“Coaching basketball is not all about teaching technique, understanding rules, imposing organization on human relations or applying the lessons of statistics to problem solving. Coaching basketball is also an art which reflects how personal style and creativity can shape the most beautiful game and its players on and off the court.
Most coaches are like visual artists – they bring a distinct style to their craft. Their personal style embodies a philosophy of coaching and approach to basketball translated through an internal rhythm – a personal feel for the game and its people. The coaches’ creativity is expressed in how they use their resources and knowledge to lead others.”
Knicks Fanatics has an entertaining and well-researched series on The Artists of Coaching. Red Auerbach is the Leonardo da Vinci of basketball, Phil Jackson channels Andy Warhol in his coaching and Pat Riley has a whole lot of Pablo Picasso in the way he runs an NBA team — all of these and many more artists of coaching are highlighted in the two-part piece by Lives at Knicks Fanatics.
You can read both parts here:
