In my travels through coaching I have been blessed to work with several people over the years who started off as Roy Williams did, a little known coach who has won two titles at UNC. As a high school assistant coach I began working basketball camps, and fortunately i was hooked up with Wake Forest basketball when Coach Odom was there, and continued as Coach Prosser led the Demon Deacons. While working at Wake Forest I had the privilege to work with Coach Kelsey as he was the director of basketball operations. I saw some of the same things about Chris Mack, and he has been pretty successful at Xavier where both he and Kelsey played.
Kelsey was a energetic positive person who everyone wanted to be around. With that energy though he has an attention to detail great coaches need. Rarely do you find a coach that has the passion of say Dick Vitale and the attention to detail like Dean Smith. Do not allow yourself to become carried away. i am not saying Kelsey is the next Dean Smith, but merely giving you a glimpse into the man behind the scenes.
You may be saying to yourself that I am biased toward Coach Kelsey, and that may be a little true, but he is a winner. Look at every place he has coached and you will see they experienced success. Without giving away recruit secrets I know first of innovative things he created at Wake Forest that helped lure some of the great players while Skip Prosser was at the helm.
In three years I may have to eat my words, but if i am going to stick my reputation out for any young coach in the business I would for Pat Kelsey.
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