Coach'd Up

Tigh Compton, 11 Year Journey to Being Named Head Coach + Ideas to Sustain A Championship Culture:

Guest: Tigh Compton, University of Pikeville. Tigh begins his first year as head coach at the University of Pikeville. He discusses the transition to being in charge and how he plans to sustain the reputation of the program. Coach also discusses his journey from student assistant to head coach and gives genuine stories on how he broke into college coaching. 

Episode Notes:

1:40 - The Journey, 11 years coaching (all at Pikeville)

10:00 - Applying for Jobs, Opportunities to Leave?  Did you want to leave?

16:07 - Pressures to Follow The Success of Previous Legendary Coach (Kelly Wells)

21:40 - What Do You Want the Identity of the Program to Be?

23:33 - Style of Play

26:20 - 3 Things on Building/Sustaining A Championship Culture

32:30 - Challenges Competing in the Mid-South Conference Every Night

39:40 - Concerns with NAIA Merger and National Tournament Format Changes

49:45 - Genuine Advice on Climbing the Ladder, Chasing Jobs, & Breaking Into the Coaching Business

I took a virtual trip down to West Palm Beach, Florida to learn about 1st year Head Coach, Tae Norwood and Keiser Basketball.  17 years of coaching experiences on the D1, D2, and NAIA levels - Coach Norwood brought a lot of insight to the show. As always, we discussed "real" coaching topics that any coach on any level can relate to. 

Coach Norwood is currently up for HoopDirt.com's Coach of the Year in the NAIA.  Must listen!

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Featured: Delton Deal, SAGU Head MBB Coach // Leonard Epps, CCC Head MBB Coach 

Times have been tough in the world lately with the Coronavirus Pandemic.  For basketball coaches, things will be a little different with how we recruit, schedule visits, fill our rosters, retain student-athletes and more. We discussed how this pandemic can affect our lives, families, jobs, and the future. Also, we discussed the triumphs and struggles of our individual seasons, and how the hard times made us better and the good times made us hopeful. We spoke on modern topics that coaches on all levels can relate to. Check out the breakdown to get right to the topics you want to hear.  

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Breakdown:

0:01 Intro

4:05 Life at Home with the Coronavirus Pandemic

8:14 Ways to be Creative Recruiting to Our Schools

12:05 What Student-Athletes Should Put On/In Highlight Tapes 

17:40 Taking an Offer Away from an Athlete, When's a Fair Time to Move On?

23:17  Stresses of a Season, What Ways Do You Cope?

26:54 Coaching Is My Ministry Brand/Movement by Tree Burks, www.christianivybrand.com | IG: christianivy_

31:50 God is faithful to those who trust him completely. "He makes you the best version of yourself" 

33:40 What's Your Why?

36:58 Stay True to You, Don't Change What You Do.

40:38 Getting Affirmation from Twitter Could Be A Trap For Coaches

46:50 The Journey, Trust It.

50:25 The Work is the Reward

52:40 What We Do As Coaches Is a A Blessing

Leonard Epps, Head MBB Coach, at Champion Christian College

Delton Deal, Head MBB Coach,  of SAGU : @deltondeal10

Both coaches joined Coach'd up and talked about the College Hoops Coaching profession and handling the issues that come with coaching at "small ball" schools. As authentic and comical than any other coaching podcast, we discussed modern day topics that coaches from every level can relate to.  Check out the breakdown to get right to the topics you want to hear. 

Breakdown 

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0:17 - Intro, introducing our guests. 

3:39 - Coach Epps, from top assistant of a respected NAIA  school (SAGU) to NCCAA Head Coach - Why?

5:47 - Coach Deal’s thoughts and response to Coach Epps leaving SAGU. 

8:38 - “ I just like the process of building something” - Coach Epps

10:50 - As the school year approaches, some of the summer challenges for a small college coach. 

18:55 - Recruiting quality kids with lack of resources. How can you really know what type of kid/player you’re getting? 

27:50 - Telling a kid you’re probably not going to the NBA from non-D1 colleges without being a dream killer? 

              As the coach, what’s the best thing to do?

37:47 - The most effective way to build deep relationships with other coaches and build a strong authentic network. 

48:14 - I believe the most underrated thing in the coaching profession is truly believing in yourself and who you are” - Tree Burks

              The temptation of changing what you do as a coach because you see the success of other coaches. 

              “I had to sit down and re-evaluate myself. Who are you and what do you feel like you can teach” -  Delton Deal

54:41 - Innovative offense & gimmick defense that we may just try in the 2019-20 season. I doubt it, but it’s worth a laugh. 

57:01 - “I refuse to believe that 95% of coaches are recruiting just character and good kids vs talented kids with shaky character” - Tree Burks 

              Character & “good kids” looks different for every coach. Can you teach character to a talented “bad kid”?

Twitter: @ADirtKing

Adam Nelson, long time college basketball coach started the popular Hoopdirt.com, and came onto Coach'd Up to give me behind the scenes information on how he makes it work.

Gave me inside scoop on monetization, how he started HoopDirt, the challenges that come along with it, how it gets all of his "dirt", and more! Basketball junkies, You don't want to miss this! 

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Host: @treeburks

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Twitter: @CoachLudwig

Back-to-Back NAIA National Tournament Appearances, Appeared in NAIA Championship Game at Midland U. (Neb)

What exactly is Peru Ball?

Do you recruit Nebraska kids? Some of the challenges recruiting to Peru State

Coaching Lyle Hexom, NAIA superstar to NBA Summer League.. 

Advice to young coaches.. 

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Host: @treeburks

Twitter: @CoachJayUNO

Coach Jay Smith: 119-37 record in his collegiate career, coaching as an assistant at LSUA and head coach at Wiley College..

Coach Smith is currently an assistant coach at the University of New Orleans, and most recently served as the head coach at the historic Wiley College. 

Coach will discuss his unconventional journey to college coaching.. He will also talk about how the transition has been from NAIA Head Coach to Division I assistant. 

AAU Good or Bad for Basketball? 

You don't want to miss the insight and inspiration Coach Smith gives on this episode.

Twitter: @CoachJimBoone

Coach Jim Boone, one of the best coaches in the NCAA Division 2 and arguably one of best coaches at any level discusses his offensive & defensive philosophy..

Coach Jim Boone has won over 500 games, and has taken an unprecedented 4 different teams to the NCAA tournament..including 2 Final Four appearances & 6 Sweet 16 Appearances..Coach discusses his notable Pack-Line Defense & breaks down why he actually uses this defense vs. the Denial Pressure Defense..

He discusses why growth is important in the coaching business..and more..

Coach Boone has won over 500 games, and has taken an unprecedented 4 different teams to the NCAA tournament..including 2 Final Four appearances & 6 Sweet 16 Appearances..

Twitter: @CoachDoty

Coach Doty talks about his championship pedigree, winning 3 national championships..

What's the definition of CULTURE? "It may look different in every program"..

The ins and outs of building a program..

Transitioning from NAIA basketball to NCAA D2 & playing the U of Kansas in Phog Allen..