Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Buzz Williams, head coach at Texas A&M This episode is taken from Buzz's appearance at the 2023 NextGen Coaches Forum at the Final Four where he delivered some great insights for all coaches looking to develop as a coach and advance in their career. Register for the 2024 NextGen Coaches Forum in Phoenix at: nextgen-coaches.com/2024 Special Offers!...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Brian Nash, director of basketball at IMG Academy. Prior to joining IMG in 2016, Brian was an NCAA Division I head and assistant coach for more than 20 years. Brian Nash came to IMG Academy from Duquesne University where he was the Associate Head Coach. Prior to that he held coaching roles at Fairfield, St. Francis, Seton Hall, Siena, St. Bonaventure and S...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Jon Gordon, 14-time bestselling author of 28 books. Jon joins the podcast to discuss his new book The One Truth. This book guides you on a path to discover revolutionary insights, ancient truths and practical strategies to elevate your mind, unlock your power and live life to the fullest. In this episode, he discusses the key to high performance, mental he...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Tom Crean, Former Head Coach of Georgia, Indiana, Marquette, and current ESPN Analyst. Coach Crean has enjoyed success throughout his 22 years as a head coach as he has earned over 400 wins, 13 postseason appearances, 1 Final Four appearance, and 3 conference championships.  In this episode, he discusses the art of coaching talented players and relati...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Bob Starkey, associate head coach of the LSU Tigers women's basketball team. LSU is off to a 20-0 start to their season and are currently ranked 4th in the country under second year head coach Kim Mulkey. Coach Starkey is one of the top assistant coaches in the game today. He has almost 40 years experience as an assistant on both the men's and women's side...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Donnie Jones, head coach of the Stetson Hatters. His Stetson team is off to a 5-1 start in conference play and are currently in 1st place in the Atlantic Sun Conference. His team has played 13 of their first 17 games on the road, highlighted by road wins at Florida State and South Florida.  In this episode, Coach Jones addresses how the strength of th...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Zach Kendrick to give our listeners a look at the upcoming year at Coaching U.   After previewing 2023, Coach Suhr then answers questions from our listeners and gives his shares some of the early leadership lessons we've seen in the first week of 2023. We hope you enjoy episode 253 of the Coaching U Podcast presented by Hudl!    Have a quest...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Jason Holzer, mental fitness coach and Co-Founder of 4D Athletes. 4D Athletes is founded on the concept that we need to develop the ENTIRE athlete by developing awareness and growth through all four dimensions: mind, body, spirit, and environment. Parents and coaches often feel frustrated and overwhelmed when their athlete is inconsistent, lacking self-con...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. Jon Rothstein has been a college basketball insider for CBS Sports since 2010 and a contributor to the CBS Broadcast Network since 2016, serving as both a sideline reporter and studio analyst. Since 2021, he has served as part of CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ coverage of the NCAA...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Scott Davenport, Bellarmine head coach...  Scott Davenport is a legend in coaching who has amassed multiple national coach of the year honors and also led the Bellarmine Knights to the 2011 NCAA Division II Tournament national championship. His career record of 398-130 (through the 2021-22 season) ranks him as Bellarmine’s all-time winningest coach bo...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Sean Sweeney, Dallas Mavericks Assistant Coach. Sean is a key member of the Mavericks coaching staff and played a major role in their success last season en route to a western conference finals appearance under head coach Jason Kidd. Sweeney previously worked with Kidd in Milwaukee and Brooklyn. He most recently spent three seasons as an assistant coach wi...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Kate Leavell. Kate is a dynamic keynote speaker, facilitator, and bestselling coauthor of Stick Together with Jon Gordon. She is a former NCAA coach and corporate sales consultant who now delivers keynotes and workshops to many of the top companies and college sports teams in the country. She is also the author of Superpower, an inspiring story to overcome...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Matt McCall, former Head Coach of UMass and Chattanooga. In this episode, Coach McCall takes you through a masterclass for everyone in the profession. He shares the biggest lessons and takeaways he learned from working under hall-of-fame coach Billy Donovan, what he feels are the traits good assistant coaches must have, the most important things you should...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Eric Mussselman, Head Coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. Musselman just completed his third year as the Head Coach of the Razorbacks while leading the Hogs to back-to-back Elite 8 appearances. His 73 wins since arriving in Fayetteville are the most by any SEC program over that span. He has won at least 20 games in each of his seven years as a collegiate hea...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr was joined by bestselling author Jon Gordon and rising star Alex Demczak to discuss their new book The Sale: The Number One Strategy to Build Trust and Create Success. The Sale delivers an invaluable lesson about what matters most in life and work and how to achieve it. The book teaches four lessons about integrity in order to create lasting success. Jon & Alex tel...

