Nate Johnson [Building Culture On The Court And In The Kitchen]

Choose The Better Story Podcast · Apr 10, 2026 · 55m

Nate Johnson is a high school basketball coach, and has spent decades in the food industry. One of Nate's unique gifts is creating and building a strong culture within the teams he oversees, whether that's on the court, or in a restaurant kitchen.

Nate coaches basketball at Paradise High School, the same high school that he attended and graduated from. A unique challenge he has faced is coaching players who lived through the trauma of a massive wildfire that leveled most of Paradise, CA in 2018. In this episode we talk about the role love plays in building a thriving culture.

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