Slappin' Glass Podcast

Slappin' Glass sits down with one of basketball's brightest minds, Bayern Munich Head Coach, Andrea Trinchieri. The trio dive into the areas of competition, offensive complexity vs. simplicity, establishing and building an identity, and talk defending non-shooters, rebounding margins, and building trust during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?" segment. To become a member of...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head and Associate Head Coaching duo for Florida State WBB, Sue Semrau and Brooke Wyckoff! The trio dive into the areas of high pressure communication, consistent staff messaging, teaching closeouts, and play a special version of "Start, Sub, or Sit?!", covering the areas of Horns Action, Post Play, and Bad Screening. For more information on how to...

Slappin' Glass sits down with former the Head Coach and current President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics, Brad Stevens. The trio discuss the foundations of making adjustments, running great practices, the Spanish PNR, and talk Ted Lasso, mental health, and Dribble Drive Motion Offense during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listeners of the podcast can received...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of the UCSD Men's Basketball program, Eric Olen. The trio dive into the areas of mature players, teaching and playing to strengths offensively, pick and pop actions, and have fun discussing coaching attire, handling pressure, and teaching cutting during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Coaches can now sign up for an SG Plus memb...

Slappin' Glass sits down with former NBA Head Coach, Stan Van Gundy. The trio dive into the areas of offensive freedom, thoughts on modern post play, and have fun talking about Flex Offense, 1-3-1 Zones, and attacking Ice Coverages during "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" We are excited to announce a new monthly option for SG Plus! For $29.99 a month coaches can get full access to - Over 350 d...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of NCAA DII Regis University in Denver, Co, Brady Bergeson. The trio dive into developing peer leadership, "educated start points" in preseason planning, role development, and an always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listeners of the podcast can receive 10% off a full-year membership to SG Plus, and receive access to: - SGTV (over 3...

Slappin' Glass sits down with Long Island Nets Assistant Coach, Jimmie Oakman, and dive into Rules vs. Standards, developing efficient scouting reports, fostering true relationships, and have fun talking about the NBA Summerleague, defensive traits, and "Monday Morning Quarterback's during "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listeners of the Slappin' Glass Podcast can receive 10%...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of BC Andorra is Spain's ACB, Ibon Navarro. The trio dive into pre-season building blocks from a cultural, offensive, and defensive standpoint, unique player-value statistics, maintaining work/life balance, and discuss transition fouling, 4 v. 4, and much more during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!". Listeners of the Slappin&apo...

Slappin' Glass sits down with recently hired Head Coach of USC WBB, Lindsay Gottlieb. The trio dive into patient vs. pivoting during "bad starts", reverse engineering a defense, and talk player foul trouble, ghost screens, and building a staff during a fun segment of "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listeners of the podcast can receive 10% a membership to SG Plus by entering the cod...

Slappin' Glass sits down with Player Development Coach for the Charlotte Hornets, Nick Friedman. The trio dive into helping players adjust their egos, bringing energy to a staff, best practices and pitfalls of player development systems, and have fun talking contested two and skill development accessories during "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listeners of the podcast can receive 10% off a s...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of SE Melbourne in Australia's NBL, Simon Mitchell.  The trio dive into the areas of generating pace on made and missed shots, building DHO's and "GETs" into transition offense, the foundations of great cultures, and talk Olympic National Teams and late-game strategy during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listene...

Slappin' Glass is joined by one of the winningest players in International Basketball history, 4-Time Euroleague Champion, Kyle Hines. The trio dive into what great locker rooms do that underperforming one don't, the reads and progressions in the short roll, and have fun exploring Euroleague Arenas and Offensive Rebounding during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Listeners...

