Slappin' Glass sits down this week with newly hired Head Coach of Radford MBB, Zach Chu! Before becoming Radford's HC, Coach Chu spent nine years in the NBA and in this episode dives deep into into why a data driven approach is necessary in modern offensive and defensive strategy, along with recruiting, culture building, and player development; and discusses stampede action and why the best defenses always defend at the rim during the entertaining "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and champ...
Jul 25, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 238
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Coach, Author, and Leadership Development Consultant from Centerville HS in Ohio, Brook Cupps. In this terrific conversation the trio dive into Coach Cupps' thoughts on the power of story in building culture, accountability partners, and discusses role clarification in motion offense, and teaching players to be anti-fragile during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 ...
Jul 18, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 237
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with 3x German Bundesliga Coach of the Year, who has also coached extensively in Japan, John Patrick. In this highly insightful conversation the trio dive into Coach Patrick's thoughts on pace and building an offense from someone who is an legendary defensive coach, and discuss defending tough PNR actions along with defensive hand and footwork during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High Schoo...
Jul 11, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 236
This week, we're revisiting a fascinating conversation on Slappin' Glass with the Head Coach of St. Thomas, Johnny Tauer! Originally recorded during the Tommies' transition from D3 to D1, Coach Tauer shares timeless insights on what truly wins at both levels. We also dive into discussions on intrinsic motivation, handling turnovers, managing over-eager parents, and teaching split cuts during the always entertaining "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the N...
Jul 04, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 235
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the former Head Coach of Nymburk, and recently hired Head Coach of Paris Basketball, Francesco Tabellini. Coach Tabellini recently led Nymburk to the Czech NBL Championship and is here today to discuss playing relentless, and and attacking through pace, stampedes, and cutting, and the trio discusses "Tagging Up Killers", and beating the Hedge during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High S...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 234
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with newly hired Portland Trailblazers Assistant Coach, Tiago Splitter! In this fantastic conversation the trio dive into Coach Splitter's thoughts on creating advantages in the middle third of the floor, attacking via stampedes, and discusses first year head coaching decisions and handling midseason stressors during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries...
Jun 20, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 233
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Daemen University, Mike MacDonald! In this terrific conversation the trio dive into Coach MacDonald's thoughts on the ingredients of great teams, handling success, and discusses offensive rebounding and the two-guard offense during the always entertaining "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 232
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Mike DeGeorge. Coach DeGeorge has risen from D3, to D2, to D1 Head Coach and joins the show to discuss his thoughts on Process Driven Analytics, early "Hit Aheads", Pace of Play, and discusses training decision making, and program alignment during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of a...
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 232
Slappin' Glass is joined this week by Houston MBB Assistant/Head Coach in Waiting, Kellen Sampson. In this terrific conversation the trio discuss winning the margins, unscripted points, offensive rebounding principles, and explore topics of playing with two bigs, and elite player development sessions during the always entertaining "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus memb...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 231
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Indiana Pacers Assistant Coach, Jenny Boucek! In this terrific re-run episode from 2021 the trio dive into PNR cutting concepts, late-game analytics, and discuss assessing player value, defending the Short Roll, and loyalty in coaching during the alway fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!...
May 23, 2025•44 min•Season 1Ep. 230
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the HC of D2 Vanguard University, Rhett Soliday! The former NAIA Coach of the Year after winning the 2014 National Championship brings a wealth of knowledge to the show as the trio dive into Coach Soliday's philosophy on winning with smaller guards, defending all 94 feet of the floor, and discusses BLOB tactics along with "teachable moments" as a coach during the always entertaining "Start, Sub, or Sit?! segment. To join coaches and championship winning st...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 229
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Co-Founder and CEO of S2 Cognition, Scott Wylie! S2 is a leader in the field of measuring the cognitive underpinnings of athletes and high performers, and in this highly insightful conversation the trio dive into how S2 measures decision making capabilities, as well as how coaches can use that knowledge, and discuss the mental makeup of great PNR players, and how Impulse Control affects a player's shot selection during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Si...
May 09, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 228
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with newly hired Head Coach of Westmont College, after a successful tenure at Midwestern State, Justin Leslie! In this highly insightful conversation the trio explore Coach Leslie's thoughts on creating an adaptable offense, simplifying actions, attacking through the middle third of the floor, and discuss how guards can anchor a defense, and valuable career growth advice during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staff...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 227
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the legendary Head Coach of Davidson MBB, Bob McKillop! In this fantastic conversation the trio explore Coach McKillop's thoughts on the core principles of offensive execution and efficiency, the importance of self reflection, and discuss maximizing odd practice situations, and healthy confrontations during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taki...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 225
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the newly hired Head Coach of Minnesota MBB, Niko Medved! In this replay episode from when Coach Medved was at Colorado St., the trio dive into a ton of interesting and useful topics including: gaining confidence in building a program, staying seamless in half court offense, balancing analytics and gut instincts, and discuss defending DHO's and late game play calling during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staf...
