{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F6bb20af6-f7ff-41cb-a853-398075a0b4b8","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 170: Karl Smesko, Offensive System and Shooting Psychology","description":"Guest: Karl Smesko, Florida Gulf Coast Head Coach\u00a0\n\n\u00a0\n\nFlorida Gulf Coast head coach Karl Smesko joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss his offensive system, shooting psychology and the things that helped him become one of the most successful coaches in women's college basketball history.\n\n\u00a0\n\nKarl Smesko\u2019s resume sits among the best all-time in NCAA Division I women\u2019s basketball as he enters his 22nd season on the sideline in 2020-21, including his 19th with the Green and Blue.\n\n\u00a0\n\nOn pace to reach 600 career wins faster than legendary coaches such as Pat Summitt and Tara VanDerveer, Smesko has compiled a 554-122 record (.820) in his career, which ranks him as the third-winningest active Division I head coach behind Geno Auriemma (1,091-142, .885) and Kim Mulkey (604-101, .857). Furthermore, he passed VanDerveer (1,094-253, .812) in 2017-18 to become the fifth-winningest Division I head coach of all-time \u2013 behind Auriemma, Leon Barmore (576-87, .869), Mulkey and Summit (1,098-208, .841). If that isn\u2019t enough, he is the 10th-winningest active head coach across all divisions, as well as the 12th-winningest such coach all-time.\n\n\u00a0\n\nSmesko has the Eagles on pace to shatter the NCAA's all-time Division I winning percentage record by the end of the 2020-21 season as his team is one of only two in the nation along with Tennessee (.801) with at least an .800 all-time winning percentage. In fact, FGCU is 493-95 (.838) since the program\u2019s inception in 2002-03, which is easily the best winning percentage in the nation and also ahead of third-place UConn (.795), but the NCAA requires at least 10 years as a Division I program, and FGCU's four reclassification years (2007-11) do not count towards the 10-year minimum. Thus, Smesko and the Green and Blue will have to wait just a little longer to be recognized as the winningest Division I women's basketball program in NCAA history.\n\n\u00a0\n\nBreakdown\n\n1:00 - 3-Point Shooting Philosophy\n\n4:30 - Isolation and Space\n\n7:00 - Knowing Own Strengths\n\n10:00 - Getting Players in Space and Attack\n\n13:00 - Ideas on Horizontal and Vertical Spacing\n\n16:30 - Drive to Score\n\n19:30 - The Concept of Waiting\n\n23:00 - Convergence Concept\n\n27:00 - Incorporating Stars on his Philosophy\n\n29:00 - Player Development\n\n33:00 - Isolated Skills Training for Shooting\n\n37:00 - Art fo Coaching\n\n40:00 - Importance of Shot Release\n\n44:00 - 3-Point Shooting\n\n48:30 - Offensive Rebounding\n\n51:00 - Turnover Battle\n\n54:00 - Hiring Former Players as Assistants\n\n57:00 - Advice for Other Coaches\n\n\n\n\nKarl Smesko\u2019s Bio:\n\nBio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Smesko\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/fgcucoachsmesko\n\n\n\n\nBasketball Immersion\n\nWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en\n\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion\n\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion\n\n\n\n\nBetOnline Website:\n\nWebsite: www.betonline.ag\n\n\n\n\nBest in the West Video Series\n\nBest in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/\n\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/7a706c37-6b70-4b9b-98bf-29f56a555020/135e2835370674a32c6c6235a6a3e54f4f6110ae3868283f018ade21bc307ab.jpeg"}