Phi-Lacrosse-Ophy Podcast Ep. 54 - UMBC Head Coach Ryan Moran

Ryan Moran - Head Coach at UMBC 00:57 Coach Moran's Coaching Tree and Journey -A ton of family coaches at good schools -Legendary St. Anthony's game -Playing for all the different coaches at Maryland -Playing for coach Cottle -Making Biggie Proud -Wanting to stay integrated with a team -Coaching at N.A.P.S. -Coaching at Navy -Coaching at Maryland -2011 Maryland team -Two years at Loyola -Coaching Pat Spencer as a freshman 17:28 State of the Union at UMBC -Coaching staff breakdown -Off the field success leading to on the field success 19:35 Culture Building at UMBC -Test on each piece of the puzzle -If you take care of it off the field it'll translate on the field -Internal leadership -"Recruiting solutions not problems" -How to empower internal leadership -Empowering leadership to quality control on the field 26:36 Philosophy on Player Development and Decision Making -Starts with recruiting -Having someone who is versatile -Adaptability is key -Need to be able to play every spot -Using offensive tests -One handed players -How to develop decision making -Listening to adjacent players -Using scope to know what to do with the ball -Reading slides and skips -Confidence and its role in decision making 41:28 Offensive Philosophy -Adaptability to what opponents defense is bad at -Offensive efficiency stats -Middle of the field is key -2 man game is key -Assisted goals are key -Get a goalie to rotate multiple times a possession -Counting passes -Physical dodging philosophy -Creating an advantage in a post up dodge 52:45 Recruiting at UMBC -Just finished class of 20 -Change of rules and how its impacted recruiting -Truly recruiting two classes at a time -Living on both sides -The rate of players who are repeats -Controlling false positives -Factor of junior classes -Never done with a class