Episode 26 - Lucio Camacho - Loma Linda Academy AD and girls head coach on working at smaller Adventist schools at previous stops versus now at the largest in North America.

Lucio is the athletic director and girls head coach at Loma Linda Academy in California, the largest Seventh-day Adventist school in North America. His career in education began at now-closed San Pasqual Academy, where he started their sports program. He spent 15 years at Mesa Grande Academy, and Loma Linda until today.Lucio talks about the challenges of building a program at a boarding academy where kids leave for extended spans of time, and how he has supported and mentored his coaches throughout his career until today. The guys discuss some of the Mesa Grande Academy girls championship teams from the 2000s and 2010s, and Lucio breaks down things he’s been able to do at a large school like LLA that he always wanted to do at his previous stops.Dustin asks Lucio his thoughts about the right balance between playing some Adventist schools versus playing an exclusively non-Adventist schedule, and Lucio talks about how the Adventist Church could become more cohesive and active in corporately evaluating Adventist athletics. The guys preview the 2024-2025 LLA girls team and how their style of play will change with losing a lot of size from last season.Thank you for listening! Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe to help us grow this community!Follow AdventistHoops on Instagram: www.instagram.com/adventisthoops Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.