The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life

Today’s episode is something a little different, Grant and Paul are joined by Dr. Gavin Weeks to discuss Purpose.  Gavin is a Doctor of Psychology, an Associate Fellow at Oxford Said Business School and a Partner at the consultancy Thompson Harrison. And why is it a little different? Because today in our conversation, we discuss the overlap between coaching, the corporate world and psychology...

Our Great Coach on this 'best of' episode is Sue Enquist. Sue played softball at UCLA from 1975 to 1978. She was a part of the team that won the 1978 Women's College World Series and became UCLA's first All-American softball player. In 1980 she transitioned into coaching and retired with a career winning percentage of 83. As a coach her teams won 10 national championships, and produced 65 All-Amer...

Our Great Coach on this 'best of' episode is Gary Kirsten. Gary played 101 Test matches and 185 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004. He retired as the first ever South African to play in 100 tests, and the first Test batsman to make hundreds against each of the other 9 Test nations. He became the coach of the Indian cricket team in 2008 and led them to win the World Cup 2...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Thomas Frank Thomas is the Head Coach of Brentford FC in the English Football League Championship. He started his career coaching youth teams in Denmark. His success with the National Under 17 team led to his first senior appointment with Brondby in the Danish Superliga in 2013. He turned their performance around delivering top four performances in successive yea...

Today’s episode is on the topic of Underdogs and we are joined for the discussion by Sean Murray who has just written a terrific book about the 1984 USA Volleyball team that won the Olympic Gold medal. His book is called, If Gold Is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to...

Todays episode is on the topic of Values, and it features audio quotes from 22 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 American women's basketball coach Brenda Frese While injured as a player at the University of Arizona , Brenda volunteered as an assistant coach at Pima Community College . After graduation in 1994 she started as an assistant coach at Kent State . In 1999 she was appointed into her first Head Coach role at Ball state and then in 2002 to the University of Maryland...

Our Great Coach on this episode is the Vince Lombardi. Vince Lombardi was an American Football coach who is best remembered as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers in the 1960’s, where he led the team to 5 National Football League championships, including the first ever Superbowl in 1966. He finished his coaching career in the NFL with a winning % of 74, and a post season winning rate of 90%. H...

Our Great Coach on this episode is NBA coach Jenny Boucek . Jenny is a former WNBA player, Assistant Coach and Head Coach. The first person to hold all 3 roles in the league’s history. She began her coaching career in the WNBA during the 1999 season as an assistant with the Washington Mystics . In 2000, she joined the Miami Sol , also as an assistant coach, for three seasons. Jenny was an Assistan...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Damien Hardwick. Damien is an Australian rules football coach and former player. As a player, he played 207 games for Essendon and Port Adelaide, winning premierships with each club in 2000 and 2004 respectively. He was appointed to his first head coach role in 2010 with Richmond; and led them to premierships in 2017, 2019 and 2020. He is now the longest tenured...

Our Great Coach on this episode is John Wooden Coach Wooden was an American basketball coach who led the UCLA Bruins to 10 NCAA Championships, including a record 7 titles in a row. Over a 29-year coaching career, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games, and he was voted coach of the year on 7 occasions. As a player he was names a collegiate All American on 3 occasions and was the first person...

Our Great Coach on this episode is basketball coach Sandy Brondello . Sandy is a former professional basketball player and the current coach of the New York Liberty in the WNBA . She started playing for Australia at the age of 18 and went on to represent the national team at four Olympics winning three medals. She has played Basketball for teams in America, Australia and Germany. In 2003 she began...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Tom Ryan. Tom Ryan is a former All-American college wrestler, and now coach of the Ohio State Wrestling team. During his collegiate wrestling career, he was a member of the University of Iowa 1991 and 1992 NCAA and Big Ten championship teams. He became a Head Wrestling coach at Hofstra University in New York in 1995 leading them to six consecutive conference titl...

Today’s episode is on the topic of Mental Health for Coaches and we are joined for the discussion with one of our listeners, Mads Claussen. 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 Mads...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Bill Sweetenham. Bill is an Australian swimming coach, who first started training athletes in the 1970’s in the rural Australian town of Mount Isa. His coaching career progressed quickly and he coached at his first Olympics in 1976, and was then Head Coach for Australia at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, as well as the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games team...

On this episode we discuss skills and what the Great Coaches have to say about them when it comes to individual and team dynamics. Applicable to all leaders. 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 thegreatcoach...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Kathy Delaney-Smith. Kathy is a recently retired American Basketball coach who for 40 years led the Harvard Womens Basketball team. During her tenure she led the team to over 600 career wins, 11 Ivy League championships and six NCAA Tournament berths, and between 1986 and 2011, every senior class except one, won at least one conference championship Outside of Bas...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Roy Hodgson. Roy has been coaching football since 1976, and over 46 years has led 21 teams in 8 different countries. His achievements are quite lengthy, but here is a summary. He led the Swiss national team to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup, a tournament they had not qualified for since the 1960;s. He coached the Finnish national team to their highest ever FIF...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Graham Reid. Graham is a is a former Australian Field Hockey player that was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. And Gold at the 1990 World Cup. He became Head Coach of the Australian National Team in 2012 and lead them to the Champions Trophy, the Oceania Cup, a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal and the World League f...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Doug Beal. Doug is an American volleyball player, coach and former CEO of USA volleyball. As a player he was a five time All American at Ohio State University, and then from 1970 to 1976 and played over 200 games for the USA Volleyball team. He became coach of the USA Men’s Volleyball team in 1977, and eventually led the team to a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics....

Our Great Coach on this episode is Petr Kotik Petr is the holder of a 5th dan in kickboxing and is the Head Coach of the Czech Republic Kickboxing team. He is a 14 time World Champion, a 5 time world cup winner, and 3 time winner of the USA open. He has also coached more than 10 amateur world champions. Petr is a coach with a deep focus on helping his athletes with the specific mental and physical...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Julie Fitzgerald. Julie is a Australian Netball coach. From 1997 until 2007 she coached the Sydney Swifts leading them to premierships in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007. She then became coach of NSW in 2008 in the new ANZ Championship and in the inaugural season won the championship. She has also coached the World 7 team in a series win over New Zealand, The Australia...

Today’s episode is on the topic of Motivation and we are joined for the discussion with one of our listeners, Dr Brian Hite. 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 Our guest Dr. Brian...

Our Great Coach on this episode is Trevor Gleeson Trevor is an Australian basketball coach who transitioned into coaching in 1984 at the age of 18 after an industrial accident. Over the next decade he rose through the coaching ranks leading men's and women's teams in regional competitions. In 1997 he started coaching in the National Basketball League in Australia in Assistant roles before taking s...

This episode pulls together the thoughts that over 100 Great Coaches from around the world; men and women who have won multiple Olympic medals and championships both regionally, nationally and on the world stage; have shared with us on the topic of Leadership. 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 yo...