Two coaches.
Two completely different styles.
One championship stage.
Dan Hurley and Dusty May couldn’t appear more different.
Hurley is loud, fiery, and unapologetically intense. He coaches with passion on full display—every possession, every call, every moment.
May is calm, measured, and composed. He leads with poise—steady, deliberate, and rarely rattled.
One is expressive and animated.
The other is reserved and calculated.
And yet… both are elite.
Both are brilliant tacticians.
Both are masterful recruiters.
Both have built championship cultures.
And most importantly—both LOVE their players… and their players love them right back.
That’s the lesson.
There is no ONE way to lead.
Not in basketball.
Not in business.
Not in life.
Leadership isn’t about copying someone else’s style. It’s about owning your style.
Your personality.
Your strengths.
Your voice.
Because authenticity builds trust.
And trust builds teams that win.
Don’t try to lead like Hurley.
Don’t try to lead like May.
Lead like you.
Yaxel Lendeborg missed three years of High School ball because of academic struggles
He worked to improve his grades and was able to JUST make a team before the season ended, and performed well enough to make it to a community college, where he then became the NJCAA’s all-time leading rebounder
He then transferred to UAB, where he became one of two players in Division I history to record over 600 points, 400 rebounds and 150 assists in a single season. The other player is Larry Bird.
Afterwards, he transferred to Michigan and performed well enough to be a potential first rounder in the ‘25 draft
But he stayed and wanted to build upon that legacy and lift up his draft stock even more.
And he did just that, becoming a national champion and a potential lottery level draft pick.
Yaxel’s story isn’t one that should be ridiculed.
It should be one that’s praised — because worked hard at every level to get to where he’s at