ONE MORE: How Jason Dasinger Is Using AI to Give Basketball Coaches Their Most Valuable Resource Back — Time

Championship Vision Podcast — Episode 402

Featuring Jason Dasinger, Founder of ONE MORE

Written by Coach Kevin Furtado

Every basketball coach wants more.

More time to prepare. More time to develop players. More time to study opponents. More time to build relationships. More time with family.

But there are still only 24 hours in a day.

For former high school coach Jason Dasinger, that reality helped inspire an idea that could change how coaches use artificial intelligence.

That idea became ONE MORE—an AI-powered coaching assistant designed specifically for basketball coaches.

But Dasinger isn't trying to replace coaches with artificial intelligence.

He wants to use AI to give coaches something much more valuable:

Time.

From Successful Coach to Basketball Innovator

Dasinger spent 19 years in public education, including 10 years as a head high school boys basketball coach.

His teams won four region championships, made nine consecutive state tournament appearances, reached two Elite Eights and advanced to the Final Four in 2023. He was named Region Coach of the Year four times and County Coach of the Year twice.

Yet when Dasinger looks back on his coaching career, the victories aren't necessarily what define it.

It's the relationships.

During our conversation on the Championship Vision Podcast, Dasinger explained that he entered coaching because his own high school coaches had made an impact on him. Over time, he learned an important lesson:

You can coach players hard when they know you genuinely care about them.

That realization helped change the way he coached. Practices became more player-centered. Small-sided games became more important. Fun became part of development.

The result wasn't less success.

His program eventually reached the Final Four.

For Dasinger, the lesson was clear:

Relationships come before results.

The Unexpected Birth of ONE MORE

Interestingly, ONE MORE didn't begin with Jason sitting in a basketball office trying to create coaching software.

After stepping away from high school coaching, he began learning how AI could help with a family business.

He discovered that instead of asking artificial intelligence generic questions, he could provide it with the company's documents, information, philosophy and previous conversations.

Then something clicked.

What if you could do the same thing with basketball?

What if AI didn't simply know basketball?

What if it knew your basketball?

Your terminology.

Your drills.

Your offense.

Your defense.

Your philosophy.

Your players.

Your roster.

Your coaching staff.

Your non-negotiables.

That became the foundation of ONE MORE.

Not Just AI — Your AI Assistant Coach

Most coaches have experimented with general AI tools.

You might type:

"Give me a 90-minute basketball practice."

You'll probably receive a decent practice plan.

But it may not be your practice.

That's the difference Dasinger is trying to create.

ONE MORE is built around the coach's own knowledge base. Coaches can provide their philosophy, playbook, drills, terminology, roster information, personnel evaluations and other program resources.

Then the coach begins asking questions.

Instead of providing only generic basketball information, ONE MORE can use the information the coach has provided to generate ideas consistent with that coach's program.

Dasinger described it perfectly during our conversation:

It's one more coach for you—and it's a coach that knows your program.

Imagine This Practice Scenario

You're preparing for a major opponent.

You have 90 minutes.

Your team needs to improve three areas:

• Transition defense
• Ball security
• Rebounding

Instead of beginning with a blank sheet of paper, you can tell ONE MORE what you need.

Because the system already understands your roster, philosophy, drills and terminology, it can help construct the practice around those priorities.

During Episode 402, Dasinger demonstrated this live.

The system didn't simply produce random drills. It pulled from concepts and terminology already contained within his coaching knowledge base and generated a practice around the requested areas of emphasis.

The coach remains in control.

Don't like part of the practice?

Change it.

Want more competition?

Tell it.

Need the practice shortened from 120 minutes to 90?

Adjust it.

The technology isn't making the final decision.

The coach is.

It Can Even Understand Your Players

This may be one of ONE MORE's most intriguing possibilities.

A coach can provide information about individual players—their strengths, weaknesses, roles and developmental needs.

That allows ONE MORE to consider personnel when helping the coach.

Dasinger demonstrated an example in which the system recognized that a particular player could become frustrated under pressure and reminded the coach to monitor and positively redirect him during a high-pressure practice situation.

Think about that.

We're no longer simply talking about:

"Give me five basketball drills."

We're moving toward:

"Help me coach my team."

Turning Statistics Into Decisions

Another area where Dasinger sees enormous value is statistical analysis.

Coaches collect more information than ever.

But information isn't the same as insight.

If an opponent has a player shooting 40 percent from three, that's actionable information.

