The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life

Our Great Coach on this episode is Ben Davison. Ben is British boxing coach. At just 29 years of age, he is an outlier in the world of Boxing coaches, who have often toil away for decades before experiencing the type of success Ben has enjoyed. In 2017 he joined up with Tyson Fury and helped him return to the ring and set out on the journey that would ultimately see him claim the WBC Heavyweight c...

In this podcast we discuss the 3rd Ashes Test and in particual the way that Belief and Doubt shape performance. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Mike is a renowned basketball coach who is has led teams in US College, the NBA and in Australia. He started as a College Assistant in 1980 before becoming the Head Coach of Cal Lutheran in 1989. In 1994 he moved to Australia and led the Adelaide 36ers in the |National League before returning to the USA in 1997 to lead Metro State. That team went on to win National Championships in 2000 and 2002....

For today’s podcast we have caught up with Australian cricket coach John Buchanan to get his views on the first 2 of the Ashes Tests. If you would like to learn more, visit our website: https://thegreatcoachespodcast.com/ where we have exclusive content that can be searched by sport, coach or topic area, for example culture, communication or mental skills. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Sign up to our newsletter by clicking here or from our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com⁠. This episode focuses on how Coaches refresh their message by using the Voice of other people. It also introduces our new Insight Database where you can find thousands of video insights from The Great Coaches on topics like Culture, Communication and Conflict that can be filtered by, key word, sport or coach...

Today’s episode is on the topic of Championship Habits, and we are joined for the discussion by Allister McCaw, who has just written a terrific new book called Habits that Make a Champion. Allister is that rare person who excels across disciplines and industries. In addition to being an author who has sold over 300,000 books, his podcast ranks in the top 1% in the world, and for the last 25 years...

Today’s episode is focuses on the topic of Legacy. We are joined for the conversation by James Kerr the author of the book, Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life. James’ book is one of the most referenced by our interview guests, it has over 4000 5 star review on Amazon UK alone. He is a consultant to some of the world’s top sporting and business organisations. And in...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Andrea Anastasi. Andrea played volleyball for Italy 141 times, and was part of the team that won the 1990 World Championship. He transitioned in to coaching in 1994, and in 1999 led the Italian team to gold medals at 2 European Championships, the World League, as well as a Bronze at the 2000 Olympics. In 2007 he took over the Spanish National team and famously le...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Cheryl Reeve. Cheryl is a Basketball head coach and general manager for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA. She has led the team to championships in 2011,2013, 2015 and 2017. She is one of only 2 coaches in the WNBA history to have a winning % over 60 in regular season games. In addition she has the highest winning % of any coach in the WNBA postseason. She has also...

Today’s episode is on the topic of Championship Behaviours, and we are joined for the discussion with one our past guests the Great Coach Hugh McCutcheon who has just written a book called Championship Behaviours. Hugh played Volleyball for New Zealand national Junior and Senior teams before transitioning into coaching. In 2005 he was appointed as Head Coach of the USA men's team who went to win t...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Malcolm Blight. Malcolm is a former Australian Rules Football player and coach, who is the only person in the game’s history to win the Brownlow, Magarey, and Coleman medals. As a coach he has led multiple teams, notably winning back-to-back premierships with Adelaide in 1997 and 1998. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and was elev...

Todays episode is on the topic of Feedback, and it features audio quotes from 14 coaches that we have interviewed on the podcast. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acas...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Mike Candrea. Mike is a Softball coach who after 36 years leading the University of Arizona has retired as one of the most respected coaches of Any sport in the USA. He is the all-time winningest coach in college softball history and ranked fourth of any coach in any NCAA sport with 1,674 wins. His teams have won 8 Women's College World Series and 11× Pac 12 or 1...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Natasha Adair. Natasha is a former All American High School player and now Head Coach. Following a successful playing career, she transitioned into coaching and spent 14 years as an Assistant before becoming a Head Coach for the first time with the College of Charleston in 2012. From there she moved to Georgetown where she turned around the program and earned a W...

Todays episode is on the topic of Behaviours, and it features audio quotes from 13 coaches that we have interviewed on the podcast. Join our Patreon community and help us build one of the worlds great leadership libraries at www.patreon.com/GreatCoaches If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, plea...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Ricky Stuart. Ricky is a former Rugby League player who won 3 premierships with the Canberra Raiders as well as representing both New South Wales and Australia. As a Coach he has led Australia, the NSW State of Origin Team, the Sydney Roosters who he led to a Premiership in 2002, and is now the Head Coach of his beloved Canberra Raiders. Ricky as had a long and c...

Todays episode is on the topic of Mentors, and it features audio quotes from 11 coaches that we have interviewed on the podcast. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Dean Vickerman. Dean is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of Melbourne United in the Australian National Basketball League . He started his coaching career in 1997, progressing through roles across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as an assistant coach for the  New...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Tricia Cullop.  Tricia is a former basketball player and now coach. As a player, she was a High School All-American in 1989, and at Purdue University was part of the team that that won the school’s first ever Big Ten championship in 1991.  After stints as an Assistant coach at Radford, Long Beach State, and Xavier, she was appointed Head Coach of the Un...

In celebration of International Women’s Day we decided to do an episode that features some of the Great Female Coaches that we have interviewed talking about Empowerment. A topic that so many of our guests talk about in the context of preparing women, for the choices that they will either make for themselves or influence in others. We chose this as a topic as it is one that frequently comes up aro...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Nancy Lieberman. Nancy is that rare individual who has had both a successful playing and coaching career. And her career highlights are so many that this introduction is a long one! She grew up in Queens in New York, learning to play basketball on the courts of Harlem and then as a High School senior she represented the USA at the Olympics and won a silver medal....

Our Great Coach on this episode is Eddie Reese. Eddie is an American swimming coach. As a swimmer he was the first Florida University swimmer to win five SEC individual titles in a single season. He transitioned into coaching in 1965 and became a Head Coach for the first time in 1972. In 1978 he became Head Coach at the University of Texas and has gone on to win 15 NCAA championships, and 41 conse...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Bob Bowman. Bob is an American swimming coach, who is a four-time member of the U.S. Olympic Team staff, including being the Head Coach of the Men’s team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.  He has so far guided swimmers to 38 Olympic medals, as well as 43 World Records. Bob is presently the coach of the swim and dive team at Arizona State University . However he...

Our Great Coach on this episode is the legendary Celtic Football Club coach Jock Stein . Jock was a Scottish football player and manager. As a player he also represented Celtic, and was part of their side that won the Scottish league and Scottish Cup double in 1954. He retired in 1957 and began his career as a Coach, or as said in Football a Manager, in 1960. In 1965 he returned to Celtic as manag...

Our Great Coach on this 'best of' episode is Billy Walsh . Billy is the current head coach of the USA Boxing team . He started boxing at age seven in a Christian Brothers gym in Wexford Ireland. He went on to win seven Irish Senior titles, participated in European and World Championships and represented his country as a welterweight in the 1988 Olympics. He then transitioned into coaching and was...