ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Rayshawn Simmons is the head coach at Jennings High School (St. Louis). Ray hooped and played football in high school at Webster Groves (St. Louis), then went on to play basketball at Moberly Area Community College and then Division 1 at Central Michigan University. After graduating from there he went on to have a very successful professional career that began by playing in the NBA summer league with the Washington Wizards for 2 summers before going overseas with 9 different countries: Australia (Thunder), Belgium (Kangoeroes), Germany (Science City Jena and Ehingen/Urspringschule), Greece (Ionikos), Hungary (Zalakeramia ZTE KK), Qatar, Czech Republic (Prostejov) Ray is the co owner of Hoops and Beyond which is a program that teaches youth athletes the importance of mental health, financial literacy, character-building, career readiness, resiliency, life skills, and basketball skill development. He was an assistant coach for our former high school coach Jay Blossom at Principe high school in St. Louis as well as an assistant at Moberly Area for a year before becoming a first year head coach this year at Jennings high school. A resume that's up there with the best of them. We talk about growing up with Bradley Beal and go in depth about his playing and journey with things like his experience playing in the NBA summer league as well as his time at pre draft workouts with guys like Anthony Bennett, Tyler Ennis, Bobby Portis, Langston Galloway, Garrett Temple and a lot of other pros. We also talk about his experience as an assistant coach as well as his mindset entering his first year as a head coachPlaying at Webster Groves high school myself, Ray was someone I looked up to growing up so it was awesome to get to chop it up with him. Tap in with him and everything he's got going on:Instagram: @hoopsandbeyond_YouTube: @hoopsandbeyond Instagram: @r4ysw4yJennings Instagram: @jtownboysbball
