level. Seems like more and more schools are trusting JUCO guys. Love it!
I’ve been fortunate to be surrounded by great people in my career. Coaches, players, support staff, administrations, etc. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them. Nothing is more important than the relationships built along the way. Go Bengals!
To all my dreamers out there, KEEP DREAMING! I rock with you! Dreams come true! Surround yourself with people that support you chasing your dreams. And remember, you’re the only one that has to be able to see your dream clearly!
SHE DID IT! Officially a Registered Nurse! Please help me congratulate my beautiful wife
@sidra_white
on her graduation from nursing school today! Beyond proud of her! Blessings on blessings 🙏
Maternity photos turned out perfect! Can’t believe we’re just over 37 weeks now and baby boy is almost here! So excited for this next chapter with you
@sidra_white
. May God continue blessing each and every step of the way!