Don Meyer

Don Meyer
Donald Wayne Meyerwas an American college basketball coach who completed his career in 2010 as head coach of the men's team at Northern State University. He was once head coach at Hamline University and Lipscomb University. Meyer was born in 1944 in Wayne, Nebraska...
basketball running player
In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.
basketball cutting player
Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
player knows
Let your players know that you love them.
basketball running player
Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.
basketball team player
Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
basketball player two
Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
sports player thinking
Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
basketball player coaching
Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.
basketball player thinking
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.
basketball player important
Plays are not as important as players, and players are not as important as teammates
teaching player program
A coach who is not teaching leads to the worst thing in a program -- players not learning.
basketball team player
Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.
basketball team player
Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.
defend games mean push time year
We have to defend well. You have to do things a little better at this time of year because the games mean more, and so you had better push yourself more.