Coach Mike Peck,
Today we are talking to Coach Mike Peck. Coach Peck is currently the Associate Head Coach for Coach Steven Henson at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This season will be Coach Peck’s seventh as the Associate Head Coach at UTSA. A product of Gaylord, Michigan, Coach Peck played at Northwood University for Coach Dean Lockwood, who is currently the Associate Head Coach for Coach Suzy Merchant at Michigan State. Coach Peck came to UTSA after being an assistant at Santa Clara University. Before Santa Clara, he spent two seasons as the head coach of the NBA D-League's Idaho Stampede, which was the affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers. Coach Peck made his way to the NBA after an incredible six-year run at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada, where he spent the last five years as the head coach. During his five seasons as the leader of Findlay Prep, Coach Mike built the program into a national powerhouse. His teams combined for a 157-8 record, including a perfect 33-0 season in 2009 and three ESPN National High School Championships (2009, '10, '12). Coach Mike coached seven NBA/NBA D-League players, four of which were first-round picks, including Anthony Bennett, who was the No. 1 overall pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2013 NBA Draft, and Tristan Thompson, who was taken No. 4 overall by the Cavaliers in 2011. Before being hired at Findlay Prep, Coach Peck was at UNLV, where he served as the video coordinator and administrative assistant under head coaches Charlie Spoonhour and Lon Kruger. He was also was an assistant coach at Saginaw Valley State and at his alma Mater, Northwood University. If you are a young coach who is truly trying to figure out your own recruiting philosophy, then you have to listen to how Coach Peck has developed his own recruiting philosophy. It is simply incredible. Finally, the amount of tips and advice that Coach Peck sprinkles throughout the entire conversation is so generous. This is truly a conversation in which a coach is driven to help younger coaches!
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