Michelle Clark-Heard

Our Great Coach on this episode is American Basketball coach Michelle Clark-Heard.Michelle is a Louisville native and played basketball at Western Kentucky from 1986 where she was part of 4 NCAA teams.In 2005 she was appointed head coach at Kentucky State, before becoming the Head Coach for her alma mater Western Kentucky in 2012 and over the next 6 years won 77% of her games.In 2015 and 2017 she was an Assistant for USA teams.And in 2018 she became the Head Coach of Cincinnati University in the American Athletic Conference.Michelle is a coach with a relentless focus on self-evaluation by, as she says, looking in the mirror first, before she gives feedback to others.She also believes in the primary importance of care, for yourself as a leader, and for the people in your organisation.There are many powerful moments in this interview, and the key points that resonated with me were:How the belief you get from your mentors helps counter your own self-doubt and develop as a person.The role of support staff in helping you deal with self-doubt in times of low energy.And The importance of self-love in allowing you to be the best you can be every day.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at [email protected] or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.