It’s Christmas card season, and I know this because I have started getting text messages asking “Can I get your new address?” If you are a lifetime assistant like me, you move around a lot. It just comes with the territory. I am at my third new address in the last three years. I am…
During the recruiting process, college coaches obviously play a major role in a recruit’s life. The idea of a coach who has a great career, lives this exciting life, a real professional, wants your attention & for you to play for this big university can seem surreal. I mean, this is a pretty big deal,…
I never wanted to be a coach. That is one thing. But when it was posed to me as a challenge, I am drawn to challenges. I’ve been that way my whole life. Relationships are probably the key aspect to my success as a coach, and it goes back to my experience as a collegiate…
Genuine relationship building takes time. More than ever before, coaches have to really make a conscience decision to develop genuine relationships with their players. The ability to communicate with your players is an invaluable skill. These relationships allow coaches to earn the respect and trust of their players. Once these genuine relationships have been built…
Three years ago, I was looking back on my career and it hit me that I had so many experiences to share. While on vacation with my family, they brought up the idea of writing a book about my life. My sons said, “Dad, we are going to be more successful than you,” I replied,…
In the spring of 2011 I saw Prince Ibeh play for the first time. He was playing for the Top Achievers Program at a spring AAU event at the Bob Knight Center in Duncanville, TX. I had just returned to Texas for my second stint on the staff. When I first joined the Texas staff in…
There is not a coach in our business who does not want to win, and win big. Certainly there are many similarities among all programs, but there are also key differences in perspectives on the best way to put together a team and build a program. How many times do we, as coaches, ignore things…
The year was 1983. I had just finished working a basketball camp on Long Island. Mitch Kupchak’s “Yes I Can” Basketball Camp to be specific. Stan Kellner, Mitch’s high school coach, started the “Yes I Can” camps that were run in various parts of the country. (More on Coach Kellner in another article, possibly. A…
I usually get a full physical every year right when the season ends. It’s something I’ve made a high priority, especially as I get older in this profession. But this year was different. This was a transitional year for me. I left Fresno State for the chance to return home to Texas and become the…
Wow!!! What a great two days of basketball. Let me start by thanking Jordan Mincy, my former player and coach who is now an assistant at Florida along with Mike White, Florida’s Head Mens Basketball Coach, for inviting me to attend the clinic these last few days. In addition, thanks to Larry Shyatt of the Dallas…
