Coach Plotkin

Head Coach - Army Men's Soccer

[ArmyWestPoint Sports @GoArmyWestPoint]

Congrats to Tricia Brandenburg for being named one of the Top 100 Rising ADs/Future ADs in college athletics by Silver Waves Media 👏👏👏

[Coach Plotkin @CoachPlotkin]

A special piece of West Point. Honoring those who have fallen today and every day.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

A monument honoring America's fallen heroes is growing along a trail just south of West Point Academy. The towering memorial is made up of stones that bear the names of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

[U.S. Military Academy at West Point @WestPoint_USMA]

🎓 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 – 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲! 🎓

Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2026!

📅 Date: Today, Friday, May 23
🕘 Time: 10 a.m.

📺 Two ways to watch:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹
https://t.co/40sqasTzoU

𝗗𝗢𝗪
https://t.co/3xTf07DFW0

[Daniel Abrahams @DanAbrahams77]

Novak Djokovic…one of the greatest competitors…knows he cannot control his thoughts, his emotions, his feelings…

But he knows he cannot control take control of his response to the thoughts, emotions, the feelings he experiences…

Hold that idea in mind. Let it marinate for a few seconds. What does that mean to you in your performance world?

“I can take control of my response…I can respond to my inner impulses…”

I can take control…
I can go again…
I can flex my attention…
I can retain my intent…

Djokovic breaths his way through tournaments. He instructs himself. He keeps his attention on his strategies and his opponent…and is ready to flex strategically if need be…

He’s in control
He’s in charge

He may not be able to control the thoughts, the emotions, and the feelings that emerge into his conscious awareness. But he can take control of his response…

He’s in control
He’s in charge

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬…𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬…

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

What characteristics do the best performers have?

A few common traits I've noticed:
1. Don't get tired of the boring stuff
2. Masters of compartmentalization
3. Can flip the switch
4. Know how to lose well
5. Cultivate perspective
6. Delayed gratification
7. Drive from within

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“Please don’t ever judge me for wins and losses that’s not who I am as a coach.
Relationships- you want it for them.”

Championships change careers.
Relationships change lives.

Athletes. Coaches.
Don’t just chase wins. Change people.

That’s the real legacy.

🎥@glenn_kinley

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

Thought I'd share a🧵with couple of additional thoughts about this profile of Dusty May by @rustindodd, focusing on some of the work Dusty & I did together.

https://t.co/P9zazpKzAg

[Coach Plotkin @CoachPlotkin]

Heck yeah @KKuester15 and rest of the staff! Excited for Year 2 already! Just the beginning!

[Army Women's Basketball @ArmyWP_WBB]

That's our leader 🤩

Katie Kuester is the 2026 Spalding® Maggie Dixon NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year!

#GoArmy | #SetTheTone

[World Baseball Classic @WBCBaseball]

Team USA has arrived to the World Baseball Classic Final in GAME-USED United States Men's National Hockey Team jerseys.

[Heath Evans @HeathEvans44]

I played for Nick Saban, Bill Belichick, and Sean Payton.

I studied under some of the greatest coaching minds in the history of professional football. And after the Lord saved me, I realized something that changed everything.

Every single leadership principle that made those teams thrive is biblical. They just did it for the glory of man instead of the glory of God.

Here is what I mean.

Belichick taught us to do our jobs. Scripture commands us to work as unto the Lord, not for the approval of men. (Col. 3:23)

Belichick held Tom Brady to a higher standard than anyone else. Scripture says to whom much is given, much is required. (Luke 12:48)

Belichick cut the cancer immediately, no matter the cost. Scripture tells us that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. (Gal. 5:9)

Belichick sacrificed personal credit and took responsibility for every loss. Scripture calls leaders to be servants first. (Matthew 20:26)

Brady sacrificed personal stats for the good of the team. Scripture says do nothing out of selfish ambition, but in humility consider others above yourself. (Phil. 2:3)

Brady could encourage a teammate and confront him in the same breath. Scripture says speak the truth in love. (Eph. 4:15)

These men did not know they were pulling from eternal, biblical commands. But the principles worked. They always work. Because truth is truth whether the man wielding it knows its source or not.

Now imagine this.

If these principles built a two-decade dynasty in professional football with men who did not know the Lord, what would God do through His church if we humbled ourselves and followed the same playbook?

What would happen in your marriage if you coached yourself harder than you coach anyone else?

What would happen in your home if you cut the cancers of laziness, passivity, and selfishness?

What would happen in your leadership if you stopped protecting your ego and started serving your team?

