Shane Snyder

This is actually super tough. Says a lot about a program when everyone WANTS to come back!!!

"I wish that we would stop calling it old school coaching and say that's how you should coach.. Be honest and in the moment.. The way Coach McCollum coaches is real and we should like real more" ~ Coach K #PMSLive

Hire a COACH. Not a celebrity.

Guy coaching 1st year in HM ranks, with D2 PG and bunch of guys from Drake + 1 from Robert Morris, headed to the Elite 8 I don't wanna hear all these complaints about NIL, rev share, fans not donating enough. Evaluate, recruit, develop, X and O ... its possible

JJ WETHERHOLT OPENING DAY HOMER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 💣

Collaborating with people is one of the biggest hacks in a competitive industry.

Bad News: I have a pg with multiple “committable” D1 offers who isn’t a qualifier and will have to look at alternative options. GOOD News: Someone is going to get a steal & a player who does it all. All he does is win! 57% FG, 40% 3PT on 92 attempts, 81% FT on 199 attempts.

You AAU directors, coaches and parents gotta chill lol. I’m not beefing with another man because he coach for another program or in a different circuit. If you my man you my man regardless if you wearing Adidas, Puma or Under Armor. This not the streets. Stop it.

Ben McCollum shares what it feels like to be around first-place people and a first-place culture. "I went to Northwest Missouri State, and my first practice with Steve Tapmeyer - best coach I've ever been around - I sat there and I'm like, 'This is what first place feels like. This is what a first-place culture feels like. This is what first-place people feel like.'" That was the wake-up call. He realized what first-place people have: "They've got an extreme work ethic. They've got an edge to 'em that other people don't - a competitive spirit." Then he quoted John Thompson: "You can tame a fool a lot quicker than you can resurrect a corpse...We want guys with a little edge to 'em." You can coach skills, but you can't coach competitive spirit. You don't want to consistently coach their effort and attitude. The last thing they look for: Energy givers. "Over the years, we found that guys that are moody don't make it in our program." "If you're moody, if you have low energy, if you suck the life out of the building - you don't make it." Talent isn't enough. Your energy matters. Your attitude matters. Successful people have a competitive edge, they bring energy, and they look to consistently get better. They raise the standard through what they do. (🎥 Watts Happening Podcast)

@MITEngineersMBB is looking to add to our staff! Part-time role, great opportunity to be around high-level student-athletes & compete in a strong league. If you’re interested, send an email at bjdunne@mit.edu

Coaches, as you prepare for the final four, here’s some considerations: - Try to make 5 meaningful connections, instead of 20 new introductions. - Attend socials and gatherings - While it’s a party for some, it’s an interview for you. Remember that. - Try to get a meal or coffee with one person every day. - Write handwritten notes to everyone you meet. - Attend as many clinics as possible. Job opportunities wont matter if you can’t coach! - Check out the final four practices. Great free opportunity to learn. - Learn to self promote without looking arrogant. In this business, you have to self promote. - Don’t just meet coaches. Meet ADs, agents, support staff, vendors and more. - Stop by Synergy to say hello to my brother @Curley_Synergy. - Have fun. It’s basketball.

Ben McCollum asked about travel, having less rest than Neb. Refreshing "This level is so bougie ... I've been at DII for so long. I played JUCO. I mean, you make your bus trips & you're ready to play. If you're not ready to play for the Sweet 16, then you ... shouldn't be here"

Looking to add a coach to our staff for 26-27 Pays bad Hangs good Get to coach a special group of young men

Transfers: -shooters, productive size, guys that a better fit, athletes Fisher College is a NAIA in Boston. We do not have fulls but competive $ shy of that We can’t take internationals 17-12 - 5th in the nation in scoring and graduate 9 seniors We accept a ton of credits

I have my wheels turning for an early season hs team tourney or showcase Maybe bring in a team or two from KS Or how about an MLK tourney or showcase Who would be in? #copreps #kspreps #okpreps #nmpreps #wypreps #utpreps

