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Rob Ehsan - Stanford MBB Asst Coach, Former UAB MBB Head Coach, Maryland Interim Head Coach

Season 1 Episode 43

Former Maryland Assistant Coach and Interim Head Coach & Former UAB MBB Head Coach Rob Ehsan joins Petey, SteveO, & Josh to chat about all things hoops including:

  • How a playing career on the West Coast turned into a coaching career on the East Coast with a start working camp at Gary Williams' camp in College Park
  • Being a GA, an assistant coach & Interim Head Coach at Maryland, Assistant Coach at VA Tech, Assistant Coach at UAB, and finally the head coach at UAB
  • Carrying Lessons learned as an Assistant into his own culture as a Head Coach
  • The Many Mentors along the Way including Coach Jimmy Patsos & Kermit Davis
  • The Adversity of Getting Fired at UAB and How it has Humbled him
  • Turning a Negative into a Positive moving Forward
  • Staying Connected to the Game between Jobs
  • How Using Mindfulness Teachings from Greg Graber helped Improve his team's outlook
  • How Name-Image-Likeness can benefit the Group-of-5 school
  • What changes to scheduling moving forward will be changed by COVID19
  • Memories from coaching at the DI level & a specific memory from recruiting Tobias Harris with a conversation regarding the Flex Offense
  • Coaching in some Big-Time Atmospheres across the Country including the DeanDome & the Comcast/XFinity Center
  • Views of the Economics of Today's America
  • The Importance of having a Strong Support System

Coach Ehsan can be followed on Twitter @RobEhsan!

**UPDATE: Coach Ehsan accepted an assistant coaching spot with Stanford in early summer 2021.


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