Apr 04, 2025•56 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with former NBA, NCAA, and G-League Head Coach, and current Consultant with the Minnesota T'Wolves, Mike Miller. In this great conversation the trio discuss the art of being a great assistant coach, and dive into attacking a Box and One, and building a program through losing season during the always interesting "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of ...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 223
Slappin' Glass sits down with the Assistant Coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, Matt Brase! Coach Brase has extensive experience as a coach at various levels of basketball, and the trio dive into his thoughts on Bench Production and Management, and discuss Drag Screen Angles and Post Game Analysis during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit H...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 222
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Founder and CEO of Elite Cognition, Brittany Loney. In this highly interesting conversation the trio dive into all things about improving group excellence and decision making, and discusses coaching through volatility and uncertainty, and optimizing the planner during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membershi...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 221
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head of Athletic Performanse and Science for the Irish Rugby Football Union, as well as author of the highly successful book, The Language of Coaching, Nick Winkelman. In this highly detailed discussion the trio dive into Coach Winkelman's thoughts on miscommunication amongst teams, and where things go wrong, internal vs. external cueing, the use of analogies for teaching movements, and much more. To join coaches and championship winning staffs from th...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 220
Slappin' Glass is joined this week by author and performance consultant for some of the best coaches in the NBA and NCAA, Bob Levant. In this highly insightful conversation the trio dive into Bob's thoughts on building emotional IQ, the role of fear in coaching and leadership, responding vs. reacting, and discusses "dripping" culture daily to your team and sticking to the process during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High Sch...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 219
Slappin' Glass sits down this week for a second time on the show with one of the world's most sought after high performance coaches, Dr. Gio Valiante! In Round 2 the trio dive deep into the areas of fear and anxiety in high performance, finding flow states, and attributions of success and failures. To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visit HERE!...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 218
In this December Rewind episode Slappin' Glass sits down with now Drake MBB Head Coach, Ben McCollum. In a highly thought provoking episode the trio explore a wide array of topics including Coach McCollum's thoughts on playing at a slower and more methodical pace, the art of changing PNR screening angles and locations, and talk stats that matter and efficienct 5 v. 5 segments during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School ...
Dec 27, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 217
In this December Rewind episode Slappin' Glass revisits one of the most inspirational and motivating episodes of all time with now Wyoming MBB Head Coach, Sundance Wicks. Coach Wicks brings a ton of energy and passion to the podcast as the trio dive into the areas of building "scout" specific and base defenses, hiding poor defenders, and the trio talk contagious culture, and advantages vs. movement during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from ...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Slappin' Glass revisits one of the all-time most popular and interesting episodes on the show with legendary NBA Head Coach, Mike D'Antoni! In this episode the trio dive into the history and evolution of "Pace and Space" offense and discuss challenging great players, impossible tags, and much more during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, visi...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Slappin' Glass sits down in this episode with the legendary, Rick Pitino! In this "December Rewind" episode with the current St. John's Head Coach the trio dive into Coach Pitino's thoughts on 8 different practice segments, the evolution of the PNR, and discuss the benefits of pressure defense and helping assistants be prepared for becoming a Head Coach during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different ...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 214
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Assistant Coach of the Houston Rockets, Ben Sullivan! In this highly informative conversation the trio dive into Coach Sullivan's thoughts on building elite shooters, and the habits that go with it, and discuss various switching techniques along with personnel-based film preparation during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage o...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with Assistant Coach of Texas MBB, Frank Haith! In this highly interesting conversation the trio dive into Coach Haith's thoughts on building teams that can win late in games, pressure free throws, and discuss internal program measures on defense, and "trick traps" during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus membership, vi...
Nov 22, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 212
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of Portland MBB, Shantay Legans! In this highly entertaining conversation the trio dive into Coach Legans' thoughts on coaching with an edge, teams becoming an extension of yourself, and explore the "Deep" BLOB defense, along with protecting foul-prone players during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantage of an SG Plus...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 211
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the Assistant Coach for the Toronto Raptors, Pat Delany! In this terrific conversation the trio dive into Coach Delany's thoughts on defending great offensive teams in the half court, and discusses coaching skills learned in the film room, along with efficient and focused practice planning during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School from over 60 different countries taking advantag...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 210
Slappin' Glass sits down this week with the recently retired Head Coach of the French National Team, after being in the role for 15 years, Vincent Collet! The trio dive into Coach Collet's thoughts on developing young talent, after he played a major role in the ascent of Victor Wembanyama and Nicolas Batum, and discuss tactical chess as an underdog, and "defending the danger" during the always fun "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" To join coaches and championship winning staffs from the NBA to High School ...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 209
