Facts About Coaching Greats: After 6 seasons, Bill Belichick’s head coaching record was 41-55. Cowboy’s coaching legend, Tom Landry, experienced his first winning season in year seven of his career. His winning percentage during that time was .311. John Wooden did not win his first national championship until year 17. He could never win the […]
What is the best time of year for a NFL franchise? Preseason Camp. What is the best time of year for a struggling baseball franchise? Spring Training. For most people, the start of the journey is the most exciting part. The goal is set and there is optimism. When the trials and tribulations occur (which […]
Being a parent is hard. Being a parent of a child involved in sports is even harder. Please understand that this newsletter is not intended to be cynical. As a parent myself, I am acutely aware how the love for our children can make us irrational and crazy. I am concerned. There is an epidemic […]
Almost everywhere you look sports teams, school districts, and business organizations are discussing the importance of culture. Before you read any further, please take one minute and write down your definition of culture… How did you do? If you performed the exercise my guess is you found this “simple” assignment fairly challenging. Attempting to describe […]
If you have ever played sports you’ve experienced a slump. In baseball, you can’t buy a hit. In basketball, you are not shooting the ball with the same confidence. When you find yourself in a slump you wonder if you will ever get another hit or make another shot. The experience is agonizing: you feel […]
I arrived to the Coca Cola facility at 5:45am. It was a warm, July morning in the summer of 2001. I was in my first few weeks as a sales representative for Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE). Every Tuesday morning, we had a sales force meeting at 6am; I arrived 15 minutes early ready to take […]
It was a hot and humid July day in the summer of 2012. After twice being turned down for the job in 2007 and 2009, I was offered and accepted the head baseball coaching position at Denison University. It was a super exciting time for myself and my family. On this particular July day, Lowrie […]
For the past year, every recruit and family that I sat across from, I deliver this unsettling message. “At some point, and maybe several points, during your collegiate experience you will consider transferring. There will be a time when you think you made the wrong choice.” Why do I believe they will want to transfer […]
I wish I could hit the reset button on a few things I did when I first became a head coach. Here are three mistakes I made. Mistake #1: I made assumptions. Denison was 30-45 the two years prior to our arrival. There was major instability in the leadership; I was the fourth head coach […]