Coach Forward Podcast

Episode Notes:

[6:45] Communicating as a player vs. as a coach
[8:47] Exit meetings w/ players and parents
[11:36] “Teams get destroyed at the dinner table”
[12:24] How Coach Giles formats exit meeting convos
[16:10] When he cut D1 level players to uphold the culture
[26:57] The doubts that crept in when deciding to make those cuts
[29:34] Using social media as a program
[30:35] When he accidentally leaked a player’s commitment
[36:21] Not being afraid to coach great players hard

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Josh Giles. Coach Giles is currently the head boys basketball coach for Centennial High School in  Corona, CA, where he has served the past 19 years.

In 2022, Coach Giles led Centennial to a 33-1 record and the #2 ranking nationally according to MaxPreps. He won the Coach of the Year award for the state of California AND nationally according to MaxPreps.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes.

His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

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Episode Notes:

[6:38] Tough conversations as a young coach
[9:45] Deconstructive criticism: Making observations that allow input from that player
[14:21] Assist Academy developing leadership and character at Sierra Canyon
[15:50] Yearly’s- What you need to learn each year as part of the program
[21:09] Gratitude letters
[23:53] The best leadership is peer-to-peer
[25:26] Using language to change the way players approach film, meetings, etc.
[28:35] Your “why” is not as important as your “how”
[32:39] Adapting while remaining authentic

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Alicia Komaki. Coach Dudley is currently the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles, California.

In 2022, Coach Komaki led Sierra Canyon to their fifth California State Championship and was named the National High School Coach of the Year by the WBCA. Overall she has 7 state championship rings, and 1 national championship on her coaching resume. 

She also became the area's first girls basketball program to three-peat as state champions.

A big part of what drives Coach Komaki’s on-court success is her passion for being authentic and adaptable as a coach.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes.

His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. 

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Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Tamika Dudley. Coach Dudley is currently the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC.

In just her third season at Sidwell Friends, she led the team to a 30-0 record winning the ISL, State, and National titles, which was the first time in the school history for the girls basketball program. The team finished as the #1 ranked team in the country according to ESPN and Max Preps, and Coach Dudley was named the 2022 Naismith Coach of the Year.

Dudley currently coaches 3 FIBA USA gold medalists and 4 players who are nationally ranked in ESPN’s top 25. Dudley also coached and led the school's first-ever National Gatorade player of the year and Naismith player of the year, Kiki Rice. Dudley also coaches her daughter who is the fourth ranked player in the class of 2024.

She has also coached grassroots basketball for the past 14 years. She is passionate about building a culture of hard work, team spirit, and striving for excellence. You won't want to miss this one!

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes.

His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. 

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

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In this episode, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Justin Roethlingshoefer. Justin is the Chief Performance Officer at OWN IT, a company dedicated to improving student-athlete mental and physical health through the use of biometric data and expert coaching.

Justin has spent the last 15+ years as a strength and performance coach in the NCAA, NHL, and Olympics, and runs a private strength and conditioning facility for professional hockey players. He is also the author of Amazon's best-selling book, “Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development.”

Justin is passionate about developing the human being as a whole and caring for the person before the player. During the conversation, he goes in-depth about real, practical things coaches can implement to put their athletes in a position to succeed both on and off the field.

Connect  with Justin:

• Find Justin on Twitter
• Find Justin on Linkedin
• Find Justin on Instagram

Learn more about OWN IT, a company dedicated to improving student-athlete mental and physical health through the use of biometric data and expert coaching.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)
Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Dave Turgeon.Coach Turgeon is the National Team Head Baseball Coach at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL.

Coach Turgeon played in the New York Yankees farm system from 1987-1990 under Stump Merrill and Buck Showalter after being drafted out of Davidson College and spent the next decade playing professionally.

From 2000-2002 Turgeon began managing in the Cleveland Indians organization before entering the college ranks where he coached with Boston College, the University of Connecticut, Duke University, and Virginia Tech.

