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  SPEAKER_02: Welcome into this special series of a quick timeout podcast,
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  SPEAKER_02: The Next Move,
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  SPEAKER_02: presented by CoachPortal.com,
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  SPEAKER_02: platform built by coaches for coaches,
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  designed to simplify the job search process and provide coaches
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  at all levels the
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  SPEAKER_02: job opportunities they deserve.
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  SPEAKER_02: I'm Coach Tony Miller,
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  and today we're talking a topic that's crucial for building a
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  successful program
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  SPEAKER_02: and advancing your career,
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  SPEAKER_02: crafting a coaching resume that commands attention.
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  SPEAKER_02: We all know that X's and O's are important,
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  SPEAKER_02: but your resume is the first impression,
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  SPEAKER_02: your chance to showcase your philosophy,
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  SPEAKER_02: your achievements,
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  SPEAKER_02: and your ability to develop players and build a winning culture.
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  Today,
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  we are fortunate to have a veteran in the coaching ranks to
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  talk with.
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  Please welcome Coach Andrew Wingream,
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  head coach for the new College Banyans.
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  SPEAKER_02: Coach, it's great to have you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I appreciate you having me on.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's been a while since we've been on the podcast here together,
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  SPEAKER_00: but super excited to see you again and join you.
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  SPEAKER_02: You've had the chance now to be on both sides of this.
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  SPEAKER_02: You've been a head coach applying and interviewing for jobs,
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  and you've been the coach reviewing the applications and
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  interviewing possible candidates.
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  What do you feel like are some of the most frequent missteps
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  that you see coaches
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  SPEAKER_02: make on their resumes that really prevent them from standing out?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah,
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's really interesting when you,
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  SPEAKER_00: like you said,
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  SPEAKER_00: you get on the other side of it,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where the last two years I've had to make hires for assistant coaches.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so you don't realize it.
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  Like when I was an assistant coach and I'm applying for jobs
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  and I'm trying to get elsewhere,
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  SPEAKER_00: trying to get a head coaching job,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: I had a different perspective,
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  SPEAKER_00: but seeing it from this side of it,
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  SPEAKER_00: I've really been paying attention to the things that jump out to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like the things that are most important.
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  SPEAKER_00: One thing that I've seen a lot of a lot of young coaches,
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  SPEAKER_00: especially these guys looking for GAs,
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  assistant coach positions that they're trying to get is they
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  put a lot of generic
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  SPEAKER_00: stuff in there.
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  SPEAKER_00: These buzzwords.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have a great culture.
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  SPEAKER_00: Culture is important to me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I recruited an all-conference player.
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  And there's just a lot of stats,
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  a lot of things that you can't really measure.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it's generic, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't jump off the page.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't look like they put a lot of work into it.
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  SPEAKER_00: There might be some formatting errors,
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  SPEAKER_00: just some different basic things that don't really take much work.
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  But I know from a head coach's perspective,
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  when I'm looking at that stuff,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm looking for something different.
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  Like the first things I'm reading,
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  the way that they present it,
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  the things that jump out to me.
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  If I don't see that within the first 10 to 15 seconds that I'm
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  looking at a resume,
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  SPEAKER_00: I usually never look at it again.
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  So I think some really simple things that can help people as
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  they're looking for jobs.
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  How important is it for coaches to tailor the resume towards
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  that specific program
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  SPEAKER_00: and the needs that school has?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I think it's really important.
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  SPEAKER_00: I mean,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: for someone like me who does put a lot of emphasis on culture,
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  SPEAKER_00: what we do every single day matters.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so a lot of guys will,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: come in and there's a there's a big focus on their resume about
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey,
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  SPEAKER_00: developing players,
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  SPEAKER_00: or I did a lot of winning at the,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: this level,
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  SPEAKER_00: like,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  SPEAKER_00: that's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, I love that we want to win too.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we want to develop our players.
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  But if they're missing the mission and the vision of what I'm
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  trying to communicate
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  SPEAKER_00: as a coach to my players,
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  SPEAKER_00: you and I both know that it's not necessarily what we,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: what we do,
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  SPEAKER_00: but it's how we do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think the things that we,
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  SPEAKER_00: the way we talk in our program,
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  SPEAKER_00: the language we use,
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  SPEAKER_00: those core values that we live by every day.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I don't see that stuff or something that's pertaining to it,
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  it's kind of a red flag to me that this person's just kind of
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  throwing a bunch of
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  SPEAKER_00: resumes out there.
