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Scout.com: FREE: SMU Basketball Coaching Clinic Notebook

FREE: SMU Basketball Coaching Clinic Notebook

By Russell Palmer
Editorial Intern
Posted Oct 9, 2012

On a chilly Sunday morning, Moody Coliseum held some of the premier coaches in the college game today and despite cancellations from San Antonio Spurs head coach Greg Popovich, Kentucky’s John Calipari and Maryland’s Mark Turgeon, Moody Coliseum still hosted an impressive list of coaches who have each impacted the game in their own fashion. ...

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Best quote from Fran Francilla

Fraschilla, a native of Highland Park, woke up a sleepy and tired crowd with his never ending passion and energy during his lecture, where he spent a good portion of his time talking about the future of the SMU program.

“Larry Brown’s coaching level is unbelievable, which doesn’t surprise me, just go to a practice, you’ll see it,” he said “Texas High School basketball is as good as it gets right now, and Coach Brown knows that.”

Fraschilla also spent at least 10 minutes trying to recruit fans of SMU, and fans of basketball in general to support the team because ‘it’s a great community and great place to go.’

So which coaches exactly did show up ? Fran, Self and Brown ?

RGV Pony wrote:So which coaches exactly did show up ? Fran, Self and Brown ?

Del Harris was the sub.

Led by Larry Brown, Kansas’s Bill Self, former Lakers and Rockets coach Del Harris and former St. Johns and current ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla, each coach spent more than an hour talking to countless high school and college coaches, going through lessons they learned on their way to prominence, plays and tactics they use consistently, and what is most important to them in coaching.

So very cool.