Coaching U Podcast With Coach Brendan Suhr

Coach Brendan Suhr talks to Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach David Fizdale about maximizing bigs in a league shifting away from size, his relationship with LeBron and the big 3 in Miami, what he learned coaching LeBron in Miami, his take on real data & more!

Coach Brendan Suhr talks to NBA legend and current Head Coach of the D-League Champion Toronto Raptors 905’s Jerry Stackhouse about transitioning from being a player to a coach, helping players fulfill their dreams, how the G-League will help develop the NBA and provide more opportunities to develop player talent, his aspirations of coaching in the NBA and more!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Houston Rockets Associate Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik to talk about coaching with Mike D’Antoni, transitioning from coaching the Denver Nuggets to the Air Force Academy, teaching players to self-coach, building internal leadership & much more!

Coach Brendan Suhr talks to University of Florida Head Coach Mike White about taking over the program from Billy Donovan, transferring his style of play from LA Tech to Florida, recruiting in the talent rich state of Florida & more!

Coach Brendan Suhr talks to legendary International basketball coach & current San Antonio Spurs Associate Head Coach Ettore Messina about developing internal leadership on a team, how the style of play is changing in the game today, how to combat switching on pick & roll’s, what he’s learned from coaching with Gregg Popovich & more!

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by his longtime friend and current Oklahoma City Thunder Head Coach Billy Donovan to talk about what it takes to win, NBA playoff observations, how the game is changing right before our eyes, coaching players at all levels, NBA free agency vs college recruiting & much more!!

Coach Brendan Suhr talks to longtime friend and legendary NBA player/coach John Lucas about youth basketball today, getting the top 100 players in the country to the NBPA’s Top 100 Camp at UVA each year, being the #1 pick in the draft, the state of youth basketball in America & much much more!

Coach Brendan Suhr talks to Jefferson Mason, former professional basketball player who is currently working with Dr. Dish Basketball as part of their efforts to provide the most cutting edge and innovative basketball training on the planet. Jefferson and Coach Suhr talk about how Dr. Dish can take your players training program to the next level, how it can assist your practices, and how nothing else in basketball compares! For more information visit DrDishBasketball.com

Coach Brendan Suhr talks to ESPN basketball analyst and International Basketball expert, Fran Fraschilla about what he’s learned traveling across the country observing and covering college coaches and programs for ESPN, where he thinks the game is today, the impact on International basketball, and more! Fran will be speaking on Thursday, April 20th in Fort Worth, Texas at our Coaching U Fort Worth event, if you’re in the area register online or at the door Thursday morning!

Coach Brendan Suhr talks about how coaches today in all sports need to dedicate themselves to becoming continuous learners. Coach highlights the basic fact, what got you where you are won’t get you where you need to go. In order to excel at everything you set yourself to achieve you need to dedicate yourself to becoming a voracious reader, whether it’s a book a week, a month, or daily reading of online articles, every day attempt to learn something new.

Coach Brendan Suhr recaps this past Saturday’s Final Four matchups, the unbelievable weekend at the Women’s Final Four, Dawn Staley’s historic impact on the game, and looks forward to tonight’s national championship between UNC & Gonzaga. Coach breaks down Gonzaga’s inside power game and UNC’s tenacity on the offensive boards, in what will be a great coaching matchup to watch between Mark Few and Roy Williams!

Coach Brendan Suhr recaps this past weekends Sweet 16 matchups and breaks down the 2017 Men’s Final Four matchups in Phoenix from a coaches perspective and teases some more Coaching U announcements for this summer!

Coach Brendan Suhr breaks down the 2017 Men’s Sweet 16 from Greg Gard’s veteran Wisconsin Badger squad and Mike White’s first Florida Sweet 16 appearance to the hardest man-to-man defense left in the tourney, Frank Martin’s South Carolina Gamecocks who will be locked in a defensive battle at The Mecca, Madison Square Garden. Coach Suhr previews the Sweet 16 matchups from a coaches perspective and previews some very special Coaching U announcements for this summer!

BJ Armstrong, 3x NBA Champion with the Chicago Bulls, now EVP & Managing Executive at Wasserman, and co-host of the BJ & Bucher podcast joins Coach Brendan Suhr to talk about playing against Coach Suhr’s Pistons back in the day, matching up against Isaiah Thomas, inside the triangle offense, his view on players today and how the game is constantly changing & much much more! Follow @BJArmstrong

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Scott Howard, longtime coach and one of the best NBA scouts in the game, currently for the Denver Nuggets, to discuss a very timely topic at this time of the year, getting fired. Scott shares lessons he’s learned first hand and through others over the years that will help you rebound and make your next chapter the best ever!

Coach Brendan Suhr breaks down the 2017 Men’s NCAA Tournament bracket and previews the first week of matchups, focusing in on a few matchups to watch from a coach’s perspective. From Virginia Tech & Wisconsin to UNC-Wilmington & UVA to Florida & East Tennessee, Coach Suhr breaks down all the games on upset watch and gives his take on what each coach will be looking to do to win this week.

Jay Wright, Villanova Men’s Basketball Head Coach and Defending National Champion joined the Coaching U Podcast to talk to Coach Brendan Suhr about his new book ‘Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court’ and also how he’s approaching the possibility of coaching his team to potentially back-to-back national championships, how he’s dedicated his program to building a family culture, both in recruiting and building the program. Jay also talks about what he’s learned the most about coaching, why he’s a coach and much much more!

Donnie Jones, former head coach at UCF & Marshall, 2-time National Champion assistant coach at the University of Florida under Billy Donovan and current LA Clippers scout joined the Coaching U Podcast to talk to Coach Brendan Suhr about the path of a coach, his journey from a GA to a national champion assistant coach to a head coach and now to a pro scout. Follow @DonnieJones

Legendary LSU Basketball Coach Dale Brown joined the Coaching U Podcast to talk to Coach Brendan Suhr about what he believe the purpose of coaching truly is, lessons he’s learned from his relationship with John Wooden, his recruitment and lifelong friendship with Shaq, the journey to build the LSU program & much more! As a basketball coach at Louisiana State University for 25 years (1972-1997), Coach Brown appeared in 15 straight national tournaments and is the winningest coach in LSU basketball history. He led teams to 17 consecutive non-losing seasons. Only four coaches have won more conference championships than Coach Brown and he has won conference championships in three different decades. He has led his teams to two Final Fours and four Elite Eights. He was named SEC Coach of the Year or runner-up nine times and was twice named National Basketball Coach of the Year.

Don Yaeger, award-winning keynote speaker, business leadership coach, and nine-time New York Times Best-selling author talked to Coach Brendan Suhr about the legendary UCLA Coach John Wooden, insights he’s learned after years of knowing Coach Wooden, his latest project with John Maxwell, & much more! Don Yaeger has fashioned a career as one of America’s most provocative thought leaders. As a speaker, he has worked with audiences as diverse as Fortune 500 companies and cancer survivor groups, where he shares his personal story. He is primarily sought to discuss lessons on achieving Greatness, learned from first-hand experiences with some of the greatest sports legends in the world. Additionally, Don has been retained by companies and organizations to coach their leaders, management teams and employees on building a culture of greatness by looking at Great Teams in sports and discerning the business lessons we can learn from them. Follow @DonYaeger