Slappin’ Glass sits down with the Head Coach of the G-League’s Capital City Go-Go, Mike Williams. Coach Williams enjoyed a terrific first year as the Head Coach of the Go-Go and the trio dive into a variety of topics including Coach Williams’ path from student manager to G-League Head Coach, forging true relationships in coaching, running an efficient offense with non-shooters, running better DHO’s, and talk eliminating turnovers and managing in-game emotions during the always fun “Start, Sub, or Sit?!”.
Inside the Episode
It was a double header this week with Capital City Go-Go Head Coach, Mike Williams, as he also joined us as a guest on the “Crunch Time”. In this week’s “Crunch Time” film room session we were able to zero in on Coach William’s late-game coaching tactics and philosophies, and the podcast allowed us to get a more 360 degree view of who he is as a coach as we deeply explored the areas of:
- Career Growth from Student Manager to G-League Head Coach: We dive into the learnings and key takeaways from Coach Williams career trajectory from a Student Manager role at Maryland to his eventual hiring as the Head Coach of the Go-Go’s this season. A great segment for young coaches especially!
- Efficient Offense with a Below Average 3pt Shooting Team: This was one of the more interesting and informative conversations we’ve had in some time, as Coach Williams walks us through the ways he was able to push the Go-Go’s into the upper echelon of the G-League offensively with a team that struggled to shoot consistently from the three. This is a situation many of us find ourselves in so the nuggets of wisdom about pace, shot selection, cutting, spacing, and much more are great here.
- The Art of the DHO: Within our conversation about efficient offense, Coach Williams describes why the Go-Go’s transitioned into using more DHO’s as the year progressed because they were an average PNR team. We dive into the details of what makes for a good DHO, the areas on the floor to run the action, and how to use the Rescreen on “DHO Unders.”
- “Start, Sub, or Sit?!”: In this always interesting segment we discuss the most difficult areas of coaching to manage as a first year Head Coach, helping cut down on turnovers, and much more.