South Dakota State Basketball Coach Scott Nagy on Balance in Life and Sport, Winning and Losing
Coach Scott Nagy will be joining Stephen McCarthy to talk about life growing up as a coach’s son to becoming a Division I coach at South Dakota State University.
Coach Nagy’s will be sharing his unique story of taking South Dakota State from Division II to Division I and how the experience taught him about winning and losing. He will talk about his special approach to recruiting and the process of attracting the proper athletes to his program. He also will explain how Nate Wolters became a part of SDSU and how he helped the program to compete with the more established programs, both on and off the court.
Lastly, Coach Nagy will discuss the difference between a Top 150 athlete without character and the athlete who has the desire to compete with character.
Here is a portion of the interview, part 1. And interview, part 2. Tune in for the complete interview on September 20th at 8:00am CST.
Scott Nagy returns for his 19th season at South Dakota State after guiding the Jackrabbits to the NCAA Tournament for the first time at the Division I level, after doing so eight times in Division II. After a 2011-12 season filled with milestones, both personal and team related. The milestones started with a 92-73 win at Washington on Dec. 18, continued when he won his 300th career game 10 days later at Frost Arena and rolled through The Summit League Championships, when the Jacks tied a school record with 27 wins and earned a chance to dance for the first time in Division I.
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