Building Offensive Identity w/ Ryan Lundgren

23/07/2025 31 min Episodio 114

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Episode Synopsis

We are fortunate to have Ryan Lundgren on this episode of the podcast. Lundgren was one of the first coaches to appear as a guest back when the podcast started in 2020. At the time, he was the associate head coach at the College of Southern Idaho. Lundgren went on to serve as the head coach at Carroll College in Helena, Mont. Lundgren is now entering his second year as the associate head coach at Eastern Washington University.---For more updates on our latest podcast episode and more coaching resources, check out the 🔗 ⁠⁠⁠Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast newsletter⁠⁠⁠.---EPISODE BREAKDOWN2:00 - Value of working as a high school coach3:20 - Core Values of EWU’s offense4:40 - Building an offense: System or Players?5:40 - Identifying strengths with changeover7:10 - The value of stats in offense building10:20 - Using stats to determine summer workouts11:25 - Film sessions with players12:50 - Staff meetings on player development14:05 - Summer timeline for installing offense16:00 - The importance of 5v5 in teaching17:25 - Decision-making against coverage solutions19:00 - Game plans versus different opponents21:05 - Process for making a change22:45 - Coaching an “untraditional” player24:50 - Playing off an “untraditional” player25:55 - Quickfire: Attributes of Leon Rice, Jeff Reinert, Jeff Linder, Dan Monson28:35 - Takeaways as head coach at Carroll College