Enrique Sandoval has decades of experience in the game as a player and coach. Most recently, he led the Gervais girl’s program the the 2023 2A State Title. We discuss his upbringing and how it helped shaped him as a player and person. We also get into the impact of the Oregon Latino Basketball Tournament as well to why he did not recruit me when he was coaching at Chemeketa.
2:38 Developing his love for the game
5:50 Memories from the Oregon Latino Basketball Tournament
11:03 His state runner-up team as a senior at Woodburn HS
16:50 Battling through failure in high school
19:30 Encouraging our kids through failure rather than keeping them away from failure
25:10 His path to college basketball
31:48 An all-time George Libbon story from Chemeketa practice
35:53 Being able to handle intensity from coaches
38:05 Playing for legendary coach Bart Valentine at Warner Pacific
43:10 Returning to Chemeketa CC to start his career as a basketball coach
46:23 Transitioning to coaching at Sprague HS
48:40 Returning home to coach at Woodburn HS
51:30 Leading the Gervais girl’s team to a state title
57:50 The changing of youth basketball through one generation
59:40 All-time Woodburn starting 5
1:06:06 All-time Salem starting 5
