Coach Derek Sheridan
Sheridan played his high school basketball at Eastern Greentown HS, IN, for the legendary Duane Keisling. Upon graduation, Derek played one-year of junior college basketball at Gogebic Community College, MI, and then transferred to Huntington College, IN, where he played for Hall-of-Fame coach, Steve Platt.
After graduating from Huntington College, Derek began his teaching and coaching career. Coach Sheridan’s career path took him and his beloved wife, Stephanie Sheridan to the following schools:
- Huntington Community Schools, IN; 6th-Grade ‘C’-Team coach
- Oak Hill HS, IN; head freshman coach and varsity assistant for the legendary Coach Flava Sirk.
- Lakeview Christian HS, IN; athletic director, physical education teacher, and head boys’ basketball coach.
- Hammond Gavit HS, IN; physical education teacher and head boys’ basketball coach
- Washington Sr. HS, OH; assistant athletic director, physical education teacher, and head boys’ basketball coach.
- Maumee City Schools, OH; physical education teacher and head boys’ basketball coach.
- Central Catholic HS, OH; varsity assistant basketball coach.
- Coach Sheridan’s close friend, TJ Hunt asked him to join his staff and Derek couldn’t resist becoming TJ’s assistant at the prestigious Central Catholic HS.
- Delta HS, OH; head boys’ basketball coach. Delta’s Superintendent, Ted Haselman, and athletic director, Drew Hange, asked Derek to take over Delta’s boys’ basketball program. Sheridan took the reins at DHS and had a great time coaching the Delta Panthers (while teaching for Maumee City Schools) and due to an unfortunate medical diagnosis was forced to step away from coaching again.
Retired from coaching in 2017 and is still teaching physical education classes for MCS.
After being out of coaching for a couple of years, Derek started the Rustbelt Basketball Coaches’ Network, LLC. (RBCN). Coach Sheridan and his handpicked staff have worked hard to grow their coaches’ network.
Testimonials
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Best Fit
“If you’re looking for a library of short clock situations like I was, this is worth the minimal cost and will leave you with plenty of options to choose from to best fit the needs of your team.”
Highly Recommend
“I coached against Derek for nine years and can vouch for the organization and preparation of his teams each and every game. If these are the devices that he utilized to organize and prepare his teams, then I cannot imagine that they will not help you and your program.”
Perfect Pieces
“Just wanted to let you know we used your “32” zone offense last night against a top rated team in our classification that runs a very good 1-3-1. They have the perfect pieces to make the defense work. We were able to attack them and get great shots. Their pressure normally bothers people but we were able to handle that. We just didn’t make shots. I am definitely keeping this addition to our playbook. Thanks again for sharing it with us – much appreciated!”
Huge Time Saver
“Derek Sheridan and I met as opponents playing for Huntington College and Saint Francis College in the old NAIA Mid-Central College Conference in the early 90’s. He has always been a basketball junkie wanting to learn as much as possible about all aspects of the game. Over the past 30 years in our quest to become head coaches, Derek has worked his way from the bottom up sponging knowledge from personal experience, meeting with rookie through veteran coaches, watching videos and game film, collaborating with peers, and writing books along the way. As a coach, he has personally been a mentor to countless numbers of young coaches and players helping them become as fundamentally sound as can be while instilling values and integrity. It is fitting that he is continuing the mentorship by passing along his vast amounts of knowledge to innumerable amounts of coaches through this website form of multimedia. As a peer who has been mentored by Derek multiple times along the way I am not surprised that he is delving into this venture to give coaches an opportunity at an easy way to advance their knowledge of basketball towards bettering the experience of their teams and players. Over the years, he has helped my program, specifically our Blocker/Mover offense & the aspects of the Princeton offense we’ve added. His organizational tools are unreal, they will save you time.”
Absolutely Phenomenal
“These coaching resources are absolutely phenomenal for organizing any basketball program! As coaches we want to spend our time with the gameplans, schemes, and practices. However these detailed plans help us keep everything together. The Pre and Post season checklists especially, are tremendous resources to keep all of the extra “things” organized. I will absolutely use these in our program!”
Detailed Asset
“The information & documents included in this packet are incredibly detailed & a tremendous asset in terms of program planning & organization.”
Tremendous Tools
“Derek is a lifelong basketball junkie. He has spent his entire career trying to find ways to work smarter, and be more prepared than the competition. His organizational tools are tremendous. As a Head Coach for 33 years, I only wish I had found these years ago. If you are looking for a way to organize your entire program I highly recommend you take a look at them. There is something here for everyone.”
Never Plan Without It
“I was fortunate to be hired by Coach Sheridan as his varsity assistant coach. Upon being hired, I was excited to learn about how his teams’ had controlled the tempo of their games over the years using their Mover/Blocker offense & zone defense. However, learning his system of organizing and planning every aspect of our program was equally, if not more, impressive. It didn’t take long to learn he had a system for organizing, planning, delegating, & administering every aspect of our basketball program. The coaching materials he created not only saved us time, but kept us all on the same page. After coach became ill, he handed our program over to me. We still use all of his coaching aids (we called them cheat sheets), in fact, I can’t imagine not using them. My first summer was made much easier, due to the completion of our “Summer Organizer” packet, using it ensured that each aspect of our summer was organized & ready to go! My staff & I will NEVER plan a summer without it!
Now that I’m entering my second year as the head coach at DHS, the pre-season checklist, & the scrimmage checklist saved us valuable time. Now that the media is requesting their media information forms to be completed, using coach Sheridan’s “Media Info Form” makes that easy – & I only have to COMPLETE ONE FORM!!!
Trust me, these materials will help you stay organized and save you time in the long run.”
Great Resource
“These materials are very meticulous and thorough! A great resource for coaches who want to inject organization into their programs. These resources cover everything from the ground up. Good stuff.”
Makes Life Easier
“We utilize most of the Rustbelt products for one reason, they make our lives easier. I could add a lot more to this statement but the main point I’m making is, RBCN products have made my life easier. Well done & thank you Coach Sheridan.”
A Share It All Coach
“I was a young basketball coach searching for my style of play. I came across Coach Carril’s Princeton Offense and loved his philosophy. In my research of the Princeton Offense, I came across Coach Sheridan’s book, ‘The Princeton Offense, A Simplified Approach for High School Coaches.’ This book resonated with me, as it is well written & has easy to understand diagrams. I found Coach Sheridan’s email address on the back cover of the book & emailed him. Within the next few days he responded to my email & soon after we became friends – speaking at least once a week. He sent me dozens of tapes he had acquired of various teams executing the Princeton Offense, including his own teams.
Once basketball season ended, I invited Coach Sheridan to travel to Springfield Catholic High School, in Missouri; to administer a three-day clinic for my staff & my players. He not only taught critical aspects of the Princeton Offense, but also shared his favorite drills for ball-handling, passing, shooting, rebounding, and defense. Coach Sheridan is a rare breed of coach, he is not only a consummate student of the game, he is also a consummate ‘share it all’ coach.
I’ve met people who love the game as much as Coach Sheridan, but I’ve never met an advocate of the game – someone who loves the game and wants to share his love of it with others as much as him.
Although we live in different parts of the country, myself & my family in Missouri, & he & his family in his beloved ‘Rust Belt,’ I not only consider him a dear friend, but also as a mentor to my development as a basketball coach. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me, if you’d like to talk about Coach Sheridan.”