Don Showalter Author

Don Showalter is a ten-time USA Basketball gold medalist head coach and is the Coach Director for Youth and Sport Development at USA Basketball. A high school coach for 42 years with 601 wins, Showalter owns a perfect 62-0 record at the helm of USA Basketball U16 and U17 teams since the inaugural U16 competition in 2009. In ten years, he coached over 50 NBA players on the USA Junior National Team. He is an international speaker at basketball clinics around the world, including Australia, Belgium, Dubai, Egypt, England, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Spain (Canary Islands), and Switzerland. Showalter has been recognized by numerous organizations for his dedication to the game. In 2020, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Men's College Basketball.

Pete Van Mullem is a professor at Lewis-Clark State College who has co-authored two previous books, includingTo Be a Better Coach. His work in coach education appears in academic journals and trade publications. He has 14 years of basketball coaching experience at the interscholastic and collegiate levels.