Building Offensive Identity w/ Ryan Lundgren

About this episode

Ryan Lundgren discusses building an offensive identity in basketball coaching.

We are fortunate to have Ryan Lundgren on this episode of the podcast. Lundgren was one of the first coaches to appear as a guest back when the podcast started in 2020. At the time, he was the associate head coach at the College of Southern Idaho. Lundgren went on to serve as the head coach at Carroll College in Helena, Mont. Lundgren is now entering his second year as the associate head coach at Eastern Washington University. --- For more updates on our latest podcast episode and more coaching resources, check out the 🔗 ⁠⁠⁠Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast newsletter⁠⁠⁠ . --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN 2:00 - Value of working as a high school coach 3:20 - Core Values of EWU’s offense 4:40 - Building an offense: System or Players? 5:40 - Identifying strengths with changeover 7:10 - The value of stats in offense building 10:20 - Using stats to determine summer workouts 11:25 - Film sessions with players 12:50 - Staff meetings on player development 14:05 - Summer timeline for installing offense 16:00 - The importance of 5v5 in teaching 17:25 - Decision-making against coverage solutions 19:00 - Game plans versus different opponents 21:05 - Process for making a change 22:45 - Coaching an…

People in this episode

Guest: Ryan Lundgren

Topics covered

• offensive identity
• coaching strategies
• player development
• offensive systems
• high school coaching
• game planning

Keywords

• offense
• coaching
• basketball
• player strengths
• stats
• film sessions
• summer workouts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: College of Southern Idaho, Carroll College, Eastern Washington University

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