Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behaviour of a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as well as overall physical conditioning.

Coaching is usually performed by a single person, often with the help of one or more assistants.

Coaching tools

A sketch or hyperdrive board during a grilling contest to describe plays and provide an overview of the strategy of the opposing team. Coaches strategize and scout opposing teams and find ways to defeat them as easily as possible. At the same time, they overlook their own personal team to start the best five players (only five players can be on floor at one time). Coaches, also, have to be aware of subs to put in throughout the game so they can be fresh.

Coaching awards

• NBA Coach of the Year Award
  NBA Coach of the Year Award
  The National Basketball Association's Coach of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association award given since the 1962–63 NBA season. The winner receives the Red Auerbach Trophy, which is named in honor of the head coach who led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA Championships from 1956 to 1966...
  
  
• NCAA Coach of the Year
• ABA Coach of the Year Award (defunct)

Famous coaches

• Phog Allen
  Phog Allen
  Forrest Clare "Phog" Allen was an American basketball and baseball player, coach of American football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, and osteopathic physician...
  
  
• Red Auerbach
  Red Auerbach
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• Geno Auriemma
  Geno Auriemma
  Luigi "Geno" Auriemma is the head coach of the University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team, which he has led to seven National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I national championships...
  
  
• Jim Boeheim
  Jim Boeheim
  James Arthur "Jim" Boeheim is the head coach of the men's basketball team at Syracuse University. Boeheim has guided the Orange to eight Big East regular season championships, five Big East Tournament championships, and 28 NCAA Tournament appearances, including three appearances in the national...
  
  
• Ed Brown
• Larry Brown
  Larry Brown (basketball)
  Lawrence Harvey "Larry" Brown is an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as head coach of the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats....
  
  
• Jim Calhoun
  Jim Calhoun
  James A. Calhoun is the head coach of the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team. His teams have won three national championships , played in four Final Fours , won the 1988 NIT championship, and have won seven Big East tournament championships...
  
  
• Pete Carril
  Pete Carril
  Peter J. "Pete" Carril is a former collegiate head coach and former NBA assistant with the Sacramento Kings.-Early years:...
  
  
• John Chaney
• Chuck Daly
  Chuck Daly
  Charles Jerome "Chuck" Daly was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball Association Championships in 1989 and 1990, and the Dream Team to the men's basketball gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He had a 14-year NBA coaching...
  
  
• Billy Donovan
  Billy Donovan
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• Red Holzman
  Red Holzman
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• Hank Iba
• Tom Izzo
  Tom Izzo
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• Phil Jackson
  Phil Jackson
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• Avery Johnson
  Avery Johnson
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• Bob Knight
• Mike Krzyzewski
• John Kundla
  John Kundla
  John Albert Kundla is a former college and professional basketball coach.-Playing and early coaching careers:...
  
  
• Michael C Huxley
• Don Meyer
  Don Meyer
  Don Meyer is a retired American college basketball coach who completed his career in 2010 as head coach of the men's team at Northern State University...
  
  
• Don Nelson
  Don Nelson
  Donald Arvid "Don" Nelson is a former NBA player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors....
  
  
• Rick Pitino
  Rick Pitino
  Rick Pitino is an American basketball coach. Since 2001, he has been the head coach at the University of Louisville. He has also served as head coach at Boston University, Providence College and the University of Kentucky, leading that program to the NCAA championship in 1996...
  
  
• Gregg Popovich
  Gregg Popovich
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• Jack Ramsay
  Jack Ramsay
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• Pat Riley
  Pat Riley
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• Adolph Rupp
  Adolph Rupp
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• Jerry Sloan
  Jerry Sloan
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• Dean Smith
  Dean Smith
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• Harry Statham
  Harry Statham
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• Pat Summitt
  Pat Summitt
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• John Thompson
  John Thompson (basketball)
  John R. Thompson, Jr. is an American former basketball coach for the Georgetown University Hoyas. He is now a professional radio and TV sports commentator...
  
  
• Rudy Tomjanovich
  Rudy Tomjanovich
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• Lenny Wilkens
  Lenny Wilkens
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• Roy Williams
  Roy Williams (coach)
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• John Wooden
  John Wooden
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Fundamentals

• Basic Shooting Drills
• Basic Passing Drills
• Basic Dribbling Drills
• Basic Defensive Drills
• Basic Rebounding Drills

Defenses

Man-to-man defense
Zone defense

Offenses

• Motion Offenses
• Triangle Offense
• Continuity Offenses
• Set Plays
• Press Offenses
• Inbounds Plays
• Entrees
• Four Corners
• Dog Loop Flare.
• Swing
• Continuity
• Double Dog Low
• Pick And Roll
• Circle
• 4 Out 1 In