Building Coaches

Growing the next generation of coaches who want to make a difference. It’s truly a calling!!!

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

Kirby Smart believes great leaders of any kind must accept 3 costs:

1. Making hard decisions that negatively impact people you care about
2. Being disliked despite attempts to do the best for the most
3. You'll be misunderstood

~ via @TheDaily_Coach
https://t.co/yKRQ3y7GD7

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

DO YOUR JOB

"You can have all the talent in the world but if you’re not going to listen and be in the right spot every time and be accountable to do your job properly then you’re not going to play." (Julio Jones)

~ via Alabama Football #BamaCuts

[Brad LaPlante 🐻 🦁 @coachlaplante]

Hey @JaimeBoswell2 ….asking for a friend…..does this qualify for a good atmosphere for public based education and athletics?

Those that were at Mo-Town Showdown say it was, but they want to hear from THE MAN!!!

@THSCAcoaches
@ray_zepeda1
@OfficialTHSADA

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

WHAT PEOPLE SEE vs. WHAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE

People see our "successes" or "failures" but they don't always see the reasons behind those results!

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

My Week 5 #txhsfb schedule!!
@dctf @whhscougarsFB @FWISDAthletics @WacoUFootball @FTSraiderball @SkeeterRecruits @westsidefb_
@DogFootball @KleinFootball25

[Coach Grant Cooper @coachcooper_mhs]

Elite play maker!
Relentless Effort!
#unfinished

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

Winning doesn’t reduce the work.
Losing doesn’t increase it.
The next opportunity requires the same commitment to preparation either way.

Don’t let success make you comfortable.
Don’t let failure make you emotional.
The result changes.
The standard doesn’t.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

UMass received $1.55 million to play Rutgers on the road and beat them 37-21 🥴💰

The Minutemen were on a 16-game losing streak and hadn't won a game in 677 days 😳

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

Check out the game winning TD pass from @JamariMilton27 to @_Elijahcooper_ to give @AndressFootball a thrilling 57-55 win...what a play!!
Credit to @epbcom Christian Molinar and Trey Smith on the call & Joe Najera on camera #txhsfb @GPowersScout @malloryhartley

[Brad LaPlante 🐻 🦁 @coachlaplante]

How about those bears!!!!!!

35-17 looks good on you!!!!

@MHSBearFB
@coachcooper_mhs
@CoachRGresham @CoachCroleyIII @turney2015

[ESPN @espn]

"I'm back."

Coach Prime is LOCKED IN for the CFB season 🔥

[𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝙸𝚊𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚖 🏈 @CoachTatum90]

Coaches, we are 52 subscribers away from 5K on YouTube!
This has been a milestone of mine ever since I started posting videos 3 years ago!

If you haven't yet, please click the link below and subscribe to my channel!!

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

“You’re not average. You’re exceptional. You’re a coach!”

On the hard days, remember this:

Your consistency matters.
Your example matters.
Your presence matters.

You might be the most stable thing in a kid’s life. Never underestimate a coach's impact.

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

This is underselling it. The 2015 Alabama staff was insane... Saban, Kirby Smart as defensive coordinator, Lane Kiffin as offensive coordinator, Mario Cristobal coaching the offensive line, Mel Tucker on the defensive backs, and Billy Napier with the receivers. Dan Lanning was on that staff too, as a low-level analyst. They went 14-1 and won the national championship.

Six of Saban's assistants from that one team became Power 5 head coaches, and by 2022 they were making close to $50 million a year combined. In November 2021, the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings were all coached by someone from that sideline: Smart at Georgia, Saban at Alabama, Tucker at Michigan State, Cristobal at Oregon. Kiffin and Napier were running their own programs at the same time.

Smart has since won two national titles of his own, including beating Saban for the first time to get the first one. Cristobal remembers it as a "think tank" that forced him to bring his A game every day.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

If I became an Athletic Director tomorrow...

The first investment I'd make wouldn't be new uniforms.

It wouldn't be new technology.

It would be leadership and coach development.

Because every coach influences dozens of athletes every single day.

[Coach Grant Cooper @coachcooper_mhs]

Thanks for coming out! Our players loved having you there!

I don’t know of many Superintendents that attend a 5:45 a.m. practice! We are very fortunate in @MontgomeryISD to have the best admin support!

Will have a whistle & script next time for you and @coachlaplante!

[Coach Jeff Barnes @JeffBarnes52]

As an AD, you have to be willing to make the difficult decision to replace or remove an athlete who refuses to live up to the team standard, regardless of their talent.

If there is no accountability because a player is too talented to replace, your culture will eventually suffer. One athlete who consistently puts themselves above the team can poison an entire program.

Talent can help you win games, but culture is what sustains success.

In the long run, a group of athletes who fully buy into what you are trying to build will always be more valuable than one all star who is selfish, entitled, and determined to do things their own way.

Protect the standard. Protect the culture. The program comes first.

[𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝙸𝚊𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚖 🏈 @CoachTatum90]

🎙️The Tatum Clinic Series | New Episode!!
This week I’m joined by Coach @CoachYashinsky, Head Football Coach at Onalaska High School!

We talk about leadership, program building, developing players, and what it takes to build a winning culture.

Coaches, give this one a listen! 👇

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Billy Donovan shares a lesson that changed how his players thought about winning.

At Florida, he had a manager track how long the ball was in each player's hands during a game.

He asked one of his starters: "How many minutes do you think you had the ball in your hands for the game?"

The player said 15 minutes when he had played 30.

The real numbers?
"A backcourt player, for the most part, is probably 92% of the game gonna be played without the ball in their hands. A frontcourt player - 95% of their minutes is gonna be played without the ball in their hands."

Think about that. You're playing without the ball almost the entire game.

"It's amazing to me how many players focus on points, points, points. That's what goes on ESPN. That's what gets the highlights."

"But if you're gonna strictly talk about winning and you're really driven and motivated by winning and competing and being a good teammate, you have to look at the fact is -- what am I doing with my 92, 93, 94, 95%?"

"Am I screening? Am I running the floor? Am I on the floor for loose basketballs? Am I rebounding? Am I taking a charge?"

"There's so many ways to impact the game with the amount of time you're on the floor when the ball's not in your hands."

This is what separates good players from winning players.
· You control how you show up.
· You control your attitude.
· You control your effort.

Great teammates master what they do when no one's watching - and when the ball isn't in their hands.

Winning isn't about the glamour. It's about the 95%.
(🎥@Coaching_U)
(🎥@brendansuhr)