Matt Buchi's guest appearances

Matt Buchi

A Few Minutes With (Illinois' College of Applied Health Sciences)

Every Coach Needs A Coach

PUSH Podcast: Wheelchair Basketball in the United States

JAMODI Podcast

Steve Serio

Simon Sinek

Lars Anderson

Tony Bennett

Harry Truman

John McCarthy

Ryan Wright

Doug Lemov

Jake Zweig

Christian Nielsen

Zac Brown

Jacob Allen

Joshua Medcalf

Joe Cross

Jason Wright

OwlTail

Matt Buchi has been head coach of the Fighting Illini Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Since 2013. Matt has acted as assistant coach for the Fighting Illini Men, the Alabama Women, and the USA Women’s National Team. After his assistant coaching career, he took up Head Coaching at Oklahoma State University before landing his dream job as Head Coach at the University of Illinois. In this episode, we discuss Matt’s transition from college basketball player to coach, the international experiences that strengthened his love for coaching, and the unique challenges that come from this season as well as the future of the college division. I hope you enjoy my chat with Matt in this episode of the Push Podcast. For more wheelchair basketball content, follow my instagram @push_sports_mag. To learn more about the Illinois wheelchair basketball program, follow them on instagram at @illiniwcbb. Note: the coach quoted as saying “Ask me in [10] years and we’ll see how successful these [my team is] Then I’ll be able to tell you if I succeeded as a coach” is Coach Ward Lambert, who coached John Wooden as a college basketball player at Purdue University.

Matt Buchi has been head coach of the Fighting Illini Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Since 2013. Matt has acted as assistant coach for the Fighting Illini Men, the Alabama Women, and the USA Women’s National Team. After his assistant coaching career, he took up Head Coaching at Oklahoma State University before landing his dream job as Head Coach at the University of Illinois. In this episode, we discuss Matt’s transition from college basketball player to coach, the international experiences that strengthened his love for coaching, and the unique challenges that come from this season as well as the future of the college division. I hope you enjoy my chat with Matt in this episode of the Push Podcast. For more wheelchair basketball content, follow my instagram @push_sports_mag. To learn more about the Illinois wheelchair basketball program, follow them on instagram at @illiniwcbb. Note: the coach quoted as saying “Ask me in [10] years and we’ll see how successful these [my team is] Then I’ll be able to tell you if I succeeded as a coach” is Coach Ward Lambert, who coached John Wooden as a college basketball player at Purdue University.

Episode 3: Matt Buchi, Head Coach of the University of Illinois Fighting Illini

Thanks for joining us on today's episode. I had the chance to talk with coach Matt Buchi of the University of Illinois Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team. Coach Buchi suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident at 9 years old, and after going through rehabilitation was introduced to adaptive sports and wheelchair basketball. He was hooked on the game since, and played in middle, high school and college. In 2008 his team won the College Wheelchair Basketball Championship in his senior at Illinois. Matt stayed on as a graduate assistant (where he helped guide the team to another National Championship in 2010), and is now going into his 8th season as head coach. Wheelchair basketball has given Matt the chance to travel the world and influence thousands of lives, including those in Tokyo, Niger, and Isreal. In this episode we discuss:  Seeing and hearing yourself from your player's perspective, and how that lets you effectively communicate with them  "Being a gamer" and what that means to his team  The role and importance of tradition in his program (U of I has the oldest wheelchair basketball program in the country) How learning from losses, especially as a player, can propel you to work harder to win a championship the following year  Ways to smooth over rough patches in the season and how to prepare for them by communicating with your players consistently and being open and available to them  The importance of creativity and the role it plays in coaching, and not being afraid to think outside the box when it comes to drills, skills, and applications outside of sport Taking your time when you're a new head coach, and respecting tradition while allowing yourself to receive feedback on things that should stay the same, and things that should change How being consistent in the eyes of your athletes might look different in the eyes of a coach   Matt is tremendously insightful and genuine. He offers the following as resources for improving your craft as a coach: PGC Basketball Key5 Coaching Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins Raise Your Game by Alan Stein Jr. 

Thanks for joining us on today's episode. I had the chance to talk with coach Matt Buchi of the University of Illinois Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team. Coach Buchi suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident at 9 years old, and after going through rehabilitation was introduced to adaptive sports and wheelchair basketball. He was hooked on the game since, and played in middle, high school and college. In 2008 his team won the College Wheelchair Basketball Championship in his senior at Illinois. Matt stayed on as a graduate assistant (where he helped guide the team to another National Championship in 2010), and is now going into his 8th season as head coach. Wheelchair basketball has given Matt the chance to travel the world and influence thousands of lives, including those in Tokyo, Niger, and Isreal. In this episode we discuss: <ul> <li>Seeing and hearing yourself from your player's perspective, and how that lets you effectively communicate with them </li> <li>"Being a gamer" and what that means to his team </li> <li>The role and importance of tradition in his program (U of I has the oldest wheelchair basketball program in the country)</li> <li>How learning from losses, especially as a player, can propel you to work harder to win a championship the following year </li> <li>Ways to smooth over rough patches in the season and how to prepare for them by communicating with your players consistently and being open and available to them </li> <li>The importance of creativity and the role it plays in coaching, and not being afraid to think outside the box when it comes to drills, skills, and applications outside of sport</li> <li>Taking your time when you're a new head coach, and respecting tradition while allowing yourself to receive feedback on things that should stay the same, and things that should change</li> <li>How being consistent in the eyes of your athletes might look different in the eyes of a coach </li> </ul> Matt is tremendously insightful and genuine. He offers the following as resources for improving your craft as a coach: <a href="https://pgcbasketball.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PGC Basketball</a> <a href="https://key5coaching.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Key5 Coaching</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Hurt-Me-Master-Your/dp/B07KKP62FW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=can%27t+hurt+me&amp;qid=1587593442&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Your-Game-High-Performance-Secrets/dp/B07MNJK15C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=raise+your+game+book&amp;qid=1587593502&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raise Your Game by Alan Stein Jr. </a>

15 - “Carry the feeling of how we came together” Coach Matt Buchi, University of Illinois Men's Wheelchair 🧑🏼‍🦽 🏀 Basketball 

AHS Media Relations specialist Vince Lara speaks with Illinois men's wheelchair basketball coach Matt Buchi following the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament on the campus of the University of Illinois.

AHS Media Relations specialist Vince Lara speaks with Illinois men's wheelchair basketball coach Matt Buchi following the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament on the campus of the University of Illinois.

A Few Minutes With ... Wheelchair basketball coach Matt Buchi