Stan Van Gundy

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Comedy, Arts, Sports

5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Stan is SPITTIN’ this week on the pod! Legendary coach Stan Van Gundy sits down with the guys to talk about his rise up the basketball coaching ranks, the Heat vs. Knicks rivalry, coaching some of the biggest names in the game, and his unique insights from over 20 years on the sidelines. Tune in!

Seeing the game through a coaching lens and how strategy plays into the game (3:24)
First job at Castleton University, assisting Stu Jackson at Wisconsin, jumping to the NBA (29:10)
Heat vs. Knicks rivalry, getting Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning (38:06)
Pat Riley pedigree, coaching Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem (51:08)
Head coaching in Orlando, Dwight Howard, coaching against LeBron (1:06:58)
Relationship with Jeff, KD’s viral tweet, starting five out of all the players he’s coached (1:24:34)

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0:00.0	First of all, I appreciate your coach coming on the show.
0:03.0	You know, this big, you are second coach we didn't have on.
0:06.0	Yeah.
0:07.0	Yeah, Tyleu was on.
0:08.0	Tyleu, yeah.
0:09.0	Yeah, but I mean, now I feel like I'm in the NBA.
0:11.0	If you're on the Knuckleheads podcast, now you made it.
0:14.0	Until then, you're just on the outside.
0:17.0	Yeah, we'll appreciate you coming on the show.
0:19.0	This is a two-part question.
0:21.0	When you first got to college, who was the first person to bus you out,
0:26.0	and strategy wise.
0:28.0	You first dark hair coach and then the NBA, who was the coach that bused you out of the first coach?
0:34.0	Well, I've certainly had my ass busted many times.
0:38.0	You know, I was a division three player.
0:41.0	Yeah.
0:42.0	Alright, so when I was playing in college, I remember we had a, I was only a freshman,
0:47.0	and we had a flu outbreak on campus, and we go down and play a division two team,
0:53.0	and we went to college, and they had this division two all American, Dana Garris.
0:57.0	You know, and I said, man, shit, I want to guard him.
1:00.0	You know, all this.
1:01.0	And like, dude, I had like 42.
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