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2 months

🏀 Every assistant coach in the country appreciated when @dawnstaley gave a shoutout to @CoachGandy in the post game interview for putting together a great scout/game plan! 🗣️ That is an elite leader who appreciates her staff and their work!

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Erik DeRoo

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11 months

🏀 Parents of a Future College Athlete Every time a college coach asks you or your child: ❓“Do you have any questions?” You know that you should but in the moment you don’t? 🧵 Well… here are 12 Great Questions to ask when on a Recruiting Visit ⬇️

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5 years

🙏🏼HS Athletes... ❌College coaches don’t care about: • What size HS you go to. • What summer circuit you are on. • Your averages. ✅We care about: • Your Skill level... • Can you help us win games. • If you fit in our program! 💯If you are good enough, we will find you!

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Erik DeRoo

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3 years

Support women’s basketball.

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Erik DeRoo

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2 years

Let’s talk Point Guard development! 6 attributes every PG should attempt to master! 🏀 🧵 A Thread:

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

5 years

🔑Recruiting as a D1 coach... 🧩We don’t recruit every player that has D1 talent. 🏀Once evaluations are done, we then decipher who would be the best fit in our program and do we need that position in that given class. 💯At the end of the day our team is built with a purpose!

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Erik DeRoo

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3 years

I can’t be more excited to finally announce that I am now on staff at Texas Tech with @CoachGerlich and @ladyraiderwbb ! Every coach dreams of competing at the highest level and it doesn’t get much better than the Big12! 👆🏼🔴⚫️ #DigDeep #TexasTech #GunsUp #WreckEm #LadyRaiders

Lady Raider Basketball

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3 years

🚨𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙁𝙁 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙎🚨 Help us welcome @ErikDeRooTTU as our new Director of Player Development! He’ll be helping the Lady Raiders develop on and off the court, while helping build their personal brands and the brand of our program as well.

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1 year

🏀 I’m honored to be named an Assistant Coach for such a historical program in Texas Tech @LadyRaiderWBB and continue to work for an elite head coach in @CoachGerlich ! 🙏🏻 Thanks everyone for the kind words on the road this weekend and so far today! My bucket is overflowing!

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1 year

Assistant coach ✅ Recruiting operations ✅ Congrats @ErikDeRooTTU

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10 months

🗣️ Shoutout to the AAU (grassroots) coaches that travel all summer coaching these high school kids… then once they get home they stay on the phone with college coaches helping these kids find a home at the next level! 💯 Y’all the real grinders! So much Respect to y’all!

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Erik DeRoo

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1 year

😁 Time to make some updates!

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2 years

Do you want to see the most Elite D1 Basketball facilities in the country! 📸 🧵 Thread ⬇️

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2 years

🏀 College Basketball Coaches! Let’s drop some insight for the aspiring coaches looking to enter this profession… The 1st year in college basketball how much did you make? 👉🏼 I got a $12k stipend, no tuition (had to pay out of state tuition), no housing as a Grad Asst.

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Erik DeRoo

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11 months

🏀 Assistant Coaches (& Support Staff)… 🧵 Here are 10 thoughts in a Thread to be a good assistant for your Head Coach!

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3 years

🏀 Hoopers! Although some people might disagree, you don’t have to score 20+ points to have played a great game! 💯 Rebounding is important! Getting stops on defense are key! Assists are always underrated!

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4 years

So we bought a House! 🏡

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Erik DeRoo

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5 years

🙌🏽 Tatum Grace DeRoo ❤️ April 11, 2019 at 9:02pm 💯 God is good! Everyone is healthy! She is my new best friend!

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1 year

🛫 Wheels up! Ready for a great weekend of basketball! 🏀

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Erik DeRoo

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4 years

Out here living our best life! #basketball

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Erik DeRoo

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9 months

🏀 Young Coaches! 🗣️ Become an expert in a skill that can positively effect your professional career! 🧵 Below is a list of Skills or Areas to become an expert in and start developing as a young coach:

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@ErikDeRooTTU

1 year

📍 Dallas, TX I love recruiting in Texas! 🏀 @LadyRaiderWBB

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@ErikDeRooTTU

5 years

🗣Point Guards... having a high IQ means: Know the difference between a good and great shot. 🙏🏼Make the right pass, not always a highlight pass. A catchable pass has value! When trying to make a play a dead-ball turnover is better then live-ball. 🏀Always know time and score!

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Erik DeRoo

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3 years

🏀 Recruiting Thought… 👉🏽 To many players passing up open spot-up 3’s to drive into multiple defenders and attempt contested floaters. 💯 If your teammate got you open, made the right read, and gave you a good pass… shoot the ball!

