A Pen And A Napkin

The GBB HC at Mustang (OK), Katie Smith has built one of the best programs in the Sooner State. On this week's pod, Coach Smith discusses playing for her father, how to build a great culture, how to run a quality summer league and much more! A great conversation with one of Oklahoma's best!

This week, we are really excited to welcome on Katie Smith, the GBB HC at Mustang (OK) High School. Coach Smith discusses a variety of topics including how to put together a quality summer league, slogans to get her important cultural messages across, playing and coaching with her father and much more. A great conversation with one of Oklahoma's finest!!

As coaches, it is important that we teach the game properly and efficiently. In this episode, Tony and I break down teaching methods, how to get the most out of your team, what your priorities should be, and much more!

Today, we're celebrating the 150th interview podcast of "A Pen And A Napkin" with former University of Kansas and University of North Carolina Head Coach Roy Williams! Coach was very gracious with his time, and we had a wide ranging discussion, from his coaching influences to retirement, running an efficient offense, improving from year one to year two, Michael Jordan and much more! Enjoy episode #150!!

Have a solid plan going into your season is essential for success, but what are some of the things that you should consider when putting that plan together? This week, Tony and I break down how we put together are practice schedules going into the season, including when to implement certain concepts, how to implement certain concepts and other considerations. Enjoy our conversation!

We had a great night last night at Wine 121 in Omaha as myself, Sarah Goodwin from Bennington (NE) High School, Kirk Walker of the College of St. Mary's and Shawn Gilbert, the Head WBB Coach at Midland University sit around and talk some hoops. We chatted about how to handle a cancer on the team, early season adjustments, establishing roles, integrating new players into your program, what a head coach looks for in an assistant and much more!!

Every program should be meeting with both their players and their parents before the season begins. With those meetings should be some sort of packet of information to share with your families about pertinent information about your upcoming season, your philosophy and anything you feel is important to the success of your season. In this episode of "The Coaching Staff", Tony and I go into a bunch of details on what to share and how to share it with both your players and your parents.

Dylan Seikel, the new men's HC at SUNY-Canton, comes on the podcast this week. Voted a "30 under 30" by the NBCA last year, Coach Seikel is stepping into his new job as a late hire, so we chat about what he's trying to implement, hiring a staff on short notice, offensive and defensive philosophy and much more! A great conversation with one of America's best young coaches!

As we inch closer to the opening of our practices, we have a lot of important things that have to be taken care of. In this week's edition of "The Coaching Staff", Tony and I discuss a variety of different aspects of your program that you should have taken care of before the first practice of the year, or at the very least, taken care of early in the season. Over the next few weeks, Tony and I will then break down and get more specific about many of these topics!

We're really excited to have Josh Luedtke, the head boys basketball coach at Creighton Prep (NE) this week! Coach Luedtke talks about his background as a Prep graduate, being a "football guy" coaching basketball, changing to an uptempo philosophy and some of the great traditions at Creighton Prep. Great conversation with one of the Metro's best!