Episode 300: Doug Novak, Coaching and Teaching in Basketball

Guest: Doug Novak, Basketball Coach In this week's coaching conversation, basketball coach Doug Novak joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on coaching and teaching. Doug Novak is currently an assistant coach for the Northern Kentucky women’s basketball program. 

Novak was last on episode 21 of the basketball podcast, and possesses nearly three decades of coaching experience, most recently serving as the associate head coach for the men's basketball program at Army West Point during the 2022-23 season. Before West Point, he was the interim head coach for the women's basketball program at Mississippi State in 2021-22.

Prior to his lone season with Mississippi State Women, Novak served as the Head Men's Coach at Bethel University from 2013-21. There he composed an overall record of 131-68 in eight seasons. He left with the highest winning percentage (.658) of any Bethel basketball coach in program history. 

Doug has previously been an assistant coach at the NCAA D1 men’s level and has produced one of the most popular www.immersionvideos.com all access product of all time with his video series - All Access Basketball Practice with Doug Novak that gave access to his practice teaching methodology as well as unique and exclusive access to a team film session. It is available at www.dougnovakbasketball.com 

Breakdown 1:00 - Introduction 5:00 - Having Daughters 7:00 - Idea of Tick Tock 9:30 - Mimicry 14:00 - All Learning is Nonlinear 17:00 - Program on a Napkin 20:00 - Quotes from Music 24:30 - Norms in Coaching 30:00 - Acquiring Skills 35:28 - 36:40 - Hoopsalytics AD 36:40 - Offense vs Defense 46:30 - Choosing One Path 53:30 - Freedom from Decision Making 1:00:00 - Learning The Game 1:05:00 - Concept of Rabbit Hole 1:12:00 - Winning Record 1:14:30 - Conclusion

Doug Novak’s Bio: Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Novak Website: https://www.coachdougnovak.com/

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