Muffet McGraw
Muffet McGraw is an American Basketball coach who led the women’s team at Notre Dame for 33 seasons. In all she led the team to 9 final fours, 7 championship games and 2 NCAA champion ships in 2001 and 2018. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall […]
Draft Day: There Is No Algorithm
Doug MacLean on Draft Day: Scouting, Analytics, and Building Winners Through the NHL Draft There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. Doug MacLean returns to discuss his book, Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind, which has spent 10 consecutive weeks […]
On Draft Day
Doug is a former Ice Hockey Head Coach, GM, and sportscaster and he has just written a terrific new book called Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind. Doug is a great story teller and some of the highlights of our discussion were; The importance of scouting staff, and how […]
Empathetic and Questioning Leadership with Mike Hesson
Mike Hesson on Authentic Coaching, Subtle Conversations, and Building Winning Cultures There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. On the Great Coaches podcast, Paul interviews New Zealand cricket coach Mike Hesson, who shares lessons from coaching internationally and leading Otago and the Black Caps. Hesson […]
Mike Hesson
Mike Hesson is New Zealand cricket coach. He started his coaching career in his early 20’s while playing in the UK. From there he progressed through Assistant coaching before accepting a the role as Argentina’s head coach in 2003. He returned to New Zealand and became Head Coach of Otago and leading them to the […]
Leading with Care: Vern Gambetta on Coaching and Influence
Vern Gambetta: Coaching People, Owning the Finish, and Investing in the Process There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. Coach Vern Gambetta joins the Great Coaches podcast from Sarasota, Florida, where he’s currently supporting 16-year-old Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh with dryland and postural “core” […]
Anson Dorrance on the Gift of Fury and the Competitive Cauldron
Anson Dorrance on Building Competitive Cultures, Values-Driven Leadership, and Developing People Beyond Sport. There is no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. UNC women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance joins the Great Coaches podcast from Chapel Hill during spring break to discuss how he built his coaching philosophy […]
Aimee Boorman: Fostering Resilience and Empathy in Athletes
There’s no algorithm for leadership. So we ask the world’s great coaches how they do it. On this episode of the Great Coaches podcast, gymnastics coach and consultant Aimee Boorman joins from Florida to discuss her global clinic work, a book in progress, and a project she believes will change gymnastics. She argues great coaches […]