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Ep 422 Can a Marriage Survive a Basketball Season?
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- Sep 23, 2026
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https://teachhoops.com/ Title: Can a Marriage Survive a Basketball Season? Subtitle: An unfiltered conversation with the person who has watched every game from the other side of the scorer's table Show Notes Coaches talk to other coaches all the time. They rarely hand the microphone to the person who actually lives with the job. In this episode Coach Collins interviews his wife, and the conversation goes places most coaching podcasts do not. What we cover: How she describes the job to people who ask The answer is never "he coaches basketball." It is closer to a second household, a second family, and a calendar that belongs to somebody else from October to March. The moment she knew what she signed up for The first season, the first bad loss, the first time the community had opinions about her husband at the grocery store. What actually helps after a loss Coaches come home wired or wrecked. She breaks down what works, what backfires, and why "you guys should have pressed" is never the right sentence. The invisible labor of a coaching household Team meals, travel logistics, players in the kitchen, kids at practice. The program runs on work that nobody sees and nobody credits. Where the line is Basketball talk at dinner, film at midnight, phones during family time. The boundaries that actually held up over the years and the ones that never did. Raising kids in a gym The gift of growing up around a team, and the harder truth of sharing your dad with fifteen other people. The advice she would give a young coach's spouse Practical and direct, from somebody who has been through it enough times to be honest about it. One question for the coaches listening When was the last time you asked your family what the season costs them? Ask this week. Coach takeaway: The…