1. Coaching Styles Research
Successful styles
Quality Research
Desirable Qualities of a Coach
Role Model Research
Coaching Styles Research

2. Different ways to be successful
Successful coaches with different styles – approaches – philosophy
Look and take notes on each / comparisons / what can we learn and use to develop our own leadership (HC) style?
Tom Brands & Cael Sanderson – Head Wrestling Coaches
Interviews by both
Define style type?
Strengths and Weaknesses?

3. Coaching Style #1 Tom Brands U of Iowa
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13 years as IOWA
3 NCAA titles and 4 Big 10 titles
(.901) IOWA as HWC
4x All-American & 3x National Champ
Gold 96 Olympics
12 years as Assistant IOWA under HWC Legend – Dan Gable
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*9 consecutive NCAA titles & 25 Big 10
*As a wrestler HS&U = (last match)
*Gold 72 Olympics

4. Coaching Style #1 Tom Brands
Tom Brands - “The Iowa Way”
Iowa Hawkeyes - Published on Nov 4, (4 min)
Tom Brands – “Gets after it”
DMRegister - Published on Nov 4, 2013
A collection of sound bytes from Iowa Wrestling Head Coach Tom Brands through the years
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Iowa coach Tom Brands after the Hawkeyes' 22-9 victory against Ohio State

5. Coaching Style #2 Cael Sanderson Penn State
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9 years as PENN STATE
7 NCAA titles and 5 Big 10 titles
(.900) PSU as HWC
4x All-American & 4x National Champ
4x outstanding wrestler NCAA (only person)
Gold 2004 Olympics
NCAA Record = (Undefeated)
*Gable lost his last match as a collegiate wrestler – only loss ever!

6. Coaching Style #1 Cael Sanderson
Cael Sanderson – Favorite thing of be D1 Wrestling Coach
Cael after dual loss vs Bryce Jordan Center (16,000 fans) – Feb 2015
NCAA On Demand
Published on Mar 16, 2017
Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson shares his favorite part about coaching college wrestling.
By Tony Mancuso, Athletics Communication Feb 8, 2015
*start 9:40
11:18
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7. Desirable qualities of a coach
Transparent realism – allow your human qualities to show.
Empathy for individual athletes
Concern – caring
Anger
Sorrow
Happiness
Need to show BALANCE in everything – genuine – if something funny happens in practice, good to take time to laugh.
Management Ability to organize – solid foundation

8. Coaching Styles Leader Role Model Research
Do your homework = research complete Bio or history
Do your homework = research who they worked (learned) under
Do your homework = research a variety of styles and leaders
Do your homework = determine strengths of each style
Do your homework = determine weaknesses of each style
Now – apply what you have learned to your leadership style
*make sure to be yourself – fit to your own personality!
WHAT TYPE OF LEADER DO YOU WANT TO BE