Ep. 88 Coach Yusef Fitzgerald - The Piney Woods School

Ep. 88 Yusef Fitzgerald. Today on the Agee & Gates Podcast, Atlanta native Yusef Fitzgerald, Athletic Director and Coach at the historic, college prep school, Piney Woods. The Piney Woods School was founded in 1909 in rural Mississippi by Dr. Laurence C. Jones as an all black boarding school with the mission to educate and prepare students for leadership positions. Yusef was a stand-out high school player at Piney Woods where his team went 72-10 and won back-to-back state championships during his high school career. He went on to play college ball at Tougaloo before starting his coaching career. Yusef coached at the prestigious IMG Academy, at the high school and AAU level in Chicago and served as Director of Operations at Iona University before returning to coach at The Piney Woods School. Don't miss this incredible episode where we learn the importance of this historic institution and about Yusef's basketball career. Subscribe to Agee & Gates on YouTube for new podcast episodes and The Hoop Dreams Basketball Update covering all things basketball from the NBA, to WNBA, College Basketball and High School Ball. With Will Gates and Arthur Agee, from the Agee & Gates Podcast, the stars of the original Hoop Dreams Documentary. Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oghoopdreams/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oghoopdreams Hosted by Will Gates & Arthur Agee Produced by Matt Hoffar Editing by Matt Savage www.oghoopdreams.com REVOLT Podcast Network Brickhouse Ventures Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices