Shep

Dad-Coach-Golfer
Psalm 23
Retired Jackrabbit 🏈 1997-2001

[Shep @MustangOC88]

@DoerflerJared
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[Shep @MustangOC88]

Lazy Nebraska Summer Afternoon
#blueskies #coolclouds

[Concordia Mustang Football @CLSOFootball]

We are already 3 weeks into the summer program! These guys are working hard to be great! Full Racks every day! 7 on 7 is going great as well! #HOPE #RunWithTheMustangs

[Tony Holler @pntrack]

We’ve been sold this myth our entire lives.

When a star athlete is asked how they reached the mountaintop, the answer is always, “I outworked my competition.”

When a championship coach is asked how his team got there, the answer is always, “We outworked our competition.” Sometimes the coach brags about the culture HE CREATED… in spite of the fact that winning is the quickest, simplest way to create a winning culture.

The answer to losing is always more hard work.

If you lose, you lacked the discipline, grit, and character required to win. You weren’t willing to do the work required.

The Feed the Cats take…

Traits of elite athletes ⤵️
1) Typically have elite genetics
2) Avoid injuries
3) Recover well (sleep, nutrition)
4) Successfully improve athleticism (speed, strength, jump, bounce, throw)
5) Successfully improve sport-specific skills and movements.
6) Don’t subscribe to “the undisciplined pursuit of more”
7) Have a joyful mission-mindset

Traits of great teams ⤵️
1) Accumulate talent through the draft, NIL, recruitment, attraction, tradition, and/or luck. 💥
2) Stay healthy; injury-free
3) Improve the athleticism of their already superior athletes ⚡️⚡️⚡️
4) Display an energetic and joyful approach to hard work.
5) Practice and train at a performance level.
6) Culture by intent, not default. Not just the product of winning.

It’s intellectually lazy to boil it down to cliches. ⤵️

[Coach Hines 🇺🇸 @CoachKurtHines]

Dear Coaches,

Please never forget that those you are blessed to coach are NOT pawns in some twisted game of YOU trying to climb some coaching ladder!

They ARE future:

• Mothers
• Fathers
• Teachers
• Pastors
• Doctors
• Entrepreneurs
• Activists
• Coaches
• And LEADERS, who (if poured into correctly), will go out, and change the world!

[Shep @MustangOC88]

#17 at Pacific Springs
Omaha, NE

[Shep @MustangOC88]

Platte River at sunset!
6-17-26
Just outside Omaha, NE

[Jared Doerfler @DoerflerJared]

We are giving this @HannaGolfCo putter away.

72 lie
3 loft
Aged Copper Finish
303 Stainless Steel

Here's how to win.

• Retweet this tweet.
• Click the link in the next tweet below to submit your email address.

Contest will run through Monday, 6/15 at 5:00 pm Central. Winner will be selected on Monday, 6/15, by 6:00 pm.

Back to the lab.

[Shep @MustangOC88]

@Wendi_Irlbeck truth speaker‼️

[QThestorm @17QStorm]

BREAKING: Marco Rubio just said the quiet part out loud.

Americans work 40+ years…

Pay taxes.
Follow the rules.
Build the country.

Then retire on $800, $900, maybe $1,000 a month.

Meanwhile, new arrivals can allegedly receive more support from the same system they never paid into.

Read that again.

The people who built America are being pushed to the back of the line.

This is not compassion.
This is a government priority problem.
America First was never just a slogan.
It was a warning.

Who comes first?

The taxpayer… or the system?

[Scott Wachenheim @CoachSWach]

Reflections from a retired Head Football Coach who started 6 - 38, kept his job, then won a conference championship and was named national coach of the year.

Continually communicate the vision.
Live the vision.
Remain faithful despite tough times.
Over Promise in order to Over Deliver
Love unconditionally!

Lose or win always show your team how they are moving forward to fulfilling the vision.

Listen. You never know where a good idea will come from. Boosters parents players administrators all they want is for you to listen to what they have to say and respond in a manner that reflects that you appreciate their interest in your program.

Evaluate, recruit, retain and develop.

Catch players and staff doing things right. Nothing is more motivating than encouragement and praise.

Limit corrections to things that are critical. Correct the critical. Fix the fixable.

Do the little things. Make sure your players go to class. Go to other teams sporting events. Etc etc

Actively seek out people essential to the program to visit with even after a loss. President, Athletic Director, and boosters.

Maintain contact with players’s parents. Give them encouraging news to keep them motivating their kids to continue to develop and improve and be a positive part of the program.

Coach for an audience of one. Be concerned with God thinks about you not what others think about you.

Don’t stop believing. Your positivity must overcome the negativities that others are putting into your players lives. Be a Tigger the world has enough Eeyores.

Stay the course. If you keep going forward, even if it’s in the wrong direction, you will eventually end up at the destination. However, if you keep changing courses, you will end up in the middle of nowhere.

Remove all sarcasm. You may think it’s funny, but to the players and people most connected to the program, it is not. There are better ways to get the message you need across.

You impact more people with the way you handle adversity than the way you enjoy victory.

[Paul Jake Jacobsen @HuskerTapes]

Jeff Kinney, Johnny Rodgers and Joe Ganz all ran, passed for and caught touchdowns in a single game.

1999 vs California, Eric Crouch did all three in the 2nd quarter!
...the blank look on the Bear press box staff 😂

Feauring the audio of the @HuskersRadio Network.

#HuskerTapes

[UCLA Baseball @UCLABaseball]

The undisputed @B1Gbaseball 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🏆

#GoBruins

[Kurt Warner @kurt13warner]

QB Development starts with telling them what they need to know, explaining the WHY behind every detail & making sure they have the knowledge to do both of those things on their own!!!

Too many QBs want to wait for someone else to tell them whether or not they did something wrong & what it was… the greats ones know before anyone has to tell them!!

This is a HUGE difference!!

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Talent gets you there.
Process keeps you there.

Nick Saban said it best:
“You must focus on the things that have made us good all season long.”

Championship teams don't chase the moment.
They live the process.

🎥 Watch the clip.

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

Football is about the players.

It will always be about the players.

[Dirick Hatfield @DHatfield70]

The amount of recruiting going on in high school athletics is crazy. We are losing the plot on what makes high school athletics so great and it’s legitimately sad.

[Wendi A. Irlbeck MS, RDN, LD, CISSN @Wendi_Irlbeck]

Youth sports is on life support.

If you think it’s fine, you’re not paying attention.

Kids age 10-12 are playing way too many tournaments and travel ball. Parents treat it like the World Series. They need less travel, more rest, fueling, and actual development. They’re 12 YO.

The data backs it up:
❌70% of kids drop out of organized sports by age 13.
❌Professionalization (year-round single-sport focus, heavy travel/tournaments) drives overuse injuries, overtraining, and burnout.
❌Nearly 1 in 10 youth athletes experience burnout; up to 35% deal with overtraining.
❌Early specialization before 12-13 raises injury and burnout risks significantly.

Multi-sport kids who rest and play for fun stick around longer and develop better.

Let them be kids. Prioritize recovery, fun, and long-term health over trophies. The best athletes often sample multiple sports early and specialize later.

Who else sees this?

[Coach IJack @CoachiJACK]

27’/28’ Recruits…Summer Camp advice!
1. Have a plan: What do I need to improve on?
2. Connect with your positions coach before leaving camp.
3. Prepare to be coached - BE COACHABLE!

See you in Brookings June 8th /June 18th!