Ep 3: Clif Carroll on Leading with Authenticity | The Highest Level Podcast with Evan Burk

Clif Carroll is in his first season as the Head Coach for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Men's basketball team, after having previously served as the head coach at McMurry University and Sul Ross University, and had the unique privilege to spend his early career working and learning under two Hall of Fame coaches, Steve Green at South Plains College and Bobby Knight at Texas Tech.

In this interview, Evan Burk speaks with Clif on how Coach Bobby Knight's 3x5 index card influenced his approach to coaching, the way his recruiting philosophy changed after having kids, and how he uses the lessons of Texas BBQ restaurants to lead his players and his coaching staff.

00:15 | Learning from working under Bobby Knight at Texas Tech
03:15 | What stood out about Coach Knight's leadership?
4:30 | The simplicity of Bobby Knight's system
6:45 | The best usually master the simple things that lead to success
7:30 | Coach Leach at Texas Tech and Learning the Air Raid Offense
9:00 | Other sources of inspiration + Learning he uses in his coaching + Leadership?
10:45 | "Great coaches can coach anything "
12:30 | Chris Beard as a young assistant at Texas
16:00 | Using Authenticity in his coaching
20:15 | How social media has changed players
21:39 | "Part of being authentic and knowing who you are is knowing your weaknesses"
24:38 | Social Media changing the way coaches need to approach players
26:45 | The "Generation of Celebrity"
28:30 | Chris Beard at Texas Tech making the program bigger than everyone else
29:00 | Coaches now have to really coach up Loyalty, Community, interaction between the kids
29:30 | Society pushing kids to being individuals vs. being comfortable being a part of a team.
31:30 | Finding intangible traits in the players in recruiting
33:30 | "Why do you have success?"
34:45 | Finding Intangibles + "Circling up the Player"
35:20 | "Putting together a program is all about gathering information"
37:00 | How having kids changed his coaching and recruiting philosophies
38:30 | "I have been really looking for players that are high achievers"
39:15 | Sul Ross and his mentality taking that job.
52:30 | Mentality taking over the UMHB Program
58:45 | The Early Success putting his culture in place at UMHB
1:02:00 | Expanding his player's horizons with Country Music

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