If another player has attempted almost no three-pointers all season, that matters too.

ONE MORE can help a coach take statistical information and turn it into potential personnel decisions and game-plan priorities.

Instead of spending hours sorting through information, AI can help identify patterns quickly.

The coach then determines what matters.

That distinction is critical.

AI provides possibilities. Coaches make decisions.

What Happens at Halftime?

One of my favorite parts of our conversation involved in-game adjustments.

Imagine your opponent is trapping every ball screen.

You have only a few minutes at halftime.

ONE MORE already knows your offensive system and playbook.

Instead of asking a generic AI system, "How do I beat a ball-screen trap?", you can potentially ask:

"They're trapping every ball screen. What can we run in the second half?"

Because the platform knows your system, it can suggest options based on actions already available within your offense.

During the podcast demonstration, ONE MORE generated several possibilities from Dasinger's existing system. His point wasn't that AI should decide what to run.

It gave him options.

Then the coach evaluates those options and says:

These two fit us. Let's go.

That could be an incredibly powerful use of AI for coaches.

AI Shouldn't Replace Relationships

This was the most important part of our conversation.

Dasinger doesn't want AI replacing coaches.

In fact, he wants the opposite.

He believes technology can handle some of the organizational work that pulls coaches away from the human side of the profession.

Practice logistics.

Planning.

Organizing information.

Analyzing statistics.

Generating ideas.

Building developmental progressions.

Those things matter.

But they aren't why most of us became coaches.

We became coaches because of people.

Dasinger said the best part of his coaching career now is attending the weddings of former players.

That's coaching.

Artificial intelligence can't replace the conversation with a struggling player.

It can't replace encouragement after a difficult game.

It can't replace the relationships built during four years in a program.

It can't replace a coach who believes in a young person.

Dasinger's vision is for AI to handle more of the things that consume our time so coaches can spend more time doing the things that actually change lives.

Could ONE MORE Eventually Help Save Youth Sports?

Our conversation eventually went somewhere I wasn't expecting.

Youth sports.

Dasinger believes one of the greatest future opportunities for this type of technology may be helping volunteer youth coaches.

Think about the parent who volunteers to coach an eight-year-old basketball team.

They want to help.

But nobody has taught them how to structure a practice.

They may not know what a small-sided game is.

They may not understand age-appropriate player development.

So they simply recreate what they remember from 30 years ago.

Lines.

Lectures.

Running.

Waiting.

Kids get bored.

Some eventually quit.

Dasinger's long-term vision is fascinating: What if recreation departments could give volunteer coaches an intelligent resource that helps them build engaging, developmentally appropriate practices?

His philosophy is simple:

Better coaches can create better experiences for young athletes.

And better experiences might keep more children playing sports.

The One Thing AI Will Never Replace

Near the end of our conversation, I asked Jason a rapid-fire question:

What's one thing AI will never replace in coaching?

His answer required one word.

Relationships.

That's exactly right.

Technology will continue changing basketball.

Film analysis will improve.

Scouting will improve.

Statistics will become more powerful.

Practice planning will become faster.

AI will become more sophisticated.

But coaching will always be about people.

The best coaches will learn how to use technology without allowing technology to replace their humanity.

Why Every Coach Needs ONE MORE

I finished by asking Jason to complete this sentence:

"Every basketball coach needs ONE MORE because..."

His answer captured the entire episode.

ONE MORE can give coaches more time to do what they love—spend time with their players and get home to their families.

As coaches get older, we understand something we didn't always understand early in our careers.

Thirty minutes matters.

An hour matters.

An evening with your family matters.

A conversation with a player matters.

Time matters.

That's why I'm excited to announce that ONE MORE is an official partner of the Championship Vision Podcast and Legends Coaching Clinic.

I believe strongly in what Jason is trying to accomplish because he's approaching AI from the perspective of someone who has actually sat in the head coach's chair.

He understands the late nights.

The practice plans.

The scouting.

The statistics.

The parent conversations.

The player development.

The game planning.

And the thousands of little decisions that come with running a basketball program.

ONE MORE isn't about removing the coach.

It's about giving the coach more opportunities to coach.

And sometimes, that's exactly what we need.

One more idea.
One more resource.
One more assistant.
One more opportunity to save time.

Learn More About ONE MORE

Coaches interested in learning more can visit getonemorecoach.com.

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Thanks,

Coach Kevin Furtado