The Minnesota Basketball Coaching Podcast

Brett is joined by newly hired Monticello High School head coach Dillon Naumann. Dillon talks about what his first summer was like as a head coach and what he is looking to accomplish in year one. Then they talked about offensive philosophy with an emphasis on teaching teams how to play fast through transition offense. Then they talked about how Dillon breaks down and teaches pressing. 

Brett is joined by former Armstrong High School head coach and current Hamline University assistant coach Greg Miller. Greg talks about offensive and defensive philosophy, practice planning, program building, and what he's learned during his coaching journey.

Brett has four coaches on that participated in the Ray Allen Challenge and then they have a discussion about their plans during the upcoming winter season during a pandemic. Dave Flom from Eden Prairie High School, Chris Hopkins from St. Agnes High School, Joe Burger from Edina High School, and Tim Sension from the Breck School join this episode. The four coaches talk about their experience participating in the Ray Allen Challenge and then go into detail about how they plan to approach this season and ways they can help educate and mitigate the spread while coaching during a pandemic.

Mankato East High School head coach Joe Madson joins to talk about offensive and defensive philosophy, team building, mental training, and planning for opponents. 

Brett is joined by six-time state champion Larry McKenzie. Larry talks about building the basketball programs at Patrick Henry and North high schools in Minneapolis and what work went into achieving success at those schools. Larry talks about the expectations and standards of his program and how he instills those standards as part of their culture. He then talks about building relationships with his players and getting them to trust him. Finally Larry talks about practice planning, offensive philosophy, defensive philosophy, and game preparation.

John sits down to talk with Brett to summarize the October 1st MSHSL board meeting and what it means for boys and girls basketball. He talks about the plan that was decided, what will happen with spectators, and a post season outlook. Then John gives advice for coaches and players.

Brett is joined by East Ridge High School head coach Josh Peltier. Josh talks about taking over a new program and what he looked to instal at East Ridge right away. Then Josh talks practice planning, game preparation, and the core values of his program. Finally Josh talks about his defensive philosophy and ball screen coverage. 

Brett is joined by Cambridge-Isanti High School head coach Mike McDonald. Mike talks about coaching against his son in a section final, evolving as a coach, and how social media has impacted his coaching. Then Mike goes into detail on Cambridge's HAVOC philosophy, teaching shooting throughout his program, and playing with a fast pace. Finally Mike talks about Cambridge's Matchup defense and defensive principles of his program.

Brett is joined by Prep Hoops and Breakdown Sports writer and Minnesota high school basketball aficionado Ryan James. Ryan talks about the work that goes into his player rankings, recapping the AAU season, and summer stock risers. Then Ryan goes over his preseason top 5 from each class, a sleeper from each class, and the race for Mr. Basketball/McDonald award.

Brett is joined by St. Mary's University (MN) assistant men's basketball coach Kyle Brown. Kyle discusses his newsletter "In The Gaps" and gives an overview of what he's found in his research. Then Kyle talks about what coaches look for in recruits and how high school coaches can help in the recruiting process. Finally Kyle goes into detail on ball screen offense, modern offense, and trending offensive actions that can work at the high school level.

Brett is joined by Eden Prairie head coach and 2019-20 national coach of the year Dave Flom. Dave talks about the amazing 2019-20 Eden Prairie team and the goals or standards that he has for his program. Then Dave talks about game planning, preparing his team and scouting reports for the section tournament, giving his staff ownership of scouting reports, and practice planning. Finally Dave talks about his offensive and defensive principles and philosophy. 

Brett is joined by Marshall High School head coach Travis Carroll. Travis talk about his experience as a grad assistant at Southwest Minnesota State University, coaching in a college town, and helping his players deal with the adversity of losing the 2016 section final. Then Travis talks about the culture of Marshall High School, the Tiger youth basketball association, and the offensive and defensive expectations of his youth teams. Finally Travis goes into detail about their spread ball screen offense and their man-to-man defensive principles.

Brett is joined by D1 Minnesota head coach Al Harris. Al talks about his coaching background and how he got into AAU. Then he talks about his ability to build relationships with his players, how he challenges them with skill development, and what his practices look like. Al talks about his offense and defensive philosophy and his focus on efficiency within his offense. Finally Al talked about AAU coaches and how they can work together with high school coaches to help the development of their athletes.

