Episode 55: Jim Crutchfield, Pressing Uptempo Style of Play

Jim Crutchfield, Pressing Uptempo Style of Play Guest: Jim Crutchfield, Nova Southeastern Head Coach In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Nova Southeastern head coach Jim Crutchfield joins the podcast to talk about his pressing uptempo philosophy. Crutchfield is one of the most successful coaches in NCAA basketball history. NCAA coaching legend Jim Crutchfield became the head coach at NCAA D2 Nova Southeastern on March 21, 2017, following a historical stint at West Liberty in West Virginia, and quickly introduced a pressing, uptempo style of play that his known for. His recipe for success that had worked during the previous 13 years at West Liberty translated a 6-20 program into a National contender. Prior to his arrival in Fort Lauderdale, Crutchfield built arguably the most high-profile Division II program in the nation during 13 seasons with West Liberty. Having coached the Hilltoppers since 2004-17, he amassed a career record of 359-61 (.855), which was the highest career winning percentage in college basketball history among ALL NCAA coaches who had spent at least 10 seasons as an NCAA head coach. That places Crutchfield in an elite class of coaching legends that includes Kentucky's Adolph Rupp (3rd all-time), UCLA's John Wooden (7th) and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (21st).   Breakdown 1:00 - Left for a challenge 2:00 - Scrimmage Philosophy 4:40 - The Process 6:30 - Things Addressed During Scrimmage 8:40 - Isolation Work 10:30 - Defensive Pressure within the Scrimmage 12:00 - Getting Quickly into the Pressure 15:00 - How his Players Compete in Scrimmage 18:00 - Never Read a Basketball Book in his Life 19:00 - Shaping his Philosophy 21:00 - Teaching Players Decision Making 23:00 - Watching Video with his Players 24:20 - Scoring in Transition 26:00 - 10 Second Shot Clock 27:00 - Attacking to crete Confidence 29:00 - Spacing Template 30:00 - Emphasizing Everything 31:00 - Enjoying the System 32:20 - Talking about Advantage/Disadvantage 33:30 - Defining Shot Selection 35:00 - Players Care about Winning and Losing 36:00 - Phase of Play: Up Tempo Practice 39:00 - Ways to Create Gaps to Drive 41:00 - Playing Through the Elbows a Lot 45:00 - He Believed in a Game of Basketball that Don't Anymore 46:00 - Better Coach because of his Philosophy Jim Crutchfield’s Bio Bio: https://nsusharks.com/coaches.aspx?rc=774   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.