Lessons From The Sidelines
In sports, business, and life, we learn things that can take us from where we are to where we want to go. Lessons From The Sidelines brings you inside the minds of elite performers, championship coaches, corporate leaders, and successful entrepreneurs to uncover the principles that drive sustained success.
Hosted by veteran coach Greg Brown, each episode delivers real-world insights on leadership, team dynamics, communication, resilience, and performing under pressure. These are the lessons forged in locker rooms, boardrooms, and beyond. Whether you’re leading a team, building a business, or pursuing excellence in your own arena, Greg and his guests will equip you with practical strategies and a winning mindset you can apply immediately.
Episodes
9 episodes
"Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing" - Jim Boone on 600 Wins & a Career of Adapting Without Losing Yourself
Bob Knight used to say leaders get so focused on hunting rabbits that they miss the elephant about to run them over. Jim Boone has spent 40 years in college basketball making sure that doesn't happen to him — and it's a big reason he's one of t...
“You're Responsible, But You're Not in Control”: JT Henderson on Leading From Locker Rooms to the Capitol
JT “Hollywood” Henderson has had one of the more unlikely career arcs in this show's history: college basketball operations under two legendary coaches, a pivot into nonprofit fundraising, and now Communications Director for a sitting Lieutenan...
“Shame, Guilt & Fear Are Highly Effective — and Still Wrong”: Greg Armstrong on Coaching the Whole Athlete
Shame, guilt, and fear are highly effective coaching tools. Greg Armstrong won't pretend otherwise. But in Episode 7 of Lessons From The Sidelines, the cross-country coach, campus minister, and ultra-marathon record holder makes the case that e...
“How Do You Live Your Faith Out at ESPN?” — Jason Romano on the Question That Changed Everything
Jason Romano spent 17 years at ESPN producing some of the biggest shows in sports — Mike and Mike, SportsCenter, Monday Night Football, College GameDay — before walking away from a dream job with no guaranteed landing spot. Why? A question from...
“What I Do Doesn’t Define Who I Am”: Drew Maddux on Identity, Pressure & Comprehensive Excellence
At five years old, Drew Maddux drew himself in a Vanderbilt basketball uniform wearing his dad’s number. He went on to become a third-generation Commodore, a four-year starter, and an All-SEC honoree — and he’ll tell you that chasing that visio...
“You’re Perfectly Designed to Get the Results You’re Getting” — Coach Dan Holland on Belief, Rhythm & Leading From Strength
Why aren’t you getting the results you want? Coach Dan Holland has a blunt answer: you’re perfectly designed to get exactly the results you’re getting right now — because your results are just your rhythms, thoughts, and systems showing their w...
“Don’t Waste Your Pain”: Jason Kuhn on the Yips, the SEAL Teams & a Tactical Approach to Failure
Jason Kuhn was a Division 1 pitcher at MTSU on the verge of professional baseball when he woke up one morning and couldn’t throw a strike. Six wild pitches in a single inning later, his baseball career was over. So he became a Navy SEAL....
“Love Your Players”: Brendan Suhr on Courage, the Three Cs & 50 Years on the Sideline
What does it look like when somebody who coached Michael Jordan, Isaiah Thomas, and Joe Dumars — and won back-to-back titles with the Detroit Pistons “Bad Boys” — finishes a 50-year career and says the most important thing in coaching is love?<...
Leading From the Middle: Bob Starkey on Hard Conversations, the Process & Why Failure Is Your Best Friend
What does it take to lead when you’re not the one in charge? In the debut episode of Lessons From The Sidelines, Coach Greg Brown sits down with Bob Starkey — associate head coach for LSU women’s basketball and one of the most respected lifelon...
