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.

In 1929, the Grand River Six was born and the long storied history of the Grand River Conference (GRC) began. The original six, Albany, Stanberry, Grant City, Bethany, Maysville and King City, began playing football and basketball in 1930. Along the way membership changed until a 16 team megaconference of small schools enticed Jeremy Benson to start covering all of it. What began as a small hobby, blossomed into grandriverconference.com, GRC Facebook, Twitter and Instagram comprehensive social media coverage of North Missouri sports. If you want a score or background story or deep statistical dive into the Grand River Conference season, grandriverconference.com and associated accounts have the latest and most accurate information. Recently the conference was aligned into two conferences (GRC and GRC West) but he still covers it all. Join us for the story of the conference, it's many GOATS of the GRC (who are found in Hall of Fames from Missouri to the College Football and NFL HOFs). Jeremy's passion for the GRC and it's teams comes through in this fun conversation!

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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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.

A lively panel and lots of audio clips from podcasts past! Chad Boyd, fresh off winning the 2025 KTTN Fearless Forecasters football competition in his 15th year on that broadcast and Brian Upton, All-Time Winningest Girls Basketball Coach at Trenton High School (Missouri) step into the studio prepped and ready to share highs and lows in sports in 2025. The panel chooses favorite episode clips from Tucker Franklin, Tom Johnson, Greg Stahl and Gallatin Golf: Title Town with Brice Garnett and Chad Sullenger! Some surprise appearances from a star basketball coach and friend of the program plus Kris springs a quiz on Jeff at the end! Fun talk and great stories...

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie Thanks again to KTTN-FM for Tom Johnson broadcast clips!

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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.