A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Donnie Bostwick, head men's basketball coach at Oklahoma Wesleyan University — former assistant at John Brown University (2005 NAIA national champions), national championship-winning head coach at OKWU (2009, with a record 39 consecutive wins) and national finalist at Southwestern Assemblies of God University — hosted by Bruce Brown. Topics covered: his coaching journey, the sudden COVID-19 cancellation of the national tournament and protecting his team's joy, his "why" (faith, family, and two miscarriages that reordered his priorities), his abnormal path (his father's work ethic and his mother's faith), teaching meekness as power under control, taking fear out of play through pressure training and "aggressive mistakes," accountability and offensive rebounding dominance, the Greg Tonagel "fearless" story, mentors including David Griffin and Ken Hayes, what he'll never compromise on, his "Jesus culture," recommended books, advice for young coaches ("make the big time where you're at"), the story of Mikey, and his Spirit Led Coach ministry.
Coaches · Podcast
Don’t Let This Steal Your Joy
Donnie Bostwick, national champion men’s basketball coach at Oklahoma Wesleyan, on the hour after COVID cancelled the tournament, meekness as power under control, and coaching aggressive mistakes.
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