...of Two Coaches Coach Bobby Knight and Coach Mike Krzyzewski are perhaps two of the best effective college basketball instructors in the United Sates. Nonetheless, their management types may perhaps not be beyond diverse. The question asked is, if it is beneficial to be loved or to be feared. Both of these coaches contained within these leadership viewpoints and involved the next significant theories: • Effective leaders recognize their specific expectations about human character. • By what method you manage (leadership style) is subjective to who you are (self-awareness) and the requirements of the position (situational awareness). Increasing your self- perception, ability to adapt, and situational awareness your leadership type amplifies your general array of efficiency as a lead. Bobby Knight, otherwise recognized as "The General," is the person in charge to coach the basketball team from Texas Tech University. He is a heated, aggressive individual who leads throughout intimidation and discipline, which several commentators say goes too far with his discipline. Knight was dismissed after a lengthy profession for the Indiana University because he griped an apprentice, and before that, he was recorded holding one of his team members by the collar. Afterwards, the disreputable occurrence in a match happened when Coach Knight threw a foldaway chair crossway the courtyard to object an arbitrator's decision. Mike Krzyzewski, better identified as Coach K, manages the gentlemen's...
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...Developmentally disabled Job Coach Thelma Robinson BUS/303Human Resource Management Mary Wright August 10, 2015 Developmentally disabled job Coach A developmentally disabled job coach is a very rewarding career for someone who enjoys helping others. A job coach is a trained specialist that applies techniques to assist their audience with skills they need to perform job related task. The job coach is also responsible for providing the client with necessary skills to become an acceptable employee. I like to think of the job coach as an extension of the clients learning power. The position as job coach requires a variety of responsibilities. The first responsibility is to work closely with individual/s that has some type of disability. The job coach must then assess the individual to determine what degree of assistance is required. Once the coach has completed the assessment of the individuals he or she must then teach them the basic skills of obtaining employment. The clients must learn work related rules and expectable social behavior. The job coach is required to provide assistance with obtaining...
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...baseball is something many retired baseball players choose to use as a career path. Playing the game will end one day ,but you can always coach and be apart of baseball for however long you want. Being able to coach and give kids the knowledge of the game that you gain over the years would be great, to help kids play the game the proper way is something every athlete should love doing everyday. There are over 1,600 division I baseball programs in the United States and well over 50,000 baseball coaches ( College...
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...For my career development research project I decided to shadow Candice Jackson (College of Charleston Women’s Basketball Head Coach), Amanda Taylor (Athletic Trainer for Women’s Basketball at the College of Charleston), and Marc Pronto (Strength and Conditioning Coach for both Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams at the College of Charleston). I selected job shadowing because it is a very useful activity that allows a person to explore a career that they are interested in by spending time with a professional working in that field. It provided me more insight rather than just reading a job description or even asking an employee to describe what they do. While job shadowing, I was able to ask questions and experience the trials, triumphs, and normal day-to-day activities that Marc Pronto, Candice Jackson, and Amanda Taylor might experience while working in their jobs. I was able to experience how the professional approaches the job, the necessary social cooperation, standard operating procedures, and the tools that I need in order to perform the job successfully. Normally, job shadowing usually lasts only a day, but in...
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...Having a solid recruiting strategy is one of the most important things a coach can have when applying for a college coaching job. If he or she does not have an idea of they want to do to recruit players and how they will do it, then the coach is bound to fail. At the college level, recruiting is the lifeblood of every sports program as well as the college. A coach may have to adjust his recruiting strategy depending on where his current job is. Many Division II schools are enrolment driven institutions, so a coach will need to be willing to do extra recruiting to get the larger roster that a school requires. However, most Division I schools do not require their sports to have large rosters so the coach can focus in on the top tier recruits...
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...Major movie casts Samuel L. Jackson As Coach Ken Carter Rob Brown As Kenyon Stone Robert Ri'chard As Damien Carter Rick Gonzalez As Timo Cruz Nana Gbewonyo As Junior Battle Antwon Tanner As Worm Channing Tatum As Jason Lyle Ashanti As Kyra Texas Battle As Maddux Denise Dowse As Principal Garrison A. INTRODUCTION The movie told us all about Ken Carter, who accepted a job as the coach of the basketball team at his alma mater where he holds a ground breaking record playing basketball as a college student, he was saddled with the responsibility of reviving a failing team on a losing streak with major issue of lack of discipline amongst the players who are teenagers engulfed in the...
