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Oct 15 2024

9 Things to Avoid as a New Coach

It’s very exciting to join a new program and start fresh.

Whether we’re a young coach or a wily veteran, head coach or assistant, there are still some important things to remember as we begin this new job.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Bad Coaching, coaching mistakes, Communication, Culture, dead right, New Coach, New Job, Program Building, Relationships, standards, Team Rules, Uncoachable

Jul 29 2024

Bay College Partners with Bechler Leadership for Softball Search

Bay College has hired Bechler Leadership to help find its’ next head softball coach. 

Bechler Leadership works with athletes and coaches to develop positive leaders, stronger cultures, and build better teams. The company was founded by Jamy Bechler in 2017.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Job Search, Leadership, News, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Athletic Director, bechler leadership, Coaching Search, Escanaba, Executive Search, Job Search, Juco, Junior College, Michigan, NCAA, NJCAA, Search Firm, Softball, Softball Coach, Softball Coaching, upper peninsula, Yooper

Jun 22 2024

Developing a Player-Led Team

The Hall of Fame basketball coach Tom Izzo likes to say, “A player-led team is always better than a coach-led team.” The best teams have athletes that step up and take a leadership role. The best teams have athletes that take ownership in the culture and are invested in the process. 

This doesn’t happen if the coach is a control freak, micro-manager, or the only voice in a program. The best teams have athletes who are leaders. The best teams have strong leadership. 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Coach K, Coaching, Culture, Educate, Empower, Encourage, Enhance, Equip, Example, Exemplify, Leadership, Player led team, role model, standards, Tom Izzo

Jun 22 2024

Southwest Baptist University Partners with Bechler Leadership for Swimming Search

Southwest Baptist University has hired Bechler Leadership to help find a head coach to begin the men’s and women’s swim programs.

Clark Sheehy is in his second year leading the Bearcat athletic department after a long and storied career as a men’s basketball coach at SBU, John Brown University, and Fresno Pacific University. 

Men’s and women’s swimming has been a Great Lakes Valley Conference sport since 2013. SBU will be the 12th men’s team and 11th women’s team in the conference.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Job Search, Leadership, News, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Athletic Director, bechler leadership, Clark Sheehy, Coaching Search, Executive Search, GLVC, Job Search, Missouri, NCAA, Search Firm, Southwest Baptist, Swim Coach, Swimming

Jun 22 2024

4 Mistakes Coaches Make With Team Captains

As a head coach, you can’t be the entire program. You need assistants and you need captains that can help you lead the program towards success.

Great team captains make your job easier as a coach. Everyone knows this, but having strong team leadership is not as simple as a well-meaning wish and a snap of the fingers. Most coaches know what kind of captain and leadership they want, but oftentimes it doesn’t play out that way.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: captains, Coaching, Developing Leaders, Expectations, Leadership, standards, Student Leaders, Team Captains, Team Leadership

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