Brittni Donaldson on being the youngest female coach in NBA history, the ignored factors with evaluating basketball players, and winning an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors

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Written By Evan Burk
 

Brittni Donaldson is a former NBA assistant coach and data analyst with the Toronto Raptors and currently serves as the Director of Coaching Development for the Hamilton Honey Badgers, and co-founder of Strata Athletics.

In this conversation, Evan Burk talks with Brittni about coaching across genders as a female NBA coach, the factors that are ignored when evaluating NBA talent, and winning an NBA championship in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors.

Tune into this episode to hear:

  • Brittni’s experience as a high level college basketball player

  • What it’s like to work in Data Analytics in sports

  • Being a translator of Data for coaches and decision-makers

  • Asking the right questions in Data Analytics

  • Brittni’s opportunity to work with the Toronto Raptors in the front office and on the coaching staff

  • Brittni’s mindset coaching across genders while also being the youngest coach in the NBA

  • The importance of having a diverse coaching staff

  • What are the intangibles that have an impact on success at the highest levels?

  • The #1 thing to define before you start making decisions on players

  • The 2019 Toronto Raptors championship season

  • Brittni’s best Drake/Championship celebration story

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Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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