Head Coach @GrinnellBBBall. Husband. Father. Director of Special Education. High School Assistant Principal IBCA Transformational Coach of the Year

Grinnell, IA
Joined February 2011
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Demand buy-in and you get compliance. People do it because it's their job. Earn it by listening, connecting, and building trust, and you get commitment. Be worth following.
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Removing your identity from your performance doesn’t make you care less or not work as hard. It allows you to show up freely and be your best for longer. You run on good fuel. Fully committed. Fully content. Competitive Joy.
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Insecure people stay locked on their critics, and half the time those critics only live in their head. Secure people stay locked on their purpose. Focus is a controllable.
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Comparison kills your confidence. It kills your gratitude. It kills your progress. It kills your culture. They aren't running your race. You are. Remember who you are and focus on your path.
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TALENT Gets a Coach's Attention RELIABILITY Earns a Coach's Trust ✅ Can you consistently execute the assignment? ✅ Can you be counted on under pressure? ✅ Can you respond well after a mistake? Trust determines who plays when the game is on the line.
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YOUR BODY LANGUAGE TALKS EVEN WHEN YOU AREN’T What does your body language communicate when: • you've made a mistake? • you've gotten a bad call? • things don’t go your way? Your teammates, coaches, and opponents all notice. Watch your body language this week.
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“You don’t focus on what you want to accomplish you focus on what you need to do to accomplish it.” -Nick Saban
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One of the main reasons freshman don’t play in college! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Mental toughness isn’t pretending you’re never tired, frustrated, or afraid. It’s refusing to let those feelings make your decisions. Feel it. Face it. Then choose the response your team needs from you. Especially if you're a leader.
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UNC basketball player Isaiah Denis recently shared that when he wasn’t getting much playing time last year, he started treating practices like his games. He couldn’t control his minutes, but he could choose how he used the opportunity in front of him. Every practice gave him a chance to compete, improve, and prepare. It’s easy to get so focused on the opportunity we want that we overlook the one we have. But how you approach today can help or hurt your preparation for tomorrow. Are you using this moment to become more ready for the next one? #TheConfidentAthlete
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TRUST IS BUILT IN SMALL MOMENTS: ☑ Doing what you promised. ☑ Telling the truth quickly. ☑ Showing up prepared. ☑ Protecting a teammate’s confidence. ☑ Admitting when you were wrong. Trust rarely arrives through one grand gesture. It adds up thru 100s of reliable actions.
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ARE YOU COACHABLE? ✅ Do you look coaches in the eye? ✅ Do you absorb the message? ✅ Do you apply the correction? ✅ Do you change the behavior? ✅ Do you improve the next repetition? ✅ Do you respond without resentment? Coachable athletes accept coaching and get better.
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🔥WEEKLY GAME PREP🔥 ➡️'Start at 12:00 noon on Sunday....I watch the other team for 6 hours...' ✅Mon- Basic Plan / ST Game Plan ✅Tues - 1st & 10, 2nd & Long, GL/SY ✅Wed - 3rd Down, Pass Plays, RZ ✅Thurs - 2 Min / 2 PT Plays ✅Fri- Review / Finalize
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Congrats to the Kurt Warner Impact Player of the Game and the Scout Team Players of the Week! Calvin Jaworski wins Kurt Warner Impact Player of the Game! Colby Eskildsen, Jack Vineyard, and BJ Johnson all win Scout Team Players of the Week #EverLoyal | #LegacyEra
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Jaws went Hunting 🦈 #EverLoyal | #LegacyEra | #UNIFootball
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100% Committed @CoachEJGVU @GVVikingFB
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Leadership is keeping the standard without losing the people. The hard part, of course, is doing both at the same time. #TheLeadersMind 🏆
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An experienced coach understands the TRADE-OFFS in shooting. Most habits help a shooter in one way but hold them back in another, and the best shooter's are the ones that can adapt to different game constraints. Get more info in my free newsletter: bit.ly/4lNo7An
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