In this episode of the FocalFlip Podcast, we sit down with Highlands High School Head Basketball Coach Kevin Listerman to talk about leadership, mental toughness, and the journey that shaped one of Kentucky’s premier basketball programs.

Kevin shares what it was like growing up as the son of legendary coach Mike Listerman, learning the game on a gravel basketball court where toughness and ball-handling were built the hard way. We talk about his playing career at Northern Kentucky University under Coach Ken Shields and Coach Dave Bezold, and the coaches who made up his personal “Mount Rushmore” of mentors.

Coach Listerman also opens up about his time coaching collegiately at NKU and the difficult decision to step away when the lifestyl ...