Coach Gary Garner joins us to talk family and basketball, his playing exploits and long and highly successful coaching career that includes 562 victories as a college head coach. A two time All-State player from West Plains, Missouri, Coach Garner then played three years at Missouri University and began a lifelong relationship with legendary Coach Norm Stewart. One of Coach Garner's early stops was in Trenton, Missouri at Trenton Junior College (now North Central Missouri College) from 1971-1976 where he had a 95-47 record. After several years as the top assistant on Coach Stewart's staff at Missouri he led programs at Drake University and Fort Hays State University, where he won the Division II National Championship with a 34-0 record and was named NABC D-II Coach of the Year in 1996. Later he led Southeast Missouri State University and Dakota State before retiring from coaching at age 80! Joining us on the panel is Coach Jeremy Esry, the highly successful Head Coach of Men's Basketball at North Central Missouri College, where he has over 200 coaching wins! Kris and I jump in where we can between laughs in this fast paced basketball story packed episode! Battles with rivals, negotiations with officials and winter weather road trips (almost all with his wife Barbara along for the wild ride!) ...this episode has it all!

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.