Head football coach at North Forney High School (Texas) in his former position at Grapevine High School.

Photo via texashsfootball.com

On our final “Home Team” podcast of 2018, Randy Jackson joins guest host Joel Nellis to share lessons he learned during his career about making family a priority and working smarter, not harder.

Jackson is the head football coach and athletic coordinator at North Forney (Texas) High School. The Falcon program, which struggled prior to his arrival, posted a 10-3 record in his first season. Jackson used proven strategies of leadership development, relationship building, accountability, toughness, and his ‘everything matters’ mantra to quickly turn around his program.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

150-64 (.701) career record

2018 THSCA ‘Coaching Beyond the Game’ Award Winner

2015 DFW Tom Landry Award Winner

2010 4A Texas Coach of the Year

2010 Dallas Morning News 5A/4A Coach of the Year

SHOW NOTES

01:45   The stars of Jackson’s home team

06:35   We make the call – how Jackson’s family has navigated career decisions

08:35   Evaluating job opportunities

11:38   How family can deal with the stress in the stands and the community

15:20   Understanding what a coach’s wife deals with in making a job change

18:00   Jackson’s process of writing his book

21:08   Clock management – scheduling to allow coaches to get home earlier

22:58   Sundays off for staff

23:35   Having confidence not to worry about being “out worked”

25:29   “A-ha” moment about not needing the 7th day of work

28:00   Having your own kids and staff’s kids involved

33:00   Prevent defense – overcoming struggles in career and tips to avoid mistakes

36:20   Victory formation – legacy that Jackson is striving to create through coaching

 

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