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How To Increase The Value Of Your Coaching, And Why You Better Do It Now

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If you want to make our world a better place, there are few ways more powerful than being a coach. – Dr. Jim Knight Sport coaches are a dime-a-dozen. I know…that stings like getting snapped with a rolled-up, locker-room towel; however, there is truth to it. The truth lies in the fact there are many, […]

The REAL bosses of sport coaches

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I want to share one of those *priceless* things you learn early in a career, and you wish someone had told you about on your very first day. (Or if they had told you, you wish you had listened a little more intently). When I first started coaching (as a college assistant coach), I was […]

The power of front-porch thinking

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Years ago, the president of my college came to speak at an Athletic Department staff meeting. A very sharp fellow and well spoken, he was wise about the ways of athletics in the college realm. (He had been one of the main administrators in the University of Maryland system during the Len Bias tragedy.) He […]

If Your Friends Don’t Coach Then They’re No Friends Of Mine (and why you need a coach support system)

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  [I wrote this post 4 years ago. I’ve updated it and am sharing it again because the topic is more important than ever.] No coach is an island, and if you think you are…you’re doomed… I’d been at the party for what seemed like a lifetime. It was one of THOSE parties. Y’know the […]

Dads Cry Too

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[With Father’s Day on the calendar, I thought this a perfect time to bring this back from the archive] I cried for 20 minutes today. I’m a stoic-type guy. I’m used to compartmentalizing and burying my emotions. But not today. Today was different. It was checkin-day. I dropped my oldest off at college—to start his […]