Episode 23: Matt Driscoll, Culture and Passion in Coaching

Matt Driscoll, Culture and Passion in Coaching Guest: Matt Driscoll, North Florida Basketball Head Coach In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, North Florida head coach Matthew Driscoll joins the podcast. Coach Driscoll is the winningest coach in North Florida history. They have won ASUN Regular Season Championships in 2015 and 2016, including the ASUN Tournament Championship in 2015. The program has appeared in two national postseason appearances (2015 NCAA | 2016 NIT). The team has appeared in three ASUN Tournament Championship games (2011 | 2015 | 2017). Further achievements include: * Coached UNF to victories over Power 5 foes (Purdue in 2014-15 | Illinois in 2015-16) * NCAA Div. 1 National Leader in 3-Pointers Made per Game (2016) * Teams own every single season program record (except steals) * Owns both of program’s 20+ win seasons (23 in 2014-15 | 22 in 2015-16) * Posted .500 or better record in ASUN play in 7 of 9 seasons at the helm including 5 straight * Qualified for ASUN Tournament every season of his tenure Breakdown 1:00 - Introduction 3:00 - Talking Opportunities 4:30 - Celebrate Small Victories 7:00 - Sustaining Success 8:30 - Coach Matt has a big Impact for Coach Chris 10:00 - Be Who You Are 11:00 - Formulating some Staffs that Works for Him 14:00 - Things that make him Sustain Success 15:30 - Anyone can be a Head Coach 17:00 - Best Approach to Head Coach To Disagree their Ideas 19:00 - Examples to Approaches to Disagree to Head Coaches 20:30 - "Don't say your Opinion, Have Some Evidence to Support It" 22:00 - Knowing Who you Coach 24:00 - Making Sure the Talents are Continually Improving 25:30 - Good, Better, Best 26:30 - Brett Brown's Quote 27:30 - Making Sure that the Culture is Consistent 29:00 - Example of Explaining Words 31:00 - "Iron Sharpens Iron" and "Value Your Pursuit" 32:00 - 5 Questions That Go Along with their Theme 33:00 - Disappointment 34:00 - Evaluation 36:00 - Reap What You Sow 37:00 - Player To Player Approach 38:30 - Educate Players Being Criticize 42:00 - Players are Being Taught for Life 44:00 - Bad Habits 45:30 - Agenda For Winning 47:30 - Honesty and Permission 49:30 - Bringing Up Valuable Points for the Players 50:30 - "Passion to Improve" 51:30 - Trust, People Skill, Courage, Vision, Passion 53:00 - Conclusion Matt Driscoll’s Bio Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Driscoll_(basketball) Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNFBBALL   Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.