Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast

Coby Karl joins the podcast to talk about several subjects related to his experience as a player at Boise State and now as a head coach for the South Bay Lakers, the G-League affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers.  Karl shares why he decided to pursue a career in basketball coaching, despite the advice of his mother. Karl explains how is able to separate his job coaching with his life at home.&...

Jacob Skinner joins the Small-Sided Pod Coaching Development Series to discuss pressure man-to-man defense. Skinner is the head boys basketball coach at Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas. It is his second stint as head coach Texas High, after spending time at Shiloh Christian in Springdale, Arkansas. Skinner shares the key concepts of his pressure man-to-man defense including the pick-up point...

Daren Garey joins the podcast to talk about the Kimberly boys basketball program. Garey has been the head coach at Kimberly for the last 7 years. In that time, the Bulldogs have been state runner-ups twice and finished third. Garey has more than 20 years of basketball coaching experience, including a stint as the girls varsity coach at Kimberly. In the podcast, Garey discusses the offensive system...

David Lepisto joins the Small-Sided Podcast Coaching Development Series to talk about his Circle of Offense and the role of assistant coaches. Lepisto has coached basketball for 25 years and is currently an assistant coach for the Kimberly girls basketball team in Wisconsin. Lepisto identifies the parts of the Circle of Offense and how the Kimberly coaches use its principles as the basis for an of...

Karlee Wilson joins the podcast to talk about the Lewiston girls basketball program. Wilson was just recently hired to coach the Bengals, where she was an all-state guard that was part of state championship runs. After high school, Wilson played at the University of Idaho and was a member of two teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Wilson spent the last two years coaching at Moscow. In th...

Alan Stein Jr. joins the Small-Sided Podcast Coaching Development Series to talk about leadership. Stein is a long-time basketball performance coach who has worked with NBA players like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, and Steph Curry. Stein shares his thoughts on the role of coaches in today's game and provides tips to help develop winning mindsets, rituals and routines. Stein uses his experiences work...

Mac Stannard joins the podcast to talk about the Burley boys basketball program. Stannard is a first-time head coach who was hired by Burley earlier this spring. Prior to becoming the Bobcats' head coach, Standard was an assistant coach at Kuna and Eagle. He has coached for Idaho Select. Stannard talks about preparing for his first head coaching job and what he has learned so far coaching this sum...

Mark Cascio joins the Small-Sided Podcast Coaching Development Series to discuss the Drive and Space Offense. Cascio is championship-winning high school boys coach in Louisiana with more than 14 years of experience. Cascio shares the origins of his offensive system and how it works within the Anatomy of a Possession. Cascio also shares the WHY regarding his offense and provides examples of how he...

Jared Phay joins the Small-Sided Pod coaching development series to talk about playing with discipline in a high-tempo offense. Phay is the head coach at Missouri State University - West Plains. Phay has deep Idaho roots, having grown up and played high school basketball in Idaho. Phay had successful runs as the head coach at North Idaho College and College of Southern Idaho. He led CSI to an appe...

Adam Rankin joins the podcast to talk about the North Star Charter boys basketball program. A true basketball junkie, Rankin is entering his fourth year guiding the Huskies. He has also has experience coaching girls and at the youth level. Rankin shares what it is like to coach at a small charter school. He talks about his philosophy when it comes to building a program and how it encourages his pl...

Dave Love joins Small-Sided Pod Development Series to talk about what he would do if was a shooting coach for a high school program. Love is a professional shooting coach based out of Calgary who has worked with basketball players at the highest levels. Love goes deeper into a recent blog post on his website about what he would do if he was the shooting coach for a high school program. In the podc...

Chris Shuler joins the podcast to talk about the Century High Girls Basketball Program. Shuler has led the Diamondbacks to three 4A state titles since 2015. Shuler discusses what Century has been focusing on in their summer league with some transfer players joining the program. He also shares some of the key principles of their man-to-man defense and how they teach these in practices. Shuler also...

