I respect coaches; I respect what good coaches do. I know that you don't learn to be a coach in an hour and a half.
Coach Wilks really embraces that growth mindset and trying to learn and grow every day so he's a good fundamental teacher. He understands the passing game which is important when you coach as a defensive coordinator and also as a secondary coach like he has, so he's one of the top-notch coaches in our business.
What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.
One is my club, I want to develop those players, and I want to be in the beginning at least, until I have everything ready, I want to spend as much time to develop those kids as possible.
Those that coach 10 years that take a year off are three times better coaches... in year 11.
New stimuli can come from the same coach if he questions himself.
There's a lot of people who think in order to be a good head coach, you've got to be a head coach at a smaller school.
I wanted to become a college coach. I got game films of all the good college coaches - Pete Newell at California, Eddie Donovan with St. Bonaventure, Ken Loeffler at LaSalle.
To become a good coach, you need to win a lot.
As I have evolved as a coach, I was a guy who was all about the game and a person who focused on the wins and losses.
I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
I would love to work with a young and upcoming coach somewhere and give him some experience. Something like Gerry Francis overseeing Tony Pulis.
