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Coaches Confidential: What's the biggest challenge of being a basketball coach today?

The News-Leader reached out to a handful of high school basketball coaches in the area with several questions to answer with anonymity.

Today's question: "What are the biggest challenges a basketball coach faces today?"

Here were some of our panel's responses.

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The biggest challenge for me is helping student-athletes that want to go play in college actually get there. With the transfer portal and COVID extra year it’s extremely hard for high school kids to get recruited.

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Getting everyone in your school on the same page. It takes everyone pulling in the same direction - Kids, coaches, parents, admin, school community.