The blueprint is not new.
The playbook has been written for two thousand years.

The question is whether you are willing to run it.

I spent 10 years in the NFL and the best locker rooms I ever walked into operated on principles that Scripture laid out long before football existed.

Stop looking for a new framework.
Open the Book.
And do your job.

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Sources: Army athletic director Tom Theodorakis has reached an agreement in principle on a new long-term contract with the academy. He’s been Army’s AD since February of 2025 after arriving at the school in 2022.

[Coach Plotkin @CoachPlotkin]

The depth in this article is so unique. Read it a couple of times and something different popped each one. The father/son dynamic. The respect. The lessons. The character. The work ethic. The principles. The values. What a great read. Excellent work @gbellseattle

[Drunk Old Grad @DrunkOldGrad]

Hugh Macdonald, Seahawks HC Mike’s father, is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point - Class of 1971. He played for Army’s Sprint football team and went Engineers.

Macdonald talks of how important it is his players know his clear “commander’s intent”. Great story from @gbellseattle

https://t.co/uCxJ8UPyTb

[Coach Plotkin @CoachPlotkin]

This is incredible. What an absolute rock star.

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

Just one week after tearing her ACL, Lindsey Vonn has completed her Olympic training run in Cortina.

The women's downhill competition takes place this Sunday.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Mike Vrabel gives a masterclass on mindset, self-talk, and dealing with doubt.

"You can't let doubt creep into what you do as a person. I don't care what you do."

"You have to be able to talk to yourself and not listen to yourself so much. You have to tell yourself what to believe."

Read that again about your self-talk. Talk to yourself - don't just listen to yourself.

Your mind will feed you doubt, fear, and negativity. Your job is to challenge it. Tell yourself what's true, not what's easy to believe.

"That doesn't say that there aren't tough times that you struggle with failure. You have to be able to recognize it and know that that is a part of all of us."

Failure isn't the opposite of success - it's part of the path to it.

Successful people don't avoid adversity. They expect it. They know that they must learn from the setbacks and challenges.

"If you coach long enough, you're gonna get fired. Just like if you play long enough, you're gonna get cut or you're gonna get traded. That's just how this business is."

That's the reality. Not cynicism...clarity.

"I've tried to explain it to the players that this is what happens. And I'm grateful for the opportunity to be able to do it with this group of guys."

Tough times happen. The choice is to be a tough person that overcomes those tough times.
(🎥New England Patriots )

[Army Men’s Soccer @ArmyWP_MSoccer]

Homegrown.
Development Based. On and Off Field.
No transfer portal.
Proud to build with American-born players who choose to do hard things.

Development and Culture over 47 months on the field and for Duty. Honor. Country.

Army Soccer. America’s Team.

[BETTER @bebetterleaders]

Secure in who you are.
Confident in what you bring to the table.
Humble enough to know there is always room to grow.

Secure. Confident. Humble.

Be that kind of leader today.

[Tom Theodorakis @TT_Army_AD]

I got a couple.

The United States Military Academy, widely recognized as the world’s preeminent leader development institution.

[Cons @CaptainCons]

as I've said, West Point is a unique place and not for everyone

that said, if you're playing there or thinking about playing there I will only say one thing - I promise you it will be worth it when you graduate.

Football ends for most of us in college. Playing in a respected program on a big stage and graduating from West Point is a better idea than chasing a few checks as you bounce around the country

[James Light @JamesALight]

Indiana HC Curt Cignetti - Rebuilding Indiana

"Production over potential. There's something about that. The guy that can stay on the practice field, the guy that can stay on the game field, the guy can handle success, the guy that can handle failure, has consistency in performance, he's a good teammate, he buys in to the team vision & he can stay healthy."

"It's all about people. The people you hire and the people you recruit. You've got to hire and recruit the right kind of people. That have a foundation of habits, that understand right from wrong, that have passion, that love football, that want to be great, that want to learn and get better every single day. You got to have those kind of people in your organization & then create the environment where they can thrive."

[Coach Plotkin @CoachPlotkin]

Great read. A lot of focus by many on transfers, but this, this is the takeaway..

“They’ve done a great job evaluating talent and the next part is developing the talent and giving them confidence to produce at a high level.”

Aspire for that to be said for Army Soccer.

[Brandon Marcello @bmarcello]

Curt Cignetti's process fueling Indiana's rise is upending college football — and rivals are taking notes

A story on what the Hoosiers' unreal run reveals about the New College Football and whether Cignetti's process can be duplicated at other schools: https://t.co/r5ArXyws6p