The Basketball Podcast

In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, a professional basketball and global skill coach Ganon Baker joins the Basketball Podcast to coaching, training, and trainers. Ganon Baker is regarded as one of the premier basketball skill coaches in the World. He has been around the game of basketball, the skill training business and the coaching world for over 30 years.

In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Union College head coach Kevin Burton joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss maximizing each possession of a basketball game. Coach Burton runs a system where the substitute throughout a game treats each possession like the last possession in a game. The system, philosophy and grading system he uses to determine who plays in what situation are all discussed.

In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Larry Shyatt joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss all things coaching including best teaching concepts, transition defense, free throw practice, the NBA and NCAA, changes in the game, culture and so much more.

In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, WNBA championship head coach Mike Thibault joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss adding the 3-point shot to your offense. Thibault is the WNBA's all-time winningest coach and a WNBA champion after winning the title in 2019.

In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, we are joined by shooting coach to 3 NBA teams and dozens of NBA players Dave Love. Coach Love has worked as an NBA shooting consultant with the Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns, as well as a number of other teams and national programs. He also has conducted shooting clinics around the world.

In this week’s coaching conversation, California Baptist head coach Rick Croy joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss team leadership. Croy was named the California Baptist University men’s basketball head coach in the spring of 2013 and completely revitalized the program. In six years, Croy’s Lancers boast a 148-44 overall record, including an 87-14 mark at home.

In this week’s coaching conversation, HAKRO Merlins Crailsheim head coach Tuomas Iisalo joins the Basketball Podcast to collective basketball.

In this week’s coaching conversation, Canadian Women's National Team head coach Lisa Thomaidis joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss driving success by building team identity. In addition to being the national team head coach, Coach Thomaidis is also in her 21st year as head coach of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.

In this week’s coaching conversation, Nenad Trunic joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss offensive and defensive concepts for teaching the pick and roll. A key lecturer with FIBA Europe clinics, the Serbian-born Nenad Trunic has spread his teachings on basketball in dozens and dozens of countries, and through two books.

In this week’s coaching conversation, Basketball Australia's Head of High-Performance Coach Development Peter Lonergan joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss coach and player development. Best practices for teaching dynamic shooting, mentoring coaches, the “Fantastic Five” of player development, two-way teaching, small-sided games and so much more are outlined.

Ryan Odom is currently the head coach of the UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team. Odom and his staff brought the program and the university to a place that even the most ardent Retriever supporter would have thought were impossible. Dave Odom is a retired American men's college basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina.

In this week’s coaching conversation, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence head coach Adam Caporn joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss Australian basketball player development. Key ideas around developing shooting, integrating sport science, and individual development within a team setting.

In this week’s coaching conversation, Three-time National Champion and current Emporia State University head coach Craig Doty joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss program building. Doty currently has a career head college coaching record of 181-69 (.724) including an unprecedented 29-5 (.853) in post-season play.

Nicki Collen was named head coach of the Atlanta Dream on October 30, 2017. Before moving to FGCU, Collen enjoyed great success as an assistant coach at Arkansas, Louisville, Ball State, and Colorado State. During her nine seasons as an assistant coach at the collegiate level, Collen helped teams reached three NCAA tournaments and five WNITs.

In this week’s coaching conversation, Gridiron Genius author, and NFL Insider for The Athletic, Michael Lombardi joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss thinking differently as a coach. Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers, Al Davis of the Raiders, and Bill Belichick of the Patriots, among others, during his three decades in football.