Sunday, April 23, 2023

Getting Your Dream Coaching Job: "Be Their Best Solution"

You want your dream coaching job. Explain why you are their best solution. Your solution is not the time to be shy. 

I'm not applying for any jobs, but here are some of my 'reasons'. 

What's your WHY? In Presidential debates, hosts ask candidates WHY they want to be President. Have a compelling reason. "I empower young people for success with skills learned through basketball." Teach players about leadership and empowerment. I use examples like Arlene Blum at Annapurna, Frances Taylor the first woman cabinet member, Lee's victory against overwhelming odds at Chancellorsville, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the Bowdoin professor turned Medal of Honor winner.

 Coaching is about giving back. 

What's your HOW? As a coach or entrepreneur, explain your "product features" and proven track record. Be specific. 

  • Excellence in personal development of players... valedictorian and salutatorian, multiple players with Masters Degrees, graduate from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, multiple Fortune 500 company executives, player in Veterinary school. 
  • Excellence in player development... Division 1 player, All-Scholastic players, All League players, State champion, State Finalists.
  • Amazon E-book, "Simple Guide to Girls' Basketball," comprehensive guide for coaches. 
  • Daily journal/blog with over 3,500 entries. Currently rated #61 in Feedspot Top 100 worldwide best basketball blogs. 

Create a basketball experience. Help players make memories. Add value, get buy-in, and emphasize simplicity and clarity of philosophy - teamwork, improvement, and accountability. 

Use technology. 
  • Use video study to teach basketball principles.
  • Maintain a drill book. 
  • Have a playbook with proven success. 
  • Teaching files (spreadsheet) of valuable lessons. 

Have concrete, credible, emotional stories and references.

From the spouse of a New England Basketball Hall of Fame Coach:

"Coach's teams won several state sectionals and Eastern Mass championships, all Class B, 5 league titles, but he always said to the family that the 1973 team was the best. Only team in school history to win a Class A sectional - stunning Andover and St John's Prep. He said you were the greatest leader the school ever had. Some of the greatest memories of our lives is what your team did for the school and Wakefield."

Anticipate the objections. "He's too old."  


Lagniappe. It all begins with spacing. 
Lagniappe 2. Play under control... Coleman Ayers analyzes DBook. 


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