Last week we posted about looking to expand our base of interviewers to help us move this Wizards project forward. We’re still looking to hear from people who are interested in taking that on. In the meanwhile, though, we’ve had a noteworthy hand raised in response. Wizard Mick Haley has expressed interest and we’ve talked about what that could look like. It’s starting to take shape.

Pioneer Wizards

An idea dating back to the early days of the Wizards concept was to help share with people some of the sport’s history. It’s something we’ve certainly accomplished to a degree with the interviews we’ve done so far. We can take it much further, though.

The Pioneer Wizards concept is about focusing on coaches who are largely out of coaching now after lengthy careers. They might not be in position to talk much from a current coaching perspective. What they certainly can do, though, is tell us the tale of how we got to where we are today. And they can share with us their own career and personal development paths.

In other words, they can be for volleyball what the likes of John Wooden and Phil Jackson are for Basketball, or Bill Walsh and Vince Lombardi are for football. That is sources of long-lasting wisdom and insight.

We look forward to this branch of Wizards interviews developing in parallel with the Wizard Women ones already underway. Now is definitely a great time to join us on Patreon. There will be a lot of great content coming your way!