[Podcast] Mike Singletary on the Impact of a Coach
Show Notes:
Today on the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Keith Grabowski shares Mike Singletary’s keynote speech from USA Football’s 2018 National Conference. Singletary, who currently serves as head coach of the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football, illustrates the impact of a coach and ways coaches can invest in their kids through his own experience as both a player and coach. This year’s National Conference speaker lineup features NFL and college coaches along with some of the top high school coaches in the country. Be sure to check out the full lineup.
03:15 Men who’ve impacted Singletary’s life
04:25 Coach Oliver Brown
06:15 Coach Brown’s care
07:00 Being invested in the kids
08:15 Values of coaching should not change
09:15 The “C” in coach is for consistency
10:00 The approach may change but the values don’t
11:11 Qualities of Coach Brown
12:00 Compete in the world
13:25 Living to the standard of the team
14:11 It’s on you
15:15 Coach Corky Nelson
17:45 Responsibility as a coach
18:55 Giving kids something of value
19:10 Singletary’s Starbucks memory
21:15 Tools to be great
22:11 Don’t tell me what you can’t do, tell me what you won’t do
23:45 Be able to meet the hunger
24:45 Coach Singletary coaching his son
26:55 The kids deserve your best
27:17 Teaching football position
30:07 Never compromise
30:25 The thin line in coaching
32:00 Coaches alone
32:30 Success to Coach Singletary
33:00 Importance of family
37:17 Importance of being a great life and football coach
40:17 Everybody gets a trophy
43:25 What was on Coach Singletary’s mind when he won his championship
47:35 Promoting work ethic
55:10 The number one thing Coach Singletary would do different as a player/coach
59:12 Walter Payton
1:02:45 Coach Singletary’s greatest moment of his life
1:04:38 Dealing with the time issue in football for coaches, players and their family
1:07:30 National Conference
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