Justin Gunter, University of Waterloo
Justin Gunter, the head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Waterloo joins the show. Justin’s coaching journey is pretty amazing. The seed was planted during a year off before his playing days were over. That seed and his love for basketball grew and he realized he needed to stay involved with the game of basketball.
As a point guard he was always a coach on the floor. When he was done playing, he spent years as an assistant with his alma mater McMaster University and was hired last year to lead his first men’s basketball program at the University of Waterloo.
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Justin Gunter Topics
2:00 What has been the biggest challenge in trying to turn a program around?
5:00 Discussing the challenges of recruiting from a high standard academic school.
9:03 The benefits of coaching players at a high standard academic school.
12:36 Adapting your schedule to ensure maximum success while recruiting.
14:26 Finding great help is priceless (and cheap, in this case).
17:04 Making time to wear multiple hats – recruiter, coach, fundraiser, teacher, marketer, community outreach, etc.
19:47 Justin Gunter talks about how his coaching journey began.
21:30 Brian interjects to recall a time when Justin lit his high school team up.
23:22 Justin continues sharing his coaching journey.
26:43 Coaching mentors and the influence they’ve had and continue to have on Justin’s career.
30:52 What is your perfect style of play?
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32:59 Do you prefer offense or defense?
33:03 If you’re up three with five seconds to play and your opponent has the ball, are you fouling or letting it play out?
33:11 If you could be an assistant for a day to any coach in any sport in any era, who would you choose?
33:20 Do you prefer the old name of CIS or the new name for your league USport?
33:30 What’s the square root of 36?
33:45 Do you prefer to watch college basketball or the NBA?
33:49 Which of the other coaches who are McMaster basketball alumni do you enjoy beating most?
