This week on the Way of Champions Podcast, we welcome Bill Kerig, founder and CEO of GreatCoach.com. Bill Kerig was a collegiate ice hockey player as well as a professional skier. In addition to Great Coach, he founded the sports fundraising platform RallyMe and was the COO of the extreme sports portal LevelRed as well as the medical informatics platform HealthRight. He has produced network television at two Olympics and commentated the ESPN X Games. He has written, produced and directed feature films and documentaries and written three books. He currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he coaches multiple ice hockey teams every season.   You can find him on Twitter @billkerig or email him at [email protected]   Highlights from the Podcast:

• How Bill originally built the platform of “RallyMe” to raise money for sports participation
• Bill shares a pivotal moment for him at a young student-athlete’s funeral
• Have you ever googled your kid’s coach?
• How to message an athlete and be in compliance with Safe Sport?
• What does compliance mean in a post-pandemic world?
• How do we keep kids safe upon return to play?
• Bill explains why he believes this is such an important topic

  Resources Mentioned

• GreatCoach.com
• Sports Fundraising Platform 

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