Welcome to Open Conversation with Malik. Today on Episode 4: The House that Stan Gourad Built Feat: Coach Stanley Gourad. I this episode I had the opportunity to sit down with the head coach at the University of Southern Indiana. This was a special day as I got to interview not only a friend but also, a hometown hero as he played his FIRST Division I basketball game in the OVC.

Like all of my other episodes I like to kick the show off with a background story about each one of my guest and then I give them the floor to tell their story. Stan and I grew up in Illinois together where I had the opportunity to see him play basketball in high school, pick up ball in the neighborhood, later on in college, and now watching him coach at the University of Southern Indiana. 

Packed inside this episode you get to hear Stan talk about his journey playing basketball at the high school level, later attending college to play basketball, being projected to be drafted in the late first round of the 1994 NBA Draft, injuries that required surgery, to now being the Head Coach at The University of Southern Indiana.

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Check out this Open Conversation with Malik in Episode 3: Fatherhood & Sports as he talks to two fathers and their sons about their journey playing sports in high school and their plans for the near future.