About this episode

Coach Kurt Hines discusses the importance of building programs on people rather than schemes, sharing insights from his coaching career.

Coach Kurt Hines has spent 29 years on the sideline and 32 in the classroom. He has been a head coach in New Hampshire and at Coronado in California. He has been hired and he has been fired. Through all of it, he has settled on one belief that drives everything: programs are built on people, not schemes. In this conversation, Coach Hines walks Kyle and Matt through how he hires assistant coaches (no resume, no football talk in the first interview), why his early failures with delegation made him a better head coach, and a turbulent flight to Mississippi that changed how he leads when he is not in the building. He shares the discipline story from his first year at Coronado that tested everything he believed about being a man of his word, the viral video that put his program on national news, and what he has learned in the months since being let go after his most recent season. This one is for coaches who care more about the long game than the next win. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.boarddrill.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyle Bradburn, Matt Dixon

Guest: Kurt Hines

Topics covered

• coaching philosophy
• leadership
• team building
• delegation
• personal growth
• sports management

Keywords

• coaching
• assistant coaches
• leadership
• delegation
• sports
• team dynamics
• personal development

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New Hampshire, California, Mississippi

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