This week is a special edition of the Coaching U Podcast! At this year's Final Four in New Orleans, Coach Brendan Suhr was joined by Nate Oats, Head Coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide at this year's NextGen Coaches Forum presented by FastModel Sports and Coaching U+ In this episode, you will hear their conversation as Coach Oats delivered several pieces of career advice for coaches at all stages of...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Stacy Hollowell, Head Coach of the 2022 NAIA National Champion Loyola New Orleans Wolfpack.  The NAIA Coach of the Year's Wolf Pack team turned in a 37-1 overall record this season while winning the Southern States Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and a memorable run through the NAIA tournament with six wins to cap off a domin...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by LeVelle Moton, Head Coach of the NC Central Eagles In this episode, LeVelle and Coach Suhr discuss how he broke into coaching as a middle school coach after his professional playing career, his transition into the college ranks, why he coaches, his passion for impacting the lives of young men, the experience coaching at an HBCU and his style of play. All t...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by BJ Armstrong - 3x NBA Champion, Executive Vice President at Wasserman, and Co-Host of the Pushin Thru, Heat Check, and Hoop Genius Podcasts. In this episode, BJ and Coach discuss the intensity of the tournament games so far, some of the great storylines the tournament has produced, as well as a preview of the upcoming Final Four and their championship pick...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by basketball analyst Debbie Antonelli to discuss the women's NCAA tournament. In this episode, Debbie shares her thoughts on the bracket, the players to watch, the most intriguing matchups, the team with the best chance at an upset, as well as her Final Four and National Champion picks. All that and more on Episode 240 of the Coaching U Podcast! March Madnes...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by BJ Armstrong - 3x NBA Champion, Executive Vice President at Wasserman, and Co-Host of the Pushin Thru, Heat Check, and Hoop Genius Podcasts. In this episode, BJ gives his thoughts about each of the players who were selected to appear in the 2022 NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland.  You will love to hear BJ's breakdowns of the NBA's best players on Episode...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Adam Caporn, Head Coach of the Long Island Nets (Brooklyn Nets G-League Affiliate) and Assistant Coach of the Australian National Team. In this episode, Coach Caporn discusses how his team teaches and operates within the framework of the Nets organization, how to build a culture that can last, the importance of showing vulnerability as a coach, what he bel...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by JP Clark, Delaware Blue Coats Assistant Coach. In this episode, JP shares his experiences coaching in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and LA Clippers, the structure of NBA player development program and how he grew through it, his experience in the G-League and the progress the league has made over the last 10 years, what he has learned from coaching some...

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by David Nurse, NBA Life Optimization Coach turned best selling Author and Keynote Speaker. David Nurse has been transforming the way hundreds of NBA stars play on the court for most of his career. In fact, his method was dubbed as training “athletes of the future” because of his ability to teach them how to tap into different mindsets and become unstoppable....

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Jeff Van Gundy, ESPN Analyst, former NBA Head Coach and USA Basketball Select Head Coach. In this episode, Coach Van Gundy discusses his family roots in the game of basketball, his path to the NBA, his style of play when he was an NBA Head Coach, how he would include and use big men in todays game, his experience as the USA Basketball Select Head Coach, ho...