Griz Greats: The Coaching Tree brought to you by Blackfoot Communications is an interview series hosted by Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez from ESPN Missoula. University of Montana basketball has an illustrious reputation for producing some of the best college basketball coaches that the game has ever seen, and it can be traced back to legendary Michigan State head men's basketball coach Jud Heathcote, who got his first college head coaching job at the University of Montana. The coaches that have followed him have gone on to make their own significant marks in college basketball at places like Stanford, Old Dominion, and Utah to name a few. Ryan and Colter sat down with every Montana head men's basketball coach who followed Jud Heathcote to talk about what makes Montana basketball and Missoula special. Bonus episodes include interviews with some former Montana basketball players and other significant influences on the program.
Robin Selvig played for Jud Heathcote before becoming the women's head basketball coach at the University of Montana for more than three and a half de...
Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez sat down with Martin Breunig and Bobby Moorehead, who both played for current University of Montana head men's basketba...
Travis DeCuire played for the University of Montana under Blaine Taylor, and he was an assistant coach for Taylor at Old Dominion and Mike Montgomery ...
Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez caught up with former Montana big man Derek Selvig to talk about his experience playing for Wayne Tinkle, being a part ...
Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez sat down with Shawn Samuelson, who played for Blaine Taylor and with Travis DeCuire. Samuelson also has a son now playi...
Wayne Tinkle played for Mike Montgomery and Stew Morrill before embarking on a professional basketball career that spanned the globe, and he was an as...
Ryan Tootell and Colter Nuanez sat down with Andrew Strait and Jordan Hasquet, who both played for Larry Krystkowiak and Wayne Tinkle at the Universit...
Larry Krystkowiak returned to Missoula to become the head coach of the Montana Grizzlies after playing a dozen years of professional basketball and st...
Pat Kennedy was the head basketball coach at the University of Montana for two seasons after he had been the head coach at Iona, Florida State, and De...