Episode 114: LaVall Jordan, The Butler Way

Episode 114: LaVall Jordan, The Butler Way Guest: LaVall Jordan, Butler Basketball Head Coach In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Butler head coach LaVall Jordan joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss the Butler Way. Packline defense concepts and the teaching process are covered. Jordan, who helped Butler to conference championships and NCAA Tournament appearances as both a player and an assistant coach has his tenure at the helm of the Butler program off to a great start. He has a pair of 20-win seasons and two post season appearances.  Jordan is a former head coach of Milwaukee, as well as assistant coach at Michigan, Iowa, and Butler. In six seasons as an assistant coach under Michigan head coach John Beilein, Michigan advanced to the NCAA Tournament each year except 2015, won Big Ten Conference regular season championships in 2012 and 2014 and appeared in the Elite 8 in 2014 and the National Championship in 2013. Breakdown 1:00 - Defense and Defensive Identity 4:00 - Defending the Three-Point Line 6:00 - Closeout 8:00 - One-on-One Defensive Mentality 12:00 - Butler One-on-One Sessions 14:00 - Off-season Sessions 16:00 - Value of Simplicity 20:00 - Outside of Transition Defense 22:00 - Defensive Transition Drills 24:30 - His Playing Career 25:40 - 26:40 - ARMCHAIR MEDIA BetOnline AD 27:00 - Help Improving Players Offensively and Defensively 29:00 - Listening to Podcasts 33:00 - Adjustments on Defense 36:30 - Defensive Calls he used 38:30 - Zone Defense 40:00 - Factors on Baseline Inbound Defense 42:00 - Importance of In-Depth Defense 43:00 - Importance of Mental Cues to Players 46:00 - Asks Questions for Clarity 48:00 - Sideline Inbound 50:00 - Talking about Feedback 52:00 - Conclusion LaVall Jordan’s Bio Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVall_Jordan Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaVall_Jordan    Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion Best in the West Video Series Best in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.