Ep. 166 Rob Lanier, Georgia State Panthers Head Coach

Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Rob Lanier, Head Coach of the Georgia State Panthers. Prior to being named the Head Coach at Georgia State, Lanier was regarded as one of the nation's top assistant coaches and spent the last four seasons as associate head coach at Tennessee. The Volunteers finished the 2018-19 season 31-6, advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The season included a win over the No. 1 team in the nation and a No. 1 national ranking for the Volunteers. In addition to boasting four years of Division I head coaching experience at Siena, Lanier also has coached in the Big 12, SEC, ACC, Big East, Atlantic 10 and MAAC for 11 teams that advanced to NCAA Tournament play. In this episode, Lanier discusses his development as a coach and what he has learned in his career as a Head Coach and 30 year veteran in basketball, lessons he has learned from the great coaches he has worked with, how he and his staff are implementing his vision and culture in his first year at Georgia State and what his is doing to invest in coaches with his website coachspeak.net. All that and more on episode 166 of the Coaching U Podcast with Coach Brendan Suhr! Don't forget to visit his site: www.coachspeak.net