Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 27 - Utah Head Coach Brian Holman

Brian Holman Head Coach at Utah University 00:30 Intro to Coach Holman -People and whether and Utah -Salt Lake City -University of North Carolina -Coaching staff at UNC and their impact -Importance of coaching for coach Holman -Coaching his sons -Story about coaching Marcus (his son) -The change that came from that story 11:39 Playing and Coaching at Johns Hopkins -Transferring schools in high school -Given coach Holman everything to him -A culture of strong brotherhood and blue collar mentality -4 National Championship appearances in 4 years -Freddy Smith -Running on and off the field -Dave Pietramala -Brian Wood 26:48 Process of Starting the Program at Utah -Building a program the way it is envisioned -Being able to compete for a National Championship one day -Being ourselves and growing the game -The rest of the coaching staff 32:31 Building Culture -Start with a vision -Taking notes -Pillars of Utah Lacrosse -Humility, Honesty, Passion, Gratitude and Trust -Touch each player personally each day -Spiritual, Mental, Physical, Tactical components used everyday -Do you love lacrosse? -Implementing it all on and off the field -Accountability 51:58 Pac 12 Lacrosse -Unknown future -More growth in 2-4 years -PLL changing things -Apart of a snowball -Western lacrosse conference -Olympics -Women in the Pac 12 55:05 Recruiting -Mixed messages -Pressure for specialization -Fitting a mold -Passing and catching -Multi sport athletes -Interactions and little things -Failure is okay -Trusting the youth sports machine too much -Playing pick up games