From Coaching Youth to Global Influence: Alf Galustian’s Journey
Alf Galisteo on Curiosity, Communication, and Developing Players Through Coerver Coaching Alf Galisteo, co-founder of Coerver Coaching, reflects on lessons from elite coaches and mentors including Gerard Houllier (consensus-building and the “I don’t know” learning mindset), Kristine Lilly (the women’s game’s value), Jürgen Klinsmann (the mental component), and Arsène Wenger (emotional intelligence, resilience, and scanning). […]
Alf Galustian
Our Great Coach on this episode is Alf Galustian. Alf started his career playing for Wimbeldon in the UK. Knee injuries cut short his career and he transitioned into coaching. In 1984 he founded Coerver® Coaching, along with Chelsea great, Charlie Cooke. He has gone on to work as a Coach with 17 national federations […]
The Competitive Spirit: Insights from Nell Fortner
Nell Fortner: Competitiveness, Accountability, and Bringing Joy to Coaching There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. Nell Fortner, head women’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech, reflects on what separates great coaches—competitiveness, detail, and consistent accountability—and how coaches sometimes must normalize competition with athletes. She recounts […]
Nell Fortner
Nell Fortner is a former basketball player and now coach. As a player she went to the University of Texas and led them to the #1 National ranking and played for the USA. As a coach she has over 40 years of coaching experience at high school, college, pro and international level. The highlights of […]
Your Leadership Identity with Allistair McCaw
Alistair McCaw on Leadership Identity: Values, Vibe, and Decision-Making There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. In this episode, Alistair McCaw explains leadership identity as how you see yourself and how you want others to perceive you, arguing that leadership growth begins with self-knowledge and […]
On Leadership Identity
Today’s episode is on the topic of Leadership Identity and we are joined for the discussion by Allister McCaw. Alistair is that rare person who excels across disciplines and industries. In addition to being an author who has sold over 300,000 books, his podcast ranks in the top 1% in the world, and for the […]
Al Scates: Simplicity, Standards, and the ‘Blue Curtain’ Culture
There;s no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. On the Great Coaches podcast, legendary UCLA volleyball coach Al Scates reflects on influences from Bill Rankin (making practices fun), Colonel Burt DeGroot (discipline and elevating the sport, including prompting Scates to form a college league in 1963), and […]
Ignorance Screams While Wisdom Listens: Bill Sweetenham
Our Great Coach on this episode is Bill Sweetenham. Bill is an Australian swimming coach, who first started training athletes in the 1970’s in the rural Australian town of Mount Isa. His coaching career progressed quickly and he coached at his first Olympian in 1976. His swimmers have delivered 27 Olympic and World Championship […]