Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Associate Head Coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves David Vanterpool. Before joining the Timberwolves this offseason, Vanterpool had spent the previous seven seasons as an assistant coach with the Portland Trail Blazers as he played an integral role in Portland’s success while earning a strong reputation for his basketball IQ, ability to connect with players...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Micah Shrewsberry, Associate Head Coach of the Purdue Boilermakers. Shrewsberry has learned from the best coaches in America, spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics under head coach Brad Stevens. He helped the Celtics to the playoffs in each of the last five seasons, including trips to the Eastern Conference finals in 2017 and 20...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Former NBA Head Coach and current basketball analyst for Turner Sports Stan Van Gundy. In this episode, Stan explains why he enjoys clinics, teaching and giving back to coaches; how much the support of his father meant to he and his brother Jeff as coaches; importance of leadership, vision & culture for your team; advice for coaches looking to advance; coach...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Bob Delaney. Delaney is a former NBA Referee, Retired New Jersey State Trooper, Leading Authority in Post Traumatic Stress, Corporate Educator & Motivator and also currently serves as a Special Advisor to the Southeastern Conference. He has served the NBA in various areas of officiating development, including most recently as the Vice President, Referee...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Tony Ronzone, Director of Player Personnel for the Dallas Mavericks. Tony is one of the NBA’s most respected and accomplished executives with an unmatched feel and relationship with the international game who truly has a passion for helping players. In this episode, Tony takes you through the foundations of his basketball career and how he established himself as...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the NBA Veteran Garrett Temple. In this episode, Garrett discusses his journey to becoming an NBA player, the mindset that has allowed him to thrive as a professional after breaking into the NBA in 2010, what he believes were some of the best traits that successful coaches he has played for possess including Doc Rivers, Gregg Popovich and JB Bickerstaff, his roll as...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Ben McCollum, Head Coach of the Division II National Champion Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. The 38 year old coach is a 2-Time National Champion, 2-Time Division II Coach of the Year and 7-Time MIAA Conference Champion who has compiled a career record of 241-75. In this episode, Coach McCollum discusses how he developed his style of play on the job as he dev...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the 51 year NBA veteran executive Pat Williams. In this episode, Pat takes you inside his new book “Character Carved in Stone: The 12 Core Values of West Point that Build Leaders and Produce Success”. Overlooking the Hudson River on the campus of the United States Military Academy at West Point are 12 granite benches, each inscribed with a word representing a key le...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Matthew Driscoll, Head Coach of the Univ. of North Florida Ospreys. In this episode, Coach Driscoll discusses a variety of topics including his journey to becoming a head coach and the challenges & responsibilities that come with that, what he now looks for while hiring coaches for his staff, what he believes are the keys to being a GREAT assistant coach, import...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Dave Smart, 13-Time National Champion Head Coach in Canadian U Sports and former Assistant Coach for the Canadian Men’s National Team. In this episode, Coach Smart shares what he has found to be the most important aspects of coaching as he has compiled a career record of 591 wins and only 48 losses. He and Coach Brendan Suhr also cover the rise of basketball in Cana...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Authors of The Coffee Bean: Jon Gordon and Damon West. In this episode, the two authors give you an inside look at what led them to write this inspiring book together including Damon’s unbelievable story of how he turned his mess into his message – His path into a life sentence in prison that led him to hear the unique story of the coffee bean that he uses to im...

