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Capable, Not Comfortable

Billie Moore, first coach to win national titles at two schools and head coach of the 1976 U.S. Olympic team, on coaching athletes for what they can do — and mentoring Pat Summitt.

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A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Coach Billie Moore, the first coach in women's basketball history to lead two different schools (Cal State Fullerton and UCLA) to national championships, and head coach of the first USA women's Olympic basketball team in Montreal in 1976 — whose captain was Pat Summitt — hosted by Bruce Brown. Topics covered: how she got started in coaching, mentors including Charlotte West and John Wooden, the AIAW era and the early history of women's basketball, Title IX and the growth of the women's game, coaching players on what they're capable of rather than what they're comfortable with, her mentoring relationship with Pat Summitt, recruiting on attitude, academics, and athletic ability, becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable, advice for young coaches, recommended books, and lessons from Coach Wooden on details and fundamentals.

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