738: How Great Coaches Build Belief: Lessons from Mountain West Coach of the Year Jason Eck, Head Football Coach, University of New Mexico Lobos

About this episode

Dr. Cindra Kamphoff interviews Coach Jason Eck about building belief and culture in a high-performing football team.

In this episode of The High Performance Mindset, Dr. Cindra Kamphoff sits down with University of New Mexico Head Football Coach Jason Eck to explore what it truly takes to build belief inside a team. In his first season leading the Lobos, Coach Eck engineered one of the most remarkable turnarounds in college football—leading the program to nine wins, a bowl game appearance, and Mountain West Coach of the Year honors after being projected near the bottom of the conference. But behind the wins is something deeper. Coach Eck shares how leadership, culture, and mindset shape the foundation of a high-performing team. Drawing from more than two decades of coaching experience across Division II, FCS, and FBS football—including championship runs at Minnesota State and South Dakota State—he explains how leaders create environments where confidence grows and teams outperform expectations. Throughout the conversation, Eck discusses how belief is rebuilt in struggling programs, how players develop mental toughness for high-pressure moments, and why culture must become player-driven rather than coach-driven for lasting success. This episode is a powerful reminder that confidence and culture…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Cindra Kamphoff

Guest: Jason Eck

Topics covered

• coaching
• team belief
• leadership
• culture
• mental toughness
• high performance

Keywords

• coaching
• belief
• leadership
• culture
• mental toughness
• high performance
• team dynamics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of New Mexico Lobos, Mountain West, Minnesota State, South Dakota State

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