Coach Brendan Suhr is once again joined by internationally recognized expert in fitness & nutrition, Angelo Poli to follow up on their previous conversation about personal health and fitness. Angelo is the Founder of MetPro, the world’s first algorithm based transformation engine. Using Metobolic Profiling, MetPro analyzes your metabolism and provides an individualized approach to obtaining yo...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Sydney Kings Will Weaver. Coach Weaver spent last season as the Head Coach of the Long Island Nets, the G-League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, He is also an Assistant Coach for the Austrailian National Team Boomers. In this episode, Coach Weaver shares his thoughts on his former franchise – the Brooklyn Nets – free agency success, His path th...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by career expert, best-selling author of  The Proximity Principle  and national radio host of  The Ken Coleman Show . In this episode, Ken discusses his new book The Proximity Principle and how the lessons within the book apply to both up and coming coaches as well as veterans looking to further their career. Ken and Coach Brendan Suhr then give you...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the ESPN Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas for Coaching U’s 3rd Annual NBA Draft Preview. In this Episode, we take a deep dive into this year’s draft pool as Jay Bilas breaks down the key talent this draft has to offer including: Zion Williams, Ja Morant, RJ Barrett, DeAndre Hunter, Cam Reddish, Nassir Little, Rui Hachimura and Many more… He also lets you know who he bel...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Basketball Analytics & Schedule Engineering Experts Colton Houston & Matt Dover, co-founders of HD Intelligence. HD Intelligence is the first full-service analytics company to operate exclusively in the world of college basketball. In this episode, Houston and Dover break down the 3 main areas of analytics they have found most beneficial to college coach...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by internationally recognized expert in fitness & nutrition, Angelo Poli. Angelo is the Founder of MetPro, the world’s first algorithm based transformation engine. Using Metobolic Profiling, MetPro analyzes your metabolism and provides an individualized approach to obtaining your health goals. Poli has spent much of his career as a motivational speaker, speaking re...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the new Head Coach of the Lipsomb Bisons Lennie Acuff. In this episode, the coach known for his offensive style of play shares who his influences, the opportunity to take over and continue to build on the historic tradition of the Lipscomb basketball program, the importance of identifying the niche at your school and forming your mantra, as well as his thoughts on l...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Furman Paladins, Bob Richey. In this episode, Coach Richey shares with our listeners a unique learning opportunity designed to develop young, aspiring Division 1 coaches with his first ever All Din Coaching Development Camp. This camp includes special clinics in: practice & workout planning, video & technology, analytics, scouting, recr...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by former Navy Seal & Author of “Elite: High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy Seal”, Nick Hays. In this episode, Nick gives you an overview of some of the lessons and habits he covers in his book as well as some stories from his years as a Navy Seal. He also takes you through his decision to become a Navy Seal, what the process of enlisting and tra...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks Eric Musselman. In this episode, Coach Musselman discusses the job he and his staff did by growing the Nevada program on and off the floor, how he relates college scenarios and situations to his experiences in the NBA, how his experience as an NBA Head Coach helps him give the best advice to his players throughout the NBA Dr...

Coach Brendan Suhr welcomes Jason Mejeur, Founder & CEO of MaxOne. MaxOne is an all in one coaching app that empowers smart coaches to train better, communicate better, and coach better. This app was built by coaches for coaches to ensure the best results. Elite coaches know that in today’s coaching environment even more is required to rise with the best. Today’s athletes spend up to...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the newest member of the Coaching U faculty, Chris Oliver. Chris joins Coach Brendan Suhr to discuss the ins and outs of his Coaching U On Campus curriculum. Coaching U On Campus is a 1 or 2 day campus visit by Coach Chris Oliver designed to give you a unique look into a variety of topics and basketball trends through discussion, instruction, video breakdown and pla...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Bob Taylor, Author of “The Old Man in the Gym”. In his new book, Bob Taylor uses his 30 years of coaching experience to deliver a culmination of real-life methods that have worked time and time again on the basketball court. In this episode, Coach Brendan Suhr and Coach Taylor take you inside so many of the key concepts inside the book including the importance of va...

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by the Head Coach of the Mercer Bears, Greg Gary. In this episode, Coach Gary shares his excitement for his new job as the Head Coach of Mercer, what he focused on as an assistant coach to prepare him to be a head coach again, how he will form his style of play on both ends of the floor, how he developed the offense for Purdue and approached playcalling, installs, coun...