Summary: In this episode we hear from seven championship coaches on team building. Their share their practical ideas on how they make their teams stronger and get the buy-in needed to win championship. Chad Neal is the head football coach at Killingly (Connecticut) High School. Neal is in his 16th season as the head coach at Killingly and went undefeated and captured a state championship in 2018, Killingly’s first undefeated season since 1953. Geoff Marcone is beginning his 17th season as the head coach of the Rams. Throughout his tenure, Marcone has led La Salle to two state titles and six appearances in the state championship game. John Perry is the head coach at Pearl (Mississippi) High School. In 2017 season, Perry led Pearl to win the 6A Mississippi state championship. Mark Lusic is the head coach at Amherst High School (Wisconsin). When Coach Lusic took over the program in 2010, Amherst had never been to a playoff game. With Lusic’s help, Amherst now has four state titles. Mike Sirianni is the head coach at Washington & Jefferson College, an NCAA Division III school in Washington, Pennsylvania. Sirianni is in his 17th season as head coach of the Presidents and one of the winningest head coaches in Division III football. He has winning percentage among the best active NCAA football coaches at all levels with at least 10 years of experience. Andy Sims is the head coach at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. Sims guided the Mustangs to a 6A state championship in 2017, the first in school history. Jason Negro, head football coach at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. Coach Negro is in his eleventh year at St John Bosco and has created an elite program winning the number 1 ranking and the CIF Open Division Championship . In 2013, St. John Bosco won a state championship and finished as the No. 1 team in the nation. In 2016, Bosco won another state championship and finished No. 2 in the nation.
