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Brendan Suhr interviews Josh Pastner about coaching and adapting to modern college basketball.

In this week’s episode, Brendan Suhr is joined by Josh Pastner, head coach of UNLV Runnin' Rebels, for a wide-ranging conversation on coaching, roster building, and adapting to the modern college basketball landscape. Pastner reflects on his journey from Memphis to Georgia Tech to UNLV, sharing how the game has changed—not just on the court, but through NIL, the transfer portal, and the realities of roster turnover. He offers a candid look at what it takes to build a program today, emphasizing adaptability, player development, and finding undervalued talent in an ever-changing system. The episode also dives deep into Pastner’s coaching philosophy, including how he wants his teams to play fast, compete at a high level physically, and develop elite conditioning through game-like reps and training methods. He and Coach Suhr explore defensive evolution, switching schemes, practice structure, and the importance of maximizing limited time with constantly changing rosters. All that and more on Episode 330 of the Coaching U Podcast presented by Noah Basketball. Noah Basketball is trusted by 28 NBA teams, over 200 NCAA programs, and over 1,000 high school programs to capture and analyze…

People in this episode

Host: Brendan Suhr

Guest: Josh Pastner

Topics covered

• coaching
• roster building
• college basketball
• player development
• defensive evolution
• training methods

Keywords

• coaching
• NIL
• transfer portal
• roster turnover
• player development
• defensive schemes
• training

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Organizations: UNLV Runnin' Rebels, Memphis, Georgia Tech

Places: NCAA, NBA

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