Coach Steven Stanley took a head coaching job in a new state, moved his family, and still had to figure out how to walk through the door at night and be a dad.
Dustin Whitlock and Ryan Grow sit down with Stanley, head football coach at Silver Creek High School in Indiana. He talks about the road from Warner University quarterback to running his own program, what the move to Indiana cost his family and what it gave back, and what it looks like raising a three-year-old daughter while building something from the ground up.
Along the way: the sacrifices a coach’s wife makes that nobody claps for, why your players need to see you be a father, how to actually be present when you finally get home, and the leadership lessons Stanley picked up from the coaches who shaped him.
If you are running a program and raising a family at the same time, you will hear yourself in this one.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to Episode 4
00:58 Introducing Coach Steven Stanley
02:39 Transitioning to Indiana Football
05:05 Family Time Before Fall Camp
07:50 Life as a Girl Dad
09:28 Funny Parenting Stories
11:41 Transitioning from Coach to Dad
15:40 Being Present When You Get Home
19:05 Intentionality at Home and in Your Program
22:54 Family Traditions and Life Away from Home
26:12 The Sacrifices of a Coach’s Wife
30:06 Building a Program Together as a Family
34:48 The Reality of Being a Head Coach
37:07 Leadership Lessons from Football
40:13 “The Secret Is in the Dirt”
42:42 Why Players Need to See You as a Father
48:06 Favorite Coaching Memories
51:23 Coaching Tough Love and Accountability
52:51 Two-Minute Drill
53:02 Coffee or Energy Drinks?
54:01 Morning vs. Afternoon Workouts
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