Charles Kissi, Brock University
Today’s guest is Charles Kissi, the head coach of the men’s basketball team at Brock University. He shares his unique journey from police officer to women’s coach to men’s head coach for the Brock Badgers.
In his short time there he’s already turned the program into a top five team in the country. For anyone running a basketball organization, this is a great interview to learn about creating a brand for your program and the resulting benefits.
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Charles Kissi Topics
01:57 How did your journey from police officer to women’s coach to men’s coach develop?
04:17 Was there a specific time when you decided to go for coaching full time?
05:56 What did you enjoy about coaching youth girls basketball?
09:56 Building relationships with your players and the resulting benefits (for all parties).
11:44 Charles Kissi talks about spending significant time being mentored by the Toronto Raptors coaching staff and soaking up the atmosphere.
16:15 Building a brand. Charles Kissi explains how it all started and how the program keeps getting better because of it.
FULL COURT PRESS
29:18 Do you prefer offense or defense?
29:22 You’re up three with five seconds to go and your opponent has the ball, are you fouling or letting it play out?
29:39 Do you prefer to watch college basketball or the NBA?
30:16 If you could be an assistant coach to any coach in the history of sports, who would you choose?
30:29 Name someone we would be surprised to learn that you follow on Twitter.
30:39 Which of the Joe Raso coaching tree coaches would you enjoy defeating the most?
31:36 The conversation ends with a quick chat about Charles Kissi’s mentors and all the help he’s had along the way.
