Lou Panzanaro
Lou Panzanaro
Lou Panzanaro is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the Peekskill High School boys basketball team. He has coached current National Basketball Associationplayers. Among them are center Hilton Armstrong, and NBA all-star Elton Brand. He is a member of the New York Basketball Hall of Fame...
driven kids push
Our kids have to be driven by something. Something's got to push their button, and I think being down by 10 is what did it.
firing five identify role starters team
Most of them were role players. When this team is firing on all cylinders, I don't know if you can identify who the five starters are. They play so unselfishly. They all play together.
execute people
People know what's coming. We just have to execute it.
click hearing honored looking people proud room selected
Looking at all the people in that room and hearing them read all the accomplishments, it really started to click that this is something very special. I'm just so proud and honored to be selected for this.
boards deep defense hitting letting people position second shots switched switching taking
That was huge. We were just getting people in the right position and we had switched defenses. But I thought switching the defense was important. They were taking some deep shots and we were hitting the boards and not letting them get second shots. I thought the rebounding was big in that quarter.
adding concepts created execute season short stay stuff tried
We stay with the same concepts and try to execute it better. Adding stuff over the years has just created more tentativeness. The season is so short that I've never tried to do much with our offenses.
basketball brand bring despite hope knew mediocre playing state title winning won
We won the state title despite playing a mediocre game. We knew we had to bring a different brand of basketball if we wanted to have any hope of winning the Federation.
anthem feet focus games guy national night ran standing stocking strong
He was standing in stocking feet during the national anthem when the guy ran in with the sneakers. His focus wasn't real strong that night on his part. He didn't have one of his better games because that was distraction to him.
blocks defense good grew huge played sophomore veteran
He grew from a sophomore into a veteran tonight, the way he played that game. He played hard, he had huge blocks and played good defense as well.
felt good late nine practicing school seem time
I don't know what time they usually get up, but I felt it would be a good thing. After practicing and then getting to school at eight, by the time nine o'clock comes, it should seem like a late time.
becoming difference leader word
He hasn't said one word about getting the ball, not getting the ball, anything. It doesn't make any difference to him. And he's becoming a leader on the floor.
compared forget year
This year can not be compared to any other. I'll never forget this courageous, dysfunctional and record-setting team.
genuine
(Brand is) just so genuine there's no put-on.
baby coach days graduate home playing sure upset worried
We weren't sure he would graduate on some days when he was a junior. I was worried he'd come back home if he got upset with his playing time. Coach Calhoun wasn't going to baby him.