Do You Work Hard, or Do You COMPETE?
Sunday, 04 February 2024
“But coach, I am working hard out there,” many of us have heard often as a coach. “Yes Dad/Mom, I am trying my best” sounds familiar to many a parent. We all want our athletes to work hard and apply themselves in training and games. But is something more needed to truly excel? Is working
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#361 Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Women’s Basketball Head Coach and All Time Winningest Coach in NCAA History, on the Power of Influence, Being a Lifelong Learner, and Loving Your Players No Matter What
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Congratulations to our friend Tara VanDerveer, the Head Coach of the Stanford Women’s Basketball team, who recently became the all-time winningest coach for men and women in NCAA basketball history, surpassing former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Coach VanDerveer is a 3-Time national champion coach, a 5 time national coach of the year, has been to
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#331 Dave Dickerson, USC Upstate Mens Basketball Coach, on Creating a Transformational Environment, and Turning Tragedy into Triumph
Friday, 30 June 2023
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Listen and Watch the Podcast on You Tube: @WayofChampionsPodcast Dave Dickerson is the head men’s basketball coach at the University of South Carolina-Upstate. A former player at the University of Maryland, he has been an assistant coach at numerous schools including Maryland, Ohio State, Tulane and others. His teams have won an
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Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Listen and Watch the Podcast on You Tube: @WayofChampionsPodcast Sherri Coale was one of the most accomplished and impactful head coaches in University of Oklahoma history in any sport, is retiring after a transformative 25 years at the helm of the OU women’s basketball program. Coale retiring after 25 years, more than 500
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312 Quin Snyder, former Utah Jazz Head Coach, on Mastering the Relationship Game, Building Culture, and Making Players Feel Valued (replay)
Friday, 17 February 2023
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Listen and Watch the Podcast on You Tube: @WayofChampionsPodcast Quin Snyder is the former Head Coach of the Utah Jazz of the NBA, stepping aside in June 2022 after eight very successful seasons. Previously he was head coach at Missouri, as well as numerous assistant coaching stints across the NBA, college basketball,
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#303 Kim Barnes Arico, University of Michigan Women’s Basketball Coach, on Charting a Unique Coaching Path, Building Programs, And Adapting Your Style to the Players You Have
Friday, 16 December 2022
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Listen and Watch the Podcast on You Tube: @WayofChampionsPodcast Kim Barnes Arico finished her 10th season as the head coach of the University of Michigan Women’s basketball team in 2021-22, leading the Maize and Blue to 25 wins and the first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in program history. Throughout her 10-year tenure,
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#284 Steve Gomez, 3x NCAA Champion Women’s Basketball Coach at Lubbock Christian University, on Selflessness, Sacrifice, Coaching Males vs Females, and Building a Sustainable Championship Culture
Friday, 05 August 2022
Listen on the web, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Stitcher Steve Gomez is the 3x NCAA Champion women’s basketball coach at Lubbock Christian University. He graduated from LCU in 1988 with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Mathematics, and played on the mens basketball team where he is still in the top of many categories in the record books. He then
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#171 The Miraculous Story Of Austin Hatch: From 2x Plane Crash Survivor to University of Michigan Basketball
Sunday, 07 June 2020
This week on the Way of Champions Podcast, we welcome Austin Hatch, a two-time plane crash survivor and inspirational speaker. Hatch’s story is nothing short of Miraculous. On Labor Day of 2003, Hatch and his family were flying home from their vacation home in northern Michigan. As they were preparing to land, the aircraft crashed
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