Our Great Coach on this episode is American Basketball coach Michelle Clark-Heard.

Michelle is a Louisville native and played basketball at Western Kentucky from 1986 where she was part of 4 NCAA teams.

In 2005 she was appointed head coach at Kentucky State, before becoming the Head Coach for her alma mater Western Kentucky in 2012 and over the next 6 years won 77% of her games.

In 2015 and 2017 she was an Assistant for USA teams.

And in 2018 she became the Head Coach of Cincinnati University in the American Athletic Conference.

Michelle is a coach with a relentless focus on self-evaluation by, as she says, looking in the mirror first, before she gives feedback to others.

She also believes in the primary importance of care, for yourself as a leader, and for the people in your organisation.

There are many powerful moments in this interview, and the key points that resonated with me were:

• How the belief you get from your mentors helps counter your own self-doubt and develop as a person.
• The role of support staff in helping you deal with self-doubt in times of low energy.
• And The importance of self-love in allowing you to be the best you can be every day.

If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

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