In my profession, I am fortunate to get to be around some great athletes, but I also spend a lot of time around coaches. I have a unique perspective as I have played for the best college baseball coach of all time, Skip Bertman at LSU, and I also currently work for the best college football coach of all time, Nick Saban at Alabama, as well as the entire Alabama athletic department. I don't know many people in my field or in the entire athletic circle who have actually had the experiences that I have had in being around the caliber of coach that I get to work with on a regular basis.

There are some common themes and trends among all of these great coaches that make them who they are. In this episode, I want to dive in to those themes and processes that these coaches have in place at each of these programs that allow them to not only achieve success, but to sustain it over long periods of time.