Episode 272: Coach Robert Brost (Head Boy's Basketball Coach) Bolingbrook High School, Bolingbrook, Illinois

Rob Brost is the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, Illinois, a suburb just west of Chicago. Brost is the winningest coach in school history, having led the Raiders to seven consecutive 20 win seasons while advancing to the IHSA Final Four twice. They were ranked among the Top 20 teams in the nation. He was named Coach of the Year by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. He has coached over 60 players at Bolingbrook that have gone on to play at the collegiate level, most notably Boston Celtics guard Brodric Thomas. He has also been a USA basketball coach since 2018. He coached at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Illinois for five seasons, spending two seasons as an assistant coach and then three seasons as the head coach. From 2001 to 2007, he was the manager of basketball operations with the Chicago Bulls Training Academy. The role put him in charge of all youth programs for the Bulls organization. He got his start playing basketball at Cedar Falls High School, playing under legendary coach Jerry Slykhuis. At Bolingbrook, he has developed an innovative defense titled “Man Left” which forces all offensive players to the left side of the court. Man Left is a highly effective defense that can be used as either a primary or a secondary man-to-man defense. [email protected]  https://twitter.com/brookhoops