Ep. 84 - Coach Kevin McMillan - He’s Also Coaching Me 15 Years from Now

Coach McMillan is in his 13th season as the University of Tennesse-Martin Women's Basketball coach. They have won 4 conference tournament titles and 6 regular season titles. UT-M has been to post-season 9 times. Coach McMillan  has been Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year on 4 occasions.

100 % of players have graduated during his tenure, and the program recently had its 1st player in OVC history, Chelsey Perry, be drafted into the WNBA. 

 

• 3:06 Developing a WNBA player.
• 5:32 Don’t take anything personally. 
• 6:58 The rarity of extra time.
• 8:11 Creating adversity everyday. 
• 10:14 Hard to define, easy to notice. 
• 12:13 “I’ll stop coaching whenever I have to lower my expectations.”
• 14:41 Water on a rock overtime.
• 19:10 The ownership circle.
• 20:51 Not coaching the final score.
• 22:32 Parents: There’s justice in allowing this.
• 26:04 “Isn’t that what sports is here to do for kids?”
• 29:36 Processing a tragedy and life’s fragility. 
• 33:28 Wanting to go back to high school. 
• 38:41 The part coaches have control over.
• 40:30 Eight storms coming together from a 10,000-foot view.
• 45:32 Crockpot coaching. 
• 47:19 The best can handle it.
• 50:37 How do you sustain with change? 

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