Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr
165 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsCoaching U Podcasts. Each week we’ll have a new podcast from Brendan Suhr and some of the BEST coaches in sports today
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Episodes
Sherri Coale, University of Oklahoma Head Coach
November 08, 2017 17:09 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Sherri Coale, University of Oklahoma Women’s Basketball Head Coach, about her journey towards mastery, why she decided to coach, her opinion on the state of the women’s college game, how she goes about taking kids from such diverse backgrounds and helping them become A students & much more!!
Chris Oliver, University of Windsor Head Coach
November 01, 2017 17:03 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Chris Oliver, Head Coach of the University of Windsor, about how practical applications in coaching, how he bases his style of play, how he got into coaching and paved his way, how his website BasketballImmersion.com helps coaches at all levels to stimulate their thinking & much more!
Jim Boone, Delta State Head Coach
October 25, 2017 16:59 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Jim Boone, Head Coach at Delta State, about his passion for basketball, sharing with other coaches, how he formed his basketball philosophy, & much more!!
Mike Procopio, Dallas Mavericks Director of Player Development
October 18, 2017 16:54 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Mike Procopio, Dallas Mavericks Director of Player Development, about how he got his start in basketball, how he originally met and started working for Tim Grover, why Kobe Bryant decided to hire him, his view of player development today, how the head coach of a team dictates player development & much more!!
Jim Thompson, Positive Coaching Alliance Founder & CEO
October 04, 2017 16:51 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Jim Thompson, Positive Coaching Alliance Founder & CEO, about how they’ve focused on changing the world through youth sports, how PCA was founded, how positive coaching can be applied in both sports and business, the importance of a strong foundation of a positive team culture, what the future holds for PCA and much more!
Mano Watsa, PGC Basketball
October 03, 2017 16:47 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Mano Watsa, Owner & President of PGC Basketball, about the number of young players that go through their programs each summer, the impact on youth and high school basketball, how any player can learn to be a better teammate, the purpose and motivation for PGC, and how the Charles Mully movie that’s out this week is a MUST see for your team, your family, and yourself! Go see Mully this week!
Steve Clifford, Charlotte Hornets Head Coach
September 27, 2017 16:43 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Steve Clifford, Charlotte Hornets Head Coach, about his path from Maine to the NBA, giving his staff assignments to learn and work on in the offseason, what he foresees for this season and much more!
Adrian Griffin, OKC Thunder Assistant Coach
September 20, 2017 16:40 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Adrian Griffin, Oklahoma City Thunder Assistant Coach about his basketball journey from the CBA to the NBA, the impact coaches can have on players lives through words, working for Billy Donovan, avoiding the label of just being a defensive coach & much more!
Jeff Van Gundy, ESPN NBA Analyst & Gold-Medal Winning USA Basketball AmeriCup Head Coach
September 13, 2017 16:35 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Jeff Van Gundy, ESPN NBA Analyst and Gold Medal Winning Head Coach for USA Basketball’s recent AmeriCup squad about getting back into coaching for the AmeriCup, the level of coaching in FIBA basketball, what he learned coaching the Gold-Medal winning AmeriCup team & much more!
Dr. Tim Elmore, Founder of Growing Leaders and Best-Selling Author
September 06, 2017 16:30 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Dr. Tim Elmore, President of Growing Leaders, a best-selling author and international speaker who uses his expertise on Generations Y and Z to equip educators, coaches, leaders, parents, and other adults to impart practical life and leadership skills to young adults that will help them navigate through life. Coach talks to Tim about his new book Marching Off The Map, growing leaders today, coaching kids from all backgrounds, what coaches should be focusing on when ...
Dr. Spencer Wood, Mental Skills Coach
August 30, 2017 16:26 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined by Dr. Spencer Wood, internationally renowned speaker and dynamic trainer of athletes and coaches in the areas of cutting-edge Mental Skills & Toughness Training; and Athletic Speed, Agility, & Quickness training. Spencer talks about mental skills, performing under pressure, working with world-class athletes, getting in the “zone” and much more!
Larry Shyatt, Dallas Mavericks Assistant Coach
August 23, 2017 16:09 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined by Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Larry Shyatt to talk about the role of the assistant coach, how its changed over the course of his career, the worst things he sees in the college game, the evolution of coaching clinics & much more!
Brennen Shingleton, Texas Wesleyan Head Coach
August 16, 2017 16:06 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined by Texas Wesleyan Head Coach Brennen Shingleton who this past season led TWU to a national championship winning 5 games in 6 days to capture the title. Brennen is authentic as coaches come and has a unique ability to connect to his players, and is good enough to be the Head Coach of a Power 5 team!
