During his first day on the job, Coach Dungy said to Coach Noll... "What am I supposed to to do? I don't know how to be a coach."
Coach Noll's response was... "Make the Players better, that's your job Tony."
Wow! As a long time coach and also a coaches son, I love that the job description for coaching can be boiled down to this simple phrase "Make the Players better". Perfectly simple, yet so profound.
Every coach should be given and heed such incredible advice. The coaches job is not be become a legend like Coach Noll or Coach Dungy. Their job is not to win the coach of the year award (I have done that and it's not that cool). Their job is simply to help their players get better and become all that they can be in sports and life.
This lesson applies to realms outside of sports as well. Let's look at a couple of examples of this principle applied outside of sports.
As a parent our job is to help our children become the best humans they can be in this life. We are given the responsibility of building our children up and helping them realize their full potential. Teachers are there to help their students earn A's. It's not to be the toughest teacher, the hardest, or even the smartest teacher. Teachers should help their students become better at learning.
A boss needs to help his employees become better at their jobs. Leaders need to help those they lead to become better in their particular field of interest. The list could go on and on and apply to most real life situations.
My question for you is this... "Will you help make someone better today?"
I hope your answer is a resounding YES. In the process of helping someone else become better, you will get better as well.
Thank You Coach Noll and Coach Dungy for teaching and sharing lessons with your teams and the rest of the world. In doing so, you have once again helped someone become better today! I feel I am better today from having heard and employing this advice.
God Bless,
Coach P
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