The Rising Coaches Podcast

On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re back with Mike Dunlap for part two of our conversation. His career has taken him through programs like Loyola Marymount, USC, Arizona, Oregon, St. John’s, the Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Charlotte Bobcats, with head coaching experience across college, international basketball, and the NBA. In this episode we discuss one thing he believes today’s coaches should avoid, the biggest misconception about coaching in the NBA, and the lessons being fired as an NBA head coach taught him moving forward.

On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by Mike Dunlap for part one of a two-part conversation. Dunlap’s career includes stops at Loyola Marymount, Iowa, USC, Arizona, Oregon, St. John’s, the Denver Nuggets, and Milwaukee Bucks, along with head coaching roles at Cal Lutheran, Adelaide, Metro State, the Charlotte Bobcats, Loyola Marymount, and Colorado Mesa. In this episode we discuss how his definition of great coaching has evolved, the skills that took him from young assistant to NBA head coach, and what he would change if given another opportunity to lead a team in today's era.

On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by Patrick Corrigan, Associate Head Coach at the University of West Florida. Corrigan played at Hampden-Sydney before building his coaching career through stops at Charlotte, Ferrum, West Coast Elite, Windward School, Cal Poly Pomona, and West Florida, including a successful run as the head coach at Ferrum. In this episode we discuss why sometimes moving down a level can actually move your coaching career forward, how being a former head coach has changed the way he approaches the assistant’s chair, and what he saw in Tanner Smith and West Florida that made him willing to step away from a successful head coaching position for a new opportunity.

On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by James Pristouris, Founder of the Super League Athletic Academy and Director of Strategic Relations with EEP Law. James has helped grow Super League from a youth program of just 25 kids into an organization providing international basketball experiences. In this episode we discuss the challenges and lessons behind scaling a small youth program into an international organization, what American player development can learn from the European model, and the impact a basketball trip to Greece can have on both players and programs.

On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by David Harris, Associate Head Coach at Northern Kentucky University. Harris played at Ashland University before beginning his coaching career through roles at Florida, VCU, Texas, Navy, and Northern Kentucky. In this episode we discuss the coaching DNA he picked up from Billy Donovan, Shaka Smart, Ed DeChellis, and Darrin Horn, how starting in video gave him a unique lens for teaching and developing players, and the behind-the-scenes lessons he’s learning now that are preparing him for his own head coaching opportunity.