Tom Crean Notes

General Philosophy

1. Passion is critical to success

2. Be honest with yourself

3. Analyze what goes right as well as what goes wrong

4. Learn from the good and bad

Assistant Coaches

1. Have ones that want to be head coaches

2. Make your boss Coach of the Year

3. Everything you do leads you to be a head coach-make your boss become better (take problems away from him)

Teach Your Players

1. Unselfishness

2. Giving

3. To be a great teammate

4. Camaraderie

Championship Teams

1. Execute under pressure on both ends

2. Find a way to get the most easy basketbs (off reb, turnovers, fastbreaks)

-Everyone knows who takes the bad shots, who won't pass, etc... but most selfish act is not running back on defense every trip

-All practices test how you play through fatigue

-Crean feels that in the 40 minute college game: 35 + deflections a game + 42% field goal % = 85-90% win percentage

Washington State Basketball

Concepts:

1.) Humility- know who we are

2.) Passion- do not be luke warm

3.) Unity- do not divide our house

4.) Servanthood- make teammates better

5.) Thankfulness- learn from each circumstance

Objectives:

1.) Set out defense

2.) Pressure the ball

3.) Help stop the ball & recover

4.) Finish the play defensively

5.) Run on certain rebounds

6.) Break the defense down with screens, cuts, passing, & dribbling

7.) Take good shots

8.) Shoot with legs, elbow, & reach

9.) Know your role in the offense

10.)Try to get to an offensive rebounding position

Cougar Defense:

*Get Back

*Set Our Defense

*Pressure the Ball

*Pack Off the Ball

*Block Out and Rebound

*Change the Game on Defense

Cougar Offense:

*Catch & Pass with Sureness

*Run Hard When We Run

*Break the Defense Down

*Take Good Shots

*Get Back or Get an Offensive Rebound

Cougar Characteristics:

*We Will Be Humble

*We Will Be Passionate

*We Will Be Unified

*We Will Be Servants

*We Will Be Thankful

USC Football Philosophy

These are the philosophies of the #1 ranked football team in the nation. When it comes right down to it, team sports are very simple. It's all about hard work, accountability, playing smart, and playing together. It doesn't matter what sport it is; these are the deciding factors that produce championships!

Vision:

Do things better than they have ever been done before

Style:

Play with great energy, great enthusiasm, and play smart

"It's all about the ball":

Take care of the ball on offense- create turnovers on defense

Compete:

Everybody in our program is in a relentless pursuit for a competitive edge

Finish:

Finish every drill

Finish every play

Finish every game

3 Rules of Football:

#1 Protect your team

#2 No whining, no complaining, no excuses

#3 BE EARLY!