My 9 Free Career Development Resources for Basketball Coaches
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Odell McCants is President of McCants Sports. A former NBA player-agent, Odell now helps college basketball coaches grow their network, make a career plan and maximize their influence.
The coronavirus has changed “normal” life as we knew it. However, this is a great time to work on YOU. With no games to coach, no practices to lead, no recruiting travel, have a plan for what you want to accomplish for your coaching career during this time. To support you with this, I have put together a list of my top content to help your your career growth and development during this unprecedented time.
The number one mistake I see on resumes, all resumes, not just coaches, is writing the resume as a job description. The reviewer of your resume knows what your position entails. He or she is looking for one thing – how can you make us better.
Relationships are the most important factor in landing a coaching job. We all know that (and I can help). But at some point in the process, someone is going to review your resume. And you won’t be in the room. Your resume must speak for you. It’s a living document. Work on it now! Don’t wait until you think you need it updated.
Get my Free Guide for 11 ways to make your coaching resume stand out.
Ron McKeefery is an internationally recognized leader in strength and conditioning coaching, having worked for several NFL, MLB and NCAA Division I teams. In this episode, Ron candidly shares the moment in his career when he realized, as a coach, how vulnerable he was to losing his job for things that had nothing to do with him. Facing a coaching staff change, Ron struggled with figuring out how would he continue his career, and more importantly, provide for his family. This led him to developing his personal brand that has helped establish him as an authority and create other income streams such as a book, speaking engagements and his podcast.
Have you thought about having your own podcast? With a podcast, you have your own coach’s show. Think about that. Regardless of where you are in your coaching career or the level of your program, you can create a platform to share your personal story, who you are and what you are about, with an audience of fans, recruits, parents, other coaches and even administrators.
Jerod Morris is co-host of The Assembly Call, a fan-based podcast on Indiana University basketball. Jarod is also a podcast consultant and the son of a former college football coach. So he has a unique understanding of podcasting as a platform for a brand and also how to leverage a basketball fan base to create a audience of loyal followers.
As a coach, you’re so focused helping others achieve their goals and maximize their abilities, that it’s easy to neglect your own. When Khadija Head stepped away from coaching, she developed business and branding skills that she has brought back to her coaching career. Learn from her story and how she is giving back to the coaching profession with her own Quarterly Coaching Career Journal.
We know recruiting is the lifeblood of every program. Regardless of your coaching ability, you need players to win. Who controls your recruiting process? You or your prospects? Dan Tudor takes a professional selling approach to controlling your recruiting process. Learn how to create a structured, disciplined approach to your recruiting that keeps you in control of the process.
As In part two with Dan Tudor, we discuss the campus visit phase of recruiting. What does your campus visit look like? How do you know if a visit is the next step your prospect is ready for? Dan shares how to make your campus visit stand out and leaves your prospects ready to commit.
A return podcast guest, my friend Kevin Sutton, Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Rhode Island, shares the professional and personal lessons he took away from an 8-24 season at Pitt, what a “WIN” means to him in his career and having a career plan that helps you spend your time strategically during a job search and pursue the right opportunities for you.
Odell McCants is President of McCants Sports. A former NBA player-agent, Odell now helps college basketball coaches grow their network, make a career plan and maximize their influence.