Building a Winning Team with Mark Few, Men's Basketball Head Coach, Gonzaga University

Willy welcomes Mark Few. He is the Head Coach at Gonzaga University and was announced as an assistant coach for the 2022-2024 USA National Team. He served as an assistant coach for ten seasons before reaching the top position. Originally from Creswell, Oregon, Mark boasts of an extensive coaching career. He once worked as a head coach for the 2015 Pan American Men's Basketball team, an assistant coach for the gold medalist 2012 USA U18 National Team, and a court coach for the 2009 USA Men's U19 World Cup/World University Games Team Training Camp. He and his wife, Mercy, have four children, one of them currently playing and studying at Gonzaga University.

The podcast begins with Mark returning to his graduate assistant days at Gonzaga University. He describes it as an enriching experience, teaching weight training, basketball, and other sports, and encouraging people to watch the sports games. He took a coaching job and brought the team to the Elite Eight. "The cool thing about it was to see a group of guys who deserved it with all their hard work," he says. He describes it as "pure fun, unadulterated hoops with no pressure." However, the stakes have gotten higher as more is expected from him after that taste of success. He retells the culture shock of having more expectations than before and questioning his situation at that moment. What helped him most was knowing everybody in the program, from compliance to academics, he was able to manage the burden. In the end, his team won the tournament.

Tune in to this new episode of the Walker Webcast — Building a Winning Team with Mark Few, Men's Basketball Head Coach, Gonzaga University. ▶️

Key Points In The Webcast:
00:36 Willy welcomes Mark Few
05:36 Mark’s early life in Gonzaga and making it to Elite Eight
07:30 The pressures of coaching
08:20 Becoming a head coach and Gonzaga’s two core values
14:42 Mark’s leadership, bringing confidence and joy to the team
17:58 Kevin Pangos and Travis Knight’s mental conditioning approach
24:32 Tommy Lloyd’s strengths and the essence of coaching
29:00 Moving on from a loss and the challenges of recruiting
35:12 The increase in student transfers
38:27 NILs and competing with Texas A&M booster club
42:23 Managing egos and teamwork lessons from Old Warwick
47:21 Mark’s son as a Gonzaga athlete
49:36 The economics of Gonzaga’s basketball program
1:01:45 A promising player and the effects of the WCC
01:03:17 Being in the bubble

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