Guest: Rob Lanier, SMU Head Coach 

SMU head coach Rob Lanier joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on coach speak and his core values for his program.

SMU head coach Rob Lanier to the Basketball Podcast. Lanier has more than 30 years as a collegiate coach including as an associate head coach or assistant coach at Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Rutgers, St. Bonaventure, and seven seasons as a head coach at Siena and Georgia State. He has been a part of teams that have made 12 NCAA Tournaments and earned 19 total postseason bids. Those teams also have five conference titles, three regular season championships and two tournament crowns, plus five more trips to a league tournament final.

In his three seasons prior to SMU at Georgia State, the team went 53-30, winning the Sun Belt Tournament in 2022 and advancing to the NCAA Tournament and the program’s first win over an ACC opponent.

Breakdown

1:00 - Introduction

6:00 - Coaches Own Voice

8:00 - Coaching Experience

15:00 - Georgia State

20:00 - Transitioning to SMU

23:16 - 24:03 - Membership Sales Ad

25:00 - Family

29:00 - 3 Core Values

33:00 - Coaching at SMU

36:00 - Sharing the Value

38:00 - Advice to Older Coaches

41:30 - Advice to Younger Coaches

43:30 - Big Time Success

Rob Lanier’s Bio:

Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Lanier

Twitter: https://twitter.com/icehandler

Website: https://www.coachspeak.net/

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