An Informative Essay On What Makes A Great Coach

There have been many coaches that go in and out of programs that have no impression on their programs, except for wins and losses. What would one say makes a great coach? Is it the amount of wins they have accounted for? The athletes they produce? Some may say that what makes a great coach is the win versus lost ratio, along with consistency. I believe wins only make a coach good, but the impact they have on their athletes and sports, puts them in a category of their own. There isn’t many coaches that can be put in this category, but Pat Summitt, Vince Lombardi, and John Wooden are all coaches that have been put in a league of their own. One of the first coaches that comes to anybody’s mind that knows sports, when they think about great coaches

Lombardi in his nine seasons, the Packers won 98 with only 30 losses and 4 ties, in addition to that he went 9-1 in the postseason. He also won 5 championships, 3 of which were in a row, from 1965 to 1967. His coaching career was cut short after dying to colon cancer at age 57. Lombardi’s hard, but understanding coaching style made him successful and hard to let down. Jerry Kramer, a Green Bay guard, stated, before the Super Bowl: “I feel that his Sunday every guard in the National Football League is depending on me not to let him down.” Kramer’s fellow lineman, Fuzzy Thurston, added, “I don’t want some guy to come into my steak house, point at me and say, ‘you played on the first team to lost to the AFL.’” (Clary, Pg. 1) He gave his athletes the sense of responsibility and accomplishment. For me this would look like showing my athletes that they are capable of being great and them the correct tools to be successful, so they should have no reason to mess up. Let them know there responsibility in the team and making sure they can handle responsibility. I feel when the athlete feels as though they have a responsibility, they perform better and work