In our latest episode, Mackey is live at Alamo Heights High School. Mackey breaks down some misconception about character and integrity. He explains that the pursuit of character, the pursuit of integrity does not mean that there is a lack of ambition. Key takeaways from this podcast: Building character is not about a lack of ambition but about a deeper alignment of what matters most Focusing on character doesn't resign you to a participation trophy Ambition and character live in the same world ...
Nov 15, 2018•7 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live with Coach Debbie Fuchs, Athletic Director at Clear Creek ISD. Coach shares how in her thirty-five years of coaching and being Athletic Director, she has always had mentors. She tells listeners how she has been challenged to grow in many different areas of coaching. Key takeaways from this podcast: Think about the kids first Get to know the kids not only as an athlete, but as a person and where they come from Be a part of something larger than yourself Coach...
Nov 12, 2018•17 min
In our latest episode, we pieced together some of our favorite "coaching moments" we've had so far. During this episode, you will hear leaders from the military, professional sports, and high school coaching and how they continually stay focused on one goal: developing and enriching the lives of those they lead. Key takeaways from this podcast: Be transformational, not transactional You CHOSE to be a coach Coaching is showing athletes how they can develop their own skills themselves This is a sp...
Nov 08, 2018•7 min
In our latest episode, we're live with Coach Rupert Jaso, Athletic Director at Pasadena ISD. Coach shares his heart behind transitioning from being a Head Baseball coach for many years to entering into the administration world. He also shares how he transferred what he learned as a Head coach and Assistant coach to his now administration position as Athletic Director. Key takeaways from this podcast: Athletics help teach your athletes how to turn the page in their struggles. The most important p...
Nov 05, 2018•16 min
In our latest episode, we interviewed coaches from all around Texas and asked them a simple question, "Why 2Words Character Development?" You will hear stories of impact, encouragement, and positive change. As coaches we have a greater responsibility than just teaching the X's and O's, we have the opportunity to teach kids how to become better men and women and reach their goals. The time, work, and effort you are putting into your athletes, kids, and students NOW is the building block to how th...
Nov 01, 2018•7 min
In our latest episode, we are bringing one out from the Mackey Speaks Leadership Journal archive. This episode is power-packed, so make sure a pencil is at hand! Mackey talks about the idea of going the extra mile, and when you go the extra mile, your impact will be amplified. When you are willing to go the extra mile, when you are willing to do things that others are not, they realize that you are different. When you are willing to go the extra mile for someone and invest in them, that return o...
Oct 25, 2018•9 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live with Coach Nikki Nelson, Athletic Director at Lamar Consolidated ISD. Coaches dives into the challenges of being an Athletic Director of one of the fastest growing school districts in Texas. She talks about the challenges of changing the mentality of the district from a small-town mentality to a large school mentality. Coach Nelson also goes on to share a little bit of her story from being in administration, teaching, and coaching and what brought her to LCI...
Oct 22, 2018•18 min
In our latest episode, we are bringing you an archived favorite from the Mackey Speaks Leadership Journal. Mackey is bringing us a message he heard from Coach Braxton of Howard Payne University while out on the West Texas Tour a few months ago. Coach said something that made Mackey grab his pencil and start writing. Coach said that whether you excel or whether you fall short and don't reach your goals, other people are going to identify you as a part of a team, and we will represent a team in ou...
Oct 18, 2018•9 min
In our latest episode, we're live with Coach Todd Rodgers Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Argyle ISD. He shares more about the Argyle community and how it expects and demands excellence, and he shares how this mentality all throughout the community has helped develop the students as well as put them in the best possible position to succeed. He also goes on to talk about his one percent better mentality and how the program has developed over time by building it from the ground up, st...
Oct 15, 2018•17 min
Our latest episode is a special one as Mackey joins the AFCA Inside the Headset podcast with Coach Mario Price. The AFCA is an association of over 11,000 American football coaches and staff on all levels. According to its constitution, some of the main goals of the American Football Coaches Association are to "maintain the highest possible standards in football and the profession of coaching football," and to "provide a forum for the discussion and study of all matters pertaining to football and...
