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Nov 09 2018

Will You Reach for the Summitt with Your Legacy?

photo credit: Patrick Murphy-Racey

(originally posted on June 28, 2016)

Today is a sad day not only in Tennessee, but across the nation.

I first wrote those words in April of 2012, when she left coaching at the too young age of 59 after a legendary and unprecedented career and I proclaimed that she was the best ever.

This morning we lost one of the greatest leaders as Pat Summitt her battle with Alzheimer’s type dementia.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports · Tagged: Alzheimer's Disease, Influence, John Wooden, Lady Vols, Legacy, National Championship, Pat Summitt, University of Tennessee, WNBA

Oct 05 2018

Culture Is A Choice

“Don’t tell them what you’re going to do – that’s vision.  Do what you’re going to do – that’s culture. Culture eats vision for lunch”.  (John C. Maxwell)

When I first heard this, I wrote it down and thought that it sounded good.  However, the more I thought about that statement the more I started to see the truth of it.

We need both a strong culture and a positive vision to reach our fullest potential.  If I have to choose, however, I will take a strong culture any day of the week over a clear vision.  Even the clearest vision may not be realized if the culture is poor and weighing you down.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Champions of Character, Chick-Fil-A, Culture, Google, Greg Tonagel, I Am Third, Indiana Wesleyan, IWU, John Maxwell, NAIA, National Championship, Southwest Airlines, Vision

Jun 30 2018

Episode 077: Hall of Fame Softball Coach Sue Enquist

Sue Enquist is UCLA Softball’s first All-American, National Champion, and Hall of Famer. In 2006, Enquist concluded her storied 27-year career as head coach of the UCLA Bruins with a 887-175-1 (.835) record, making her the winningest softball coach among all active coaches. She is the only person in NCAA Softball history to win a championship as a head coach and a player. During her career, Enquist produced 65 All-Americans and 15 Olympians. She has been inducted into six Hall of Fames including UCLA, Women’s Sport Foundation, USA Softball Hall of Fame, and National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Enquist is also the recipient of multiple National Coach of the Year and Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors. She grew up in San Clemente, California, and is a former professional surfer. Today she lives in San Clemente, California, where she surfs daily and enjoys spending time with her family.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How she was able to be so successful as a coach
  • What she would do differently if she was still coaching today
  • Her friendship with legendary basketball coach John Wooden

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: All-American, Betsy Butterick, Billy Graham, Celia Slater, Coaching, Communication, John Wooden, Kevin Harrington, Listening, National Championship, Softball, Sue Enquist, Surfing, UCLA, Wizard of Westwood

Jan 09 2015

Opportunity Knocks

(originally published on January 9, 2015)

The Oregon Ducks and the Ohio State Buckeyes will battle Monday night in the first-ever College Football Playoffs Championship Game. Both teams have glaring examples of people who took advantage of opportunities presented to them and didn’t quit or become disruptive to their teams. I will come back to these Bucks and Ducks in a moment.

As a long-time coach and now an athletic director, it pains me every time that I see a student-athlete get disgruntled over playing time or their role on the team. In nearly every case, the player quits. Oh, they might not quit the team and they might not even make a visible show but slowly and surely they cash out mentally. Instead of seeing the opportunity in every challenge, as Winston Churchill used to say, they see the difficulty in every opportunity. Unfortunately instead of persevering, they make excuses and take on a victim-mentality.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Braxton Miller, Cardale Jones, Football, Heisman Trophy, J.T. Barrett, Marcus Mariota, National Championship, Ohio State University, Thomas Edison, University of Oregon

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