THE WHISTLE STOP PODCAST

Entering his 2nd season at the helm of the Greenwood Gators, Boys Basketball Coach Will McCoy visits with Petey, Steve-O, Drew, Coach Couch & Josh to talk hoops. Discussion from this episode includes:

• Recapping his time as high school assistant coach
  • How to run a program / Detailed Practice Preparation
  • Delegation of Staff Duties/Letting Assts Have the Reigns in the Summer
  • Coordinating the Middle School Program/Feeder Program
• Being on the Coaching Staff at a the Rival School (Barren Co.) when you Played/Graduated from the City School (Glasgow)
• Coaching & Building a Program in the Toughest District in the state of KY
• Motivating your Players and Helping them Believe & Buy into the System
• Developing your Program, Showing the Importance of the Middle School Level & Recruiting your Feeder Kids
• How Special the 14th District is to Coach in
• Fitting your Style to fit the Personnel you have at the High School Level
• Highlighting his Team's Personnel for the 2020-2021 season (Listener's Note: Since the recording of this episode, Guard Noah Stansbury reclassified & is now a member of the WKU Hilltopper Roster)
• What It's like Having a Former SEC Coach/WKU Head Coach Rick Stansbury in the stands during games
• Developing as a team during the COVID19 Pandemic
• Building Relationships as a Coach
• Having a Work/Life Balance & an Understanding Spouse
• Opinions on Summer/AAU/Travel Basketball
• Being Impressionable on Your Student-Athletes
• The Uniqueness of the Kentucky High School Basketball State Championship

Coach McCoy can be followed on Twitter at @WilliamPMcCoy  or @GreenwoodHoops!

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