Phi-Lacrosse-Ophy Podcast Ep. 54 - UMBC Head Coach Ryan Moran - a podcast by Jamie Munro

Ryan Moran - Head Coach at UMBC 

00:57 Coach Moran's Coaching Tree and Journey
-A ton of family coaches at good schools 
-Legendary St. Anthony's game 
-Playing for all the different coaches at Maryland 
-Playing for coach Cottle
-Making Biggie Proud 
-Wanting to stay integrated with a team 
-Coaching at N.A.P.S.
-Coaching at Navy 
-Coaching at Maryland 
-2011 Maryland team 
-Two years at Loyola 
-Coaching Pat Spencer as a freshman 

17:28 State of the Union at UMBC
-Coaching staff breakdown 
-Off the field success leading to on the field success

19:35 Culture Building at UMBC
-Test on each piece of the puzzle
-If you take care of it off the field it'll translate on the field
-Internal leadership
-"Recruiting solutions not problems"
-How to empower internal leadership
-Empowering leadership to quality control on the field

26:36 Philosophy on Player Development and Decision Making
-Starts with recruiting 
-Having someone who is versatile 
-Adaptability is key 
-Need to be able to play every spot 
-Using offensive tests 
-One handed players
-How to develop decision making 
-Listening to adjacent players 
-Using scope to know what to do with the ball
-Reading slides and skips 
-Confidence and its role in decision making 

41:28 Offensive Philosophy 
-Adaptability to what opponents defense is bad at 
-Offensive efficiency stats
-Middle of the field is key 
-2 man game is key
-Assisted goals are key 
-Get a goalie to rotate multiple times a possession
-Counting passes
-Physical dodging philosophy 
-Creating an advantage in a post up dodge 

52:45 Recruiting at UMBC 
-Just finished class of 20
-Change of rules and how its impacted recruiting
-Truly recruiting two classes at a time
-Living on both sides
-The rate of players who are repeats 
-Controlling false positives
-Factor of junior classes
-Never done with a class

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