Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast Ep. 27 - Utah Head Coach Brian Holman - a podcast by Jamie Munro

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

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