Thursday, John A. Logan men's basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters was announced as an assistant coach to new Missouri coach Dennis Gates.  As he prepares to depart for Columbia, Smithpeters gave a parting statement that you can listen to below.

Smithpeters went 241-73 over 10 seasons as the head coach of the Vols and coached a pair of NJCAA Player of the Year in Sean East, who is also headed to Mizzou, and Jay Scrubb who went directly to the NBA after his time at John A. Logan College.

Smithpeters plans to join Sportsvoice on Saturday morning.

 

SIU Football coach Nick Hill spoke with the media on Tuesday about how the bye week benefitted his team and ways to turn the season around with just five games left in the season.

 
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Head coach of John A. Logan Baseball, Kyle Suprenant, joined Talkin Vols on Tuesday night and talked with Matt Varney about the construction going on at the baseball and softball fields, the upcoming season for the Vols, and some of the local kids on the roster:

 
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Photo Courtesy of UIndy//Cody Wainscott

Former John A. Logan standout and current University of Southern Indiana head basketball coach Stan Gouard joined the halftime show during the John A. Logan vs. SWIC game on Tuesday.  He talked with Mike Murphy about his old playing days, USI moving up to Division I, and the state of basketball today:

 
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