A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Josh Stewart, head boys' basketball coach and athletic director at Lodge Grass High School on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, hosted by Bruce Brown. This episode is told largely as Josh's own story: growing up in Lodge Grass — the Valley of the Chiefs — in a Crow-speaking family, idolizing Coach Gordon Real Bird and Elvis Old Bull, the warrior training and teachings of Chief Plenty Coups, being given the name Twice a Leader, coming to faith at 16, losing his little brother to suicide and turning grief into suicide-prevention service, coaching at Billings Skyview, returning home to coach Lodge Grass, the legacy meeting with past champions, "hero, hardship, and highlight," redefining hard work, "practice isn't over" chores and gratitude, building bridges with rival communities (Love for Lance, Coach Mark Bronger of Huntley Project), the fatherhood conversation, the 2022 state championship run with no timeouts ("their hardest day, our warm-up"), leaving the trophy outside the prayer huddle, and giving God the glory.
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Their Hardest Day, Our Warm-Up
Josh Stewart, head basketball coach at Lodge Grass on the Crow Reservation, tells his own story: Chief Plenty Coups, the name Twice a Leader, his brother’s suicide, and a state title with no timeouts.
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