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Erik DeRoo

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2 years

🏀 HS Seniors! This is your last July Eval period! If your recruitment hasn’t started yet or you are hoping for more options here are a few thoughts on what you can do over the next 5-7 days! 🧵 A Thread: 🔽

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

1 year

🏀 Have you ever been curious on how College Coaches choose which games they go to at Evaluation events? 🧵 Check out the list below on how I choose my daily schedule in order of priority:

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

3 years

🏀 Basketball is the greatest sport ever.

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3 years

😈 Just a reminder that ACU is completely invested in the future of our basketball programs! ☑️ Currently undergoing a $45+ Million renovation of our arena!

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3 years

🗣 Abilene, we love you! Thank you for all the love, support and great memories! 📍Next Stop announcement coming soon!

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1 year

🏀 Hoopers… Thank your parents for supporting you, for paying for all the things that come with playing AAU basketball, tell them you love them. Your families all sacrifice time and money for you to play… showing appreciation means more the you know!

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6 years

Are words even necessary?! Greatest day!

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2 years

13 Things I learned as a Graduate Assistant in College Basketball: 🧵Thread:

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

11 months

🏀 We are here! 📍 Louisville, Kentucky for Day Two!

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@ErikDeRooTTU

1 year

🏀 Woke up in Arkansas, because we are still playing basketball in March!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

2 years

Will she be a coach? I don’t know. Will she love basketball? I don’t know. Will I always cherish these moments? 🙏🏼 Absolutely!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

5 years

We are excited to announce Tatum’s Top 3 Daycare list! Official commitment coming later this evening! 🙏🏼

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

10 months

🏀 Hoopers! With July Recruiting coming to a close (for the most part)… Here are 7 tips to enhance your recruiting experience before next summer! 🧵 Thread!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

1 year

🗣️ Let’s gooooooo! Back on the road! 👀 See you tomorrow DFW!

Lady Raider Basketball

@LadyRaiderWBB

1 year

✈️ on the road! Can’t wait to watch some future 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 this weekend!

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5 years

Last night I held my baby and felt so overwhelmed to the thought of taking care of her forever.. This morning that emotion turned into tears of joy! I cried every time I received a text of congratulations, saw a picture of her, or just looked at her! This feeling is everything!

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4 years

Dreamed about the time I would get a picture of Tatum and I holding hands! Yesterday that happened and my heart is so full! #GirlDad

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5 years

#NewProfilePic . #Champs

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Erik DeRoo

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4 years

Completely honored to be recognized as a @WBCA1981 Thirty Under 30 honoree this year! Blessed by being in such an amazing situation here at @ACUWBB !

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3 years

Official Practice #1 in the books and my first picture reppin @ladyraiderwbb gear! #WreckEm #GunsUp 👆🏼🔴⚫️

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6 months

🏀 Aspiring & Young Coaches! • Find ways to enhance areas in your program that need attention and/or you enjoy doing! • Find a niche or speciality within your position to excel in (player development, recruiting, graphics etc.) • Be Loyal to your Head Coach (at all times)

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6 years

Y’all... for real though, I’m so pumped to become a dad! 👌🏽 This child better be prepared to make it rain from 3 though! #HandDownManDown

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Erik DeRoo

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2 years

🙏🏼 Beyond thankful for all that came through to my @WBCA1981 roundtable yesterday! 💯 So many more people than I could’ve ever expected! Appreciative of all the feedback and look forward to connecting with many of y’all soon!

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3 years

🗣 I wonder if 3on3 teams/leagues were more common and available in the youth development sector would basketball become better at the higher levels? • More touches • More shots • Have to communicate • Can’t hide anyone one defense • More spacing and freedom to create

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Erik DeRoo

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4 years

🏀Assistant Coaches! You can’t have your own agenda! Our job is to offer input when needed and make suggestions to improve areas in the program. When you get told no or your suggestion is modified, you can’t take it personally! Keep offering your ideas and something will stick!

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Erik DeRoo

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5 years

On my flight from ABI to DFW, I’m sitting with a few guys in the Air Force... They told me they were getting deployed to Baghdad. They asked me where I was headed; I told them to watch some basketball in Atlanta. Pretty humbling moment! Respect ✊🏼

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

4 years

🏀One of the best parts of D1 basketball is full scholarships! 💯Graduate with a degree and NO Debt is an amazing blessing! Those of us who had loans understand this! 🙏🏼D1 Hoopers: take advantage of this gift you earned! You start your next chapter with a clean financial slate!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

3 years

🙏🏼 God is good! • Opened up an incredible opportunity with @LadyRaiderWBB ! • Kim was able to get a teaching position here in LBK! • We found a home to live here! And the final piece has fallen in place! We just had someone finalize the paperwork to rent our house in Abilene!

