Ep 567: Career Halftime with Coach Mike Hill
Power Athlete Radio
Power Athlete
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
What do great coaches do at halftime? Make adjustments. Coach Mike Hill joins Tex for a bookclub discussing Bob Buford's book, Halftime. The unfortunate reality of a career in coaching is lateral moves, uprooting families, and sacrificing future to pursue a passion. Not all that wonder into this profession are lost, with the right people and tools in place a coach can develop themselves while still empowering those around them.
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| 0:00.0 | Power Athlete Nation. Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Power Athlete Radio. |
| 0:08.0 | In this episode, I sit down with one of my mentors and friends Mike Hill. Mike's got an awesome story in his coaching journey, which we explore a little bit in this conversation. |
| 0:18.9 | And I thought he'd be the perfect candidate to discuss one of the books I just finished reading halftime by Bob Buford. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm 35 years old and began my coaching journey in part with Mike at Georgetown University, and he's now been there for 18 years and looking at all different options. |
| 0:37.6 | He's have a young family and seeing what he can still continue to find value in coaching |
| 0:44.0 | or explore different opportunities to really scratch that creative bit. |
| 0:48.2 | So within this, we explore the book halftime and as well where we are in our careers and seeing what's out there. |
| 0:56.0 | Coaches, you certainly do need a mentor. |
| 0:58.7 | I've made an objective of mine to reach out to my mentors from all over annually |
| 1:03.6 | and bring them into the fold onto this podcast, Power Athlete Radio. |
| 1:08.8 | And this is one of those episodes I've been waiting for a long time to get after. |
| 1:12.6 | Mike Hill is a great man. I think he'll really enjoy this episode. Ready, ready. |
| 1:20.5 | Power Athlete Nation, what is happening? I am joined with longtime Powell and the associate athletic director for Georgetown University Strength |
| 1:30.5 | and conditioning and head basketball performance coach. Mike Hill, legend in the game. |
| 1:37.9 | Getting a little gray in that beard, dude. It is, uh, wisdom is growing, is growing. I'm getting |
| 1:42.9 | smarter and wiser. It is, uh, my, my daughter is, uh, looking, she was looking at my hair the other night. She's like, you're getting some whites up top here. And I'm like, yeah, you're, thanks. Thanks for pointing that out. Yeah, I think. The, I saw a meme, like the life cycle of a man, believes in Santa, doesn't believe in Santa. |
| 2:04.2 | Convin your kids to believe in Santa, looks like Santa. |
| 2:08.8 | Mm-hmm. |
| 2:10.2 | Or acts like Santa. |
| 2:11.7 | Gandoff. |
| 2:13.9 | You're going for Gandoff is a little bit more. |
| 2:16.2 | They're both ethical, right? |
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