Our Guest
One of America's top basketball coaches, Matt Painter enters his 17th year at Purdue. He owns a 355-164 record at Purdue. He has led the Boilermakers to 12 NCAA Tournaments, five Sweet 16s, three Big Ten regular-season championships, a Big Ten Tournament title, an Elite Eight, and an international gold medal. His peers voted him as the NABC National Coach of the Year after leading a team that started with a 6-5 record to the 2019 Elite Eight. Purdue's six straight NCAA Tournament appearances are the seventh-longest active streak in America and Purdue is one of just three teams to have a top-five seed in each of the last five NCAA Tournaments. Off the court, his program had 68 Academic All-Big Ten honorees in his 16 previous years at Purdue, and every player but one who has exhausted his eligibility at Purdue has graduated.What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- The principles that have guided Matt Painter's coaching journey
- The importance of honesty and integrity in recruiting
- The value of player development and the value of redshirting
- How to balance talent with character and work ethic in players
- How to build and maintain a strong team culture
- The role of communication and accountability within the team
- How to adapt coaching philosophy to evolving game dynamics
- The power of handling adversity and learning from mistakes in a competitive environment
Resources & Links
Matt Painter
- Website: https://www.purdue.edu/
- Website: https://purduesports.com/
- LinkedIn: Purdue University
- Twitter: @BoilerBall
- Instagram: @boilerball