Megan Leuick and
Kaitlyn Cresencia have created a website titled ‘The Coaching Assist.’ What they do is target various coaches and
then do a comprehensive 30 minute interview via telephone and then put those
thoughts their website. They also
include book reviews.
They recently
interviewed Bob Starkey, the mastermind behind the popular blog Hoop Thoughts. Coach Starkey’s career began at the high school
level and includes stints of time on both the men’s and women’s sides of the
collegiate game.
For newcomers to the
coaching world, Coach Starkey has the following pieces of advice:
1.
Seek multiple mentors
- Have 5-7 people you can
go to at all times
- Inside and outside coaching
- Inside and outside coaching
2. Do the best you can and others will notice
- He never had to apply for a job; all of the job changes in his career he was recruited for
- Focus on being the best you can and the opportunities will come
- He never had to apply for a job; all of the job changes in his career he was recruited for
- Focus on being the best you can and the opportunities will come
3. It’s a journey, you can never know enough
- Go out and seek knowledge from other coaches
- Go out and seek knowledge from other coaches
4. Have a system of organization
- Learn to categorize in a way that allows you to easily find your resources when you need to.
- Learn to categorize in a way that allows you to easily find your resources when you need to.
5. Don’t allow ‘labels’ to define who you are as
a coach or a professional
- Be more than a skill developer, recruiter, or offensive coordinator
- Be more than a skill developer, recruiter, or offensive coordinator
6. Be process-oriented rather than
result-oriented
- Don’t stop learning when you get positive results
- Don’t play the scoreboard, play to your potential
- Don’t stop learning when you get positive results
- Don’t play the scoreboard, play to your potential
7. Relationships are as important as the X’s and
O’s
- Make sure you are building relationships with all of your stakeholders – administrators, fans, other coaches, etc.
- Make sure you are building relationships with all of your stakeholders – administrators, fans, other coaches, etc.
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