Jason Terry, Milwaukee Bucks
August 09, 2017 15:58 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined by NBA veteran guard Jason Terry to talk about his experience at the NBPA Coaching Program, his mindset prepping for the transition from player to coaching, the advantage of being able to think like a player when coaching, how he studies the game and the games evolution, from analytics to portionless basketball and much more!
Mike Rhoades, VCU Head Coach
August 02, 2017 15:53 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined by VCU Head Coach Mike Rhoades to talk about returning home to VCU, what he learned essentially building a program from scratch at Rice, what it’s like returning to his “destination” job at VCU, and much more!
David Patrick, TCU Assistant Head Coach
July 26, 2017 15:48 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined by TCU Assistant Head Coach David Patrick to talk about the most important things assistant coaches should focus on, the challenge on coaching great players, his story growing up and how he’s gotten to where he is and much more!
Eric Musselman, University of Nevada Head Coach
July 19, 2017 15:40 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to Nevada Head Coach Eric Musselman about making the adjustment from coaching in the NBA to coaching in college, the transition to coaching in the Mountain West conference, his views on transfers, how he recruits and much more!
Shaka Smart, University of Texas Head Coach
July 04, 2017 15:31 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to University of Texas Head Coach Shaka Smart about how as a young coach he was able to get his first head coaching position at VCU, creating the term ‘HAVOC’, how he teaches his style of play, the adjustment of moving conferences & much more!
Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize Winner & NYT Best-Selling Author
June 29, 2017 15:26 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined by Pulitzer Prize winner and NY Times Best-Selling Author Jeffrey Marx to talk about transformational vs transactional coaching, building healthy relationships, building community, and ultimately building leaders. Jeffrey talks about his book Season of Life, why and how he went about writing it, its underlying message, as well as InSide Out Coaching, Joe Ehrmann and ultimately how sports and coaching can transform lives! Visit his website JeffreyMarx.org to learn...
Joe Abunassar, Impact Basketball
June 27, 2017 14:56 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to the foremost skills development coach in the game, Joe Abunassar, founder of Impact Basketball. Joe talks about preparing players for the NBA Draft/Summer League, what a normal day of training should look like, the difference between preparing guys for the draft and veterans for the season, & much much more!
2017 NBA Draft Preview featuring Jay Bilas, Mike Jones, & David Patrick
June 21, 2017 14:49 - 1 hour - 56 MBCoach Brendan Suhr is joined on this jam packed NBA Draft preview with the #1 analyst in college basketball Jay Bilas, Mike Jones, Markelle Fultz’s Dematha High School coach and David Patrick, TCU Assistant Coach and Ben Simmons’ Godfather. Jay breaks down the draft from the best crop of point guards in years to teams making too many moves when they’re 1 player away from a title. Markelle Fultz’ high school coach Mike Jones talks about what makes him special & more! And then David Patrick tal...
David Fizdale, Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach
June 20, 2017 14:44 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBCoach 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!
Jerry Stackhouse, D-League Champion Toronto Raptors 905 Head Coach
June 16, 2017 14:40 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBCoach 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!
Jeff Bzdelik, Houston Rockets Associate Head Coach
June 13, 2017 14:34 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBCoach 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!
Mike White, Florida Gators Head Coach
June 08, 2017 14:28 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBCoach 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!
Ettore Messina, San Antonio Spurs Associate Head Coach
June 05, 2017 14:22 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBCoach 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!
Billy Donovan, Oklahoma City Thunder Head Coach
June 01, 2017 14:03 - 32 minutes - 30 MBCoach 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!!
John Lucas, Youth Basketball Today
May 30, 2017 13:52 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBCoach 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!
Jefferson Mason, Staying On The Cutting Edge of Basketball Training
May 26, 2017 13:47 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBCoach 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
Jon Gordon, The Power of Positive Leadership
May 24, 2017 13:43 - 434 MBCoach Brendan Suhr talks to NY-Times Best Selling Author Jon Gordon about his latest best-selling book The Power of Positive Leadership and how it can help coach, coaches! Coach and Jon talk about how the power of being positive can lead to success in coaching, becoming a positive leaders, how Dabo Swinney led Clemson football to a National Championship, defining your purpose in order to inspire others and much much more!!
Fran Fraschilla – Observing Coaches Across The Country & International Basketball
April 28, 2017 02:33 - 13 minutes - 21.6 MBCoach 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!
Becoming a Continuous Learner
April 11, 2017 02:23 - 24 minutes - 20.2 MBCoach 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.
National Championship Coaches Breakdown
April 03, 2017 02:19 - 10 minutes - 20.2 MBCoach 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!
Final Four Coaches Breakdown
March 27, 2017 02:14 - 17 minutes - 31.8 MBCoach 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!
