We think that they need to study for the basketball coaching then of course they need to know the rules and regulation in basketball.
That's probably the lest hepful suggestion that I've heard for a long time.
The first question would be, where are you? You need to look for the local organisations, so my first suggestion is get in touch with the local clubs there and see what advice they can offer. Ideally, he should become a member of at lest one club and they'd be able to point him in the right direction.