KRIS WEEMS - Head Coach Santa Cruz Warriors

Santa Cruz Warriors’ head coach Kris Weems shares his journey through all levels of basketball, including the coaching keys that got him to the pros. Get a inside look at what it takes to be a professional on both the players’ side, and the coaches’. Coach Weems first dives into his own development as a player. He shares what he learned as a youth and collegiate athlete, which brought him all the way to a Final Four at Stanford and then onto the NBA. Weems’ lends insight on his coaching journey from high school ball to the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA G League-- from player development, to the court, and organizational culture. 

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To read about Ky Bowman’s NBa career:
https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629065/career/

For more about Arthur Lee, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/arthur-lee-1.html

For more about David Moseley, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/david-moseley-1.html

For more about Michael McDonald, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/michael-mcdonald-2.html
https://www.athletessoul.org/mike-mcdonald.html

For more about Ryan Mendez, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ryan-mendez-1.html

For more about Tim Young, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tim-young-1.html

For more about Mark Seaton, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mark-seaton-1.html
https://stanfordmag.org/contents/after-59-000-miles-they-re-still-talking-hoops

For more about Mark Madsen, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mark-madsen-1.html
https://gouvu.com/staff-directory/mark-madsen/913

For more about Pete Sauer, Weems’ former teammate:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/peter-sauer-1.html
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1252284-a-tribute-to-peter-sauer-former-stanford-basketball-team-captain-gone-too-soon

For more on Mike Montgomery’s coaching career:
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/mike-montgomery-1.html'

For more on Joe Lacob and the warriors:
https://www.nba.com/warriors/staff/joe-lacob

For Steven Kerr’s career stats:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kerrst01.html

To read about Aaron Miles:

https://kansas.rivals.com/news/aaron-miles-loving-life-with-basketball-and-family

To read about Blake Schultz:
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/09/27/menlo-school-grad-turns-pro-in-german-basketball-league

For more on Warriors player Jeremy Pargo:
https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202951/career/

For more on Bob Myers, click the link below.
https://www.nba.com/warriors/staff/bob-myers

To read Kobe Bryant’s autobiography, The Mamba Mentality:
https://www.amazon.com/Mamba-Mentality-How-Play/dp/0374201234/ref=asc_df_0374201234/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312021252609&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13793547471946862402&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031905&hvtargid=pla-589455951757&psc=1

RELATED RESEARCH 

For more on representation within collegiate basketball coaches:
Nichols, B. A., Smith, M. A., & Stellino, M. B. (2020). Factors Influencing College Selection by NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Players. Journal of Amateur Sport, 6(1), 32-51.

Brown, F. (2020). Alarmingly Low Number of Women Coaches in College Basketball.

To explore different methods of high school coaches:
Munoz-Plaza, C., Pounds, D., Davis, A., Park, S., Sallis, R., Romero, M. G., & Sharp, A. L. (2021). High school basketball coach and player perspectives on warm-up routines and lower extremity injuries. Sports medicine-open, 7(1), 1-9.

For more on the importance of communication skills of a coach:
Kim, Y., & Park, I. (2020). “Coach Really Knew What I Needed and Understood 
Me Well as a Person”: Effective Communication Acts in Coach–Athlete Interactions among Korean Olympic Archers. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(9), 3101.

For more on the difference of amateur and pro basketball:
Druffel, A. (2020). A Decision between Amateur and Professional Basketball: A Look into American Basketball and How the NCAA Can Influence Top Athletes to Attend College through" SAHIPP". Miss. Sports L. Rev., 9, 38.