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Ep 1960 Are You Building an Assistant Coaching Staff… or Just Hoping Someone Shows Up?
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- Jun 29, 2026
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https://teachhoops.com/ Episode Title: Are You Building an Assistant Coaching Staff… or Just Hoping Someone Shows Up? Finding and keeping quality assistant coaches has become one of the biggest challenges in high school basketball. Low stipends, huge time commitments, year-round expectations, and private training opportunities are making it harder than ever to build a reliable staff. In this episode, Coach breaks down how head coaches can stop hoping assistants appear and start building a real staff culture. Assistant coaches do not stay just because of the stipend. They stay because they feel: valued trusted respected supported developed connected to the program If you want quality assistants, you have to build staff culture the same way you build team culture. 1) Recruit ThemDo not wait until August to start looking. Recruit assistants all year. Look for: former players youth coaches teachers in the building college players who moved back young coaches who want to learn reliable basketball people who care about kids The best assistant is not always the person who knows the most basketball. It is the person you can trust with your players. 2) Define Them“Just help out” is not a role. Every assistant needs a clear lane. Examples: player development defense scouting film clips lower-level communication rebounding and toughness parent communication support Clear roles create confidence. Vague roles create burnout. 3) Develop ThemAssistants need to feel like they are growing too. Use a short weekly staff meeting built around three questions: What are we seeing? What do our players need? What is each coach responsible for this week? Give assistants a voice. Let them coach. Let them present. Let them learn. People support what they help build. 4) Protect ThemGood assistants…