Hosted by Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 328 episodes
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Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey hosts The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life, a sports show with 328 episodes published.
Our great coach on this episode is Mike Dunlap Mike is a basketball coach who has led teams in US Colleges, the NBA and in Australia. He was also an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks when then they defeated the Pho
Our great coach on this episode is Kath Tetley. Kath is a Netball coach. She started her career as the first paid employee of Netball New South Wales in 1998 when the Commonwealth Bank Trophy began. She then progressed t
This episode is a recording of our book club. The book we discuss is Sum It Up by Pat Summitt Pat was an American basketball player who won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics and then transitioned into coaching l
Our great coach on this episode is the Rugby Union coach John Mitchell. John retired as a player in 1995 and moved into coaching straight away as a a technical adviser/forwards with the Irish National team. In 2000
Our Great Coach on this episode is Handball coach Staffan Olsson. Staffan played 357 times for the Swedish national team and won a silver medal three times at the Olympic Games. In 2005 he transitioned into coaching
Joe Montemurro is a Football, or as it is called in some places, Soccer coach. Joe started coaching in his late 20’s in the early 2000’s in Australia. He progressed steadily through state league teams before achieving hi
Our great coach on this episode is Jeroen Delmee. Jeroen is a field hockey coach who first represented his country in 1994. He retired in 2008 with 401 International caps and a 2 time Olympic champion. He then transition
Todays episode is On Game Day and to explore the topic I am joined by Eamon Devlin. Eamon is the founder of Minute9, a consultancy that works with some of the world’s elite teams and coaches in helping them improve their
Todays episode is On Game Day and to explore the topic I am joined by Eamon Devlin. Eamon is the founder of Minute9, a consultancy that works with some of the world’s elite teams and coaches in helping them improve their
Our great coach on this episode is Mike Cron. Mike Cron was a coach with the New Zealand All Blacks for 2017 Games. This includes a stretch where they won 2 Rugby World Cups. He was also part of the team that led the NZ
This episode is a recording of our book club. The book we discuss is World’s Best by Ric Charlesworth, the iconic Australian Field Hockey Coach Ric Charlesworth. Ric led both the Australian and Men's Hockey teams to Worl
Our great coach on this episode is Bob Shillinglaw. Bob is an American Lacrosse coach. Bob spent 42 years as a college coach, 39 of them leading the University of Delaware Mens Lacrosse team . He has coached 654 games, m
Todays episode is on the topic of Burnout and I am joined for the discussion by Dr Gavin Weeks. Gavin is a Doctor of Psychology and Associate Fellow at Oxford Sayyid Business School and director of innovation and develop
Our great coach on this episode is Eddie O’Sullivan Eddie played Rugby at provincial level in Ireland and started coaching after becoming a PE teacher. He would go on to coach Rugby for 35 years and counting across the U
Our great coach on this episode is John Aloisi John Aloisi is a former Australian professional soccer player and now head coach. He enjoyed a 20-year career across top leagues in Europe and Australia, becoming the first
Our great coach on this episode is Samantha Bird. Sam is a Netball Coach. As a player she represented England but retired at 24 after a knee injury. She then carved out a long career as a lawyer working with the London M
Mickey Arthur is a cricket coach. Mickey has coached 4 of the 12 test cricket playing nations in the world. South Africa, Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Key highlights from his career include leading the South Africa
Todays podcast is on the topic of Connection. And to explore the topic and the impact it can have on team performance I am going to use audio from 10 of the 214 Great Coaches we have interviewed on the podcast. Their voi
Our great coach on this episode is Anders Tortensson. However this is not just a story about Anders, its also about the triumph of his team Mjallby in winning the Swedish top tier football competition in 2025. Mjallby is
Todays episode is On Leadership and I am joined for the discussion by 2 great coaches. The first is Mike Dunlap. Mike is a basketball coach who has led teams in US Colleges, the NBA and in Australia. He was also an assis
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The Great Coaches: Leadership & Life is hosted by Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey. The show is categorised under sports (business) and has published 328 episodes.
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