Slappin' Glass Podcast

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by Appalachian State Head Coach, Dustin Kerns! Coach Kerns is known as one of the great program builders in the game and the trio dives headfirst into his learnings on taking underperforming programs to the next level, teaching position-less offense, and talk defending Ghost Screens and "Paint to Great" threes during the always fun "Start, Sub...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with current Las Vegas Aces Assistant Coach, Natalie Nakase! The trio dive into a variety of interesting topics including building championship habits, playing with with pace and space, limiting turnovers, and talk coaching in Japan, playing with shot blockers, and Veer Screens during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To find out more about the...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the highly successful Head Coach of NCAA DII East Stroudsburg, Jeff Wilson! Coach Wilson generously shares his thoughts on a number of topics including teaching  modern post play, mentoring assistant coaches into Head Coaches, and the trio explore the benefits of full court pressure and under-cover offensive value traits during the always fun "Star...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of BC Nokia in Finlands top professional division, Greg Gibson. The trio explore a variety of topics including relationship and culture building, playing through stagger and turnout entries, and talk managing pressure and teaching screening during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and staffs from over 40 coun...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by the Director of Video and Strategy for BYU MBB, Keegan Brown! The trio dive into all things from the analytical side of the ball including how BYU uses analytics and video to teach, develop, and make decisions. They also explore shot quality data, shooting threes in late-game, and talk 1 v. 1 defense and finding your coaching voice during the always fun &...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Montclair State, Justin Potts! Coach Potts has a long history of success in implementing a pressing, up-tempo style of play and the trio double down on the philosophy, reads, rules, and much more when it comes to being a pressing team, as well as explore trust-breaking coaching actions, 5 Out Cutting, and Post Game Meetings during the...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Coach Nate Babcock of the G-Leagues Grand Rapids Gold, the affiliate of the Denver Nuggets! The trio explore a variety of interesting and thought provoking topics including aligning practice stats with game performance, winning the possession battle, the end of quarter "Hit" strategy, and talk "Exit Screens", offensive triggers, and...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by the Co-Founders of MVMT Sports, Alan Keane and Simon Turner. Coach Keane has years of experience at both the professional and youth levels, and Coach Turner is both a coach and entrepreneur focusing on social change. Together they give a dynamic interview about coaching in isolation, divergent thinking, handling pressure, and discuss anger, arrogance, and...

Slappin' Glass is joined on the podcast this week by the lead Assistant for the Los Angeles Lakers, Chris Jent. Coach Jent brings a wealth of experience to the podcast as the trio dives into the areas of building a vocabulary, late game play calling, hand signals, and talk defending "Delay" action, and shooting mechanics during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" You can...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Assistant Coach for the Dallas Maverick's, Sean Sweeney. Known as one of the best defensive minds in the NBA, the trio dive into Sweeney's process on building a transition defense, the value of simple vocabulary, and talk handling conflict as a staff and tough actions to switch during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To lear...

Slappin' Glass sits down with this week with the wife-husband duo leading the FIU WBB program, Jesyka Burks-Wiley and Dan Wendt! The group discuss an array of interesting topics including emotional IQ for players and staffs, tying a player development program to an overall scheme, and talk attacking zone and press defenses during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Join coaches an...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Colorado State MBB, Niko Medved! The trio dive into a ton of interesting and useful topics including: gaining confidence in building a program, staying seamless in half court offense, balancing analytics and gut instincts, and talk defending DHO's and late game play calling during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of the G-League's Santa Cruz Warriors, Seth Cooper. The trio dive into a variety of interesting topics including the craft of becoming a better ATO coach, dividing staff responsibilities, and have fun discussing the elements of "No Middle Defense" and transition Pace actions during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!&...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former Georgia, Indiana, and Marquette Head Coach, Tom Crean. The trio explore a number of fun and thought-provoking areas of the game including being accountable to one's talent, staff dynamics, saving timeouts, extending late-game situations, and talk the Horns alignment and disruptive defenses during the always entertaining "Start, Sub, or...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Dartmouth Men's Basketball, Dave McLaughlin. The trio dive into a variety of interesting topics including shot quality data, offensive exits and entry points, and discuss "Ram" and Flare screens Pre-PNR, pillars of a great culture, and when to double the post during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" Join co...

Slappin' Glass is joined this week by one of the world's most successful and sought-after high performance coaches, Dr. Gio Valiante. Dr. Gio is renown for his work with pro golfer, NBA and NFL players and coaches, and some of the top investors on Wall Street. The trio dive into an interesting conversation on humiliation and loss, mastery vs. ego orientations, goal setting, and discuss u...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Olimpia Milano, Ettore Messina! The current Euroleague Head Coach, and former NBA Assistant with the Spurs, dives into the areas of playing to strengths, playbook design, and discuss practice buildups and "logical creativity" during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and staffs from over 40 differ...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Video Coordinator and Assistant with EuroCup Champions, Virtus Bologna, Iacopo Squarcina. The trio explore the topics of "coaching coordinators" and staff segmentation, the benefits of 5 on 0, and talk learning from others coaches and "cutting to post" during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" For more information on joining t...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of the G-League's Capital City Go-Go, Mike Williams. Coach Williams enjoyed a terrific first year as the Head Coach of the Go-Go and the trio dive into a variety of topics including Coach Williams' path from student manager to G-League Head Coach, forging true relationships in coaching, running an efficient offense with non-shooters, runn...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Hall of Fame Head Coach of Iona, Rick Pitino. The trio dive into a variety of interesting topics including the evolution of the PNR, player development, his 8 segment of practice, effort level statistics, and discuss mentoring assistants, turnover margins, and the benefits of pressure during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join NBA, E...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of the Perth Wildcats, Scott Morrison. Coach Morrison has had a successful career thus far at the college, G-League, and as NBA level as an assistant under Brad Stevens and shares his thoughts on a variety of subjects including teaching all types of cutting, as well as shot selection, shot creation, dives into "blood boiling" mistakes and...

Slappin' Glass sits down with the Head Coach of Limoges CSP in France's Pro A division. The trio dive into the topics of playing multiple defensive systems, offensive complexity vs. simplicity, and talk "plus/minus" analytics, Free Throw stats, and hiding poor defenders during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" For those interesting in growing, exploring, and conne...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Colgate MBB Head Coach, Matt Langel. Fresh off leading the Raiders to their third NCAA appearance in the last four years, Coach Langel explores the topics of "pre-practice" drills and the first 10 minutes of practice, teaching three player actions in 5-Out or European flow offenses, and the trio discuss defending great shooters and Benedict Ar...

Slappin' Glass sits down with former Pro Player and current Assistant Coach for the G-League's, Motor City Cruise, Xavier Silas.  The trio dive head first into the topics of bridging the gap between a playing and coaching career, teaching how to keep advantages, dunker spot decisions, pace of play, and during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" talk elite paint touches and di...

Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Blair Academy and the most recent USA Jr. National Team playing in the Nike Hoop Summit, Joe Mantegna. The trio dive headfirst into the areas of radical truthfulness and transparency, circles of accountability, pistol action, the two-sided fastbreak, and discuss summer camps, keeping it simple, and PNR trapping during the always fun &q...