Ed Cooley Providence Friars Set Plays by Wes Kosel

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October 29, 2014

Ed Cooley Providence Friars Set Plays by Wes Kosel

Attached are two set plays from Providence Head Coach Ed Cooley. Cooley is entering his 4th season at Providence. During his first three seasons with the Friars, his teams increased win totals by four games each year. Providence’s Big East Conference standing improved each year as well, moving from 15th in 2012 to 3rd place in 2014. The Friars also won the 2014 Big East Conference Tournament. Before taking over for Providence, Cooley served as the Head Coach at Fairfield for 5 years. In that span, he increased the team’s win total each year and finished 1st in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2011. Before becoming a head coach, he served as an assistant at Boston College, Rhode Island, Stonehill, and UMass-Dartmouth. He was awarded the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year in 2010 and the MAAC Coach of the Year in 2011.

Ed Cooley Providence Friars Set Plays – 2-1-2 Center Option
In this play, 1 passes to 4 who passes to 2 on the wing. 5 sets a screen for 1 who cuts into the lane looking for a pass from 2. 4 makes a shallow cut to the ball-side corner. If 1 isn’t open, 5 steps out and gets the pass from 2. 5 reverses the ball to 3. 1 sets a screen for 2, then cuts up off of a down screen from 5. 3 looks to pass to 2 or 1 for a shot. If 1 gets the ball, 5 can also set a ball-screen. 1 and 5 play a pick & roll two-man game as 2 replaces 5 on the roll.

Ed Cooley Providence Friars Set Plays – Horns Triple Stagger
1 dribbles left as 5 and 4 set a staggered screen for 2. 1 passes to 2. 2 looks to shoot, but if he doesn’t have a shot he looks to pass to 3 cutting to the wing off of a staggered screen from 4 and 5. If 3 doesn’t have a shot, 4 and 5 set a third staggered screen for 1 cutting to the ball-side corner.

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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