I coached against Ben McCollum across six seasons. We built our roster and our defensive system with the goal of taking them down. While we beat them three times in a row, they always flexed greater winning four D2 National Championships and beating us a large majority of the time. There is no team we studied more as a staff than McCollum’s teams. Here is what he does better than most coaches in the country: *Point guard development: Ben McCollum is to college basketball what Andy Reid is to NFL football. Reid is widely considered the best QB coach developing Donovan McNabb, Alex Smith, and Pat Mahomes. If you think Bennett Stirtz is good for Drake, you should have seen McCollum’s point guard Trevor Hudgins (2x National POY) who signed and played with the Houston Rockets. Before Hudgins was National POY Justin Pitts. Simply put, McCollum always has the best point guard in the country. He develops them and they play the entire game. Stirtz leads the country at 39.4 MPG; Hudgins was at 37.7 MPG. McCollum’s methodical and controlled style of play protects them from injury and their team defense protects them from foul trouble. Stirtz was a second team all-conference player in our D2 league last season. He is now one of the best players in the country in NCAA D1 and a serious NBA prospect. No one develops PG’s better than McCollum. *Team Defense: No one gets players, who shouldn’t be able to guard, to be better on D than McCollum. Mitch Mascari should get blown by every possession. Daniel Abreu shouldn’t be able to guard 6’10+ big men. Bennett Stirtz should be attacked off the bounce constantly to wear him out and get him in foul trouble. Opposing coaches know these things and try them. But it doesn’t work well. McCollum’s best, and most underrated strength, is coaching team defense. His guys are tough, physical, legal, smart, play for each other in the gaps, take pride in winning their individual defensive matchup, and they don’t get tired. Plus, he always has one bona fide elite on-ball defender on his roster (see Isaiah Jackson and Diego Benard) to shut down elite guards. *Shot developer: Many college coaches don’t develop or change their player’s jump shots. Shots typically get worse for months at a time before they get better and most players are stubborn and/or not there long enough before transferring to their next school. McCollum develops shooters. One example is Mitch Mascari. Here is his shooting splits over the past five seasons: *Fr: 7/27 3PT - .259 *So: 20/60 3PT - .333 *Jr. 56/120 3PT - .466 *Sr. 82/171 3PT - .480 *Gr. 87/214 3PT - .407 (vs. D1 closeouts) It isn’t just Mascari either. A key reason Stirtz went from second team all-conference at the D2 level to the Larry Bird MVP of the Missouri Valley Conference is because of his improved perimeter shot. His last season in D2, Stirtz was 36/110 from 3PT (.327). This season at Drake he is 62/156 3PT (.397). He is perhaps shooting 80% from 3PT on “big shots” too. For perhaps McCollum’s best shot development job, see Ryan Hawkins, who starred for four years at NW Missouri State before transferring and being All-Big East at Creighton his final season. *Master in-game manipulator: As Ben’s former assistant Austin Meyer says, “You’ll play the game the way Ben McCollum wants you to play.” I’ve never seen, or coached against, someone who manipulates pace the way that Ben does. He can play his point guard the entire game as a result. Most players don’t want to play this way. It’s slow, sometimes boring, it’s controlled, there isn’t a lot of freedom, and the point guard usage rate is amongst the highest in the country (I.e. the PG gets to create in this system while others don’t). However, McCollum’s innate ability to identify selfless, no-ego players during the recruiting process allows him to get the buy-in needed to operate this way and at his pace. “Press them.. just speed them up”… Good luck with that.

Nothing is better than student athletes that are coachable, great listeners, and can execute!

Entering the portal. Big point guard, great vision and defends 1-4

It’s a coach’s job to ensure every person in the program has a joyful experience. Too many coach’s strip the love from those around them.

Isaiah “Zay” Bradley | Class of 2027 | CO, Springs 25-26 Szn Defensive Highlights