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Nov 01 2022

Meeting with the Coach

“A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.” (Jackie Robinson)
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My senior research project was to examine whether John Wooden’s coaching style could work in the current landscape of college men’s basketball. I made appointments to meet six different head coaches at their office for a 30-minute interview.

Every coach gave me some great insights and I received an “A” on the project.

Other than Coach Wooden calling me on my dorm room phone (but that’s another story for another day), the thing that stands out to me the most about the project was one particular coach and how he treated me.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Be Kind, Coach wooden, College Basketball, Communications, Communications Major, Dan Peters, Head Coaches, Hiram College, Jackie Robinson, John Wooden, Kindness, men's basketball, Motivation, NCAA, Research Project, Significance, Value of a person, Youngstown, Youngstown State

Oct 19 2021

Bechler Speaking in Florida

The Manatee County Fellowship of Christian Athletes is pleased to announce that one of the nation’s top experts on leadership and teamwork will be speaking in Bradenton on Saturday, October 23rd.

The event will take place from 12:30-2:00pm at the Youth for Christ’s 180 House.

Jamy Bechler is the host of the “Success is a Choice” podcast and is a certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach. He has also written three books, including The Leadership Playbook. His fourth book, The Captain, is set to be released this Thanksgiving.

Saturday’s topic will be “Influencing Today’s Generation of Kids.”

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Be Kind, Coach wooden, College Basketball, Communications, Communications Major, Dan Peters, Head Coaches, Hiram College, Jackie Robinson, John Wooden, Kindness, men's basketball, Motivation, NCAA, Research Project, Significance, Value of a person, Youngstown, Youngstown State

Nov 20 2017

Episode 026: ESPN.com Fantasy Football Senior Editor Keith Lipscomb

Keith Lipscomb has been at ESPN.com for 20 years. He is currently the Senior Editor for Fantasy Football. He has served many roles through the years, including editor, writer, on-air talent and podcast host for the ESPN Fantasy editorial team. He works closely with the Fantasy Focus Football 06010 podcast that is hosted by Matthew Berry, Field Yates, and Stephania Bell. This podcast is regularly listed among Apple’s Top-100 most downloaded podcasts. Keith has been an editor for Sports Nation and one of ESPN’s NBA researchers. He writes an article every year prior to the NCAA Tournament that outlines all the information that you need to know for completing your March Madness brackets. He was a star baseball player and communications major at Hiram (OH) College prior to going into journalism full-time.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Being a Cleveland sports fan
  • The path to getting hired by ESPN
  • Best NCAA Tournament memories
  • How to succeed at a job for the long-term
  • What it is like to work with Matthew Berry, the top personality in all of fantasy sports

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: 06010, baseball, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavs, Communications, ESPN, ESPN.com, Fantasy Focus Football, Fantasy Football, Field Yates, Hiram College, Hiram Terriers, Itunes, Jamy Bechler, Joe thomas, Keith Lipscomb, March Madness, Matthew Berry, NCAA Tournament, Plain Dealer, Stephania Bell

Mar 20 2017

Episode 006: Fitness Trainer Scott Keppel

As an official Miss USA and Miss America Fitness Trainer, Scott Keppel knows a little something about the best way to motivate and achieve goals. He is the creator of Scott Fitness Systems. His training systems and accomplishments have been featured by media both nationally and internationally. He brings awareness to breast cancer with the annual Busting Butts to Save Breasts 5K Adventure Run/Walk and Bootcamp, held at the end of October each year.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Working with Miss USA and Miss America contestants
  • How he motivates clients of all types … not just pageant contestants
  • His wife’s battle with breast cancer
  • Going from getting bullied to a top fitness trainer
  • Background as a college football player

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: 5k run, Arizona, Beauty Queen, Breast Cancer, Cancer, cancer awareness, Fitness Trainer, Football player, google play, Hiram College, Hiram Terriers, Inspiration, Itunes, Miss America, Miss USA, Motivation, Pageant Queen, Podcast, Scott Keppel, soundcloud, stitcher, tunein

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