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...it does not. I have coached basketball for ten years at a local middle school and I have heard parents and other coaches label student athletes as a sure thing to make it on the college level. It is really sad when only a couple of these kids even go to college, while most end up working entry level jobs like Price Chopper, gas stations, and fast food. Even if a student athlete is talented enough to play at the next level they still need to focus on their education. Parents, teachers, and coaches should stress the importance of education because the future is not just a game. Parents should be stressing the importance of education at home from an early age since there are no guarantees that their child will be an all-star athlete. Of course parents want the best for their children but some parents focus more on their child being an elite player than their education. There are even a few parents who drive their son or daughter to the point that schooling comes well after extra practices and workouts (Griffin). The sad part about parents like this is they probably went through the same ordeal growing up. I see this at the division four school that I work at, the star athlete being pushed by their parents who work at entry level jobs or some of them even collect unemployment because they cannot keep a job. From my experiences it looks like parents want to re-live their playing days or they think that their child will be their ticket to the easy life. How unfair to the child is this...
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...College hoops' black coaching issue Myron Medcalf [ARCHIVE] ESPN.com | July 18, 2013 When a national sportswriter calls to talk about minority hiring in college basketball, folks of all races seem to get nervous. As I sought feedback following last week's release of the "2012 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sport" by Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport -- the report excludes historically black colleges and universities -- which states that the current pool of Division I African-American head coaches (18.6 percent through the 2011-12 season) is at its lowest mark since the 1995-96 season, people weren't sure what, if anything, they should say. Multiple administrators passed on the opportunity. The NCAA wanted to see my questions, and then it wanted a pre-interview phone conversation before it ultimately emailed its responses. The coaches who talked on the record always ended our chats with the same concern: "I didn't say anything that will make me look bad, right?" Shaka Smart Andy Lyons/Getty Images To reach Shaka Smart's level, black coaches often have to overcome certain labels. I don't blame them. It's an incendiary issue, because we're uncomfortable with race as dialogue. It's still a subject that makes athletic directors -- 89 percent of whom are white at the Division I level, per the report -- squirm. Minority coaches speak cautiously, because they don't want to be labeled as rebels or militants. That hesitancy...
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...sports the men have many more resources available to them compared to the women. There have been many great coaches and athletes who have overcome the obstacles that the fewer resources have brought on. These athletes or coaches have been successful regardless of the situation. One of these coaches is Patricia Head Summitt. Despite the gender inequalities that are evident in the sport of basketball she has become the greatest coach in the sport. Pat Summitt was born to Richard and Hazel Head on June 14, 1952. She was born in Ashland City, Tennessee. She married R.B. Summitt who she later divorced and together they had one son named Tyler. Pat attended the University of Tennessee at Martin. She majored in physical education and was a member on the women’s basketball team there. Along with playing for her school she was a member of the United States World University team. Summitt graduated in 1974. Immediately after graduating she was offered the job of head women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She accepted the job offer and worked in this position from 1974 until 2012. As a child Pat grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee but later moved across the county line to Henrietta, Tennessee so that Pat would be able to participate on a women’s high school team. She played for Cheatham County High School where she was a four year starter and earned all-district honors her senior year. When Summitt graduated and decided to attend the University...
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...he has enough to barely get by on a day to day basis. This is just inhumane and coldhearted. It is easy for us to look down on China for doing this to their people, however; we treat our student athletes in the same manner. These student athletes struggle daily with the same problem. Juggling at least twelve hours of credits, with at least ten hours of practice a week, not including games. How can a student athlete possibly have time for a job? These students barely have enough time to study. Practice is often times long and hard, and once that is over with it is time to study or do homework. Sleep? As a student athlete there is no such thing as sleep. Sleep is just one of the thousands of things college athletes have to worry about. Also, earning extra money can be an almost impossible feat with the lack of extra time in a week. In a paraphrase of a famous rapper named Jay Z, “College athletes have 99 problems, and money is one.” When it comes to college, people have to go through many trials and tribulations to get there. Getting to college can be a tremendous feat that people may shed blood, sweat, and tears just to arrive at that level in their life. There are over 460,000 student athletes in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). Not close to the 482 million people in China sweatshops, but the outcome remains the same within the...
