2020-21 Medaille Coaching Journals
Since 2013 I've kept coaching journals here on this blog. I will be continuing that for the upcoming school year with the Medaille men's and women's teams.
Expand your cultural awareness
Lack of cultural awareness and sensitivity is risky, as a member of the volleyball community recently found out. Best not to be in that kind of situation.
Biases in coach hiring
All kinds of biases and discriminatory factors can influence hiring decisions. Not all of them are negative, but they do require fairness and honesty.
Shuffling off to Buffalo
I've accepted an offer to take over the men's and women's volleyball teams at Medaille College, an NCAA Division III school in Buffalo, NY.
NCAA tournament format ideas
Texas coach Jerritt Elliott has an idea for improving the NCAA Tournament. I've got some opinions on it, and I'd love to hear yours.
Key coaching capabilities
Here's a list of coaching qualities we should be looking to develop and expand upon if we want to be the best coaches we can be.
Props from Canada
A pair of coaches from Nova Scotia did a conversation about coaching resources they like. One of them is this blog, and especially the Conversations series.
Looking at competitiveness across the NCAA divisions
In this post I look at the statistical comparison of conferences (and teams) across all three NCAA volleyball divisions as I think about categorizations
Coaching development focal points
A study of coaches out of Norway provides some interesting observations about where coaches focus their development and how they improve themselves.