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First I Had to Get Over My Own Ego

Michelle Sabourin, head cheer and stunt coach at Alma College, on building a program from nothing, defining passion, unity and tenacity in action, and redefining success before the wins arrived.

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A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Michelle Sabourin, head cheerleading and stunt coach at Alma College, hosted by Lori Thomas. Topics covered: building a brand-new collegiate cheer program from scratch, discovering Proactive Coaching and bringing Rob Miller to campus, establishing the core covenants of passion, unity, and tenacity, defining covenants in action across practice, the classroom, and the community, redefining success for a young program, and advice for new coaches.

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Introduction

Lori: Welcome to another Proactive Coaching podcast. This is Lori Thomas, and I am a presenter for Proactive Coaching, and I am so glad to be here with all of you. I am excited to be here with Michelle Sabourin. She is in her sixth season as head cheerleading and stunt coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. And first, before we get started, I did look you up, and congratulations on being named USA Cheer Stunt Coach of the Year back in 2014.

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