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>> My name is Keith Urgo.

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I'm the associate head coach of
men's basketball here at Penn State.

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My responsibilities range from
essentially managing the entire staff.

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My job is to make the head coach's life as easy
as possible, specifically throughout the season

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to handle any of the admin, administration
stuff for, take care of the team,

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control the managers, manage
the staff, so on and so forth,

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so he can concentrate solely on basketball.

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I also direct recruiting efforts
between our other two assistant coaches.

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Pretty much anything you can think of that might
involve a major basketball operation that's part

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of my job and my responsibilities.

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If you're the assistant coach that's
working directly on the opponent,

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it's a little bit different than if you're not.

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For instance, I currently have Ohio State.

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My responsibility is to try to
dissect and become the head coach

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of the other team, which is Thad Matta.

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So I'll watch anywhere from nine to eleven games
of Ohio State and break down each and every film

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that I watch, try to break down every,
probably their top nine players,

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every tendency they might have,
every offense of set, defense of set,

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end of game situation, so on and so forth.

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And try to prepare our team accordingly.

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It's constantly.

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It never stops because you're
always recruiting as well.

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Because recruiting is pretty
much the most important piece.

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I mean, coaches can do what they
can, it's not the x's and o's.

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It's the Jimmy and the Joe's.

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That's the cliche you use, but the
reality is players are what, you know,

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win or lose ballgames, not necessarily coaches.

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Yeah, I have to constantly be recruiting.