Ep. 41 - Adam Breneman: Being A Good Teammate, Qualities of the Best Coaches, Being Positive

Adam Breneman is a former Five Star Recruit and 3x All-American Tight End at Penn State University and UMass.

After retiring from football, he has become an entrepreneur, media personality, college football analyst with CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports, and co-founder of College Sports Co.

He is also the host of Next Up with Adam Breneman, a podcast where he interviews the biggest names in football.

What You’ll Learn About:

• How Adam has handled adversity throughout his life
• Qualities of a great teammate
• Communication and Consistency
• Qualities of the top college coaches and leaders
• Having tough conversations
• Adam’s involvement in NIL and where it’s headed
• How are you going to respond when tough times hit?
• Importance of being a positive person

Timestamps:

(0:50) – In person interviews

(2:20) – Relationships

(3:45) – The Public Spotlight

(7:40) – Paying Attention To the Chatter

(9:30) – Touchdown vs. Wisconsin

(11:00) – Knee Injury

(16:30) – Week as a college football player

(20:30) – Mentality on game days

(21:45) – What kind of teammate?

(26:15) – How do you react when you don’t play well?

(28:50) – Best coaches are best recruiters

(31:00) – Commonalities amongst best coaches

(34:00) – Willing things to happen

(36:30) – Thank You Football Letter

(39:00) – Opportunities he’s had from content

(41:45) – Time Management

(44:00) – Being more direct with communication

(47:10) – Where is NIL headed?

(51:30) – The College Sports Company

(57:00) – Transition out of sports

(1:01:00) – Positivity

Links:

Adam Breneman LinkTree

Adam Breneman X

Adam Breneman Instagram

Adam Breneman Tik Tok

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