Jimmy Tillette, Mixing the Dribble Drive and Princeton Offensive Systems Guest: Jimmy Tillette, Former Samford Basketball Head Coach    In this week’s coaching conversation, former Samford head coach Jimmy Tillette joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss mixing the dribble drive and Princeton offensive systems. Tillette, a basketball philosopher and educator at heart, shares philosophy, history, and concepts that have shaped his coaching.   Tillette is the former head coach of the men's basketball team at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tillette was the head coach of the Bulldogs team from 1997-2012 and is the school's winningest coach.    In fifteen seasons as the coach of the Bulldogs, Tillette compiled a record of 229–219, leading the Bulldogs to their only two appearances in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1999 and 2000 while they were a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The 1999–2000 season was highlighted by upset wins over traditional basketball powers St. John's and Alabama. Tillette was most recently head coach of the boys' basketball team at Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans, Louisiana.   Breakdown 1:00 - Changes on Him over these years of Coaching 4:00 - About the Princeton Offense 6:40 - Adding the Dribble Drive System 9:30 - Read and Rules for Backdoor Cuts 12:20 - Not Traditionally Fundamentals 15:00 - Characterize Princeton Offense 18:00 - ABC: Action Beyond the Concept  21:40 - Individual Aspects 23:00 - Fog and Friction 24:30 - Working on Creating Better Passers 28:00 - Spacing, Screening and Cutting 31:40 - Metamorphosis of the Princeton Offense 34:30 - Improvements and Progress 37:00 - Ideal Length of Possession for Princeton offense 38:40 - Ideal Action of the Concepts 41:00 - Defensive Physicality 43:00 - Ideal Team for Princeton Offense 45:00 - How Coaches Gonna Teach his  48:00 - Sharing ideas to Kids 50:00 - Conclusion   Jimmy Tillette’s Bio Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Tillette    Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.