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...Paying of College Athletes The NCAA should allow colleges to give college athletes a weekly pay check for playing a sport. With all the work that college athletes put in at practice, games, and then sitting in a class room they disserve to get paid for it. Unlike other college students athletes are prohibited by the NCAA from getting a job and can only receive scholarships as a source of income (Siebold). Not only is being a college student hard enough but being a college athlete is even harder. Athletes have to wake up early to make it to a practice that could start at 7 or 8. After practicing for 2-3 hours, it is time to rush and make it to class on time. They sit in classes all day long and have to find time between classes and practice to study as well as having a game or practice that night. If they have to travel out of state to go to a game they may leave early in the morning or the night before and may stay the night as well in that town. Even with the NCAA not allowing an athlete to get a job, when would an athlete have time to work? With not being able to work how are they suppose to be able to buy food or pay bills if they have some to pay? Not everyone that goes to college comes from families with money and are not able to afford what some of their classmates are able to afford. When you look at the amount of money that a college coach gets paid you would be surprised. In most states the coaches of football or basketball teams are the highest paid public workers...
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...on to the football efficiently enough to win. AJ then went to Modesto Junior College and played college ball there. He gained valuable experience and his transition was easy as he became well acquainted with the Strength and Conditioning coordinator, Lambert. When AJ stopped playing sports to further focus and pursue his college education, Lambert was the one to suggest he coach at his old position of Offensive Line Coach at Ceres High School. Lambert moved on to the Offensive Line Coach at Modesto Junior College and AJ Ball after much deliberation talked to Coach Johnson, who was his old Defensive Coordinator at Ceres High School. AJ then became Coach Ball and the cycle came full circle as my senior year he was on board as the offensive line coach. AJ came in with little to no experience in terms of coaching while he had authority but just as Coach Johnson introduced him, he was no stranger to taking charge and demanding the best out of the guys around him. Coach Ball had been around Coach Lambert for three years as he learned and took on some of his characteristics. When Coach Lambert left Ceres High, Coach Ball was the next version, almost like a mini-me of Coach Lambert. Lambert was extremely important in Coach Ball’s ability to transition from ex-player to positions coach. Coach Lambert promised Coach Ball that it would take simply two weeks for him to whip him up to shape as a coach. Coach Ball knew he had a tough task...
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...their own eyes. No one had ever seen a coach react in such a rude and temperamental manner. Many people say Bobby Knight is one of the most controversial coaches in the NCAA history. Some people say that his coaching methods are cruel; some might even say abusive. However, no one can argue that he was not a successful coach and coached his teams to national titles. Bobby Knight is one of the most talented college basketball coaches to have coached in the NCAA and has led his teams to numerous championships. Before one may look at his achievements, they first must know a certain amount of background information. Bobby Knight was born on October 25, 1940 in Massillon, Ohio. He wanted to be a basketball player his entire life, which was considered odd at this time period because most boys back then wanted to be professional baseball players (Hammel 36). But Knight always had his sites on being a basketball player. High School Basketball actually started for him in eighth grade. His High School coaches name was Jack Graham. He was a very talented basketball player in high school. As soon as he started high school he was put on varsity. He was also talented in football and baseball during high school. He had been inducted to the Orrville High School Hall of Fame by the end of his high school career for basketball (Hammel 51-52). He attended college at Ohio State University. He was coached under Basketball Hall of Fame coach, Fred Taylor. He was a reserve player for...
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...only be able to say “bobo” instead of brother so his parents and friends started calling him Bo and the name just stuck. Bo’s father was a firefighter and according to Bo he was a great role model. Bo often told one story of his father that showed how special he was to Bo; Bo’s father was up for a promotion to become fire chief and he was offered the answers to the test in advance so he would get the job. Bo’s father declined even though he knew his opponent was cheating on the test. Bo’s father ended up losing the job by one question on the test but he always said that this was...
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...Coaches December 19, 2012 Bobby Knight is an American college basketball coach. He has the most coaching victories in NCAA men's basketball history. His 1975–76 Indiana University team had a perfect 32–0 record and went on to win the NCAA championship. He was the coach for the U.S. men's basketball team in 1984 and led them to Olympic gold. His temper was legendary and in 2000 he was fired from Indiana. (Bobby Knight Biography, 2012) Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is known as "Coach K”. He is known as “Coach K” to friends and admirers because "Krzyzewski" is hard to say and spell. He has the most notable record in college basketball. He has four national championships and has more wins than any other active men's basketball coach. Only Bobby Knight, who was his mentor from West Point, has more wins. (Zegers, n.d.) They are two of the most successful basketball in history. They share leadership styles, yet these styles are very different. Bobby Knight is an in your face type of coach. He uses fear and leads by using rewards and punishments. He uses tight supervision and control. Coach K believes in empowering his players and sets high goals and maintains standards. He leads with respect. He leads through personal power of being referent. Both coaches are passionate, disciplined, and competent in their jobs as a coach and care a lot for the players both on and off the court. They both motivate the players. Coach K uses social intellect, is open and agreeable. The leadership...
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