Michael Lynch comes on the podcast to breakdown his practice planning thoughts for our Small-Sided Pod series on coaching development. Lynch is the head boys coach at Leicester High School in Leicester, Mass. Lynch is active on Twitter and recently posted a string of 10 practice planning thoughts. Lynch share some of the thoughts he thinks are most important and also identifies ways coaches can us...

Kim Brydges joins the podcast to talk about the Boise High girls basketball program. Brydges has been the head coach of the Brave for 15 years and is continuously near the top of the 5A SIC. She has coached players who have gone on to play at the Division 1 level and state Players of the Year. Brydges discusses a number of topics that relate to coaching. A believer in the Positive Coaching Allianc...

John Leonzo discusses Teaching Offense with a Games Approach in our first Small-Sided Pod. SSPs feature basketball coaches and experts from outside of Idaho giving short development sessions on basketball. Leonzo helps explain what Small-Sided Game are and how a basketball coach can use them in a Games-Based Approach to practice. He also takes us through how a coach might teach a dribble drive act...

Jeremy Dennis joins the podcast to talk about the Borah boys basketball program. Dennis was a long-time varsity assistant before taking over as head coach in 2016. Under Dennis' stewardship, the Lions have won back-to-back 5A state titles. In this podcast, Dennis talks about how years of coaching at lower levels and as a varsity assistant helped him when he became a head coach. He also talks about...

Josh Uhrig joins the podcast to talk about the Moscow boys basketball program. Uhrig guided Moscow to this year's 4A state title game where the Bears fell to Preston.  Uhrig has coached Moscow for five years and was previously an assistant coach at Genessee. Uhrig shares lessons he has learned during his time as a head coach and how he works with his assistant coaches. He discusses his philos...

Matt Miller joins the podcast to talk about the Timberlake girls basketball program. Miller has been one of the most successful coaches in Idaho over the last decade, finishing third or better at the 3A state tournament nine including three state championships. Miller talks about how he got his start in coaching high school basketball and what has made the Timberlake program successful. He explain...

Andy Harrington joins the podcast to talk about several topics. Harrington is a rising head coach who helped guide Middleton boys program to a third place finish at this year's 4A state tournament.  As a younger coach, Harrington talks about the pros and cons of having a younger coaching staff and what it is like having his father as an assistant. He also gives his opinion on a proposal to se...

Courtnie Smith joins the podcast to talk about her experience as a high school head coach. Smith was hired in May as an assistant coach at Idaho State University. Prior to that, she was the head coach at Blackfoot High School where she lead a turnaround that saw the Broncos play three days at the 4A state tournament the last two years. Smith was also a head coach Marsh Valley and Century high scho...

Ryan Lundgren joins the podcast to talk about his experience as a high school and college coach. Lundgren finished his first year as an assistant coach at College of Idaho. Lundgren discusses what he did to stand out in a competitive job interview and what he's learned in his first year in Twin Falls. Prior to joining CSI, Lundgren was the head coach at Vallivue High School for four years.  B...

Mike McLean joins the podcast to talk about the Post Falls way. In the last 12 years, Mclean has been one of the most successful boys coaches in Idaho winning 2 state titles. Most recently, his Trojans fell to Borah in the 5A state title game.  McLean goes "behind-the-scenes" of the Post Falls program to discuss his practice philosophy, the role of assistant coaches, building toughness, and t...

The third episode of the Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast features University of Idaho men's head coach Zac Claus. Claus was named head coach in February after serving as the interim head coach for the Vandals during the 2019-20 season. Prior to that, Claus was an assistant coach at Idaho, Nevada, Sacramento State and Portland State. In college, Claus played at Creighton, Nebraska and Eastern Was...

The second episode of the Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast features John Naccarato and Kent Leiss. Naccarato is the assistant coach with the Coeur d'Alene girls basketball team. He also spent time as an assistant with the boys program. Leiss is a long-time head coach with stops at Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint. Topics in this episode include the role of assistant coaches, teaching toughness, and th...

The first episode of the Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast includes a roundtable with Duane Ward and Kent Leiss. Ward has coached high school boys and girls in Idaho since the 1960s, while Leiss coached boys at Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint high schools.  The discussion includes a number of topics, including ... how to filter through all the coaching information that is available, determining w...