Episode 21 - Landon Banks - Pacific Union College men's and women’s head coach on building a new foundation and challenges of coaching two teams at once.

The new men's and women’s head coach at Pacific Union College talks about his basketball journey from Takoma Academy (TA), all the way across the country to his current job in Angwin. Along the way he’s played and coached at Southwestern Adventist University, and coached at the high school level at TA and public schools in Arizona.Landon shares his plan for building a foundation for the program at PUC, talks about the challenges he’ll face in coaching two collegiate teams at once, and what his first orders of business have been. Being hired late into the summer, he takes us inside the mind of a coach who is trying to recruit for a fast-approaching season, including his pitch for players to come to PUC and the emphasis he’s putting on recruiting Adventist players.Landon breaks down his teams’ deficiencies an his most pressing personnel needs for the upcoming season, and comments on just how helpful athletic scholarships can be in helping to shape a program.Thank you for listening! Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe to help us grow this community!Follow AdventistHoops on Instagram: www.instagram.com/adventisthoops Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.