Peter Campbell – Wilfrid Laurier University
Peter Campbell has been the head coach for the men’s basketball team at Wilfrid Laurier University for the past 16 seasons. Prior to that he was the head coach at Laurentian University for 15 seasons.
As you’ll hear in this interview coach Peter Campbell put in a lot of time mastering his coaching style and message prior to his roles as a successful University basketball coach. During this season Coach Campbell announced he would be retiring in April.
As a former player of Peter Campbell’s, it was a lot of fun reminiscing with him. In this interview he shares some experiences, insights and stories that he has accumulated in his journey from elementary school principal to 30+ years of coaching elite level basketball.
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Peter Campbell Interview Topics
00:51 Introduction to head basketball coach Peter Campbell.
02:30 How it all began: from Principal to interim Head Coach to permanent Head Coach.
03:30 Accumulating experience: youth ball, club ball, provincial and national stints, women’s and men’s varsity.
04:55 Why take a full time gig (and leave the school board)?
07:10 Did you expect the first position to last so long?
09:14 The challenge of coaching men when you were known as a women’s coach.
10:11 Campbell’s coaching mentors.
12:22 There’s nobody left to have a beer with!
13:04 Player’s changing mentality and the challenges of building a team and program.
15:23 “It must be somebody else’s fault, can’t be mine”.
18:06 Recruiting.
19:00 The biggest change in Canadian high school basketball.
20:45 Peter Campbell, future alumni coach?
21:19 Heckling the coach on his final home game.
22:17 The evolution of Coach Campbell.
24:17 The supporting cast – Athletic Director, Peter Baxter and wife, Jackie.
26:11 Family coaching tree.
27:41 The challenges of coaching your own son.
29:27 Mentoring others, the branches are far reaching.
FULL COURT PRESS
31:06 You’re on defense, up three with five seconds to go. Do you foul or let it play out?
31:42 If you could choose any coach, past or present, who would you want to be an assistant to for a day?
32:22 If you could choose any player, past or present, who would you want to coach?
32:58 Favorite visiting gym to play in?
33:26 Favorite location you’ve ever played a game in?
34:03 What will you miss most about coaching?
