Who's the best coach you know of? John Wooden? Vince Lombardi? Phil Jackson? Pat Summitt? All great choices to be sure. But what about Jesus?In Romans 12:1, Paul writes that followers of Jesus ought to offer their bodies as living sacrifices to God, and goes on to say...

A few months back I told the story in this blog post of how I earned the nickname "Selfish" as a young coach. Even now, almost 12 years later, the story fills me with mixed emotions. It was kind of funny (especially when Coach Sawchuk would call me Selfish), and yet...

Many of us are experiencing spring break this week. For coaches that might mean time off of work, the chance to take your family on a trip, having your kids home from school, maybe a chance to sleep past 5:30 AM for once. Whatever it means for you, I hope you're...

For a whole bunch of spring sports coaches, this is the week they dread. Baseball, softball, tennis and golf coaches in the KC area are faced with holding tryouts and making cuts. No matter how obvious it is, it's never enjoyable to tell someone who wants to be part...

Your players become what you are."No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit." - Luke 6:43Just a bit earlier on the page:"A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be...

I referenced Joe Ehrmann's Inside Out Coaching last month and I'm going to do it again here. It's a great book and Joe provides so many fantastic ideas that are both philosophical and practical in nature. Inside Out Coaching will help any coach, parent, teacher, or...

Trust. It's a big deal in life. In many ways our society is built upon trust. I have to trust the other drivers on the road. I have to trust the person who prepares my food. I have to trust the teachers who work with my children. On our teams, trust is no less...

I've read a couple things lately that, as they often do, have got me thinking. The first comes from a book I'm reading called Sticky Faith by Dr. Kara Powell, Brad Griffin and Dr. Cheryl Crawford. It's a book about helping young people develop a faith that will last...

This is going to be short and sweet.How do you view those you coach against? Are they friends, rivals, colleagues, adversaries, or some combination of the above? Does it depend on who they are or where they work? Obviously, we are going to get along with some people...

I hate it when people tell me "You have to see this movie!" or "You have got to start watching this tv show", or "You absolutely must read this book". I guess I have a rebellious side that doesn't care for being told what to do. And yet, if you care at all about being...