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5 years

👉🏼When evaluating recruits: 🏀I’m constantly trying to determine their love for basketball! 💯I truly believe that the level of love a player has for the game has a direct correlation with how hard they will work once they get to college and how much I will enjoy coaching them!

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4 years

🏀Hoopers... 💯We don’t care what size HS school you go to.. we recruit the best basketball players. Period! 👉🏼This season we had 12 players on our roster. 7 of them graduated from a small HS (3A or smaller) & 5 went to a big HS (4A-6A). We went 24-5 and had the Southland POY!

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Erik DeRoo

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5 years

🏀Assistant coaches (at any level) 🔑We have to: • Leave the position better then we found it. • Adapt to the school we are at. • Recruit players that your HC will be successful coaching. • Speak your ideas. • Add value in areas of need! ❌We can’t: • Have hidden agendas!

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4 years

Y’all... I got to coach basketball today! Big smiles over here! 😁

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6 months

🏀 Hoopers! Respect the game! • If you don’t get extra shots up consistently = your % will likely not improve. • If you don’t study the scout = it’s hard to stop what your opponent is trying to do. • If you don’t watch film = it’s hard to grow your basketball IQ, which

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2 years

🏀 High School Hoopers! You are going through the recruiting process, but you are uncertain about taking Unofficial Visits to college programs… how they are set up, what do they look like? 🗣 Let’s talk about it, a thread:

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Erik DeRoo

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4 years

🥵Some D2’s really working right now in recruiting!

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4 years

Tatum & I are ready for another basketball season! #GoWildcats

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3 years

Greatest sports moment in @ACUsports history. A fact @ACU_MBB

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3 years

🗣 Just a reminder. It is so hard to get a D1 Scholarship offer!

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3 years

We got to witness the 62-yard, game winning field goal by @TexasTechFB ! College sports are the best! #WreckEm

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2 years

HS Hoopers! With the school year starting back up let’s talk about ways to improve your game, your role and help build your high school team! 🧵 A Thread:

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2 years

💯 Beating another Top-25 team absolutely calls for a banana split!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

3 months

And just like that Baby DeRoo #2 is on the way and it’s a girl!! 🩷🩷

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6 months

We love Vegas! 🎰

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3 years

🗣 One of the most intricate things about Recruiting in July is athletes and parents believing they have to perform at their best each and every game! 📝 Absolutely not true! College coaches can gauge a base skillset and give a decent eval given your age, size, and position! ⬇️

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11 months

🛬 Just landed in Chicago! 🏀 Going to be a great day of hoops!

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@ErikDeRooTTU

1 year

🏀 Hoopers! 🗣️ If you truly want to play college basketball and have the work ethic that matches that goal… in most cases there is a place for you! 💯 The next step is to be realistic with the level you can play at, then put yourself in front of the coaches at those levels!

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3 years

🗣 It feels so good to be back on the road watching future Wildcats! Here’s what I’m looking for! 😈

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

2 years

🗝 Keys to our new home in hand! 🏡 We love everything about this town, Texas Tech, and Lubbock Cooper ISD so we thought it would be a great idea to buy a house here!

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Erik DeRoo

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10 months

✍️ 11 Tips for Graduate Assistants (Any sport) on how to grow in your role and improve your chances to land a full-time position! 🧵 A thread!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

3 years

🏀 Hoopers: 👉🏽 Just because you drive into the paint doesn’t mean you have to shoot it! 🗣 Staying under control and making the right read/decision can showcase your basketball IQ and ability!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

5 years

🙏🏼 I get to live my dream and my hobby every single day! Every day I get to coach basketball and represent a D1 University in everything I do! God is good always and He continues to provide for me and my family! I’m beyond thankful!

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

3 years

I’ve come to the realization that hoopers have had: • beat up knees • shin splints • tendinitis • a blown out ankle • something wrong with the bottom of their foot, but don’t know what’s wrong. But come to practice every day because they love to compete and play this game!

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4 years

💯 Hoopers.. We all know that the tall, athletic, super skilled players get offers first.. 🚨But! There are still scholarships available for players who are elite in certain skills: • Rebounding • Shooters • Defenders The list goes on.. 👉🏼 Find your niche and become elite!

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1 year

💯 As a coach at any level you work inconsistent hours, you are away from home traveling to games and for recruiting. 💎 It’s a must to have a great support system at home! Always take care of your people. Prioritize being a great spouse and parent!

