Personal Narrative: A Career As An Executive Coach

It all started when i was in fourth grade. It all changed what inspired me came by whole big dream that i wanted to be successful at. I was at school just a normal day, and it was times to go to PE, and my coach got out a circular ball that i had never seen in my life. It was kinda colorful, it had some weird word written on it, but i couldn't see from where i was standing. My coach handed us each one of these balls, and coach called them volleyballs. My coach told us what to do and what not to do, so i was at this net, and just gave the ball a high five because that's what he said to do. Coach came over to me, and kinda directed me through and told me it was called a serve. That day i went home thinking about it, and i decided i want to do

Sports is one of the fastest-growing industries around the world. This industry has a very complex structure that involves many people in different areas in order to keep this industry running. For some people, sport is a mode for gambling and entertainment; for others, it is a mode of recreation and fitness; for athletes, it may lead to high personal achievement or fortune and fame. Yet, for business-minded individuals, sports is a growing marketplace with many opportunities for investment. Nowadays, anyone can work in sports industry, even non-athletes can achieve high paying jobs. One career that in my opinion has a very significant role in the sports industry is event coordinator. Sporting events play an important role in generating income

When I received the promotion to Director of Academics and the Assistant Athletic Director for Academics at Portland State I was required to keep the job responsibilities that were associated with my Academic Advisor position. This meant that not only was I responsible for job duties as an advisor but I was also given the responsibilities of the Academic department and supervising. I went from a case load of 150 students to over 300 and supervising a staff of just over 10. I had to learn to manage my time efficiently and effectively while being able to handle and manage crises that arose during the day or any impending deadlines. It was also not rare to receive requests from the University General Counsel, Athletic Director, NCAA, Compliance

My mind was set to pursue a career in coaching after my undergrad. Leading into my first year as college football coach, I relied mainly on my personal and prior experience during college as a football player. I wanted to provide the players with support and guidance I did not experience having as a player. During my first year as an assistant coach, I managed to influence some players following my main objective in my first year as a coach. Going into my second year, I was promoted with my own position group, running backs (RB), to coach without having to shadow another position coach as an assistant. I was excited, passionate, and overwhelmingly ready to guide this group of young men into a spiritual, motivational direction using my personal experience and my prior knowledge of football to support my coaching goals and objectives.

This wasn’t just your typical football practice before your first game, this was trying to get everyone hyped after a rather laid back Monday practice. This was a more competitive practice than usual, trying to get everyone motivated for the first game against Clarksburg. Coach Song thought it would be a good a time to divide everyone up into teams, Team Zuckerman and Team Johnson. The teams were named after our running back and myself, who were voted team captains. In between drills we would have little competitions between both teams to try to bring a competitive edge for everyone to get excited for practice. Emotions were at an all-time high because Coach Song had yelled at us after the first practice to get us excited to on

Throughout my lifetime, activities, events, and services that I am involved in have shaped me as a person. The one thing that I personally think has had the most impact on my character is being a soccer coach for Lil’ Kickers, it has given me qualities of leadership that will carry on throughout my entire life.

Our hearts had just been ripped out of our chests. We had fought as hard as we could just to come up short on the last second touchdown. We continued on with our heads held high to shake hands with the opposing team because we knew we had fought as hard as we could. I was nearing the end of the line, when the I reached an opposing coach. Not expecting anyone to say anything, I heard a voice talking to me. I heard the man say to me, “Once you get some feet under you, you might be pretty good. Until then, you will just be a piece of shit.”

I chose this particular activity because over the past two weeks, one of our assistant coaches has been really trying to work with us and engaging us in thinking about our teammates as a whole, rather than just ourselves. Each day, she has given us a couple quotes, and talked about leadership. She asked a rhetorical question saying, “Are you willing to go the extra mile for not only your teammates, but yourself. This to me in making me think about not only the big things that are going to happen on the court, but it’s the small things that are going to make it matter why I am performing the information she told me.

If i had this job would try to get in the best shape, and learn as

I found a group of passionate, like-minded individuals and founded an Esports club. All of us had a strong sense of competitive spirit and a thirst to prove ourselves. We had no precedent, no knowledge or mentor. We derived a structure, incorporating roles and responsibilities similar to traditional sports.

I spent 2 days a week serving as an assistant coach for my high school track club. I assisted the head coach by organizing and directing small group exercises and activities, monitored student’s behavior and performance during practices, and served as a role model and mentor. While volunteering, I shared some insight into the experiences of being a collegiate athlete and offered effective time management strategies. I created an environment of trust and respect and over time the student-athletes became comfortable asking me for advice. By the end of the summer, most of the athletes I worked with competed in the junior national outdoor championship and placed in the top 10 of their events.

As the Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance at Holy Family University for five years, I serve as the sport administrator for our Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track & Field programs. Additionally, I have interviewed, hired, and directly supervised compliance interns over the years.

Oh… my… gosh! His first. Swish drains the shot. His first points in a game. The team screamed like a banging drum. Let me show you how all this happened. Today I would assist a half court shot in the middle school east gym against are Wauconda Bulldogs. Wauconda was a much larger and faster team than us so we had to play the hardest we played all year.

I like to think as a soccer coach I have lead those children to understand that sports are to be fun and are good healthy activiiety. I recived many compliments from parents about my coaching. Seeing the results is great as children don’t give up on sport or activities even if it is no longer soccer. This goal for me has come true many times. My hope is that those kids keep that attitude as they get older and keep moving towards a goal.

It was February 28 , 2015. I was already on my way to Idaho championships before I knew it our team was there. At first I was incredibly terrified because of how many swimmers were there. After warm-ups with my teammates the races began, I swan my 100-meter butterfly, 100-meter freestyle, and my sprint 50-meter freestyle was close by. Usually I’m not nervous while doing this particular race but today is different. I will be racing 16 year olds while I’m only 14. Ten minutes before the race I explained to my coach that I was not feeling well but my coach looked at me and said “Maddy you are very much capable of getting first place, if you believe in yourself anything is possible.”