Basketball Coaching Notes | Pete Carril Princeton Backdoor Offense

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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 17, 2013

Pete Carril Princeton Backdoor Offense

These basketball notes show low post options and how to start the Princeton offense. They will also show you how to get into a one guard front offense. Another option is the dribble entry. Also how to go from the high post offense into the low post offense.

One of the most likable and dedicated coaches in basketball history, Pete Carrilspent 43 years of his life committed to coaching excellence. After seven years at thehigh school level and one season as head coach at Lehigh University, Carril tookover the basketball program at Princeton University in 1967. Upon his retirement atthe end of last season, Carril was the only Division I coach to record 500 wins (525-273) without ever providing athletic scholarships. In his first season at Princeton,Carril posted a 20-6 record, the first of ten 20-win-or-more seasons.

Featuring players that were often overmatched physically by opponents, Carrilinstilled a regimented, disciplined and fundamentally sound brand of basketballthat made the Tigers a difficult opponent to play. Carril’s Princeton teams won withtextbook basics-an unselfish offense and team defense. A Bethlehem, PA, native,Carril’s Tiger teams led the nation in scoring defense 14 of the past 21 seasons,including the last eight in a row. Over Carril’s 29 seasons, Princeton won 514games, recorded only one losing season, won 13 Ivy League Championships andearned 13 postseason tournament bids (11 NCAA, 2 NIT). In 1975, Carril ledPrinceton to the Ivy League’s only NIT championship. Princeton’s NCAA tournamentappearances have been memorable, including a near-victory over then-number-one-ranked Georgetown in 1989 (50-49), and a thrilling last second victory overdefending national champion UCLA (43-41) in 1996. Carril currently serves as anassistant coach with the NBA’s Sacramento Kings.

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