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“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”

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Author:Adam Oates

“Think like a head coach, but act like an assistant coach”

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Author:Tommy Amaker

“We talked about it. An assistant coach suggested fouling, but I rejected it because I was afraid we'd foul them shooting and get beat that way. Hindsight couldn't have been worse than what happened to us.”

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Author:John Whisenant

“We have to move the meter in sports in Africa, especially basketball. With the growth of the NBA globally, we have to figure out more ways to develop facilities, coaching, leagues, and youth development in Africa. The talent is incredible. Especially physically. How do we get the youth to start playing at an early age just like in soccer? The future is bright. We now have an NBA office in Africa, we have legends and Hall of Famers, we have African assistant coaches, front office members, and some prominent African players over the last 10 years. So we must plan well for the next 10.”

“I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun.”

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Author:Dean Smith

“I put myself around good people, including my assistant coaches. A lot of head coaches are intimidated by their assistant coaches, they'd rather get people that are far less talented than them because it's not threatening.”

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Author:Tony DiCicco

“You can't have assistant coaches who aren't loyal - but you can learn a lot from your assistant coaches.”

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Author:Tony DiCicco

“You look at the assistant coaches under [Pat Riley] that played and they have become prosperous within this game. It triples all the way down from the assistant players to the coaches. Patrick Ewing went into coaching as well as myself.”

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Author:John Starks

“Anytime you get an award as a coach, you've got to be the ultimate fool to think it wasn't your assistant coaches and all the players responsible for the award.”

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Author:Don Meyer

“I tell everyone that I have 25,000 assistant coaches. If I want to know something, I just go to the grocery store.'”

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Author:Don Meyer

“If you want to drop off the face of the earth, just be an assistant coach.”

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Author:Bob Griese

“Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.”

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Author:Woody Hayes

“I was in the right place at the right time.”

“For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years.”

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Author:Darrell Royal