My experience as a graduate assistant is a little different than most. Many GA’s start out after their playing careers have ended, or they were student manager’s who have worked their way up. That wasn’t the case for me. After college, I began to teach and coach high school ball for about 10 years, always…
The month of March is such a great time of year for college basketball fans with terms such as, “brackets”, “seeds”, “Cinderella’s” and “Gonzaga” being talked about in offices and at dinner tables across the country. March is truly the most wonderful time of year for college basketball players, coaches and fans. The aspect of…
Dear AJ and Austin, You guys have no idea how it feels to see you guys stop playing with a toy to run to me and grab me once I stand up. I understand that you don’t know whether I’m standing up to leave the house once again or just walking to another room in…
It’s ironic that I’m writing this post on exactly my 90th day on the job here at UMass. The speed at which time goes when your fortunate enough to become a head Coach is amazing! It is a complete whirlwind and there will be plenty of times where you need to stop…and take a deep…
I remember when I was a grassroots coach in New York City, I would travel from city to city with our high school teams in hopes of helping our guys land Div. 1 scholarships. I would get excited when we would compete during the “live periods” in front of college coaches. It would motivate me…
Probably like most of you that will read this there is rarely a day that goes by that I feel like I have a “real job”. I truly am honored, excited, and fortunate to serve Towson University so when Rob asked me to contribute I figured I’d share my journey to get here. I grew…
“Managing Change: Taking Over an organization, Building Culture, Hiring Staff, Getting Buy-In” INTERVIEW PROCESS You are interviewing them as they interview you. What are their expectations and are they reasonable? Evaluate what you are walking into: Who was there before? Why is there change? Did that person have success and move on or did that…
30,000 MADE SHOTS IN TWELVE WEEKS By Ron Hughey University of Houston Head Women’s Basketball Coach Ron Hughey is granting Coach-Speak.net a look behind the curtain by sharing some direct communication he has with his players. A popular tool many sports programs utilize to communicate with theirs teams is something called TEAMWORKS. It is a…
“Transition ” Defined in the dictionary this term means: “The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another” Most coaches talk about it on offense, going to score or running your lane or advancing the ball. Defensively, we say “call out your man” or “who’s got the first pass” or…
I want to start this post by stating how excited I am about the Coach-Speak concept. With the recent and explosive success of ‘The Players Tribune’ and how much that site has evolved my perspective, I’m confident this platform can serve a similar function. A few weeks ago, two of our assistant coaches had job…
