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Noah Kagan Presents

The Undefeated Coach

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Bill Courtney is the inspirational coach behind Undefeated … which won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Today, I’m talking to Bill about how he structures his business to keep winning, dealing with the 2008 financial crisis, and more.

Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/117

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0:00.0

When political correctness has gone so far that we become jailed by our fear of what people may think of us and are unwilling to talk about the things that make us different, then we quit growing and then we pull into groups that look like us and think

0:16.9

like us and then we're operating in a vacuum and no growth takes place.

0:21.1

What is up you sexy bastards?

0:26.0

It's your boy pickleball, aka Rabbi Can't lose,

0:28.4

aka Noah Kagan.

0:30.0

In today's episode I talked to Bill Courtney, inspirational football coach whose life was the subject of the 2011 Academy Award-winning documentary Undefated.

0:39.0

I saw this on an airplane and cried while watching it.

0:42.0

When I landed, I reached out to Bill to learn what it takes to be a winning coach, especially

0:46.3

at a challenging school.

0:48.0

He's also the CEO of Classic American Hardwoods, a lumber company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

0:53.2

He's got that good all southern drawl.

0:55.2

I love chatting with coaches to learn how they best organize their teams, and Bill has work cut

0:59.4

out for him.

1:00.4

He's got a family of four, a very challenging high school football team, and an American trade war that's threatening his livelihood.

1:07.0

In this conversation, you'll enjoy three major things. Number one, how Bill organizes his football team and company to win.

1:13.4

2. Dealing with adversity in the 2008 financial crisis.

1:17.2

And number 3, doing the hard work makes all the difference.

1:20.5

You're going to enjoy those three things, plus a bunch more goodies along the way.

1:24.6

Enjoy.

1:25.6

Before we jump into the conversation, go check out Bill at coach bill Courtney.com and find

1:31.1

out more about what he does. He also has a lumber business so if you're in need for lumber check out classic American hardwoods.

1:37.0

Follow him on Twitter. That's I am Coach Bill.

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