Mike Jagacki enters his first season on staff with SUNY New Paltz Men's basketball after spending the last three years as a video coordinator and then promoted to assistant coach for the Hofstra Pride Women's Basketball program.

Topics Discussed:

- Handling feedback as a content creator
- Making the switch between men's/women's basketball
- Building a defensive philosophy from scratch
- Aligning your general principles with your ball screen coverage
- Matching your system to your personnel
- Defensive protection plans
- Improving individual defenders
- Role as a video coordinator
- Making the jump to a full time assistant coach
- The power of photoshop/graphics
- Scouting process and focusing on personnel
- Seeking knowledge and learning something new everyday

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