Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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 M...

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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,  J...

Coach 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!

Coach 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’ h...

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!

Coach 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!!

Coach 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!

Coach 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 ins...

Coach 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...

Coach 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 o...