🏀 From Coaching Ron Artest to the NCAA Sweet 16 | Kevin Clifford
On this episode of the Significant Coaching Podcast, Matt Rogers sits down with Kevin Clifford, Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Roberts Wesleyan University for a fun and wide-ranging conversation about leadership, culture, recruiting, mental health, and the realities of coaching college basketball today.
Coach Clifford shares stories from his journey rebuilding programs at multiple collegiate stops, leading Roberts Wesleyan University to its first NCAA Division II Tournament appearance and Sweet 16 run, and even coaching former NBA great Metta Sandiford-Artest as a 15-year-old coach.
The conversation also dives into:
- Building belief inside a program
- Mental Health Mondays
- Relationships in coaching
- NCAA Division II basketball
- Recruiting realities
- Leadership growth
- Old-school hip-hop and DJ life
- The changing landscape of college athletics
Find more coaching and recruiting resources at coachmattrogers.com.