Brett is joined by Pine City head coach Kyle Allen. Kyle talks about their unique offensive style of play and the coverage they received by the Wall Street Journal. Pine City shoots upwards of 50 to 60 threes a game and Kyle talks about their offensive philosophy and how he teaches his athletes how to focus on shooting threes or layups. Then Kyle talks about the success and challenges that he has faced installing a nontraditional style of play. Finally Kyle explains the roles on his team and how he makes scouting a team building activity.

Brett is joined by Leah Dasovich who is the head girl's basketball coach at Minnetonka High School. Leah talked about the 2016 state championship team, coaching her daughter, and relationship building with her team. Then Leah goes into detail on practice planning, motion offense, and mixing man and zone defenses.

Brett is joined by Lakeville North head coach and member of the 600 wins club John Oxton. John talks about winning his 600th game, taking a two year break to watch his daughter play basketball, and the 2014 state championship team. Then John talks about the culture at Lakeville North, collaborating with the football coaches, how he approaches the start of each season, and his offensive and defensive philosophy.

Brett is joined by St. Cloud Apollo head coach Jason Allen. Jason talks about his experience coaching AAU and how it has helped him as a high school coach. Then Jason talks about the culture of accountability he has created in his program. Finally Jason talks about Apollo's dribble drive motion offense, full court presses, and half court defense.

Brett begins the episode with a public service announcement about wearing a mask to encourage coaches to do their part to increase the likelihood that there's a season this winter. Then he's joined by former Big Lake High School head coach and current Tri City United head coach Kyle Johnson. Kyle talks about going from a successful head coach to a role as an assistant, his plan as he takes over a new program, and offensive and defensive philosophy.

Brett is joined by Melrose head coach Ryan Dusha. Ryan talks about the 2019 section final game and the 2015 state championship. Then Ryan goes into detail about his basketball programming, building relationships, and setting expectations for coaches, players, and parents. Finally they talk about the varying offenses Melrose runs and packline defense. 

Joe Burger from Edina High School joins Brett to talk youth basketball programming, playing in the toughest conference and section in the state, and empowering assistant coaches. Then Joe talks in-depth about his offensive philosophy and breaks down actions that they run in their dribble drive motion offense. 

Brett is joined by Totino-Grace head coach and co-owner of Prep Hoops Nick Carroll. Nick talked about skill development, offensive principles, and creating a culture of accountability in his program. Then (21:00) Nick talked about Prep Hoops and the recruiting process, transferable skills from high school to college, and how high school basketball coaches can prepare their student-athletes for the next level.

Brett is joined by Hermantown head coach Andy Fenske. Andy talks about his experience as a girls and boys head coach, and what he learned going from a head coach to an assistant and back to a head coach. Then Andy talks about program building, creating a youth program, building relationship with kids, and offensive principals. 

Brett is joined by Terry Techam who is the head coach at Delano High School. Terry talked about building a program, offensive flexibility depending on personnel, game planning and developing basketball players in the summer. Terry then went into detail about how he communicates roles to his players and their parents in pre-season meetings. 

Brett is joined by Cristo Rey Jesuit head basketball coach Stanley Clay. Coach Clay talks about Cristo Rey's school philosophy, building a program from the ground up, his core values as a coach, and in-season skill development. Then they talk about Cristo Rey's defensive philosophy and how they prepare for opponents.

Damian Johnson (Benilde-St. Margaret's), Stanley Clay (Cristo Rey Jesuit), and Zander Culver (Roseville) joined Brett to have a roundtable conversation about the current racial issues facing the Black community in Minneapolis and around the country. They then talked about ways that racial bias is seen in high school sports, and finally they talked about ideas for coaches to have conversations with their athletes about race.

Brett is joined by Mountain Iron-Buhl head boys and girls basketball coach Jeff Buffetta. Jeff talks about how he built up his girls program, how it came about that he added the boys coaching position, what it was like coaching a boys and girls varsity team this past season, pressure defense, and fast paced offense.

Brett is joined by Waseca head boys basketball coach Seth Anderson. Seth talks about building a community environment around his program, playing for and coaching with his dad, offensive evolution from motion principals to more ball screen heavy offense, and more.

Duluth East head boys' basketball coach Rhett McDonald joins Brett for this episode of The Minnesota Basketball Coaching Podcast. Rhett talked about practice planning, packline defense, 4-out motion offense, and in-game strategy. 

This week Brett is joined by Andre Phillips who is the head boys basketball coach at Mound Westonka High School. Andre talked about building relationships with players and parents, run and jump pressure defense, dribble drive motion offense, and how he prepares and presents his scouting reports.

In this episode Brett is joined by Southwest Minnesota State University head men's basketball coach Brad Bigler. Brad talks about the ways that high school coaches can prepare their athletes for the next level, practice planning, offensive philosophy, defensive philosophy, and offensive and defensive footwork and movement drills.

