{"podcast":{"title":"The Rising Coaches Podcast","slug":"the-rising-coaches-podcast-498118","podcast_index_feed_id":498118,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-rising-coaches-podcast/","website_url":"http://risingcoaches.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f3ece61a-e3e7-4b4b-9006-d4c045020ca0/tDf_45gSCBs8mEtdbQT4Fb_x.jpg","author":"Rising Coaches","episode_count":281,"summary":"From young assistants to head coaches, Rising Coaches sits down with some of the brightest minds in basketball to talk about their rise through the profession and what they are working on now.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:21:36.047257+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rising-coaches-podcast-498118"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 255: Mike MacDonald, Head Coach, Daemen University","slug":"episode-255-mike-macdonald-head-coach-daemen-university","published_at":"2026-04-13T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rising-coaches-podcast-498118/episode-255-mike-macdonald-head-coach-daemen-university","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rising-coaches-podcast-498118","url":"https://the-rising-coaches-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/255-mike-macdonald-head-coach-daemen-university","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d0e50fb3-edab-4a50-ac53-86eb3b39087c.mp3","summary":"On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by Mike MacDonald, Head Coach at Daemen University. Coach MacDonald has built his career with stops at Canisius and Daemen as an assistant before moving into head coaching roles at Canisius, Medaille, and now Daemen, where he continues to build a strong program. His experience across multiple roles has shaped his approach to leadership, development, and team success. In this episode we discuss how to effectively network on your own campus when you’re new to a program, how coaches like John Beilein and other head coaches he has worked with have helped impact their players and assistants to develop, as well as how Coach MacDonald uses his players’ strengths in games to put them in the best position to succeed.","meta_description":"On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by Mike MacDonald, Head Coach at Daemen University. Coach MacDonald has built his career with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2402,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rising-coaches-podcast-498118/episodes/episode-255-mike-macdonald-head-coach-daemen-university/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rising-coaches-podcast-498118/episode-255-mike-macdonald-head-coach-daemen-university.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}