The Elevation Basketball Podcast

Today we welcome in one of the nations premier college basketball coaches Coach Pat Kelsey. After a highly successful 9 seasons at Winthrop, Coach Kelsey made the jump to the College of Charleston, a program rich in its history and tradition of great coaches. 

Pat Kelsey was named the 24th all-time head men’s basketball coach at the College of Charleston on March 25, 2021.

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In this jam packed episode, Coach Mark Cascio joins the show. Highly successful coach from Louisiana, Coach Cascio takes us on his journey from successful high school coach to D1 college assistant at App St University in Boone NC. Widely known for his prowess on the offense end and program development, Coach Cascio has done hundred's of coaching clinics and speaking engagements to one on one consulting through his company courtside consulting. We are so excited to have him as our guest today and pick his brain about modern basketball, decision making and decision training, the use of SSG's. Your gonna love his advise on KPI or Key Performance Indicators and we end the episode with great advise for all coaches on the use of "Marginal Gaines". If you wish to connect with Coach Cascio for more information, he can be reached on twitter @Coachcascio or his email address [email protected]

You will love this episode as two friends sit down and talk basketball. This is one of the most enjoyable episodes we've ever done! I hope you will enjoy as there is tons of great information in this episode.

Listed as ESPN top 40 coaches under 40, UNCA Head Coach Mike Morrell talks about his tenure with Coach Shaka Smart at both VCU and Texas and how that has brought him to UNCA. After tough first season at the helm, Coach Morrell post the second largest turn around in college basketball in over a decade. Coach Morrell talks about the challenges and advantages of coaching at a non football school and the adversity his team had to overcome after beating a nationally ranked Winthrop team only to have to go on a Covid pause for over 30 days. Don't Miss this episode of the Elevation Basketball Podcast with UNCA Head Coach Mike Morrell.

Any High School Coach, Player and Parent will benefit from Anthony's insight on Player Development. He is one of the best trainers I have seen over the years and in this episode he breaks it all down and give adovse to coaches, players and parents on what to look for in a trainer. We have a big discussion on how to make it translate to the games, the coaches roll in the process, the trainers roll in the process and, most importantly, the players roll in the process. 

This might be one of the best episodes we've done yet! Coaches young and old will benefit from this one! We dive deep into some deeply held traditions that may actually be holding your team and your players back from reaching their full potential. We highly recommend you give this one a listen as Tyler Coston of PGC Basketball explains why "SHELL DRILL" is an outdated drill and how your post game speeches are NOT helping your teams.

One of the most successful head coaches in all of WNC talks about winning the locker room first and how he has developed that culture with his young team. Coach Stevens does an amazing job and you will love this episode. 

Fresh off wrapping up their 4th consecutive conference championship, Hendersonville(NC) Bearcat Head Coach Marvin Featherstone joins the show today to talk all things with Bearcat Hoops. Traditional powerhouse in the 70's and 80's, Coach Featherstone uses that old familiar recipe of full court pressure and electric pace on offense taught to him by his former coach at Hendersonville, Bobby Wilkins to remind folks that Hendersonville is a basketball program to be reckoned with!

This is campfire edition, Coach Wheel talks to us about how to properly train our players in the weight room. He will discuss what to look for when starting a program for your players, things to avoid, and tips to make your players perform at their best! This is great episode for all coaches interested in training HS athletes. Can't wait to dive in!

In this episode, Coach Shaun Ali from Hoops Consultant walks us through the steps he uses with his clients on how to study film the correct way. He talks about how to be more efficient, what it too much and what is not enough. If you are interested in learning how to study film with your team or with your players individually, this is the episode for you. This is part 1, in part 2 coming soon we will take the information that coach uses in this episode to walk us through an actual film study session If you interested in contacting Shaun as a consultant, he is on twitter as hoops consultant @shaunali34