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Al Aldridge, girls hoops coaching legend, talks career, AAU versus high school and more: The Iso podcast with Dan Dickau

Al Aldridge has been out of the high school coaching game since 2012, but still to this day preaches to up and coming players the importance of playing high

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Al Aldridge, girls hoops coaching legend, talks career, AAU versus high school and more: The Iso podcast with Dan Dickau
Al Aldridge, girls hoops coaching legend, talks career, AAU versus high school and more: The Iso podcast with Dan Dickau /

Al Aldridge has been out of the high school coaching game since 2012, but still to this day preaches to up and coming players the importance of playing high school basketball.

Aldridge led the Prairie High School girls basketball program to six state championships and finished with a career 710-134 record over the course of 32 years. Now a club coach, Aldridge joined Dan Dickau on Friday's episode of The Iso podcast to talk about his accomplished coaching career, his thoughts on AAU coaches encroaching on players' high school experiences and more.

The Iso with Dan Dickau is a podcast presented by SBLive Sports and the Bleav Podcast Network, which publishes weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Dickau, a former Gonzaga All-American, NBA vet-turned basketball analyst interviews experts all corners of the sports world from coaches, front office executives to athletes about untold stories, memories and experiences.

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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