Santa Cruz Warriors’ head coach Kris Weems shares his journey through all levels of basketball, including the coaching keys that got him to the pros. Get a inside look at what it takes to be a professional on both the players’ side, and the coaches’. Coach Weems first dives into his own development as a player. He shares what he learned as a youth and collegiate athlete, which brought him all the way to a Final Four at Stanford and then onto the NBA. Weems’ lends insight on his coaching journey from high school ball to the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League-- from player development, to the court, and organizational culture.

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To read about Ky Bowman’s NBa career:
https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629065/career/

For more about Arthur Lee, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/arthur-lee-1.html

For more about David Moseley, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/david-moseley-1.html

For more about Michael McDonald, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/michael-mcdonald-2.html
https://www.athletessoul.org/mike-mcdonald.html

For more about Ryan Mendez, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ryan-mendez-1.html

For more about Tim Young, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tim-young-1.html

For more about Mark Seaton, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mark-seaton-1.html
https://stanfordmag.org/contents/after-59-000-miles-they-re-still-talking-hoops

For more about Mark Madsen, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mark-madsen-1.html
https://gouvu.com/staff-directory/mark-madsen/913

For more about Pete Sauer, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/peter-sauer-1.html
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1252284-a-tribute-to-peter-sauer-former-stanford-basketball-team-captain-gone-too-soon

For more on Mike Montgomery’s coaching career:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/mike-montgomery-1.html'

For more on Joe Lacob and the warriors:
https://www.nba.com/warriors/staff/joe-lacob

For Steven Kerr’s career stats:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kerrst01.html

To read about Aaron Miles:

https://kansas.rivals.com/news/aaron-miles-loving-life-with-basketball-and-family

To read about Blake Schultz:
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/09/27/menlo-school-grad-turns-pro-in-german-basketball-league

For more on Warriors player Jeremy Pargo:
https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202951/career/

For more on Bob Myers, click the link below.
https://www.nba.com/warriors/staff/bob-myers

To read Kobe Bryant’s autobiography, The Mamba Mentality:
https://www.amazon.com/Mamba-Mentality-How-Play/dp/0374201234/ref=asc_df_0374201234/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312021252609&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13793547471946862402&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031905&hvtargid=pla-589455951757&psc=1

RELATED RESEARCH

For more on representation within collegiate basketball coaches:
Nichols, B. A., Smith, M. A., & Stellino, M. B. (2020). Factors Influencing College Selection by NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Players. Journal of Amateur Sport, 6(1), 32-51.

Brown, F. (2020). Alarmingly Low Number of Women Coaches in College Basketball.

To explore different methods of high school coaches:
Munoz-Plaza, C., Pounds, D., Davis, A., Park, S., Sallis, R., Romero, M. G., & Sharp, A. L. (2021). High school basketball coach and player perspectives on warm-up routines and lower extremity injuries. Sports medicine-open, 7(1), 1-9.

For more on the importance of communication skills of a coach:
Kim, Y., & Park, I. (2020). “Coach Really Knew What I Needed and Understood
Me Well as a Person”: Effective Communication Acts in Coach–Athlete Interactions among Korean Olympic Archers. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(9), 3101.

For more on the difference of amateur and pro basketball:
Druffel, A. (2020). A Decision between Amateur and Professional Basketball: A Look into American Basketball and How the NCAA Can Influence Top Athletes to Attend College through" SAHIPP". Miss. Sports L. Rev., 9, 38.