John Tompkins

Child of God, Husband, Father, Teacher, Head Baseball Coach Denton Broncos

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

@stubbyclapp @DaniWex @Cardinals Stubby, I played with Chad Harville at Memphis.

[Mike Hoffmann @MikeHoffmann]

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:

Two kids. One rich. One poor.

Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.

The rich kid has two choices.

Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.

Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.

The poor kid has two choices too.

Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.

Or outwork everyone in the room.

Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.

Same choice for all of them.

Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.

The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.

The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.

Greatness doesn't come from where you start.

It comes from which kid you choose to feed.

Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

TRUTH!!!

[Going Yard Legacy Series @gyardlegacy]

Five years ago today we lost a coaching legend.. Here’s former University of Louisiana head coach Tony Robichaux speaking on youth baseball and what it’s doing to many players at the next level.

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

Please support our 2026 Denton High Baseball Fundraiser today! Click on the link below to donate now. https://t.co/zK20X0rU8o

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

@Denton_Baseball

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Pete Carroll said, "The thing about grit is real."

"It's about competing, pushing yourself, striving to be your best, and what's really exciting is nobody controls this, but you."

Grit isn't about talent or luck.

It's about choosing to endure. It's taking ownership.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"Once your commitment is greater than your feelings, that's when you get results. That's when it happens for you."
Show up when it’s boring, inconvenient, or uncomfortable, and those quiet deposits become the unstoppable momentum everyone later calls “overnight success.

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

JT got a great 12pt buck this weekend! Such an awesome moment with 3 generations of hunters! Blessed my son loves to hunt and spend those special moments together in Gods beautiful nature and talking about life! #BBD #coolhandluke

[Jeremy Fouts @FoutsLeadership]

Had the privilege to speak at Denton High School this morning with @hdozier_17, where Hunter went to school, about nutrition and Hunter’s MLB journey. Always special to pour back into a community that helped shape him.

Coach @JTompkins36 is already ahead of the game, having his athletes complete their BMR sheets to fine-tune their nutrition and performance. Love seeing a program that understands how much the small details matter.

Cannot wait to see how the @Denton_Baseball boys do this upcoming year. Excited to keep working with athletes and speaking alongside Hunter. There are a lot of cool things in the pipeline, and this is only the beginning.

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

Dropping knowledge this morning!

[Denton High Baseball @Denton_Baseball]

Denton Bronco alumni and former MLB player for the Kansas City Royals came in to talk to our kids and share his story! What a great message and info for our current Bronco players! #HFST @DentonISDSports @Denton_High @dentonisd

[Denton High Baseball @Denton_Baseball]

Denton Bronco alumni and former MLB player for the Kansas City Royals came in to talk to our kids and share his story! What a great message and info for our current Bronco players! #HFST @DentonISDSports @Denton_High @dentonisd

[Alan Stein, Jr. @AlanSteinJr]

💡 Stop wishing it were easier — expect it to be hard.

When your expectations match reality, frustration disappears and growth begins.

Hard practices. Tough days. Big challenges. That’s where the fun lives.

Because as Jay Bilas says, “Fun is doing difficult things well."

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

TRUTH

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

My Dad told me this during one of my hard times in life

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

An idea that I can't stop thinking about:

The Capability Gap

Alabama coach Nick Saban refers to the Capability Gap in this clip from a discussion with Holly Rowe:

“We oftentimes talk about what someone’s potential is, but I think to put it in better terms...the Capability Gap is what you’re capable of relative to what you’re doing...if you understand the truth about that, you can actually take information that can help you close that gap.”

The Capability Gap is a simple idea with powerful implications for every area of your life.

It requires understanding two things:

1. Your full capability
2. Your current delivery

In my experience, most people underestimate their full capability and overestimate their current delivery.

In other words, they think their Capability Gap is small, when in reality, it’s much larger than they realize.

That’s why having mentors, coaches, friends, and family who help you see the truth about your full capability and keep you honest about your current delivery is everything.

This isn’t about sports. This is about life:

Do you have people who help you think bigger about what you’re capable of?

Do you have people who tell you when your current delivery isn’t good enough?

We all need those people.

The ones who push us to get uncomfortable, to stretch our thinking, and to raise our standards.

We need people who help us become better partners, parents, friends, colleagues, and leaders.

Find the people who tell you two truths:

1. What you’re truly capable of
2. What you’re currently delivering on

Identify your Capability Gap and then work relentlessly to close it!

If this resonated or taught you something, share it with others and follow @SahilBloom for more.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Transactional vs. Transformational Coaching

Dan Hurley shared a story about asking Geno Auriemma for advice after a rough start last season.

Geno didn’t mince words:

“Listen, if the only gratification and the only part of coaching that excites you is winning the national championship, then you’ve lost your way, buddy! Where’s the joy in the things that you’ve always been about as a coach before you went on the championship run, like relationships with your players, like helping people get better, like making your team the best it can be.

Be a coach, man. This is when you really need to be a leader. This team isn’t as good as last year’s, so what the hell are you going to do about it? Are you going home? Are you going to let this thing unravel?”

That’s the tension every coach feels: Transactional vs. Transformational.

Transactional coaching is outcome-obsessed. It’s about the wins, the losses, the trophies. The problem? When results don’t come, your purpose crumbles with them.

Transformational coaching is different. It’s about people. It’s about growth. It’s about building something that lasts whether the scoreboard agrees with you or not.

And this is why mentorship matters so much in coaching. Left on our own, it’s easy to drift into a transactional mode without even realizing it. A trusted mentor can pull us back to center, and remind us why we started coaching in the first place.

To build relationships.
To develop players as people.
To make teams the best they can be.

Wins matter. But they’re not the why. The why is impact. The why is growth. The why is leaving your players better than you found them.

The process is the prize.

Stay grounded. Stay on the path. Always remember your why.

[John Tompkins @JTompkins36]

TRUTH!!

[Savanah Tujague 🇺🇸🇦🇷 @savanah2j]

This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen.

[Denton High Baseball @Denton_Baseball]

Come out and support a great group of young men! We will have concessions, music, and dudes taking some Hacks! You can show off your skills too.

@DentonISDSports @Denton_High @dentonisd

[Troy Silva @TroyPSilva]

It’s never just “Fall Ball”…
#BaseballTruth