Good coaches know X’s & O’s. Great coaches know their players

Don’t ever take a low maintenance player for granted. Very important to winning.

For winners, losing inspires them, for losers, losing defeats them.

“Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen to what they don’t want to hear” – John Madden

“Don’t coach and teach too much about where you want to be, coach and teach where you are as a team right now, and what you want to do right now in order to play your best.” – John Wooden

Recruit guys that don’t need a play called to make a play

Everything is about your staff

Evaluate talent with your eyes, not your ears

What stops a player from reaching his POTENTIAL?

– Uncoachable

– Low pain threshold

– Low IQ for basketball

– Selfishness

– Will not do the little things

– Drugs & alcohol

– Academics

Get the WINNERS into the games!

COACHING is overrated; LEADERSHIP is not!

One of the keys to coaching is to develop the self-discipline to focus on fewer things