I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JERRED COOK WHO IS THE HEAD COACH FOR THE WESTCLIFF UNIVERSITY WARRIORS IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA IN THE CAL-PAC IN NAIA FOR SHARING ADVICE FOR YOUNG COACHES WITH THE CANNON NETWORK. HE SHARED, “ADVICE FOR YOUNG COACHES. I DON’T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS NOR DO I BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY WAY TO SUCCESS, I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO SHARE WHAT WORKED FOR ME. WATCH AS MUCH BASKETBALL AS YOU CAN. ALL LEVELS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BECOMING A CIF CERTIFIED OFFICIAL FOR ONE FULL YEAR WHILE I CONTINUED BASKETBALL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT BEFORE I JUMPED INTO COACHING. DURING THAT YEAR, I WENT TO SO MANY PRACTICES AND GAMES FROM ALL LEVELS. I TOOK NOTES AND PARTS FROM DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT I LIKED. I PLAYED FOR SOME REALLY GREAT COACHES ALONG MY OWN BASKETBALL JOURNEY AND I WON AT ALMOST EVERY LEVEL. I DREW BACK FROM THE PRINCIPLES , LESSONS, AND EVEN SOME PLAYS THAT I BELIEVED IN THE MOST AND WANTED TO ADD TO MY OWN PHILOSOPHY OF COACHING. I BEGAN TO CREATE MY PHILOSOPHY AND IDEA OF HOW I WOULD WANT MY PROGRAM TO BE BASED ON IF I WAS A PLAYER COMING UP ON THE SAME JOURNEY. BE A SPONGE. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE YOU CAN LEARN FROM.”