Childhood Friend, Former Collegiate Basketball Player, Video Coordinator-Turned Division 1 Men’s Basketball Head Coach.
As childhood friends, the game of Basketball has defined both of our paths. In this pod, we chop it up with a Basketball junkie that lived around the block. He discusses his time doing drills at Coes Neck Park, grinding to become a collegiate athlete at Nyack College, getting close with Jay Wright at Villanova, and his stint at Navy. He also goes deep on coaching at his alma mater, breaking into the G League, then getting his shot at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. All that and more, my conversation with Coach Crafton, now.
“A successful person never loses…They either win or learn!”
– John Calipari
“Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.” – Bill Belechick
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
“My brother always told me not to fear anything.” – Kyle Lowry
“The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” – Bobby Knight
“If your coach pushes you.
If your coach disciplines you.
If your coach demands the
best from you ALL the time..
Then he or she truly cares.
#Untiltomorrow.
