Attention Coaches!
After finishing my Graduate Assistant role at the University of Indianapolis I am seeking an Assistant/DOBO role at any level!
Ready to bring high energy and make a positive impact for a team
Resume listed below
DM’s are open!
🏀Sammy Doucette is the new WBB HC at Cal State Fullerton.
The Woodbridge grad finished her 6 yr blitz at OCC w 131 Ws(2 in yr 1), 3 OEC🏆, 3 straight State Finals, & B2B CCCAA🏆
Prior to OCC, the Vanguard grad/NAIA AA worked as an AC at HIU, GA at CUI, & HC at Costa Mesa HS
Hall of Fame Coach Dawn Staley on the business of winning, loving someone enough to let them fail, and living everyday with zero margin:
💎 You don’t have to be for everybody to be right for your people. Leadership isn’t a popularity contest, it’s a courage practice! When you’re crystal clear on who you are and what you stand for, you can lead with conviction. And that becomes a magnet for people who want to be part of something real.
🏺 Tell the truth, even when it costs you comfort. We're in the business of winning. And winning built on half-truths is fragile; it cracks under pressure. Real leaders choose honesty over image, because trust, not talent—is what holds a team together when things get hard.
❤️ Care enough to step back. Loving someone isn’t rescuing always them from failure, it’s standing close enough to support, but far enough to let them struggle, adapt, and discover their own strength. Growth doesn’t come from protection; it comes from earned resilience.
📆 Respect the weight of every day. There is no neutral, only progress or erosion. When you give away a day because you're not all the way there mentally, someone else is investing it, and preparing to take what you’re not protecting.
Own your identity without apology! The moment you start shrinking to be digestible, you lose the very edge that makes you effective. You're not in the politics business, you're in the people business. The right people don’t need you to be everything, they need you to be authentically you, CONSISTENTLY and without COMPROMISE.
Incoming Freshman:
Just a quick piece of advice for you. Nothing is mandatory:
-Summer workouts aren’t
-Conditioning/Weights aren’t
-Getting up extra work on your own isn’t
-Watching film of yourself/opponents
None of it is mandatory. BUT… neither is playing time.
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Not everyone wants to or is willing to help you, but there are many who are willing to and give back to those who are in the position they were once in, and those are the people you need to connect yourself with!
Lauren Betts stepped away from the game to heal.
Some coaches would’ve said “toughen up.”
Cori Close chose presence and poured into her anyway.
That’s why God keeps showing up for her. That and she intentionally loves ppl w Gods Grace
The game needs more like Cori Close.
What really IS Cori Close’s coaching style?
“You’re not coaching people’s jumpshots, you’re coaching people’s hearts. But if you coach their hearts really well, usually their jump shots end up pretty good too. And I would say our players jumpshots ended up pretty good too.”
Long Island U. You mean to tell me that you couldn’t find ONE candidate who has worked in women’s basketball to take over your women’s program? Did you even try? Hiring the men’s assistant who has never worked in WBB on any level?!?! That is…a choice. SMDH. 😑
“If you are really present focused and process oriented and stay committed to those values, outcomes will find you. If you focus on the outcomes, usually you’ll skip steps in your process,” Cori Close
When the habits of winning are the vision, anything is possible.
I couldn’t be more thankful in reflection to our admin, staff, supporters, donors, fans and of course our players. Through a unified effort we are taking steps in the right direction and standards keep rising. On to the next! Go Sharks! @hpu@_HPUSharks