Basketball Coaching | Learn Defensive Basketball Plays from Louisville Cardinals | Rick Pitino Full Court Press

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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March 22, 2012

Rick Pitino is a basketball coaching legend in the profession and has been to the NBA twice in his career. He faces Tom Izzo of the Michigan State Spartans matchup in the Sweet Sixteen. Coach Pitino’s NBA Boston Celtics just didn’t make enough basketball plays as he went five losing seasons out of six with the Boston Celtics.

The basketball coaching community needs the “Coach K’s, Tom Izzo’s, and Billy Donovan’s” of the world for the college kids. Rick Pitino said that they are a treasure for the college basketball coaching community. He said that those coaches just teach so many life lessons to these young men. He didn’t suggest any college coach to go straight to a head coaching job in the NBA.

Coach Pitino said at his press conference on wedsnesday that College Coaches like Tom Izzo would miss the teaching aspect of the game in the NBA. He said that the NBA isn’t just about basketball plays. He thinks that college coaches that hope to coach in pros go the assistant route first. That it is basketball suicide to do it that way unless you played in the NBA. Kelvin Sampson is a perfect example.

Coach Pitino told SI.com that “Happiness is more important than money. Happiness is more important than a new challenge.” If you are happy where your are at then why mess with it. I think that is great advice for anyone.

I hope that you enjoy these defensive basketball plays. These Full Court Press Diagrams were drawn from a former Rick Pitino Assistant Coach and some of the best basketball coaching material that I have seen on it.

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