Are we all in
this together?
WHAT MEDIA ADVISERS
CAN LEARN FROM WORLD
CHAMPION COACHING
PHILOSOPHIES
By Jack Kennedy, MJE
L
ots of great teachers point
out the parallels between
great athletic coaching and
great advising, and that point
was reinforced for me by a May 29,
2017 Sports Illustrated story by Chris
Ballard, titled “Steve Kerr’s Absence:
The True Test of a Leader.”
Kerr’s team, the Golden State Warriors,
was about to win a second world
championship in three years, so it’s
no wonder people are interested in
how he has reached and maintained
such success. The news peg was the
fact that the team was 46-4 over
two seasons WITHOUT Kerr on the
sidelines (due to health issues).
The article explored the how and why
of Kerr’s coaching philosophy, but it
was also a short course on how to be
a terrific media adviser (and a terrific
teacher generally).