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 […]
Cultivating Excellence: Bill Snyder’s Coaching Journey
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder on trust, daily improvement, and building a winning culture from nothing.
Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder started his coaching career in 1966. In 1979 he became the offensive coordinator under Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry at the University of Iowa. Over the next 10 years, he and Fry turned a program that had not had a winning season since 1961, into a two-time Big Ten champion. In 1989, […]
Rebel Like Her: Building the Future of Women’s Rugby with Alana Thomas
Rugby coach Alana Thomas on building belonging, culture, and pathways in women’s rugby from the ground up.
Alana Thomas
Alana Thomas was the 88th player capped to play for the Australian Women’s Rugby team, the Wallaroos representing them between 2006 to 2010. She then transitioned into coaching, progressing through coaching club and state representative teams. Winning the Victorian premiership with Melbourne Unicorns in 2017. An achievement that led to her winning the Rugby Australia […]
Peter Moores
Peter Moores had a long first class career as a wicket keeper with Worcestershire and Sussex, and retired in 1998 with over 800 dismissals to his name. He became coach of Sussex in 1999, and led them to their first ever Division 1 Championship in their 164 year history in 2003. He went on to coach England Youth […]
Leadership Lessons from the Pitch with Salliann Brigg
Cricket Tasmania coach Sally-Ann Briggs on feedback, culture change, and building female cricket in Tasmania.