Chad Walthall MSU-Moorhead Post Crossing Plays by Wes Kosel

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March 17, 2015

Chad Walthall MSU-Moorhead Post Crossing Plays by Wes Kosel

Attached are two plays from Minnesota State University – Moorhead head coach Chad Walthall. Walthall is in his 5th season as head coach of the MSU-Moorhead Dragons. In his first four years at Moorhead, Walthall compiled a 76-41 record. Prior to taking over as head coach of the Dragons, Walthall spent time as an assistant at the University of Iowa (2007-2010). Before that, he was the head coach at Loras College, where he led the Duhawks to 6 straight winning seasons after going 12-13 in his first year. Before that, Walthall served as an assistant at Eastern Michigan and St. Olaf. He also coached at the high school level as a head coach at Redwood Valley HS (Minnesota). Walthall got his coaching start as a graduate assistant at St. Cloud State. This season, the Dragons are 34-3 with a 15-0 home record. Moorhead beat defending national champions Central Missouri in the second round and will face up against Augustana (SD) or Northwest Missouri State in the Sweet 16 of the Division II National Championship Bracket.

Chad Walthall MSU-Moorhead Post Crossing Plays – Fake Down Screen Post Cross
1 passes to 2 then cuts to the corner. 2 passes to 4 moving over across the top of the key. Once 4 has the ball, 2 sets a down screen for 1 and 5 acts as if he is setting a ball-screen for 3 but then pops out to the wing. 4 passes to 1 who passes to 2 in the corner. 2 looks for 5 cutting off of a cross-screen from 3.

Chad Walthall MSU-Moorhead Post Crossing Plays – Guard Curl Post Cross
1 passes to 4 who passes to 3. 5 moves down to the weak-side low post. Once 3 has the ball, 1 curls around a screen from 4 to the ball-side low post. If 1 isn’t open, 3 passes to 4 and 1 sets a back-screen for 3. 4 passes to 1 popping out to the wing. 3 sets a cross-screen for 5 and 4 screens down for 3 in a screen-the-screener action.

Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Andy Partee at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. Kosel joined the staff at Colorado College after serving two seasons as an assistant coach at Texas Lutheran University and one season at Haskell Indian Nations University. Kosel has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Kansas, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), a certified personal trainer (NSCA-CPT), and taught weight training and aerobic fitness courses while coaching at Texas Lutheran. He has coached AAU programs, volunteered with elementary and middle school basketball teams, and has worked basketball camps for various programs including the Houston Rockets, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

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