Nick Pasqua on Difficult Coaching Paths, Combining Euro and Princeton Offenses, and Efficient Player Analytics {Coker University}

About this episode

Coach Nick Pasqua discusses his unconventional coaching journey and the realities of building a basketball program.

In this episode, we’re joined by coach Nick Pasqua for a powerful and honest conversation on resilience, leadership, and building a program from the ground up. Coach Pasqua shares his unconventional path through the profession — from early success and landing a head coaching job at 30, to being fired after one season, and then taking over one of the most challenging programs in Division II basketball. Through those experiences, he unpacks the realities of coaching that often go unspoken: fail...

People in this episode

Host: Slappin' Glass

Guest: Nick Pasqua

Topics covered

• coaching resilience
• leadership
• program building
• Euro offense
• Princeton offense
• player analytics

Keywords

• coaching
• basketball
• leadership
• analytics
• Euro offense
• Princeton offense
• resilience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coker University

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