Sweet 16 Coaches Breakdown
March 22, 2017 02:10 - 15 minutes - 28.2 MBCoach 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
March 20, 2017 02:06 - 1 hour - 111 MBBJ 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
Scott Howard, Lessons I’ve Learned from Being Fired
March 15, 2017 02:00 - 42 minutes - 78 MBCoach 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!
March Madness Bracket Breakdown
March 13, 2017 01:56 - 21 minutes - 39.3 MBCoach 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
March 06, 2017 01:52 - 28 minutes - 52.9 MBJay 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 abou...
Podcast: Donnie Jones
January 19, 2017 01:46 - 1 hour - 117 MBDonnie 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
Podcast: Dale Brown
December 14, 2016 01:42 - 53 minutes - 98.8 MBLegendary 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 basket...
Podcast: Don Yaeger
December 05, 2016 01:38 - 47 minutes - 87.3 MBDon 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,...
Podcast: Tom Perrin
November 21, 2016 01:31 - 42 minutes - 79.1 MBTom Perrin, management consultant and former assistant coach talks to Coach Brendan Suhr about how he first got into coaching and how that led to his current consulting work, coaching through relationships, continuous learning and more! Tom has been a management consultant for the past 12 years. He provides leadership and management-development services to clients in a wide variety of fields, including finance, healthcare, manufacturing, construction and higher education. Tom also consults w...
Podcast: Bob Hurley
June 27, 2016 01:21 - 43 minutes - 79.7 MBThe legendary Hall of Fame Coach Bob Hurley, St. Anthony’s (NJ), joins Coach Brendan Suhr on the latest Coaching U Podcast to talk about investing in your players on & off the court, keys to influencing players, coaching kids in the 21st century, how he continues to learn & much much more!! Coach Hurley has amassed 27 state championships and more than 1000 wins in 39 years as a coach. Hurley is just the tenth coach in high school history to win 1000 games, with five of his teams having gone ...
Podcast: Lennie Acuff
June 13, 2016 01:14 - 37 minutes - 69 MBLennie Acuff, Head Coach of Alabama-Huntsville joins Coach Brendan Suhr on the latest Coaching U Podcast to talk about sharing his unique ideas on basketball with Power 5 & NBA coaches, networking to learn, how he continues to evolve and grow his coaching philosophy & more! Acuff is one of the BEST clinicians in the game today and will deliver some of the most impactful & unique content you will ever hear in person! ONLY at Coaching U LIVE 2016! Under Acuff the Chargers have enjoyed 17 winn...
Podcast: Tony Bennett
June 06, 2016 01:09 - 31 minutes - 58.6 MBTony Bennett, Head Coach of the University of Virginia Cavaliers joins Coach Brendan Suhr on the latest edition of the Coaching U podcast to talk about players transitioning to coaching, how his dad helped shaped what kind of coach he is today, where he goes to continue learning as a coach and more!
Podcast: Dr. Tim Elmore
October 28, 2015 01:05 - 32 minutes - 61.9 MBDr. Tim Elmore,founder and president of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta- based non-profit organization created to develop emerging leaders joins our Coaching U LIVE 2015 Podcast Series with Coach Brendan Suhr to talk about coaching millennials, the iY Generation & much more! Tim trains high school and college students with the skills they need to become servant leaders at school, work home and the community. Since founding Growing Leaders, he has spoken to more than 300,000 students, faculty and...
Podcast: FastModel COO Albert Tsai
October 13, 2015 00:59 - 20 minutes - 38.8 MBAlbert Tsai, COO of Fast Model Sports joins our Coaching U LIVE 2015 Podcast Series with Coach Brendan Suhr talking about how Fast Model Sports’ products FastDraw & FastScout can help you and your team!
Podcast: Jon Gordon & Mike Smith, You Win in the Locker Room First
October 07, 2015 00:42 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBJon Gordon, best-selling author and keynote speaker & former NFL Head Coach Mike Smith join our Coaching U LIVE 2015 Podcast Series with Coach Brendan Suhr talking about their latest NY-Times Best Seller, You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C’s to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life. You Win In The Locker Room First draws on the extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon—consultant to numerous college and professional teams—to explore the seven powerful p...
Podcast: Justin Su’a
June 22, 2015 00:38 - 29 minutes - 14.9 MBJustin Su’a, mental skills coach to many professional athletes and franchises continues our Coaching U LIVE 2015 Podcast Series talking to Coach Brendan Suhr about coaching coaches to reach the mind & heart of the athlete, becoming an elite performer, E.P.I.C. & more! Justin is an author, speaker, and mental skills coach Justin Su’a is dedicated to helping athletes, parents, and coaches perform on purpose, with purpose. Justin travels the world helping individuals and teams develop high perf...