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  SPEAKER_00: They might just be mass emailing,
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  SPEAKER_00: copy and paste,
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  SPEAKER_00: and they're not really putting a lot of thought or effort into it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when I see a resume that comes in,
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  that has you know our core values right in our program we talk
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  every day about love
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  serve compete how we love people how we serve people and how we
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  compete on and off
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  the floor and not saying i need to see those three words but i
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  want to see somebody
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  who you know that's important to them the way that we treat
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  people off the floor
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  the way that we're going to impact people's lives outside of
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  basketball and if i
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  see that okay they know our program they know my heart behind
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  what i'm trying to do
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  SPEAKER_00: and they put that in their resume,
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  SPEAKER_00: it at least locks me in and it keeps me going to say,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  SPEAKER_00: this person gets it and I'm going to put this to the side for later.
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  SPEAKER_00: They kind of make it to that next round per se.
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  SPEAKER_02: Just articulating that,
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  SPEAKER_02: either something maybe that you've done or maybe even that you've seen,
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  is there a better way or a clearer way to do that without just
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  using buzzwords,
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  SPEAKER_02: like you said,
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  SPEAKER_02: culture and those other words?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think even we have to kind of go another step because I think resumes,
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  SPEAKER_00: they don't contain everything that we need them to contain,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  And I think that a resume in itself,
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  I've seen some resumes come in where they're too much.
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  SPEAKER_00: They got pictures and artwork and all this crazy stuff on them.
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  And you can tell people are trying and they're really trying to
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  stand out.
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  SPEAKER_00: This idea of having even a coaching portfolio,
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  you can really market that and you can really brand portfolio
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  and you can put a
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  SPEAKER_00: resume inside of that.
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  So you can keep your resume a little more basic and contain
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  some of those keywords.
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  SPEAKER_00: But then you go to that next step of a portfolio.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think for me...
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  seeing okay if leadership is really important in my culture and
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  i want to develop
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  leaders i want guys to take that to the next level show me some
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  frameworks show me
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  some curriculum that you've used in the past kind of show me
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  how you work through
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  SPEAKER_00: that right not just saying hey i love leadership and i love culture but
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's how we develop leaders.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I used this framework in my program.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we saw kids grow in their academics.
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  SPEAKER_00: We saw them grow in their leadership.
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  SPEAKER_00: We saw our win totals grow.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so now you have quantifiable numbers.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have measurable numbers that,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  the things that they do off the court with leadership and
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  culture are directly
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  SPEAKER_00: translating to the classroom and retention and wins on the floor,
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  SPEAKER_00: whatever it might be.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think in a portfolio setting, you can really go deeper.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can share pages and pages of stuff in a portfolio where a resume,
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  we're just getting those quick hitters enough to basically draw
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  the attention and
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  SPEAKER_00: keep you looking.
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  SPEAKER_02: We do this for players.
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  SPEAKER_02: I don't necessarily know if coaches think about this.
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  SPEAKER_02: I know from the standpoint they do when somebody asks them,
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  SPEAKER_02: give me a reference,
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  SPEAKER_02: like somebody that you've worked for before.
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  We all think I'm just going to ask the guy who's going to give
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  me the best reference.
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  SPEAKER_02: In this regard to showcasing my talents and the things that I've done,
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  what are some things that maybe coaches should be thinking
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  about if I pass on a
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  SPEAKER_02: name to somebody?
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  SPEAKER_02: What should I be doing, thinking?
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  Who should I be thinking about in regards to giving that
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  person's name to you so
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  SPEAKER_02: that that person can highlight the things that I'm doing?
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  SPEAKER_00: Your network is so important.
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  SPEAKER_00: The people that you surround yourself with,
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  SPEAKER_00: obviously in your network,
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  SPEAKER_00: you're going to have like-minded people.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're going to have people who you know are on the same page as you.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're going to be trying to develop their culture the same way as you.