Oct 11, 2018•14 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live with Athletic Coordinator/Head Football Coach for Shadow Creek HS in Alvin ISD. Shadow Creek HS is a fairly new school, which opened in 2016, and Coach dives into some successes they've had in a few of their programs already. A Few Key Takeaways: Growing your athletes into leaders starts with hard work and commitment Never give excuses. Always accept personal responsibility Have a we before me mentality Coach dives into how he helped create and build a progr...
Oct 08, 2018•15 min
Our latest episode is a special one. Mackey shares a curriculum lesson with us, Family Name. Mackey shares how our lives are touched by several different traditions, which can come from our family, our community, our school, and our team. As athletes, coaches, and parents, we have a responsibility to uphold these traditions, but also to enhance them. Tradition doesn’t determine what we do. What we do determines our tradition. Mackey also shares that the traditions that we inherit don't define wh...
Oct 04, 2018•8 min
In our latest episode, Colton is spending time with Birdville ISD's Athletic Director Chris Feris. Coach Feris was awarded Texas High School Athletic Directors Association Director of the year and has been with Birdville since 2013. Key Takeaways for this week's podcast: Each individual kid cannot be coached the same Be present with your students and athletes Focus on developing both the player and the athlete through personal interactions with each player. Coach shares about his time playing an...
Oct 01, 2018•20 min
In our latest episode, Mackey is live with coaches from Northside ISD sharing words of encouragement about their upcoming LEAD event. Mackey shares what this event looks like and how it is used to facilitate change in each athlete that attends. Tomorrow's leaders will be built in today's locker rooms. This year alone there will be over 15 million high school students that walk through school doors in America. As coaches, teachers, and parents, you are taking this next generation to the next step...
Sep 27, 2018•14 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live with Coach Renee Putter of Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD. Coach Renee Putter is the Athletic Director at Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD and has spent over 25 years with the district. Prior to that, believe it or not, she spent some time as a police officer. In this podcast we get to learn more about CFBISD and the things they value. Coach emphasizes the character traits that CFBISD hopes to instill in each athlete during their time as students, and she reiter...
Sep 24, 2018•24 min
In our latest episode, Mackey is live with Marion County HS Coaches talking about the idea of coaching "long shelf life" traits. As coaches, mentors, and parents, we are responsible for making sure our athletes and students are ready not only for the test next week, but for the tests they'll face in life. We need to make sure we are equipping them with the tools to be successful in life. Some key takeaways from this podcast: -It is important to do the right thing at the right time and not fear t...
Sep 20, 2018•14 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live with Head Basketball Coach David Peavy from Duncanville HS. Coach David Peavy is the new Head Coach at Duncanville High School. He was previously at Houston Dekaney where he coached them to a 34-4 record losing to Jesuit in the Class 6A Regional II Semifinals. They were also regional semifinalists in 2017 when they lost to Dallas Skyline after a 27-8 season. Coach shares a little bit about his journey from leaving his past role as a coach in Houston to his c...
Sep 17, 2018•22 min
In today's episode, Mackey is live at Spring Branch ISD Coaches training sharing the importance of coaching up and developing your athletes mindset. Key takeaways from this week's episode: Attitude is a personal choice YOU are the most powerful person in your life If you don't have great effort, you have no one to blame but yourself Mackey brings the heat in this episode, teaching coaches ways to acknowledge and overpower negative mindsets in their athletes. He shares how coaches can continually...
Sep 13, 2018•9 min
In our latest Coach 360 episode, Colton is live with Coach Jeff Hulme, Head Football Coach from Midway High School. Coach Hulme took over at Midway in 2016 after leading Mansfield to the Class 6A state semifinals. This past year, in his second season at Midway, he took the Panthers to the Class 6A State Championship game. This week, Coach Hulme talks to us about his journey to Midway and everything that he has learned along the way. In today's podcast, here are some key points to take away: You ...
