Awesome DAY FOR COACHES today! Thanks to our outstanding presenters (Rob Miller, Jordan Clark and Joe White) and attendees— reply with something you learned today! @Proactivecoach
Transactional vs. Transformational Coaching
Dan Hurley shared a story about asking Geno Auriemma for advice after a rough start last season.
Geno didn’t mince words:
“Listen, if the only gratification and the only part of coaching that excites you is winning the national championship, then you’ve lost your way, buddy! Where’s the joy in the things that you’ve always been about as a coach before you went on the championship run, like relationships with your players, like helping people get better, like making your team the best it can be.
Be a coach, man. This is when you really need to be a leader. This team isn’t as good as last year’s, so what the hell are you going to do about it? Are you going home? Are you going to let this thing unravel?”
That’s the tension every coach feels: Transactional vs. Transformational.
Transactional coaching is outcome-obsessed. It’s about the wins, the losses, the trophies. The problem? When results don’t come, your purpose crumbles with them.
Transformational coaching is different. It’s about people. It’s about growth. It’s about building something that lasts whether the scoreboard agrees with you or not.
And this is why mentorship matters so much in coaching. Left on our own, it’s easy to drift into a transactional mode without even realizing it. A trusted mentor can pull us back to center, and remind us why we started coaching in the first place.
To build relationships.
To develop players as people.
To make teams the best they can be.
Wins matter. But they’re not the why. The why is impact. The why is growth. The why is leaving your players better than you found them.
The process is the prize.
Stay grounded. Stay on the path. Always remember your why.
Thank you to our outgoing President Joe Ortiz @trhoops and welcome to our new Board President @jacklubbers as we are now in full swing of serving the Coaches of Colorado in 25-26!
Coaching is about growth—for ourselves & our athletes. @CHSCA was built on that truth in 1934, and it still drives us today. Keep learning. Keep connecting. Keep leading. #CHSCA#CoachingLegacy#copreps - Read More - https://t.co/EwtjLUP758 - #jointoday
A huge Colorado congratulations to our National Hall of Fame inductees Marc Johnson and Kent Smith. Both were honored tonight at a ceremony held in South Dakota.