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3 years

🏀 HS hoopers you know you are in the right program when your coaches are constantly in contact with college coaches plugging your name! This week I’ve had so many coaches contacting me about players that could be good fits at ACU! 💪🏽 Respect for these coaches working for yall!

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1 month

🏀 Aspiring College Coaches! ⌚️ It’s that time of year again! 💻 Next Monday & Tuesday I’ll open up some time slots to take one on one zoom calls with GA’s, Support Staff, Non-D1 Assistants or anyone who is trying to get into college basketball! 📲 Shoot me a DM if interested

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2 years

👆🏼 Gameday ready here in Lubbock!

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5 years

💯Players going through the recruiting process.. 🔑Ask college coaches questions: • How many players do you need in a specific class? • What positions are you looking for? • Where do you see my game fitting in your system? The list goes on! 🙏🏼The more you know, the better!

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5 years

PSAs and Current Student-Athletes: If you want to be a college coach... Look heavily into becoming a Graphic Design major! This skillset could get you your first job, but more importantly help keep you in that job! Just look at social media today! Graphics = recruiting!

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@ErikDeRooTTU

4 years

🏀 This upgrade is incredible for the future of ACU basketball! Can’t wait to see it come together!

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1 year

🤝 Relationships matter. 🗣️ How you treat people matters more.

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5 years

In a crazy turn of events..we were called and offered by our Dream Daycare this morning! After an unofficial visit this afternoon, we have decided to de-commit from Tammie’s In-Home and officially Sign with Rainbow Bible School!🙏🏼 Can’t make this up! God has a sense of humor!😅

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3 years

Can’t wait to move Kim and this little one to Lubbock this week! 👆🏼🔴⚫️

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10 months

✔️ July Recruiting in the books… ✌️It is now time to get back to my family before season starts up again!

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4 years

🏀 Hoopers! 🗣 It doesn’t matter if you are a freshman or a senior! The extra work or lack of extra work will be a determining factor on how successful you will be this season!

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3 years

❗��As assistant coaches our jobs are to consistently have ideas to help our program be successful. 👉🏼 It’s our HC’s job to decipher which one to use... 💯 The more your HC trusts you the more ideas will stick! So work every day to build that trust!

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4 years

Yall... being a #GirlDad who coaches Women’s basketball is one of the greatest opportunities ever! 💜My daughter gets to have a team of big sisters constantly loving on her! 💯Wouldn’t trade this for anything!

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4 years

🏀 Undersized Hoopers: 👉🏼 Height matters in recruiting, but you can overcome that! 1. Build Multiple Elite Skillsets 2. Grow your Athleticism 🗣 There are so many “undersized” players in D1 (mid-major to P5); they get to this level by being high-level basketball players!

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3 years

🏆 When your program has a championship culture it doesn’t mean you win a championship every year. 💯 It means everyone in your program expects to compete for a championship every year and is working towards that goal!

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6 years

🙌🏽 The coolest part about being a follower of Christ is that no matter what the situation you encounter you always know that God has a plan! Once I completely bought in to the meaning of having faith and trust in God my life has been so fulfilling and without fear/worries!

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1 year

🏀 Loved every minute of being out this weekend watching the future of our game! 🙏🏻 I’ve missed the connection with all of the AAU, HS and College Coaches! Thanks for all the support and kind words from those I saw! I truly appreciate all these relationships! 📸: @heythatsbritt

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2 years

Can’t wait until this one is a camper for @LadyRaiderWBB !

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1 year

🏀 HS Hoopers & AAU Coaches: 🗣️ If you are playing at the Heart of Texas this weekend… 🔽 Drop your schedule below or shoot me a DM with a quick highlight film attached!

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4 years

🗣The amount of times I’ve yelled, “Kobe” and hit the shoulder shake into a fade away as I threw some trash into a trash can... Those of y’all that know what I’m talking about, I know we are all feeling the same hurt inside. 💯Kobe is a legend forever!

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2 years

Some of the best Assistant Coaches at the College level are able to… 🧵 A thread:

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4 years

In college I asked a D1 coach for advice.. 📝 He said, “Never trust your mind to remember anything, always write everything down!” This coach then sat there and waited until I wrote down that advice. 💯 I think about the truth of this all the time!

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1 year

🏀 Had to finish up back in… 📍 Dallas, TX

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Erik DeRoo

@ErikDeRooTTU

3 years

👆🏼This coaching staff and group of players has accepted my family and I from day one! So thankful for them! Can’t wait to start this 2021-22 season with this team!