Clayton Bates - Western Michigan University Men's Basketball Head Coach - Episode 567

Clayton Bates is in his second season as the Men’s Head Basketball Coach at Western Michigan.Bates has spent a considerable portion of his coaching career as an assistant with the Broncos. He was hired at Western Michigan in 2000 by former head coach Robert McCullum and later served on former head coach Steve Hawkins' staff. Clayton stepped away from coaching for the 2008-09 season before returning to the WMU bench for the 2009-10 season. He stepped aside after that campaign, served as an assistant coach to Billy Donlon at Wright State from 2010-12 and then rejoined Hawkins' staff once again as an assistant coach in 2012. He was later elevated to associate head coach prior to being named head coach in 2020. Bates played his college basketball at the University of Florida under Lon Kruger where he played for Gator teams that made four postseason appearances including the 1994 Final Four. Following his playing career Clayton served as an administrative assistant with Kruger at the University of Illinois in 1997. After one year at Illinois, Bates returned to his native Florida as an assistant coach at Jacksonville University for the next three years under hall of fame coach Hugh Durham. If you’re looking to improve your coaching please consider joining the Hoop Heads Mentorship Program. We believe that having a mentor is the best way to maximize your potential and become a transformational coach. By matching you up with one of our experienced mentors you’ll develop a one on one relationship that will help your coaching, your team, your program, and your mindset. The Hoop Heads Mentorship Program delivers mentoring services to basketball coaches at all levels through our team of experienced Head Coaches. Find out more at hoopheadspod.com or shoot me an email directly [email protected] us on social media @hoopheadspod on Twitter and Instagram and be sure to check out the Hoop Heads Podcast Network for more great basketball content.Take some notes as you listen to this episode with Clayton Bates, Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Western Michigan University.Website – https://wmubroncos.com/sports/mens-basketballEmail - [email protected] - @cbates_wmuVisit our Sponsors!Dr. Dish BasketballMention the Hoop Heads Podcast when you place your order and get $300 off a brand new state of the art Dr. Dish Shooting Machine! Fast Model SportsUse Code HHP15 to get 15% off the number one play diagramming software for coaches.QwikCutQwikCut is all cloud-based, and comes packed with features to help high schools and youth programs - STORE, SHARE, and ANALYZE game film. Make the switch, get double the storage, and save your program up to 50% on the fastest-growing video editing system in the country. Twitter Podcast - @hoopheadspodMike - @hdstarthoopsJason - @jsunkleNetwork - @HoopHeadsPodNetInstagram@hoopheadspodFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/hoopheadspod/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDoVTtvpgwwOVL4QVswqMLQ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.