by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports Today Oh, yes you are…you ARE making mistakes. Screwing up. We don’t like to admit it. And the coaching mistake might not happen today. Or tomorrow. But one-of-these days you will screw-up your coaching How do I know? Because we all make preventable coaching …
The Coaching Story They Tell About You
by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports Today I consume ALL things about the topic of Brand, and have for years. It started years ago with an article (The Brand Called You) by that smart guy Tom Peters. I can distill what I’ve …
Heroes – and Zeroes – in College Coaching
by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports TodayGrowing up I was surrounded by heroes.Animated heroes were on the TV every Saturday morning.Storybook heroes in comics and paperbacks were piled up next to my bed.Then there were real heroes, such as my brothers...one who went to Vietnam to …
Why Are There Two Types of Recruiters?
by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports Today There are not—obviously—only two types of recruiters. There are many different types:High school recruiters College recruiters Business recruiters And on and on the list rolls.But in reality there actually are only two types of …
The Day I Was Accused of Cheating at the Olympics
by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports Today I’ve seen a fair amount of sport scandals erupt over the years — from referees being bribed, to players throwing games, to coaches cheating. And years ago, I was involved in one (this is a picture from the televised coverage of the event...more on that in …