Seth Cooper on ATO’s, No-Middle Defense, and Staff Responsibilities {Santa Cruz Warriors}

Slappin’ Glass sits down this week with the Head Coach of the G-League’s Santa Cruz Warriors, Seth Cooper. The trio dive into a variety of interesting topics including the craft of becoming a better ATO coach, dividing staff responsibilities, and have fun discussing the elements of “No Middle Defense” and transition Pace actions during the always fun “Start, Sub, or Sit?!”

Inside the Episode

It was another fun week on the Slappin’ Glass Podcast as we had the opportunity to sit down with the Head Coach of the Santa Cruz Warriors, Seth Cooper. Fresh off an NBA Title run helping as well with the Golden State Warriors Coach Cooper expanded his thoughts on a variety of great topics including:

  • Segmenting Staff Roles and Responsibilities: Another fun discussion on the way coaches like Seth Cooper think about segmenting staff responsibilities in the way of offense, defense, scouting, substitution patterns, etc. 
  • All Things ATO’s: We dive into the art, science, and practice of becoming a better ATO coach and the learnings Coach Cooper took away from this season. 
  • “Start, Sub, or Sit?!”: During this always fun segment we explore Coach Cooper’s thoughts on “No Middle Defense”, Player Development, and much more.