NJCAA Hall of Fame Coach Joe Kuhn

Basketball & Bourbon Podcast

10-10-2022 • 1 hr 1 min

In Episode 6 we talk with National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame Coach Joe Kuhn. Coach Kuhn is entering his 26th season as a head coach at the NJCAA Division 3 level and his first season at the College of Dupage in Illinois. Over the past 25 seasons Coach Kuhn was the coach at Joliet Junior College. During his time at Joliet, Kuhn had record of 525-259, including a National NJCAA Division 3 title in 2010.

In the podcast Coach Kuhn and I discuss:

  • The importance of "attention to details " whether it is making bourbon or coaching a basketball team
  • His first reaction to trying Peerless Bourbon
  • Why he loves recruiting kids from Indiana and how his teams have benefitted from having Indiana players on his teams.
  • Coaching Kokomo's Dustin Smith, who happens to be 2022 Indiana Mr. Basketball & current Purdue player Braden Smiths father.
  • The time commitment of coaching
  • Who are some of the current NCAA teams he likes to study
  • and much more