Ep. 255 Bob Starkey, LSU Tigers

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by Bob Starkey, associate head coach of the LSU Tigers women's basketball team. LSU is off to a 20-0 start to their season and are currently ranked 4th in the country under second year head coach Kim Mulkey. Coach Starkey is one of the top assistant coaches in the game today. He has almost 40 years experience as an assistant on both the men's and women's side and has won over 800 games in his career while working with some of the best coaches of all-time including Dale Brown, Sue Gunter, Van Chancellor, Gary Blair and now Kim Mulkey. His teams have 24 NCAA Tournament appearances including eight Elite 8's and five Final Fours. In this episode, Bob shares several aspects that have led to his success including how he became a continual learner, his responsibility to help grow the game, how "The Process" according to Nick Saban and learning from football coaches has made such an impact on his career, why he recently changed his approach to scouting opponents, the key teaching points for coaches today, and what he believes the most important traits of an assistant coach should be. All that and more on episode 255 of the Coaching U Podcast presented by Hudl! Have a question for our host, Coach Brendan Suhr? You can ask via a voice message by visiting: https://anchor.fm/coachingu/message   Special Offers! FASTMODEL SPORTS: CLICK HERE to Save 15% on FastDraw or other FastModel Products with Promo Code "CoachingU15" DR. DISH: Visit www.drdishbasketball.com/ for more info and don't forget to mention Coaching U or the Podcast to receive $300 off your Dr. Dish. COACHING U PLUS: The entire Coaching U video library is now at your fingertips. Learn more by visiting coachinguplus.com