Becky Burleigh is an American soccer coach who has just retired after leading the University of Florida Gators for 26 years. She was the inaugural coach in 1994 and went on to win the NCAA title in 1998. She retired with a winning percentage of 75% and ranks second in total number of all-time wins […]
Our Great Coach on this episode is Don Showalter. Don Showalter is a basketball coach who over 32 years coached in High Schools in America, in that time he led teams to 601 wins 8 conference titles and 11 district championships. In 1998 he served as head coach of the youth USA Team at the […]
Kelly Sheffield is an American Volleyball coach. He started coaching volleyball in his teens, helping at summer camps. He then went on to Assist at High School level before getting his chance as an Assistant at the University of Houston in 1997. He was given his first Head Coaching role at the University of Albany […]
Our Great Coach on this episode is Tom Reeves. Tom Reeves is a rodeo rider who won the USA National High School championship twice. Then from 1985 as a pro rider, he qualified for his first National Rodeo finals, going on to win the event in 2001. He was captain of the 2002 of the […]
Brendan Joyce played for 13 seasons in the Australian National Basketball League. Upon retiring he transitioned into coaching and led the Ballarat Miners to 2 CBA Championships. He then went on to coach more than 400 games in the National Basketball League, winning the championship in 2001 with the Wollongong Hawks. Brendan has coached at […]
10 Great Coaches reflect on their lessons on starting with new teams and organisations. These insights will help you prioritise the key tasks when starting with a new team. Key Terms • Leading new teams • First tasks • Taking over successful teams if you would like to listen to the rest of this podcast […]
Glenn Pocknall is a cricket coach with over 20 year’s experience at the elite level. He started coaching in 2002, learning through leading youth representative teams. He eventually joined the Wellington Firebirds in the New Zealand National league as an Assistant coach. He then went to England, Ireland, and the Netherlands to gather international experience […]
Vésteinn Hafsteinsson is an Icelandic former Olympic discus thrower who is now considered the most successful discus coach in the history of the sport. He represented his native country at 4 summer Olympic games and five world championships. As a coach he has worked with World and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter and Olympic silver medalist […]
