Iron sharpens Iron.
Saints sharpen Saints.
Very few people understand what comes with being a Varsity Head Coach.
The responsibility to lead a program and expectations that you feel from a community, a school, a program, players, parents, others and, honestly, from yourself is a lot. The time that the job demands takes us from our own families way more than we would like. But, we absolutely love what we do and are driven to build our individual programs and to build players to be the best human beings they can be.
We eat, sleep and breathe our sports.
We obsess over how to improve.
We help each other in our pursuits.
When Coach Possley texted me over the summer and asked if I would coach football and be part of his staff, I knew what my answer was before I texted back. After talking things over with the family, I was in. All in. And what followed was four months of absolute fun. I dove in, brought my 7 years of football experience to the table, learned an incredible amount of football from his staff and got to scratch a coaching itch I’ve had for many years.
But, most of all, I saw different coaching methods in another sport. I picked up on how Coach Possley interacted with his program, his Varsity team, his staff and everyone around him. I saw how he organized things, how he planned and prepared and how he executed his plan around his vision.
And I took notes.
A lot of notes.
We often preach that athletes should be multi-sport athletes. We need to preach that coaches should be multi-sport coaches. The things I picked up, the lessons I learned … there is NO doubt I’m going to be a better baseball coach because of the experiences I had over the last four months.
Grateful for the past four months.
Grateful for football.
Grateful for the coaching staff.
Grateful for this amazing human being.
I’ll be back for next season.
But … it’s time to get ready to play ball.⚾️
Is it Spring yet?!?!⚜️👊
Saints sharpen Saints.
Very few people understand what comes with being a Varsity Head Coach.
The responsibility to lead a program and expectations that you feel from a community, a school, a program, players, parents, others and, honestly, from yourself is a lot. The time that the job demands takes us from our own families way more than we would like. But, we absolutely love what we do and are driven to build our individual programs and to build players to be the best human beings they can be.
We eat, sleep and breathe our sports.
We obsess over how to improve.
We help each other in our pursuits.
When Coach Possley texted me over the summer and asked if I would coach football and be part of his staff, I knew what my answer was before I texted back. After talking things over with the family, I was in. All in. And what followed was four months of absolute fun. I dove in, brought my 7 years of football experience to the table, learned an incredible amount of football from his staff and got to scratch a coaching itch I’ve had for many years.
But, most of all, I saw different coaching methods in another sport. I picked up on how Coach Possley interacted with his program, his Varsity team, his staff and everyone around him. I saw how he organized things, how he planned and prepared and how he executed his plan around his vision.
And I took notes.
A lot of notes.
We often preach that athletes should be multi-sport athletes. We need to preach that coaches should be multi-sport coaches. The things I picked up, the lessons I learned … there is NO doubt I’m going to be a better baseball coach because of the experiences I had over the last four months.
Grateful for the past four months.
Grateful for football.
Grateful for the coaching staff.
Grateful for this amazing human being.
I’ll be back for next season.
But … it’s time to get ready to play ball.⚾️
Is it Spring yet?!?!⚜️👊
