1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Coach Scott Waterman is the Head Coach at Academy of Art University in Downtown San Francisco. Scott spent 17 years as an Assistant Coach at the Division 1,2, and 3 levels before assuming his current position in 2019. This conversation is a reflection of his first year as a Head Coach. 3:00 - Morning runs for sanity and energy 6:45 - Proceeding during quarantine 8:30 - Take aways from coaching journey 10:30 - Becoming the ultimate decision maker 13:50 - Prepared vs over prepared 18:00 - Building relationships and recruiting to bring a new culture 23:00 - Using your players as a resource to evaluate a recruit 24:45 - Creating buy in with new faces 32:35 - Scott's 3 most important qualities of a coach Quotes: 5:40 - &quot;the biggest thing I learned this year is as a head coach you cant have a bad day, you can't take a minute off&quot; 11:20 - &quot;that was the hardest thing, going from the assistant with all the answers to the guy with the ultimate answer&quot; 28:00 - &quot;they spend so much time with a basketball, doing stuff without a basketball, even for five minutes...is huge&quot; Culture of the Game http://cultureofthegame.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/14188406/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/71330330