Creating an Identity for your Program

Ronald McCree

Coming into this new environment and new challenge, my coaching staff and I are looking to make this about family. I said the same thing when I applied for the job, and we all will keep preaching it as long as we are here. In becoming a family, we can actually push each other to be better, want the next person to reach their goals and fight for what they want. In all families there is conflict, but we know that will bring us together in the long run and it will be shown that we may fight (not literally) amongst each other, but we will fight together when the opposition steps to our doors trying to derail us from our goals as a team.



Goals and direction for the team:



Bond: as I have stated if we are not together, any plan that any coach or player may have cannot be reached without the help of their brothers.



Learn: grasping every concept of our playbooks, each other and the school work will help bring everything together.



Winning: When I speak on winning, I am not just talking about on the field; I am talking about in the classroom, the weight room, the community, the meeting rooms, with each other. If we can accomplish all of that then winning on the field will take care of itself.



Hard working: Without this, none of our goals will be accomplished. We have to work to build our bond, we have to work to build our minds, we have to work to build our bodies.



Team Identity: Well part of our identity I have already stated, family or I can use another word togetherness. Not one single person or side of the ball is more important than the other. Toughness is the second part of our identity. If we stick together and show toughness to each other, to practice, the weight room, the classroom, etc. then we will let no outsiders mess with the goals that we will set for the team during the season. A great example is if you have a younger sibling, and you two don't get along too well, but you wouldn't let any other person mess with your younger sibling nor will they let anybody mess with you. If we can build a bond like that, then this team can go a long way.