July 9, 2022
Dan Boyce
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Aaron Fearne was head coach of the Taipans for nine seasons and led the team to three postseason berths. Fearne was named the NBL Coach of the Year in 2015.

Prior to the 2018/19 season, the Taipans announced that Fearne would not return as head coach and shortly after he moved to the US to take up a role as an assistant coach at the University of Charlotte.

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Aussie Hoopla’s Dan Boyce spoke with ‘Fearny’ about the differences between college basketball and the NBL, his time with the Cairns Taipans, his year in the NBA with Nathan Jawai and his message for players or parents of players who want to make it onto an NCAA basketball team.

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Podcast topics include;

Aaron Fearne updates us on how his transition to coaching in the US college system after 9 seasons as head coach of the Cairns Taipans (2:00)
How the University of Charlotte is recruiting players in Australia and New Zealand (6:00)
How Covid is still impacting college recruiting, even in 2022 (7:30)
The major differences between coaching in the NBL and the NCAA (14:00)
Advice for players or parents of players who want to make it onto a Division I college basketball team (18:00)
Is there a way to know the best pathway to become a professional basketball player ie. college, AIS, NBL? (24:00)
The year Aaron spent in the NBA with Nathan Jawai as his development coach (28:00)
The key to creating a winning culture in a short period of time and how he was able to do that with the Cairns Taipans in the NBL (37:00)
Aaron Farne’s coaching website and how you can purchase his online coaching course (44:00)
The biggest hurdles and rewarding moments having transitioned to college coaching (46:00)

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