Basketball Coaches Roundtable welcomes Matt Doherty as the guest of the roundtable.  Coach Doherty was a National Champion as a player at the University of North Carolina and was the 2001 AP National Coach of the Year, while coaching his alma mater.  In 2003, he lost his job as a head coach and begin his journey into becoming a better leader.  He has just released a book about his self-discovery called Rebound: From Pain to Passion, Leadership Lessons Learned.  

Topics discussed at the Roundtable:

1. What trends in the game would you use now if you were taking over a basketball program?


2. How did you incorporate past knowledge as a championship player in developing your practice plans?


3. What is leadership knowledge that all coaches should know?


4. Art of Coaching v. Science of Coaching?


5. How does a coach build positive player to player relationships?


6. Practicing and playing alongside one of the all-time greats.


7. As a player how did you make sure practice was more difficult than the game?


8. Character v. Talent?

Sitting at the Roundtable:

• Ben Newman - Host


• Dan Murphy - Special Assistant - Monmouth University - West Long Branch, NJ


• Elle Greene - Head Coach - BCAM HS - Brooklyn, NY