Brandon Hall Coaches Corner Podcast

Coach Drilling and Coach Long recap a year of the podcast and discuss reflection as a coaching tool. The coaches discuss the one “do-over” of their coaching careers. Finally, Minute Madness focuses on the coaches’ favorite summer memories.

Coach Drilling and Coach Long welcome Terrell Barkley, athletic director, boys and girls basketball/tennis coach at Oak Mountain Academy. The trio discusses how to navigate students playing multiple sports, the resources involved in maintaining a variety of sports, and the constant communication involved.

Coach Drilling and Coach Long discuss the challenges of playing high school sports during the pandemic. Listen for the Tom Brady talk and a new edition of Minute Madness.

Coach Drilling and Coach Long discuss the challenges and rewards of maintaining the standards of a program and how to keep the processes the same even when the results are not showing on the scoreboard. Coach Long discusses the current Brandon Hall varsity boys basketball season. The discussion turns to how to deal with stronger competition and how it helps the overall program. In this episode’s Minute Madness, the coaches speak about their favorite Christmas movies, songs, and traditions.

Coach Drilling and Coach Long welcome Kevin Huitt, teacher and coach at Brandon Hall, to talk about what they believe to be the most important aspect of being a head coach. The coaches swap stories and work to help aspiring head coaches. This episode features a discussion about consistency, empathy, and communication. The coaches bring back Minute Madness in order to talk about their first sporting event memory.

Coach Drilling and Coach Long speak to The Skill Factory’s Josh Burr and Rob Johnson about the partnership with Brandon Hall. The conversation focuses on how The Skill Factory has worked to build a domestic basketball academy and how the partnership with Brandon Hall will build the program on the next level. Listen to the end for Minute Mania!

Coach Drilling and Coach Long talk culture through the lens of leadership books. In this episode, hear the coaches discuss Attitude by Jay Wright and The Energy Bus by John Gordon.

Coach Drilling, Coach Long, and special guest Coach Gaylor talk leadership.

Coaches Drilling and Long converse about teaching athletes about respect, communication, and humility.

Coaches Drilling and Long focus their conversations on the structure of their programs.