His teammates call interactions with him the Full Drew Experience. His mom worries they’ll “resonate like an episode of Jackass.” He’s Drew Timme, and he’s back at Gonzaga to chase a title—and continue to spread joy
Last spring, at a biology class on the Spokane River, Gonzaga basketballers Drew Timme and Anton Watson encountered a tall-person problem: They could not find lab-issued boots large enough for their gargantuan feet. Timme, because he is Timme, crammed his size-18 human snowshoes halfway into the biggest pair available, then skipped down to the banks, which were lined with trees and rock formations, dark-blue water sparkling in the sun.
Because this is Timme, no one considers his perch at the rare intersection of ’stache and sports all that unusual. Not for a forward who spent this summer watching—movie, giggling at the nut shots and studying the acting. Not for a dude who creates personalized routines for his pregame introduction, an amalgam of fist bumps, headbutts, chest bumps, thumb wars and handshakes that can include everyone from a ball boy to Zags coach Mark Few.
At his essence, this is Timme: pure, unadulterated, injectable joy bottled into a lumpy, towering body. The ’stache is his spigot, spreading unbridled enthusiasm throughout his world and far beyond. He describes the FDE like this:This matters because he is Timme, a distinct headliner for college basketball’s most unlikely power. Gonzaga is a small school in a remote location. But that hasn’t stopped expectations from ballooning beyond what’s reasonable.
. But they also knew the Drew that actively made the FDE possible. That Drew showed up at practices for Drive Nation—the AAU program started by former NBA All-Star Jermaine O’Neal—in Uggs and cut-off T-shirts before turning laughter into awe. Timme sought extra time with O’Neal, peppering him with questions about footwork and positioning.
Her son—a human being currently in good standing everywhere except on campus at rival BYU—didn’t lack for scholarship offers. Michigan State. Texas. Arizona. Texas A&M. Drew made a pivotal choice in 2019. He picked Gonzaga, the perfect incubator for a brand he didn’t know existed yet. He chose joy, because he is Timme.
Travis Knight, the school’s strength and conditioning coach, came to believe everyone could follow Timme toward the rarest of places: happiness. The kindergarten mentality his coaches described wasn’t an insult. Yes, dealing with children that young is frustrating. But strip away busy schedules and endless workweeks and so much self-induced stress: Most adults would love nothing more than to return to that state. Because he is Timme, he lives there, population 1 ½.
He did take a long, atypically serious look at professional basketball. But in the way only he could, because he is Timme. He started with an easy baseline, deciding to participate in the combine and team workouts. He wanted to gauge the possibilities, and he couldn’t do that if he didn’t play. But he promised himself he wouldn’t lose the joy that now defined him.
Leaving, he decided, constituted a bigger gamble—and that stemmed, in large part, from how the college basketball landscape had changed around him. His classmates at Gonzaga aren’t starstruck. But because of new NIL rules, he also was no longer like them. He could endorse products, bank millions and still laugh his way through marketing classes.
Speaking of: Timme the brand had already partnered with a local casino, Northern Quest Resort; Boost Mobile; and, naturally, Dollar Shave Club. As decision day reached its final hour, Timme hung out with his parents. Really, he already knew. “Oh, my God,” Megan says. “So annoying. I’m a bundle of nerves, and he’s in there playing video games.”with a two-word tweet, sent with 46 minutes to spare. “I’m back.” Bolton was so excited, he called his mom.
Next year will be an even larger event. “I’m already making plans for a bigger room,” senior associate AD Jared Hertz says. One that can accommodate a personality the size of the FDE.
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