In high school, my senior year, I decided that I was interested in becoming a basketball coach, and I am not totally sure what triggered that desire in me. But once I decided this I talked to the athletic director of my high school at the time and he was a former Butlerbasketball player. After that I interviewed with both athletic directors at my high school in Indianapolis they gave me a recommendation to the Butler coaching staff, and as an Indianapolis native I was hired with not much else in the process.
At Butler, we have had 4 managers and 5 managers in my two years. My responsibilities are really just as it says, to manage things. I manage the laundry, locker room, uniforms, film, water, Gatorade, road trips, and then I am also used as an extra body on the floor during practice in whatever capacity they need me in.
My ultimate goal in life is to be a sports broadcaster. I really just want to work in sports, and/or in the restaurant business. Coaching is definitely a dream of mine, but the profession worries me because of all the stress I am worried it would cause me. But working for a professional sports team is a goal of mine. Just being able to succeed and do what makes me happy is my true life goal.
Throughout the two years of serving as a manager I became extremely successful by hard work and dedication. It also helps that the people in charge of me are real mentors and great people. Coach Stevens as well as the rest of the coaching staff are a great influence and have given me the opportunity to work hard and be the best manager I can be.
Being part of a Cinderella Story in the NCAA Tournament is pretty amazing. Since it is nothing I have ever experienced before, or even imagined to experience, it's hard to put in words. The coolest part about it is not being a fan but still working all the way and then having so many people with their eyes on you. The experience was one of the most humbling experiences of my life and all we wanted was the same thing and being a family was a huge factor in getting to where we got. Knowing we couldn't for one second break from who we were and what we had become was always with us and we did some great things together, and we couldn't of done it without each other.
Throughout the years I have received many inspiring pieces of advice. But the best piece of advice that sticks out to me the most is to be grateful, be humble, work hard, be selfless and have fun. Coach Brad Stevens gave me that piece of advice.
Other than working during the season as a manager I have worked all four weeks of Butler basketball camp this past June. I also worked a week at Baylor University's basketball camp. Other than these two camps I haven't had many opportunities in the summer to work basketball related events.
My most favorable memory of being a manager would be the Butler vs. Duke National Championship game, as much as I hate to say. Although we lost, it was the most memorable, and the biggest game. I remember every second played of the game, and then everything that came after was amazing. I remember vividly Gordon Hayward's last two shots, and although he missed them, something about that game felt like we had won. The second time we lost it, clearly the feelings afterwards were much much different.
Check out this video of Scott serving the Butler Bulldogs as a manager :
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