About this episode

Alex Barlow discusses his coaching journey from player to assistant coach in the NBA and G League.

On this episode of the Rising Coaches Podcast, we’re joined by Alex Barlow, Division I assistant coach and former G League head coach. Barlow’s journey started as a player at Butler before moving into the NBA with the Boston Celtics, where he worked his way up from the video room to the bench and eventually became the head coach of the Maine Celtics. He later returned to the college level at Butler, continuing to grow his coaching career. In this episode we discuss his path through the NBA and G League, including what he learned while rising through the Celtics organization, a breakdown of Boston’s unique offensive rebounding and transition defense concepts, and what he’s doing now as he prepares for his next opportunity.

People in this episode

Host: Rising Coaches

Guest: Alex Barlow

Topics covered

• coaching journey
• NBA
• G League
• offensive rebounding
• transition defense

Keywords

• coaching
• NBA
• G League
• Butler
• Boston Celtics
• offensive rebounding
• transition defense

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Butler, Boston Celtics, Maine Celtics

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