The Owner's Box, Ep. 38.

Mansfield boys' hoop coach Mike Vaughan earned his 300th career win last season.

The Original Gangsta of my podcasts, the audio-only The Owner's Box, is back with an excellent interview with Mansfield High boys' basketball coach Mike Vaughan, who visits for the second time, and the first time since January 2020.

With the pandemic practically over and the courts at Vaughan's Mass Premier Courts facility in Foxboro teeming with local athletes, I figured it was a good time to catch up with him to recap the events that led to the leap of faith into the 2020-21 season, how Vaughan was able to add several games to give his players as close to a normal season as possible, the thrilling quest of senior guard Matty Boen to score his 1,000th career point, how the athletes responded positively and responsibly throughout the season even with the specter of COVID-19 hovering over them, and what the future may hold for his next team.

We also talk about the upswing in live streaming of high school sports and what the future may hold for that in face of the MIAA's prior objections to live televising of games and the effect it may have on the gate for local athletic budgets.

It's a wide-ranging interview and it's always fun to talk basketball with Mike, who has won 313 games at Mansfield High in 17 seasons and has a string of nine straight league championship to take into next year. It's definitely worth the hour's time and the cost (it's free!). Enjoy.