Managing Expectations: Rice's Bloomgren & Vanderbilt's Mason

Guest Mike Bloomgren, Rice; Derek Mason, Vanderbilt

26:19 min watch

Summary

Head Football Coaches, Derek Mason of Vanderbilt, and Mike Bloomgren of Rice visit with AthleticDirectorU to discuss managing expectations. The conversation centers around working at “high-academic” institutions and how to balance athletic and academic expectations. The pair also also reflect on their friendship, stemming from a shared experience as coordinators at Stanford.

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- How do you balance athletic expectations with academic expectations at a “high-academic” institution?
- How has the friendship between you two helped when adjusting to the head coaching role?
- On the importance of communicating expectations
- On balancing your Student-Athlete’s expectations of playing time, graduating, getting a job, and/or going to the NFL
- On getting students to focus on academics and athletics
- What made your respective institutions attractive to you when considering the Head Football Coaching job?
- On the expectations between you and the person you report to
- How have you been able to manage expectations to those outside of the program and athletics department?
- Do you believe there is an inherent advantage in coaching at your institution?

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