Episode 9 Ft. Alex Varlan

Shootin' the Breeze with Max Hooper

Today I have a very special guest, the current director of scouting and recruiting innovations at Oakland University, Alex Varlan. I first met Alex when I first arrived at Oakland University in 2014. That was when he began his first year working at Oakland. Prior to Oakland he worked at Tennessee on the women’s side of things under pat summit for 4 years while also spending a year working for the Philadelphia 76ers in the front office. He may not get a lot of the credit for the work he does, but it helps the players and coaching staff a lot. He and I began a routine with my roommate Martez Walker where the day before a game in the hotel room he would bring both Martez and me about 8-10 clips of ourselves from the last game. Some would be the things we did well and some would be what we can do better. They all focused on small details and subtleties that Coach Kampe may not have the time to address with each individual player. He adds a lot of value to the Oakland University basketball program that goes unnoticed by many.