2014 Rising Coaches Elite Basketball Coaches Notes

Written by Coach Peterman

I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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August 10, 2014

2014 Rising Coaches Elite Basketball Coaches Notes

July is usually one of the busiest months for basketball coaches because they are traveling the country to watch prospects that they have been following. It’s an important time for current players to go through summer school and do strength and conditioning with their staff. With the head coach and assistants on the road recruiting, most of the staffers like the director of basketball operations are running the office.

Rising Coaches Elite is a program that was found by three former Clemson staffers (former Longwood assistant Andy Farrell, current Mississippi State director of basketball operations Adam Gordon and current Miami University assistant Trey Meyer) and they held their fifth annual basketball coaches conference. The speakers were Chattanooga head coach Will Wade, Pittsburgh head coach Jamie Dixon, Arizona assistant Joe Pasternack and Georgetown assistant Kevin Sutton.

Rising Coaches Elite is a grassroots organization that focuses on two things. They develop lifelong friendships through the profession by networking and brainstorming ideas. The second thing is that they want to learn how to be assistant coaches and head coaches from some of the highest level coaches in the game. Basketball coaches want to give back to their roots and help these younger kids. Their conference is just one time a year that they meet up. They also meet up at the NCAA Final Four.

Some coaches have been able to connect with different coaches from all over the country and it’s been a very positive experience. Some basketball coaches have gotten jobs directly from meeting speakers, from their peers, and growing their network to learn the game of basketball.