Jamy Bechler

Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.

Brother’s Keeper

“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their work. If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10)
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Basketball was everything to me. It was my favorite sport. When I was in 7th grade, I was riding the bus home after school. My brother, who was three years younger than me was acting up quite a bit on the bus that particular day.

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What Frustrates Coaches Most During a Search?

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Not every candidate is going to enjoy the outcome of a coaching search.

Someone is going to get the job. Most people will not.

There will be difficult decisions, delays, HR requirements, committee schedules, reference checks, and circumstances that athletic directors cannot completely control.

So the goal of a good search process cannot be to make every candidate happy.

But it should be to avoid unnecessarily frustrating good candidates along the way.

As part of our 2026 College Coaching Job Search Study, we asked coaches an open-ended question:

“What frustrates you the most when you go through a search?”

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Making Your Bed

“If you want to change the world, then start by making your bed.” (Admiral William H. McRaven)

I woke up this morning running late and the last thing I wanted to do was take 30-seconds to make my bed.

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Maybe you’ve been right there with me struggling between listening to that pesky little bed-making devil on one shoulder and that cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness angel on the other shoulder.

After all, that bed is just going to get messed up again that night, anyway, who will ever see it?

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How Smaller Colleges Can Land Great Coaches

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One of the realities of hiring coaches at a smaller college is that you are not always competing on equal financial footing.

Another institution may offer a higher salary.

They may have better facilities.

More scholarship resources.

A larger staff.

A bigger recruiting budget.

For athletic directors, it can be easy to look at those differences and assume there is not much you can do.

Our 2026 College Coaching Job Search Study suggests otherwise.

We asked more than 300 college coaches:

“What can a smaller college with limited financial resources do to make an opportunity more attractive?”

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9 Barriers Coaches Face When Communicating

Communication is perhaps the most important skill you can possess. It can make or break your relationships, friendships, and partnerships — and it’s the difference between your team reaching their potential or not.

Billionaire businessman Richard Branson says “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.”

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