Slappin' Glass sits down with former Seton Hall and Manhattan College Head Coach, and current International and Professional Coach, Bobby Gonzalez. The trio dive into Coach Gonzalez's successful career as a recruiter and evaluator of talent, the core philosophies and tenants of his full-court pressure system, and talk Baseline Out-of-Bounds plays, post moves, and watching film during the...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of NCAA D1's Merrimack College, Joe Gallo. The trio discuss all the in's and outs of Coach Gallo's stingy 2-3 Zone defense, winning at both the DII and DI levels, why Coach Gallo DOES NOT foul up 3, and end with a brand new game of "Over or Under?!" where they discuss "paint threats", offensive sets and more. List...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the 2021 NBA Coach of the Year, the Head Coach of the New York Knicks, Tom Thibodeau. Coach Thibs shares his knowledge and thoughts on off-season growth, flow vs. sets, offensive rebounding concepts, as well favorite baseball stadiums and Adjusted Plus/Minus during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit. Listeners of the Slappin' Glass Podcast can received...

Slappin' Glass sits down with Head Coach of 2021 Polish Basketball League Champion, BM Slam Stal Ostrów, Coach Igor Milicic. The trio dive into evaluating and growing key role and bench players, the intricacies of "Hedging a Ballscreen", and talk "half-time stats", and end of game risks during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" For an in-depth film study of Co...

Slappin' Glass sits down with  the 2020 DIII Coach of the Year from Swarthmore College, Landry Kosmalski. The trio discuss the value of a hard, disciplined warm-up, playing with pace and flow in transition, spacing and playing with two bigs, and talk stats that matter, energy plays, Horns Sets, and more during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!". For more about this podcast, as we...

Slappin' Glass sits down with one of the game's all-time greats, Sue Bird. The trio dive into managing the flow of a game, getting both stars and role players involved, creating passing windows on the break and in a PNR, and talk team parties, triple switching, and the value of a good game-day nap during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!". To watch the video portion of this...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, Eric Musselman. The trio discuss building career and team momentum, creating competitive staffs, off-ball cutting and screening, and play a new game of "Over or Under?", where they dive into player rotations, paint touches, and "bench energy".  A fantastic interview from one of college basketball&apos...

Slappin' Glass travels to Spain in this conversation with Acunsa GBC Forward, Mike Carlson. The trio deep-dive into bridging disconnect between players and coaches when it comes to knowledge transfer, developing PNR IQ, screening concepts, creating synergy with guards in a PNR, and talk siestas, analytics, and the Mikan Drill during "Start, Sub, or Sit?!". For more information on th...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of NCAA DII St. Thomas Aquinas, Tobin Anderson, to explore all areas of his full court pressing system, what wins on the road, and how to seize opportunities in building a career. The trio also embark on a fun and insightful "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" segment where they explore Motion Cuts, Post Actions, and where you'll most likely find...

In this "Extra Pass" episode of the Slappin' Glass podcast Dan and Pat sit down with Yale Associate Head Coach, Matt Kingsley, to discuss all things Zone Offense.  In this 30 minute conversation the trio cover drills, philosophy, alignments, and the fundamental building blocks of all great Zone Offenses. We are excited to have officially launched Slappin' Glass Plus, our basket...

In this cross-sport conversation, Slappin' Glass sits down with ex-NFL Executive and Owner of the highly popular "Daily Coach" leadership site, Mike Lombardi. The trio dive into the areas of Problem-Solving vs. Critical Decisions, how to find answers to tough questions, building the culture of great staffs, having crucial conversations, and talk about the value of Mr. Miyagi during...

Slappin' Glass sits down with Hartford Head Coach, John Gallagher. In this entertaining and insightful conversation Coach Gallagher discusses leading through adversity, handling the current D1 to D3 transition, healthy confrontations, running a 1-3-1 defense late in the clock, concepts to attack a switch, and have a ton of fun talking upset analytics and working referees during "Start, S...

Slappin' Glass sits down with Croatian Professional Coach and former Head Coach of the Slovakian National Team, Ivan Rudez. The trio discuss the "Three Frontiers of Coaching" (players, managers, and media), teaching passing technique to youth and pros, the art of "post passing", conflict theory in the locker room, and break down Pressing After Time Outs and Losing Seasons...