Tommy Amaker
Tommy Amaker
Harold Tommy Amakeris an American NCAA Division I college basketball coach and the head coach of the Harvard University men's basketball team. He has also coached for the University of Michigan and Seton Hall University. He played point guard and later served as an assistant coach at Duke University under Mike Krzyzewski. An All-American player, Amaker set numerous records and earned many honors and awards. He took Seton Hall to the post season in each of his four seasons as...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 June 1965
emotional loss win
The follow-up of an emotional win or loss is always critical.
basically bit guy post presence team
You can see what he's able to do for our team (as an) inside-outside presence as a post player. He's basically the only guy who's been able to do that for us this season. You can see, when he's healthy, what he's able to do for our team. We can become a little bit of a different team.
basketball early game played
I don't think that we were sluggish. I thought they played an exceptional basketball game early and that put us on our heels.
mistake commitment routine
Don't mistake routine for commitment, just showing up is not enough.
thinking assistants coaches
Think like a head coach, but act like an assistant coach
years enthusiasm firsts
Dan Spainhour is a terrific coach and educator. I had the pleasure of working several years with him, and I know that his knowledge and enthusiasm are first-rate.
gained half
The end of the first half was when they gained momentum.
becomes knocking shooting
A lot of times, shooting becomes contagious, and once they started knocking down shots, there wasn't a lot we could do about it.