His father, Joe, played on Newark's 1936 championship team. The boys may be protypical sons of a coach, but Scott Weakley tried to downplay his role in their success on the hardwood. I think they picked up a lot by osmosis, just by being around the game and hanging around my players at practice during that time,'' he said. I know they also picked up a lot from each other. The older brother always kind of set the table for the next one.
Brothers are competitive by nature, so one tries to exceed the other.
Jason Weakley said he seeks advice from his brothers more often than his father. That's one thing people misunderstand about me,'' he said. They ask me if my dad gets on me if I make a turnover or a mistake in a game. He doesn't say anything about basketball to me unless I ask him. He's not very critical of me at all.