1. Most coaches (most people) are not leaders. You see a leader about as often as you see and eagle. (Leaders can be made, but the great ones are born leaders.)
2. Your voice has to have POWER in it to show the kids you mean business.
3. “You can’t be a nice guy and do this job.” (Joe Paterno)
4. Great leaders really care about their players, but they do not tell them that they do. The players just know they love them.
5. You have to lead like a “MEAN MOMMA”.... Tell them the truth, like your Mom did you. Clean up your room, don’t go out with her, get home early tonight. (Etc)
6. You can’t trust many people. Be careful what you say.
7. Go to the Admin. and ask them what they want from your program. Attitude on the floor, shirt tails pulled out coming off of the floor. Tell them to be honest with you.
8. Check to see if you kids come from a one parent home. Boys that live with just a mom a not used to man pushing them hard.
9. Kids hurt for five years or more after a divorce as much as they did when their parents went though it.
10. Great coaches are very “DEMANDING” in practice. Most coaches do not push their players hard enough.
11. You will talk to the parents abut anything about their son or daughter except “PLAYING TIME”. Don’t even let them bring it up.
12. You don’t have to win every game. Sometimes you have to take two steps back before you can take one step forward.
13. Are you willing to lose a game to make a point? (John Chaney)
14. Organize everything: Seating chart for the bus, what you do on time outs, etc.
15. The Head Coach can never have a BAD PRACTICE.
16. Coaching is as much about being Negative as being Positive. The car battery principle. John Wooden was negative to positive almost 50 percent of the time in practice.
17. You need to read the Toughness article by Jay Bilas that was on ESPN. I have it if you would like to see it.
18. Loyalty from Assistant Coaches. They are either from you against you. They should only stand up on the bench during the game if you really trust them.
19. You must be a “SELF STARTER”.
20. “Do you see the BIG PICTURE? This is more than a game. Basketball is to help players all their lives not just win games. (Sometimes you Add by Subtraction.)
21. The players are going to talk about you for either being too hard on them or too soft on them, so you might as well go ahead and be too HARD!
22. Your first year will set the tone on how the players/parents will perceive you for the future. Every day your first year is huge!
23. 10% of the players and parents are not going like you no matter what you do, so don’t worry about it.
24. “Do what you do” Don’t change offenses and defenses every week.
25. Run your “System” Running your system is the key to having a program.
26. Dealing with mistakes on the floor. Don’t take a player out on his first turnover. Give him a chance to redeem himself.
27. If a player cusses you out he is through. No second chances!
28. Be a great Listener! People migrate toward great listeners.
29. Most coaches are not as good as they think they are at coaching. The great coaches are always learning.
30. Pray for Wisdom: James 1:5...It takes lots of wisdom to coach today athletes.
31. Preparation, Preparation, Preparation....Johnnie Cochran's three rules for success in his law practice.
32. Dealing with Narcissism is not easy. Some people do not ever see anyone’s point of view, but their own.
33. Don’t worry about players playing more than one sport.
34. You can't play around with players very much. You are better off to be serious most of the time. You can never relax because if you do they will do something stupid.
35. Have all the players lay down on the floor on their stomach and look up at you when you make announcements about future events or what we are doing wrong as a team. This way they have to look up to you and it intimidates them.
36. If you are really hard on your two best players you won’t have many problems. (Kim Mulkey...Baylor University)
37. “All men love Discipline”...They may not act like it, but they do. (Vince Lombardi...Green Bay Packers)
38. “Remember you can’t run off a good player by being too hard on him.” (Bear Bryant) *The players that really love the game will not quit.
39. Question: Which motivates you more, a Positive word or a Negative word? (Example: You are over rated as a coach, or You are one great coach?) Which will make you try harder?
40. “Less is More in Coaching”...Meaning you don’t have to do a ton of this to be successful. Just play man to man defense and one zone...Don’t play six different zones.
41. “Don’t be afraid of the kids.” (Lots of parents today are afraid of their own children. This started in the 1960's.)
42. Young people need structure and they love it. They like to see everything organized.
43. You can never let up on your discipline.
44. You get a different team every Tuesday and Friday night. If players girl friend breaks up with him he won’t play well.
45. Always shake hands with the opposing coach after the game.
46. Set a goal of not getting a technical foul this season.
47. Make Lists of things you need to do. Great coaches make lists.
48. You must learn how to coach kids with learning disabilities. ADHD, Talk to Special Ed teachers to get advice.
49. It is okay to get fired if you are standing up for what you really believe in. (There are lots of coaching jobs if you lose this one)
50. Date your wife or husband during the season. (Basketball coaches have a high divorce rate)
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