Christian, Husband, Father, Former Collegiate Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics @ Vincennes University (IN), Molder of the Next Generation for the Kingdom
🏀 Excited and honored to be named the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Motlow State Community College!
20+ years of collegiate coaching experience.
2017 NCAA Final Four staff.
MEAC Championship experience.
8 NBA players developed.
30+ professional players developed.
Ready to build something special in Tullahoma.
Defense. Development. Winning.
#defensetravels
#MotlowState #MotlowBucks #NJCAA #CollegeBasketball #GoBucks
Joe Mazzulla on the importance of building a culture that doesn’t depend solely on the head coach.
“You don't want to be the sole person controlling the environment. You almost want it to run better when you're not around because that's a testament of the people.”
If your culture only works when you’re watching, then you've merely just created compliance.
The best environments are sustained by the people and shared ownership inside them.
📹: Verse Us Podcast
The state of Alabama is getting another tremendous basketball coach! ACCC…look out. Jason will have Reid State in the mix for championships very quickly!
Brad Stevens has a sign in his office with three questions.
1) What do you want?
2) What's true?
3) How do you get there?
This is a great framework for coaches or leaders to evaluate themselves and their teams, especially after a disappointing outcome.
It forces you to define the destination, confront the current (and honest) reality, and identify a plan for how to close the gap.
Great leaders (and teams) don’t just review their results. They study their gaps and use the truth as the starting point for growth.
📹: Boston Celtics
Brad Stevens shares his non-negotiables for life.
"I wanna enjoy who I'm working with. I wanna enjoy where I'm working. I wanna have a goal, but I also wanna enjoy the journey of getting to that goal."
"For me, it starts with being a great teammate. That is something I look for in people. Those relationships are probably the most important thing."
It starts with the people and the character of those people.
Then he explained what it means to show up every day:
"You put your signature on your work every day. You give it everything you have."
"You do it for the good of the whole. You do it to get better at your own job. You do it to improve the whole and see where the chips may fall."
It means giving your best effort and bringing a mindset of excellence to yourself and your team.
"I've been lucky enough to be on really good teams. Teams that have had chances to play for things that are really, really special."
Then he shared what stays with you:
"Very rarely when you look back on those teams - whether at Butler or here - do you think about the individual games or even the moments of the games."
"You think about the people and the individual times with the people."
"That's the special part about being a part of a sports team. That's why you walk through the building every day."
The relationships always stay.
Stevens' wisdom is simple: it comes down to character.
• Be a great teammate.
• Strive for excellence.
• Enjoy the people and the process.
Character isn't what you say - it's what you do consistently.
(🎥 Way of Champions)
“I think being a D1 basketball player, you grow up with this sense of entitlement, as if the whole world revolves around you. And…if I wanted to be a better husband, a better father, a better coach, I had to get rid of that type of entitlement.”
When the season ends, the record is what’s remembered publicly…but it’s not the most important thing you built.
The conversations no one saw. The standards you set. The way you showed up day after day. The way you led, even under pressure.
That’s the legacy.
Wins and losses come and go. Jobs can change. Seasons end. But the impact you’ve made in the lives of your players and staff, that goes with them long after this season is over. Coach, what you built still matters. And it always will. 🏀
The Warrior Nation is proud to announce Marcus Spivey as the new Boys Head Basketball Coach. Welcome to the Warrior Nation. #GRIT #1 percent @cobb_sports