Mike Kelly is currently the associate coach of the Perth Wildcats and recently was named as part of the coaching staff for the Australian Boomers FIBA World Cup qualifying team.
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He joins Aussie Hoopla’s Dan Boyce to talk about how the Boomers are preparing for the first round of qualifying games and how the Perth Wildcats are faring during a season heavily impacted by COVID-19.
He also takes us through the ups and downs he faced as head coach of the Cairns Taipans from 2018-2021 and how it developed him as a coach.
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Podcast topics include;
- Thoughts on the Perth Wildcats loss to the Sydney Kings this weekend (2:00)
- How do the Perth Wildcats split responsibilities among the coaching staff (5:00)
- Being named as an assistant coach for the Australian Boomers (7:00)
- How the Boomers coaching staff have been recruiting players for the FIBA qualifiers in February with most NBL players unavailable (9:00)
- How COVID-19 is making it extremely difficult to count players (14:00)
- The ups and downs of Mike’s three-year stint as head coach of the Cairns Taipans (17:00)
- The mental hurdles the Taipans faced in 2020-21 during the COVID impacted season (19:00)
- Did the NBL’s move from three imports to two help or hinder the Taipans (21:00)
- The NBL Next Stars program, how does a coach juggle a team trying to make the playoffs with a young player trying to make the NBA (24:00)
- Finding out he wouldn’t be returning to the Taipans mid-season and the mental toll it took on him (26:00)
- Taking the job as associate coach at the Perth Wildcats and how it came about (29:00)
- How does Perth as an organisation compare to Cairns and Melbourne (30:00)
- The player’s Mike has enjoyed working with the most since arriving in Perth (33:00)
- The return of Majok Majok (35:00)
- The biggest learnings Mike took away from his time with the Taipans (36:00)
All of this and a whole lot more…
