Jason Ludwig - How Santa Clara Turned into a West Coast Power

Jason Ludwig, Santa Clara MBB associate head coach, joins this week's episode of @Notevend2 . Ludwig has been instrumental in the success Santa Clara has had during the program's current, longest winning season streak in program history.Ludwig is from California where he's spent a majority of his coaching career. He began his career in basketball as a student manager at UCLA. Ludwig spent almost a decade at UCLA during different time spans having a variety of roles, including video coordinator, director of scouting, and director of player development. During his time at UCLA he coached plenty of current NBA players; this list includes: Russel Westbrook, Kyle Anderson, and Norman Powell.Ludwig is entering his 10th season on the Broncos coaching staff along with head coach Herb Sendek. Together the two have coached 9 1st team all-conference players, two of them later being 1st round lottery draft picks. Brandin Podziemski and Jalen Williams both flourished under the two coaches and are some of the best talents in the NBA, today.Coach Ludwig is also the founder of the Latino Association of Basketball Coaches. The association is a platform used to empower Latino basketball coaches through advocacy and opportunities.Tune in to hear about Ludwig's journey to one of the top assistant basketball coaches in the country, what it was like coaching Jalen Williams, and the luxury of coaching at a university like Santa Clara.This episode is available whereever you listen to your podcasts. Make sure to subscribe to the podcasts YouTube channel @Notevend2 for more sports content.Enjoy the episode!