Create Your Shot: Stephanie Gaitley - Publication Date |
- Sep 26, 2017
- Episode Duration |
- 01:04:12
This week Tyler and Smallz talk with Stephanie Gaitley of the Fordham women's basketball team. Stephanie is a basketball lifer, she played at Villanova and then immediately went into coaching. A 31 year head coach, she has 584 career wins during her time at Richmond, St. Josephs, LIU Brooklyn, Monmouth and Fordham.
2:46: Tyler and Smallz intro
6:35: Stephanie comes on
7:08: Fordham foreign tour
7:40: Changing as a coach
8:57: Raising a family as a head coach
10:18: Steph's family
10:40: Advice for younger coaches with families
12:50: Flexibility in coaching
14:10: Taking over a program and goal setting
16:10: Handling getting fired
16:45: Faith in coaching
19:30: Reaching out to other coaches
20:46: Relying on your family
22:00: Not being a big yeller
23:00: 100-0 in High school basketball/relationship with HS coaches
24:10: Playing pick-up with her staff
25:53: Changes in women's basketball
28:41: Her future in coaching
30:14: Learning from other coaches
31:45: Hunger in coaching
32:30: Coach Speak: Geno Auriemma
33:31: Blowing a big home lead to Pat Summit Tennessee
34:55: Coach Speak: Stephanie Gaitley
36:48: Owning what you do
38:55: Recruiting philosophies
41:05: City Review: Ocean City, NJ
41:43: Super Liquor in OCNJ
42:40: Living in beach town
43:58: Food options in OCNJ
45:40: Gambling in Atlantic City with Coach Gaitley
46:08: 10 Touches
46:48: Funniest player she's ever coached
47:15: Recruiting Rebecca Lobo against UConn
48:15: Pre-game routine
48:31: Worst travel experience
49:53: Favorite book
50:15: Most intense pick-up game
51:18: Leasing a Mercedes to try and sign Rebecca Lobo
52:24: What would you do if you weren't coaching
52:47: Favorite player of all-time
55:06: Not playing Tennessee at the Palesta
56:30: Favorite man in the family
57:34: Steph interviewing with Fordham in 2011
59:22: Best advice ever given
1:00:44: Face to Face with 25-year-old self