"Leadership/Culture": PhD Hoops Virtual Coaches Roundtable Notes (May 29, 2020)
Matt O’Brien – Southwestern College (KS)
- Championship Culture – Build, Win, Graduate
- Select former players to mentor current guys
- Text or call twice per semester
- Watch 1 game online or in person
- Match up by major, career ambition,
- Leadership Team – Teach you leaders how to lead
- Weekly Meeting
- Learn How To Serve
- Plan Activities, Select Uniforms, Create fun benefits for them
- “Culture precedes winning, not tacked on after thought
- Leadership Team Reminders
- Players responsible for different aspects of the game
- 1 Guy – Ball Screen Coverage – On or Off floor always talking
- Teach them what to say and how – allow them to talk
- Community Service Tour
- Team builder
- Players responsible for different aspects of the game
Leadership
- Dustin Boll – Group Leader – Minnetonka High School (MN)
How do you define leadership?
- DaeShawn Beasley – Pine Manor College (MA)
- No older guys so lack of leadership
- Drew Church – Central Washington University (WA)
- Servant Attitude
- Rob Garlington – River Oaks High School (LA)
- 2 Seniors that were a study in contrast – Parents reflected kids attitudes
- Brian Stamme – Clackamas Community College (OR)
- Leadership comes from the coaches and the program
- Build it into them
- James Covell – Cal Tech (CA)
- Have
- Leeaders need to be able to hold teammates accountable
- Best Player doesn’t need to best player
- Marcus Coty – Trainer (WA)
What is your leadership structure in your program?
- DaeShawn Beasley
- Be the example for your players
- Didn’t work in college because guys have their own way
- Marcus Coty
- Lead by example
- Dustin Boll
- We need to “Give them what they need”
- Servant Leadership
- Give assistant coaches a voice
- Make leadership widespread
- Drew Church
- Leadership Team
- Our Bible – Booklet of Core Values
What things are you doing to give leadership opportunities?
- Drew Church
- Give individual responsibilities
- You are in charge of energy in the weight room
- Who wants to be in charge of ______?
- Give individual responsibilities
- Brian Stamme
- Meet with them and help them learn what to say – Give them a voice
- Look for it in recruiting
- James Covell
- Constant Communication
- Understand the pulse of the team
- Rob Garlington
- Let them add drills
- Let seniors lead a practice
- Meet regularly
- Know what is going on in their lives
- Dustin Boll
- Player led practice
- They know the standards
Main Group
- Doc Eslinger
- Creating a Vision
- Ryan B – “Leadership has no age”
- “There is always an opportunity to lead”
- People are always looking up to us
- “There is always an opportunity to lead”
- Nigel Thomas
- Empower you players and staff
- SOFA – Serve Others
- Brandon Huntley’s Group
- Taking ownership
- Can’t fast track
- Fox Hole – write your name on a paper and pass it around & everyone writes something positive
- Dustin Boll’s Group
- Servant Leadership
- Different levels have different challenges – 4 year vs 2 year
- Book Studies
- Kelsey Long’s Group
- Ben – Mesa St
- “There is a leader in every locker”
- Physical, Intellectual,____, _____
- Ben – Mesa St
Culture
How do you incorporate culture?
- Brian Stamme
- 10 Core Values
- Pick one every day and emphasis/teach it in practice
- “Esprit De Corps” – Sprit of the team
- DaeShawn Beasley
- These are the 10 things that we need to EMBODY
- James Covell
- What is your legacy going to be?
- Hand written note to alumni
- When alumni come to a game
- Drew Church
- Recruiting larger groups creates different roles
- Acceptance of Roles
- “Role doesn’t equal value”
- Collective Toughness – How tough is your team?
- Positive Attitude
- Lower minute guys – “Try to acknowledge sacrifice”
- Rob Garlington
- Effort
- Accountability
- Collective Identity
- Dustin Boll
- Communicate, Concentrate, Compete
- Define your words and break them down to your team
- Concentrate – film, practice
What does culture look like or feel like?
- Rob Garlington
- Leader on the team was not the leader I wanted him to be
- Unit on the floor was not connected
- Change the Collective Conscious of the team
- Leader on the team was not the leader I wanted him to be
- Drew Church
- Rules for practice – on the practice plan
- Teammate dives on floor – pick him up
- Stay off your knees
- Point at the passer
- No cussing
- All substitutions even in practice need to high five
- Define your terms and put players on spot to define them
- Rules for practice – on the practice plan
- DaeShawn Beasley
- Encourage players to ask Questions
- James Covell
- One voice from the top down
Main Group
- Coach Cook – Life Pacific
- Always overcommunicate with your players
- Coach Widler – UC Irvine
- Ask the players to police themselves
- Tony Griffin – Illinois High School Coach
- Themes Days – everyone shares in team meeting
- Monday – Commitment
- Tuesday – Toughness – something you are struggling with
- Wednesday – Wisdom
- Thursday – Thankful
- Friday – Fun
- Saturday – Servant
- Anthony Santos’ Group
- Landen Cummings
- What part of a player’s culture, attitude, body language
- College coaches look at all of this – The Whole Package
- How do players interact with people after the game
- Landen Cummings
- Arvin Mosley’s Group
- Starts with US and OUR Actions
- Words are great but you need to LIVE it
- Starts with US and OUR Actions
- Dustin Boll’s Group
- Drew Church
- Define your Core Values – Put guys on the spot to define them
- Use as a way to save them from running
- List rules of the program on the practice plan
- Define your Core Values – Put guys on the spot to define them
Overtime
- Seek feedback on your leadership
- UC Irvine Sustaining Culture
- Buy In from upperclassmen to hold freshman acountable
Talk about buy in every day – Integrity