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  And so I think if you're trying to help somebody get a job or
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  if you're trying to
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  SPEAKER_00: go through another connection to go work for somebody else,
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  I think you just have to really do your homework and you have
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  to understand,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  SPEAKER_00: what is this person about?
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  SPEAKER_00: are they all about wins and losses, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because there's a lot of coaches who that's all they care about.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like, will you go recruit nonstop?
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  SPEAKER_00: Will you be on the road nonstop?
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you care if you see your family at all?
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  If you're willing to do that,
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  then okay,
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  maybe you can go seek a job out with that person.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if family is really important to you,
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  and you don't want to spend every single day and every single
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  weekend on the road recruiting,
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  SPEAKER_00: and you want to be able to build relationships with your players that are
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  SPEAKER_00: transformational and not just transactional,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  I think you have to make sure you're very aware of what that
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  connection is and make
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  SPEAKER_00: sure that,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  if you're going to try and use somebody to get a job or go
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  through somebody to get
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  SPEAKER_00: a job that you're,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: you're not just going through the motions,
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  SPEAKER_00: but you really know what you're getting yourself into.
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  We started on the path of networking and talking a little bit
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  about that aspect of it.
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  SPEAKER_02: And maybe that's part of what this answer is.
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  There's a lot of younger coaches that are listening to this and
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  they're thinking
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  SPEAKER_02: about moving up the ranks,
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  SPEAKER_02: my next step,
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  some proactive steps that you have taken even your own journey
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  and that you've seen
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  SPEAKER_02: others take that they can do now early on.
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  SPEAKER_02: Maybe it is right about to get that first job,
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  SPEAKER_02: but things that they should be thinking about to build out that resume.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: First and foremost, people are important, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: People are what truly matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I guess I'm just going from personal experience here.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when I was in college, I worked a lot of basketball camps.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, I wanted to do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I thought it was going to be fun and a great summer job.
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  SPEAKER_00: But through those camps, I got to meet a lot of people.
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  SPEAKER_00: I got to meet a lot of coaches,
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  SPEAKER_00: a lot of players,
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  SPEAKER_00: a lot of college coaches,
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  SPEAKER_00: high school coaches,
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  SPEAKER_00: whatever it was.
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  And as a young college student,
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  it really started helping me get connected to people.
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  SPEAKER_00: When I started realizing that relationships matter,
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  SPEAKER_00: you actually have to invest in relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: It can't just be, what can you give to me?
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  SPEAKER_00: You got to really pour into people and care about them as people,
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  SPEAKER_00: their families,
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  SPEAKER_00: ask questions of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Doing things like that early on matters.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I think any coach who's
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  SPEAKER_00: whether you're a player right now or you're a GA trying to move up,
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  SPEAKER_00: just find those opportunities to get into basketball camps,
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  SPEAKER_00: go work with people.
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  The final four events,
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  I know we just had it,
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  but for me,
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  I'm a Christian.
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  And so I really wanted to gravitate towards people who were
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  like-minded with that
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  SPEAKER_00: philosophy and that type of mindset.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so I went to a lot of
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  SPEAKER_00: FCA nations of coaches,
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  SPEAKER_00: different events like that,
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  where college coaches who thought the same way as I did and had
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  for the most part,
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  SPEAKER_00: the same values as I did.
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  I got to just rub shoulders with them,
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  have dinner with them,
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  eat at tables with them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just over time, those relationships grow.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to make sure that that's the priority is the relationship,
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  SPEAKER_00: not what can this person do for me,
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  SPEAKER_00: but,
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  SPEAKER_00: I genuinely just want to,
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  I want to learn from you and I want to grow with you and I want
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  to help you any way
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  SPEAKER_00: I can.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  that's something that a lot of coaches miss because we're so
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  focused on the outcome
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  SPEAKER_00: that we forget the process and the relationships that,
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  SPEAKER_00: that gets you to where you need to be.
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  SPEAKER_02: Awesome stuff.
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  SPEAKER_02: Coach, ton of practical tips.
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  SPEAKER_02: Appreciate you making some time for us today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Appreciate you having me.
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  SPEAKER_01: We'll talk to you again next time on a quick timeout.