He spent the next 11 years managing and being the Coordinator of Instruction for the Pittsburgh Pirates Organization.

Coach Turgeon is passionate about impacting the person first and then the player.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach EJ Barthel. E.J. Barthel, who competed on the gridiron for Rutgers and UMass, and spent the previous two seasons as a coaching assistant in the NFL for the Carolina Panthers has recently joined UConn football as the Running Backs Coach.

During his time in Carolina, Barthel assisted specifically with coaching the running backs and offensive line, while spending time in the pro personnel department. Prior to his time with the Panthers, Barthel served as the recruiting coordinator/running backs coach for William & Mary during the 2019 season and coached the running backs at Howard in 2018, and at Albany in 2017.

In 2016, Barthel was on staff at Penn State as the recruiting coordinator and came to State College from Temple, where he was the director of player personnel during the 2015 season.  Barthel comes to the Huskies as a proven recruiter, as he helped PSU sign the nation’s fifth-highest rated recruiting class.

Coach Barthel has a passion for giving back to the game in a way that is relevant and impactful to today’s athlete.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. 

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Deven Morgan. Deven is the Director of Youth Baseball and the Founder of the Driveline Academy.

Driveline Baseball is the premier data-driven baseball player development organization in the world. They train players through state-of-the-art motion capture assessments, physical therapy evaluations, and specialized assessment-retest based pitching, hitting and high performance coaching.

Deven is responsible for creating the Driveline Academy team program, which consisted of 108 players across 8 teams in their first year. The program retained 90% of our players in year one, and now has 220 players across 18 teams in year two.

Deven also created the Youth Baseball Development certification course in January of 2020 to broaden his, and his student’s approach to developing "Skills That Scale" in youth baseball, and to date has more than 1,800 members.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)
 
Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. 

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Jennifer Klein. Coach Klein recently concluded her fourth season as the head coach of the University of Michigan women's soccer program. Her fourth year at the helm of the Wolverines program proved to be one of the best in program history.

U-M won its first Big Ten Tournament title since 1999, and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals before falling in overtime to eventual national champion Florida State. Michigan concluded the season with a record of 18-4-3, tying the school record for wins in a season, and went 12-1-1 at home to match the best home record in school history. U-M finished the season ranked No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches poll.

In addition to her work at the collegiate level, Klein is also an assistant coach with the U.S. Soccer U19 women's national team. Klein also worked for four years as a coach with U.S. Soccer's LA Market Training Center, part of a national platform designed to improve player identification, player development, and coach development for the national team.

Klein boasts experience with the youth soccer ranks, having coached club teams and regional Olympic Development Program teams during her tenures at UNLV and Arizona. She received her National "A" License in the summer of 2011.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)
Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram. 

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Chris Parker. Chris Parker has served as a Head Football Coach and Athletic Director for many years.

Most recently, Coach Parker was the Head Football Coach at Chapel Hill High School in Douglasville, GA and Pickens High School in Jasper, GA. He took over both schools when they were struggling and turned them into winning programs. Teams at both schools set school records for wins, playoff appearances, and playoff victories.

Coach Parker currently acts as a consultant for Coaches and Athletic Directors through Parker Resources.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)
Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram.

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne. To see the MaxOne platform, schedule some time here.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Guigni, President & CEO of Beat the Streets New England, a Youth Wrestling Organization in Boston and Providence. Coach Guigni also serves as the Head Coach of Harvard Women's Wrestling Club.

Bior wrestled for one of the first collegiate women's teams in the nation on the inaugural Menlo College Women's Wrestling Team.

Using her experience as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Bior put trauma-informed coaching and training at the forefront of her organization and has developed a passion for sports-based youth development through wrestling.

Because of her creative programming, Bior was named a 2019 Social Innovator from the Social Innovation Forum. Her immersive program has opened doors for thousands of youth to learn through wrestling. Youth who otherwise would not have been given a fighting chance.

This is one of the most impactful episodes I've recorded to date and really enjoyed my time with Coach Bior Guigni.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram.

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review!