Basketball Coaching 401 (EDEX 178)

3 Semester Hours of Graduate Credit

COURSE OVERVIEW

Basketball Coaching Methods is designed to help high school level coaches identify and express their individual coaching philosophies. You will be challenged to evaluate your own communication and motivational skills by examining how some of the top coaches in the profession function and run their respective teams.

We will look at cutting edge teaching techniques, as well as principles that have proven successful over decades. We will break down some of the most successful systems and ideas that are currently being executed by many of the nation’s most successful coaches.

INSTRUCTOR

Chad Buchanan, NBA Scout

• Former Assistant Basketball Coach Drake University, Des Moines Iowa
• Former Assistant Coach and Director of Player Personnel, Kansas City Knights, Kansas City, Missouri
• Former Assistant Coach, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa

Featuring Video Segments by the Following:

• Eric Musselman, Coach, Sacramento Kings
• Kevin Eastman, Assistant Coach, Boston Celtics
• Jay Bruno, Coach, DePaul University
• Steve Smith, Coach, Oak Hill Academy
• Bruce Weber, Coach, Illinois University
• Geno Auriemma, Member, Basketball Hall of Fame
• Brian Gregory, Coach, University of Daytona
• Jim Boeheim, Coach, Syracuse University
• Morgan Wooten, Coach, DeMatha High School
• Gary Williams, Coach, University of Maryland
• Lon Kruger, Coach, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Syllabus (MS Word)

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"I really liked applying the material presented to real life coaching situations. I was able to reflect back on my coaching decisions and thing about what I might do different in the future. I was also impressed with the cast of coaches who spoke on the DVDs."

"This was an excellent course. It gave me a chance to learn new things as well as evaluate myself as a teacher and coach."