Great work by Adrian Wojnarowski and his podcast The Program With Woj for interviewing Detroit Pistons Head Coach J.B. Bickerstaff.
Listen to Coach Bickerstaff reflect on the importance of true partnerships between the Head Coach, management, and ownership and how the levels of autonomy and decision-making have shifted over the years.
Coach Bickerstaff also remarks on the great lessons he’s learned from his father, Bernie Bickerstaff, including treating everyone with the same level of respect within an organization and always telling the truth even when it’s not the popular decision.
Coach Bickerstaff also discusses “League Life,” which is a free resource that he and his wife, Nikki, created to assist professional sports families when they move to a new city to provide vetted places to go and trusted services to use to make the transition to a new area easier.
Keep up the great work Coach!