Aaron Woliczko served as the head coach of the Montana Tech’s men’s basketball team from 2010 through 2013. He had the program clearly pointed in the right direction when he and his family decided to move back to California.

Not long after that, Coach Woliczko started what has to be considered a dream job with the West Coast Conference. He is currently the senior associate commissioner for men’s basketball and sports administration.

In that job, he gets to rub elbows with some of the best coaches in the world. He has attended multiple Final Fours as part of his job, getting to sit in the good seats with the other “suits.”

Before he got into coaching, Woliczko was a three-sport athlete at Santa Cruz High School in California. He played basketball in junior college before taking his talent to the University of the Pacific, where he helped the Tigers win back-to-back Big West Conference titles.

Wolcizko’s Tigers went 24-6 and made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1997. That team was inducted into the Pacific Athletic Hall of Fame.

As a senior in 1998, Woliczko and the Tigers went 23-10. He played most of the season with a broken hand. He also shared the court with teammate Michael Olowokandi, who was drafted with the first pick of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Today, Coach Woliczko is not the most famous athlete in his family. That would be his daughter, McKenna. She is a senior basketball and softball star at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Bruno, California. She is also a five-star basketball recruit who recently committed to play for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Aaron and his wife Erika also have a son, James, who was born after the family moved back to California. Look for big things to come from him someday, too.

Listen in to this episode as Coach Woliczko talks about growing up in California and playing basketball at Pacific.

Listen as he talks about his days coaching the Orediggers and some of the great players who brought to town. Listen to hear how much he loves his current job and what it is like to be the father of a five-star recruit in the days of Name Image and Likeness.

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