Head Coach @GrinnellBBBall. Husband. Father. Director of Special Education. High School Assistant Principal IBCA Transformational Coach of the Year
Grinnell, IA
Joined February 2011
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Fear makes you protect or promote yourself.
Protect: play not to lose, avoid the moment, try not to fail.
Promote: try to be seen, get credit, prove you belong.
Both limit you.
High performers know they have nothing to prove, nothing to lose, nothing to hide.
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The fear of making mistakes only leads to making mistakes.
The fear of failure only leads to failure.
Fear prevents you from giving and becoming your best.
Be driven by your purpose, not your fear.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
Fear of failing is usually worse than failing.
Fear of looking dumb is usually worse than looking dumb.
Fear of what they'll think is usually worse than what they actually think.
Fear lies to keep you small.
Tell yourself the truth and take the next step.
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Demand buy-in and you get compliance. People do it because it's their job.
Earn it by listening, connecting, and building trust, and you get commitment.
Be worth following.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
Removing your identity from your performance doesn’t make you care less or not work as hard.
It allows you to show up freely and be your best for longer. You run on good fuel.
Fully committed.
Fully content.
Competitive Joy.
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Insecure people stay locked on their critics, and half the time those critics only live in their head.
Secure people stay locked on their purpose.
Focus is a controllable.
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Comparison kills your confidence.
It kills your gratitude.
It kills your progress.
It kills your culture.
They aren't running your race. You are.
Remember who you are and focus on your path.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
TALENT Gets a Coach's Attention
RELIABILITY Earns a Coach's Trust
✅ Can you consistently execute the assignment?
✅ Can you be counted on under pressure?
✅ Can you respond well after a mistake?
Trust determines who plays
when the game is on the line.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
YOUR BODY LANGUAGE TALKS
EVEN WHEN YOU AREN’T
What does your body language
communicate when:
• you've made a mistake?
• you've gotten a bad call?
• things don’t go your way?
Your teammates, coaches,
and opponents all notice.
Watch your body language
this week.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
“You don’t focus on what you want to accomplish you focus on what you need to do to accomplish it.” -Nick Saban
Brandon Sharp retweeted
Mental toughness isn’t pretending you’re never tired, frustrated, or afraid.
It’s refusing to let those feelings make your decisions.
Feel it.
Face it.
Then choose the response your team needs from you.
Especially if you're a leader.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
UNC basketball player Isaiah Denis recently shared that when he wasn’t getting much playing time last year, he started treating practices like his games.
He couldn’t control his minutes, but he could choose how he used the opportunity in front of him. Every practice gave him a chance to compete, improve, and prepare.
It’s easy to get so focused on the opportunity we want that we overlook the one we have. But how you approach today can help or hurt your preparation for tomorrow.
Are you using this moment to become more ready for the next one? #TheConfidentAthlete
Brandon Sharp retweeted
TRUST IS BUILT IN SMALL MOMENTS:
☑ Doing what you promised.
☑ Telling the truth quickly.
☑ Showing up prepared.
☑ Protecting a teammate’s confidence.
☑ Admitting when you were wrong.
Trust rarely arrives through one grand gesture.
It adds up thru 100s of reliable actions.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
ARE YOU COACHABLE?
✅ Do you look coaches in the eye?
✅ Do you absorb the message?
✅ Do you apply the correction?
✅ Do you change the behavior?
✅ Do you improve the next repetition?
✅ Do you respond without resentment?
Coachable athletes accept coaching and get better.
Brandon Sharp retweeted
Nick Saban's Five Enemies of Greatness is always worth a read. He didn't write these, but they're a solid short list of his coaching philosophy throughout the years...
Ingest them for your team, and ingest them for yourself.
The 5 Enemies..keep them away from you.
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🔥WEEKLY GAME PREP🔥
➡️'Start at 12:00 noon on Sunday....I watch the other team for 6 hours...'
✅Mon- Basic Plan / ST Game Plan
✅Tues - 1st & 10, 2nd & Long, GL/SY
✅Wed - 3rd Down, Pass Plays, RZ
✅Thurs - 2 Min / 2 PT Plays
✅Fri- Review / Finalize
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Congrats to the Kurt Warner Impact Player of the Game and the Scout Team Players of the Week!
Calvin Jaworski wins Kurt Warner Impact Player of the Game!
Colby Eskildsen, Jack Vineyard, and BJ Johnson all win Scout Team Players of the Week
#EverLoyal | #LegacyEra
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Kelli Greenway Returns to Grand View as Head Women's Basketball Coach gvvikings.com/news/2026/9/11…
