Welcome Oregon Baseball To Our Team Of Subscribers!

In nine seasons at the University of Oregon, George Horton has resurrected a dormant Ducks’ baseball program and built it into a national power. During his tenure with the Ducks, Horton carries a 320-220-1 record (.592) and has led Oregon to the postseason five times, including four of the last six seasons. Horton, hired in September 2007, is the Ducks’ 12th baseball coach in school history and its first since the program was discontinued following the 1981 season. Overall, Horton has a 1,036-485-2 record (.681) as a head coach and a record of 810-432-2 (.652) in 20 seasons as a Division I head coach.

Under Horton, Oregon made its first modern-era NCAA appearance in just its second season of existence, playing in the NCAA Regionals in 2010. The Ducks topped that effort in 2012, advancing to their first Super Regional and finishing just one win shy of advancing to the College World Series. The successful season by Oregon landed Horton the 2012 Field Turf NCAA Division I Coach of the Year award.

We are proud and honored to have Coach Horton and the Oregon program on our team of subscribers! Our subscribers know that great leaders never stop learning and they never stop reading. They realize that for less than most people's monthly cable bill they can receive a year's worth of information that will make them better leaders, coaches and administrators.

We would love to have you on the team!

Comments

How To Run A Basketball Camp: A Guide To Directing A Successful Basketball Camp

Coach Dan Spainhour speaking at one of his East Coast Basketball Camps About How To Run A Basketball Camp "Published in 2007, this guide shows you how to conduct your own camp. If you're currently holding a camp, you'll find ideas that may help you improve upon it. If you are considering starting a camp, it takes you step-by-step through the process. It covers how we started and how we conduct East Coast Basketball Camps. You will find everything you need to run a successful camp year after year." -Coach Dan Spainhour Inside How To Run A Basketball Camp Section One—Laying the Groundwork Naming your Camp & Other Business Details; Locating a Site; Things to Negotiate; Location, Location, Location; Dates; Ages/Sex; Tuition; Deposits; Refunds; Insurance; Personnel; T-shirts/Giveaways; Certificates; Equipment Needed Section Two—Marketing Brochures; Flyers; Endorsements; Web site; Newspapers; News Releases; Local Publications Section Three—Before C...

Dan Spainhour On His New Book, Leading Narratives

Leadership Publishing Team Founder is the author of several books and is the editor of The Coaching and Leadership Journal A huge part of my coaching foundation was formed when as a very young coach, I got the opportunity to work the Duke Basketball Camp. My first year was the summer following Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s third season at Duke which saw his team finish 11-17—his second consecutive losing season. At that time there were lots of rumblings about how long it was going to be before he was fired. I’m sure Coach felt pressure but he never showed it. On the last night of camp, we always had a pizza party with Coach K. We sat around talking hoops, discussed coaching philosophy and there was always the occasional BS story thrown in. I distinctly remember Coach K saying that coaching is as much about choosing words as it is about coaching strategies. He said you must know your team and you must tell vivid stories—stories that not only make people think but make them feel the way y...

Meet Wanda Briley--A Long Time Coaching and Leadership Subscriber

Portions of the following were adapted from postandcourier.com For Wanda Briley, it’s not about the awards. Perhaps that’s why she removed the nameplates from nearly all of her sports trophies and donated them to a high school that couldn’t afford to purchase awards for its athletes. It was the high value Briley placed on the essence of teamwork that led her into coaching after graduation from USC. She enjoyed head basketball coaching jobs at High Point, Wake Forest and Winthrop, amassing a career record of 150-26. A highlight was when her 1978 High Point squad won the AIAW Division II national championship in Briley’s first season as a head coach. She was 25. She knew in high school that she wanted to be a basketball coach, a dream that turned into reality when she accepted the assistant coaching position at Appalachian State University. After two seasons, she moved onto High Point, and after much success there, she was hired as the head coach at Wake Forest, where s...

Leadership Pub Talk

Search This Blog