Gamechangers: A WBCA Podcast

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Chad Chatlos to discuss interviewing. Chatlos specializes in senior executive searches across the sports industry with a focus on diverse roles in the ever-changing landscape of Intercollegiate Athletics. Today he will offer tips on building your career resume and share some do’s and don’ts of the search/interview process.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Cori Close to discuss coaching Generation Z student-athletes. With over 25 years of experience as a head coach and assistant coach, Coach Close will talk about what traits define Generation Z along with how your coaching style can evolve to help this generation thrive in your program.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Tim Elmore to discuss Generation Z. Elmore is the CEO and founder of Growing Leaders and a world-renowned expert on Generation Y and Generation Z. Elmore provides insight on how to communicate and relate to this up and coming generation.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Amanda Butler to discuss financial planning. With 20-plus years of coaching experience under her belt, Coach Butler took over the Clemson program in 2018-19 and led the Tigers to a 20-13 record and a NCAA tournament 2nd round appearance. Butler offers her coaching perspective on how to manage and effectively plan a coach’s finances.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Kathleen Kunkler to discuss financial planning and investing. Kunkler is a Senior Vice President for Morgan Stanley and was named Global Sports and Entertainment Director in 2014. With over 30 years in the business of helping coaches financially, Kunkler will discuss your FICO score, investing for retirement and give you a few tips on finan...

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, continues her discussion with Jen Fry and Nevin Caple on diversity & inclusion. If you haven’t heard part I of this discussion hit pause, listen to it first and then come back to this one.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Jen Fry and Nevin Caple to discuss what it means for a program to be diverse and inclusive. Fry has created a social justice education firm, JenFryTalks, and is a veteran coach with over 15 years of experience. Caple is a strategic inclusion consultant, educator and national thought leader on race, gender and LGBTQ inclusion.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Florida State University head coach Sue Semrau to discuss the transfer portal. In a career featuring 450+ wins and seven consecutive 20-win seasons, Coach Semrau’s culture focuses on developing student-athletes on and off the court. Today she will offer best practices for working with transfer students and how to navigate the transfer porta...

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Susan Peal, Director of Governance at the NCAA, to talk about the transfer portal. Peal’s career began in coaching women’s basketball. Eventually she joined the administrative ranks at Charleston Southern and The Ohio State University. Established in October 2018, the transfer portal was developed to comply with legislation and help adminis...

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Nell Fortner to discuss practice planning and her return to coaching. In a career that spans over 30 years, Coach Fortner recently was a broadcaster for ESPN and during her coaching career led USA basketball to two gold medals at the 1998 FIBA World Championship and 2000 Olympic Games. Now the head coach at Georgia Tech, Fortner will discus...

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Nicki Collen of the Atlanta Dream to discuss practice planning. With coaching experience at the collegiate and professional levels, Coach Collen will offer tips and best practices when it comes to planning a successful practice.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Yolett McPhee-McCuin to discuss leadership transitions. Coach Yo emphasizes the importance of not skipping steps and working with people you can trust, which is wisdom she utilized when she took over a power 5 program.

Shanteona Keys, WBCA manager of education, sits down with Molly Fletcher to discuss Navigating Leadership Transitions. Molly Fletcher is a trailblazer in every sense of the word - a rare talent of business wisdom, relationship brilliance and unwavering optimism.

Immediate past president, Jennifer Rizzotti, sits down with current WBCA president, Tricia Cullop, to talk about the state of the WBCA.