Derrick Clark Metro State Basketball Lob Plays by Wes Kosel

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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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July 14, 2015

Derrick Clark Metro State – Denver Basketball Lob Plays by Wes Kosel

Attached are 3 lob plays from Metro State head coach Derrick Clark. Coach Clark just completed his 5th season as head coach for the Roadrunners. In those five years, he has compiled a 137-26 record. Clark played at Cal Lutheran under Coach Mike Dunlap. After that, he played overseas in Australia from 1995-1997. He got his first coaching job as an assistant at Metro State. He spent 8 seasons at Metro before spending 2 seasons at Air Force and 3 seasons at Colorado as an assistant. In 2010, he took over as head coach for Metro State. In 2013, the Roadrunners lost to Drury in the NCAA Division II National Championship Game. The next season, Metro State was undefeated in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and made it to the Division II Final Four again losing to an eventual champion, Central Missouri. In his 5 seasons as head coach, Metro has never lost more than five games in conference play and has finished first or second in the RMAC each season. He has won a remarkable 84% of all games and 86% of conference games.

Derrick Clark Metro State – Denver Basketball Lob Plays – 1-4 High Lob
1 dribbles to the right wing pushing 2 down towards the block to loop around a screen from 5. Once 2 clears, 5 cuts to the corner off of a screen from 3. 4 steps out to the perimeter. The ball is swung from 1 to 5 in the corner. 3 sets a back-screen for 4 who cuts to the rim for a lob.

Derrick Clark Metro State – Denver Basketball Lob Plays – 1-4 High Lob 2
1 passes to 3 then moves down with 4 to set a staggered screen for 2. 3 passes to 2 then gets a back-screen from 5 for a lob. If the lob isn’t there, 2 looks to pass to 1 on the wing who then looks inside to 4 posting up.

Derrick Clark Metro State – Denver Basketball Lob Plays – 1-4 High Lob 3
1 dribbles to the wing pushing 2 inside to loop around 5. 1 passes to 2 as 4 screens for 3. 2 looks to make the pass to 3. If it isn’t open, 2 receives a staggered ball-screen from 5 and 4.

This is a great set of basketball lob plays that can be used in all levels.

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Wes Kosel just completed his first year as 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 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, USA Basketball, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

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