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"Episode 315: Charles Allen, Assistant Coach, New York Knicks" is an episode of The Rising Coaches Podcast. Runtime 50 min. Published November 9, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
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On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by Charles Allen, Assistant Coach with the New York Knicks. Allen’s journey includes playing at Dallas Baptist before working his way through coaching roles with Houston, Phoenix, Houston again, Utah, Sacramento, and now New York. In this episode we discuss what his one-week tryout as a student manager for Kelvin Sampson at Houston was really like, how working with different coaching minds shaped the coach he is today, what makes an assistant truly valuable beyond simply knowing basketball, and some of his biggest “welcome to the NBA” moments along the way.
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