After ten seasons on the sidelines, wait, take this back to the playing days, and it will be over twenty years since I have spent a season off the court. My wife and I have made the decision to move back home to be closer with family. A little one on the way can shift … Continue reading Season Off the Sidelines
Letter of Recommendation for Coaches to Corporate America
Dear Corporate America: Please accept this letter in support of any prospective applicant from our coaching community exploring an opportunity in a different line of work.
10 Lessons From a Decade of Coaching
From one season to ten years. It becomes tough to slow down the time because our brain operates from moments to months down the road within minutes. At the end of any season, the mind automatically advances to the following year. Multiply that mindset by two with being married to a coach; we're lucky to … Continue reading 10 Lessons From a Decade of Coaching
A Coach’s Responsibility Towards Racial Equality
This breaks from any coaching criteria. But it doesn't. Even yesterday reading the final pages from our Book Club there was this quote: "...Understanding things well enough to be able to change the future." The problem is I do not understand. I don't understand enough about the situation to help make a change, yet. I … Continue reading A Coach’s Responsibility Towards Racial Equality
52 Weeks of Coaching
The first season of #52WeekCoaching is a wrap. What started as a project to challenge my own ability to follow-through on personal objectives, transpired into an opportunity to share weekly stories about a variety of topics that occur throughout the course of a given year in coaching. Intentionally, the topics were prepared to align with … Continue reading 52 Weeks of Coaching
Coaching Burnout
Coaching burnout is an interesting topic because there are so many different directions this conversation could go. Coaches burnout from the grind of the career (e.g. relocating, pay scale, politics) Coaches burnout from losing Coaches burnout from time-commitment Coaches burnout from the stress of competition The stigma surrounding mental health in sports is starting to … Continue reading Coaching Burnout
Coaching Carousel
As they say, "So you want to get into coaching?" If you click on the thread below there is a collection of coaches giving 280 character snapshots of their journey. Every spring flooding into the summer there is a "Coaching Carousel" that has given prominence to accounts, such as HoopDirt or AtticusFinch. The landscape, particularly … Continue reading Coaching Carousel
Transfer Portal to Coaching
Is the transfer portal indicative of the next generation of coaches? There is a lot of positive characteristics attributed to this younger generation - but let's face it - there is an equal amount of critique. Which had me thinking as a coach responsible for developing and cultivating future leaders that possibly (hopefully) get into … Continue reading Transfer Portal to Coaching
Coach-Speak
https://twitter.com/CoachsClimb/status/1208417683424841728 Let's define "Coach-Speak": Often the language used by coaches when addressing simpler issues with deeper contextual meaning. The majority of John Wooden's speeches are rich with coach speak. "Success is the peace of mind which is a direct result of the self-satisfaction in knowing that you have made the effort to become the best … Continue reading Coach-Speak
Coaching Today
Not in the business of covering hot topics or current headlines. But, there a couple newsworthy events that took place in the coaching world over the past week that I thought could be helpful for others climbing the ladder. Tyler Williams alleges he was dismissed from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith’s basketball team last month … Continue reading Coaching Today
Coach's Climb 