A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Dean Lockwood, Associate Head Women's Basketball Coach at Michigan State University, with about 37 years of college coaching, including 15 years as an assistant at the University of Tennessee under Coach Pat Summitt (national championships in 2007 and 2008), hosted by Bruce Brown. Topics covered: why he got into coaching, mentors, the realities of being a college assistant coach, what made his college coach special (telling the truth), Pat Summitt's greatest strengths (communication and connection, passion, purpose and humility), the best teams he's been part of, turning points and growth through adversity, reversing the interview to check for alignment of values, the biggest changes in athletics, advice for young coaches (lifelong learning, authenticity, treating people well, learning how to teach), and recommended books.
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I’ll Never Tell You What You Want to Hear
Dean Lockwood, associate head women’s basketball coach at Michigan State and 15 years with Pat Summitt, on the coach who promised him the truth, and reversing the interview to check for alignment.
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