The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey

Jeremy Gunn is a former professional soccer player and now Head Coach.
 
He grew up in England before moving to American for University. There he attended Cal State and was part of their 1992 Championship team and an All American.
He then became an Assistant and Cal State, before becoming a Head Coach at Fort Lewis College. He led that team to 6 Rocky Mountain Championships and the 2006 NCAA division 2 championship. He then moved to the Charlotte 49ers before becoming the Stanford Head Coach in 2011. He has since led the Cardinals to 3 NCAA Championships, as well as 5 straight Pac 12 conference titles.
Some of the key points are:
How, when coaches hold back on challenging people for fear of over stepping a line they are in fact not helping the athlete become mentally fitter. How the line to which you can challenge people changes with each individual, and so when you're a coach, or you're a leader, the big thing is to create agreed upon lines within the group you have, and then maintain standard to those linesHow he believes that people are a product of their environment. And he sees the role of the coach to create an environment that shapes people towards the outcome that you want.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

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Today’s episode is focuses on the topic of On being a champion teammate, and we are joined for the conversation by Dr Jerry Lynch and John O’Sullivan.
Dr. Jerry LYNCH received his doctorate in psychology from Penn State University, he is the author of 13 books on coaching, leadership, peak performance, and sports psychology. In the past 30 years alone, he has worked with teams that have been a part of 54 Final Four and 36 National Championship at the collegiate and professional levels.
John O’Sullivan is a former collegiate and professional soccer player and has coached for over 30 years on the youth, high school, and collegiate levels. John has written two bestselling books, he is also the host of one of the world’s top podcasts, The Way of Champions.
 
Together John and Jerry have written a new book called The Champion Teammate: Timeless Lessons to Connect, Compete and Lead in Sports and Life
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Our Great Coach on this episode is Joe Gallagher .
 
Joe is a former amateur boxer who started coaching in 1993. He has been involved in over 300 professional fights. 100 title fights and his fighters have won world, European,. British and Commonwealth titles. In 2015 he became the USA Ring Magazine 2015 World Trainer of the year. Then became 2018-19 Boxing News trainer of the year for a second time .
In 2018 Joe set up the Joe Gallagher Academy in Manchester which is backed by England Amateur Boxing which provides Education and boxing courses for 16-18 year olds. In 2019 Joe received award for the work done with the academy at The This Is Manchester Awards ceremony for making a difference in the community.
Some of the highlights are:

His belief that new blood motivates old blood, and how he brings this to life in the gym. The work he does giving back to the community through is academy in Manchester which he says gives him a feeling that “ theres nothing better than’” which is saying something given the world champions he has coached.His learning that underdogs meed to have grit, tenacity and desire if they are to succeed.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
 

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Today’s episode is on the topic of Strength and Conditioning coaching, and we are joined for the discussion by Dean Benton.
Dean has worked with an amazing number of elite sporting clubs such as RUGBY AUSTRALIA, Japan Rugby and England Rugby, The Rugby league teams: Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle and Canberra and the Australian Rules Football teams, Essendon, and Adelaide, as well as the Australian netball team.
He has also written and published extensively on topics related to strength and physical conditioning. He is a true authority on this important element elite level sporting teams.
Dean can be reached through his website: https://www.atletico.com.au/
 
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Rhonda Revelle is an American softball coach and former collegiate pitcher
As a player she represented the University of Nebraska and played in the team at the inaugural Women's College World Series. She transitioned into coaching in 1986 and in 1993 became the Head Coach of her  alma mater. She has gone on to record over 1000 career wins across her 31 years as a coach including, 3× Big 12 Conference Tournament wins and one Big Ten Tournament victory. She has also led the team to the NCAA tournament on 20 occasions and 3 times to the Women’s College World Series.
Rhonda is a leader with a deep sense of self and connectedness. In this insightful interview some of the highlights for me were:
The 3 questions she asks herself everyday: have I helped someone today? Have I worked to make deep connections today? in my responses to others today, did I choose love? But also, how these questions have changed since her coaching style was very publically challenged.The story she shares about the work the team did on Feedback routines, and how they role played having difficult conversations, so they were more prepared for them when they occurred.And Her view that leadership is dealing with shades of gray, and how she works with the teams leadership group to help them develop their decision making skills in this area.
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Today’s episode is something a little different, we are joined by Samantha Rockey to look at the ways psychology, teams and high-performance overlap.
 
Sam has just co-authored the book: The Social Brain: The Psychology of successful groups.
 
She is an Associate fellow at the Oxford University said Business school, is one of the co-founds of the consultancy Thompson Harrison, and also co-hosts one of my favourite podcasts, Ghost Lights.
 
Some of the highlights from the interview are Sam's thoughts that:
 
Its through team membership and in particular the teams leader that people experience the culture of the organisations they belong to. How the focus of leaders should be to create other leaders so that they can create a ripple effect throughout the organisation. The research that says 60% to 70% of people are stressed because of the behaviour of their superiors. And the implications of this for you as a leader. And The importance of disrupting your teams by bringing in ideas and stimulus from outside, and making sure that the membership is diverse. 
Samantha can be reached here.
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