As the head coach, I receive weekly updates throughout the year on significant events in each student's academic life-and then take action accordingly. It frequently hits enough emotional chords/heartstrings to give one goosebumps or shivers in the presence of something so good. While it's always up to the individual student to graduate, I also believe it's incumbent upon the school to positively influence its athletes in their studies.

For those of us who liked Duke, Coach K was always one of the good guys and it was nice to spend a bunch of hours listening to his earnest, thoughtful philosophies on life, leadership, relationships and coaching. It also allows me to show that I care about the kids on my team and it demonstrates that I'm trying to be fair-minded. I wouldn't say it is a particularly good book, but it is partially responsible for my decision to switch my commitment from the rowing team at Brown University to the one at University of California Berkeley. It’s 20 years old, but Coach K has some really good insight on leadership and how to build a successful team. The principle that "we're all important" is also something that needs to be demonstrated immediately.

Lastly, I was particularly taken by Coach K’s chapter on character: “The Core of Character,” where he touched upon continual learning, hard work, honesty, and integrity. At times in the book, it felt like he had a chip on his shoulder and was attempting to set the record straight.

Yet, it was in the second season of "The Bear" that the character Sydney found herself engrossed in the very book I now hold in my hands. Early in the preseason, I'll often have a casual conversation with one of our players about his personal life. Der Kern seines Ansatzes ist es, als Anführer (leader klingt im englischen Buch bedeutend treffender) zwar die absolute Verantwortung für sein Team zu übernehmen, dabei aber so wenig wie möglich in das, was das Team tut einzugreifen. Once the schedules are in, we obtain a syllabus for each course so that we know when project due dates and midterm tests will occur.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Time Management At the first meeting, we pass out notebooks and pocket calendars containing a variety of logistical items. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The book moves into his time with Duke as the head coach and his relationship with Nc State’s Jimmy V.

If you are looking for a leadership book to read, pick up a dart and throw it at the board to choose as I find most books in this genre to be very similar. The basic principles he tries to teach each group include integrity, planning, remaining flexible in thinking and planning, always working to improve performance, and always thinking about what you are doing and how to do it better--the same principles that make a good leader or coach.

I really enjoyed how he talked about how he got his team ready for the four national championships he won.

Quite some time ago, I had skimmed the book, co-written by best-selling author on leadership Donald T. Much of the head coaching years covered in this book are about instilling values (Integrity, hard work, honesty) in the students who come to play for him and Duke.I might tell them that we're going to have a lot of fun this year, that we're going to grow as a team. They also give on the court and off the court advice to inspiring coaches or future players as well as current players or coaches who want advice. In addition to the players, the rest of the team is present, including: the trainer, the team physician, the managers, my administrative assistant, and our three assistant coaches. They just serve to separate the athlete from the rest of the student body and rob him of the opportunity to integrate with others.