Brett is joined by Lake City head coach Greg Berge. In this podcast they talk about how Greg manages being a head coach and an administrator, his offseason basketball program known as the "300 Hour Club", 5-out motion offense, instilling confidence in his shooters, and how to build community involvement around his program.

This week Brett sits down to talk with Lakeville South head coach Joe Janquart. The conversation was defensive focused as Joe went in-depth about pick and roll defense, defending off ball screens, post defense, and backside rotational defense. He then talked about program building, building relationships, and roster formation.

Buffalo head coach Josh Ortmann sits down to talk with Brett about playing in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), his experience winning a state championship as a player, and coaching in his hometown. In the second half of the interview Josh goes in-depth about transitioning to the Lake Conference, Buffalo's motion offense, installing motion offense at the youth level, and discussing role identification with his players. 

In part two of a two part interview, Tartan head coach Mark Klingsporn continues his conversation with Brett as they talk about a variety of topics including practice planning, defensive principles, and offensive freedom.

In part one of a two part interview, Tartan High School head coach Mark Klingsporn sits down and talks with Brett about managing parents and stakeholders in your program, building a winning culture or mentality, motivation and setting expectations for your players, and creating an environment for academic success for student-athletes. 

Chris Hopkins from St. Agnes High School joins Brett to talk about what he learned from his time working with John Beilein and Bob Huggins at West Virginia and during his time as an assistant coach at Hamline University. They then go into detail about the role of an assistant coach and the process of interviewing for a head coaching position. Finally, they talk about offensive and defensive principles of the St. Agnes program.

Damian Johnson from North St. Paul High School joins Brett for a new episode of The Minnesota Basketball Coaching Podcast and goes into detail about what he learned during his journey playing division one basketball, NBA Summer League, playing in Asia and Europe, and the G-League. Other topics discussed include motion strong secondary or flow offense, screen reads off staggered screens, reading the defense off of picks and rolls, pressure defense, and tricks Damian shares with his team that he learned from his playing days. 

Molly Kasper from Eastview High School joins Brett for episode ten of the Minnesota Basketball Coaching Podcast. Molly talked about creating a player-led culture, team accountability, creating competitive situations in practice, and finally they went into the offensive and defensive principles of the Eastview Lightning girls program.

Bryan Schnettler of Wayzata High School talks with Brett about youth and summer programming, practice structure, offensive and defensive principles of the Wayzata Trojan basketball program, and how he connects with his players. 

Omar McMillan from Richfield High School joins Brett to discuss creating a positive culture in his program, empowering his players and assistant coaches, and providing leadership and guidance to the young men that he works with. The episode wraps up with a brief overview of a Richfield practice and offensive and defensive principles.

Dave Cresap from Perham High School joins Brett for part two of his two-part interview. In this episode Dave talks in detail about the success he has had with the euro ball screen offense, he goes into detail about the freedom he gives his athletes within the offense, he talks about different reads against various ball screen coverages, and finally he discusses the Perham defensive principals and the points of emphasis he puts on the defensive end of the floor.

Part one of a two part interview with Dave Cresap of Perham High School. In this part, Dave talks with Brett about establishing a culture within your program, building a winning culture, creating and maintaining a successful youth or varsity feeder program, and expectations for athletes and parents.

Former Wisconsin Badger and professional basketball player Jared Berggren sits down and talks with Brett about basketball training and advice for coaches offering summer programming during the current climate surrounding COVID-19 and in normal circumstances. Jared breaks down footwork, ball handling, and shooting while also discussing skills high school players are strong at and skills that need improvement across the board. Finally he discusses services that he offers high school athletes and programs through Catalyst Training.

Austin High School head boys basketball coach Kris Fadness sits down to talk about the core values and identity of the Austin Packers, Austin's 1-2-2 pressure defense, offensive execution, and structuring his practices. 

South St. Paul head coach Matthew McCollister sits down to talk about the success he has had quickly turning programs around, what he looks for when he takes over a program, how he evaluates players, and the expectations he sets in his programs. Later he goes into his experience coaching the Tanzanian national basketball team. 

Minnetonka head basketball coach Bryce Tesdahl sits down to talk about his experience playing and coaching in the NSIC, motion offense basics, program building, and setting expectations for players and parents.

Brett sits down with former Henry Sibley head boys basketball coach John Carrier to discuss games-based coaching, program development, recommendations to a new head coach, and establishing an identity as a team.