Lisa Fallon
Lisa fallon is a Northern Ireland Football player and now coach. She played in England as a central midfielder before a knee injury ended her career. Her coaching career began at the early age of 14, but it wasn’t until 2013 when she gained prominence as the coach of the Lakelands Men’s team in County […]
Anthony McGrath
Anthony Mc Grath is an English cricket coach and former England team cricketer. He played first class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1995 to 2012, and captained the team in the 2003 and 2009 seasons. During that time, he scored more than 23,000 runs and took 240 wickets in all formats of the game. Between […]
From the Stands to the Field: Insights from Damian McGrath
Rugby coach Damian McGrath on coaching across cultures, connection, and instilling self-belief in players.
Damian McGrath
Damian McGrath started his career a teacher before moving into coaching and has now coached teams across multiple countries in Rugby League, Rugby Union, as well as Rugby Seven’s. At Club level, he coached the Leeds Rhinos in England’s Super League and was England’s Assistant Coach at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. He has also […]
Leadership, Coaching, and Distinction: A Conversation with Jackie Carson
Furman women’s basketball coach Jackie Carson on her DISTINCT standards, culture, and leading as a Black female head coach.
Jackie Carson
Jackie Carson is the Head Coach of the Furman University Women’s Basketball team. She also played there as a student athlete, and still hold the conference record for most free throws made. In 1999 she was honored as Furman’s Female Athlete of the Year and in 2009 she became on the third player in the […]
The Great Coaches Podcast: Mark Coles on Resilience and Redemption
Pakistan women’s cricket coach Mark Coles on clarity, culture, and coaching through resilience and hardship.
Mark Coles
Mark Coloes grew up playing competitive level cricket in New Zealand. He then started coaching both men’s and women’s teams progressing to being appointed High Performance Manager for the pacific island nation of Vanuatu in 2010. He then became the head coach for Scarborough Cricket Club in Western Australia, before moving back to New Zealand to […]