Sep 10, 2018•29 min
David Smoak has over three decades of experience covering sports in Texas and is a graduate of Tyler Junior College (’79) and Stephen F. Austin State University (’81). He became the program director and talk show host for ESPN-Central Texas (AM1660, 100.9FM, 106.9FM) in June 2010 after spending the spring of 2010 at ESPN Radio in Dallas. Mackey joins "You Make the Call" on ESPN Central Tx 1660 with David Smoak and shares a little bit of his life and what it looked like creating 2Words Character ...
Sep 06, 2018•16 min
"Good, Better, Best Never let it Rest, Until the good is better And the Better is Best." In our latest episode, Colton is live with Coach Ross McMurry, Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Colmesneil HS. This week will look a little different as Coach McMurry dives into his background and the struggles he faced before becoming the mentor, coach, and husband he is today. In today's podcast, here are some key points to take away: Your past circumstances don't define your future success You...
Sep 04, 2018•50 min
In our latest Coach 360 episode, Colton is live with Coach Chris Castillo, Head Football Coach and Athletic Coordinator from Dallas Sunset High School. Coach took over at sunset 2 years ago and has since been on a mission to take Sunset to the next level. With an open enrollment district and a tough few seasons coach had 12 guys show up his first day of practice. Coach talks about the importance of positivity in his locker room and the idea that leaders will always be followers in times througho...
Jul 18, 2018•20 min
In our latest episode, Mackey is live with Coach James Stagnitta, Head Coach of the Charlotte Hounds Major League Lacrosse team. Coach dives into his career and shares with us this idea that coaching is different than leading. Coach explains that as he grew and developed as a coach, he grew as a leader as well. It's one thing to put people in set and tell them what to do, and it's another thing to truly develop them and lead them, then it's a lot easier to get them to do things as a group and co...
Jun 20, 2018•26 min
We have a special episode for you as we reach the end of the week. We're sharing a clip from one of our curriculum videos, "Your Role". Colton shares with us a little bit about what this idea means to him and how sports were an outlet for him while he faced family struggles. This is an all too familiar story, that we know coaches see every day. Mackey asks us a powerful question. He asks, "do you know your role?" Sometimes that question that a negative connotation. There's been a stigma associat...
May 25, 2018•13 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live with Coach Todd Vesely, Executive Director at Ector County. Coach shares his transition from being a coach to working towards an administrative role. He talks about how the common themes he used in coaching was easily translatable to other programs across the board, which is what drew him to a more administrative role. Coach goes on to talk about what winning means to him. He believes winning is maximizing your performance and the performance of others, maki...
May 23, 2018•16 min
In our latest episode Colton and Mackey are talking about perspectives and the idea that having different perspectives than one another doesn't make one party right and one wrong. Mackey shares a story about an experience he and his wife had while engaged and how the way they viewed the situation then is completely different than the way they view now looking back. He talks about the importance of experience shaping our perspective and how different situations can be looked upon differently as w...
May 21, 2018•11 min
In our latest episode, Colton is speaking with the Aggie Christian Business Leaders Club about his move from the security of a job at a fast-growing company to diving head first into a start up with his best friend. Colton and Mackey go back about 10 years, and over that time as he was crafting his speaking ability, Colton was growing in business experience. Colton was connected to an amazing company really young and was fortunate to be apart of their growth from roughly 20 people to 220 at the ...
May 18, 2018•8 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live with Coach Kent Jackson from Seminole High School. Coach Jackson talks about his program's mantra, TR1BE. Which stands for: Trust Respect Integrity Belief Enthusiasm Coach talks about replacing the i with a 1 representing one tribe, one unit, one mission. Coach dives in a little deeper on what exactly it means to have belief and do everything with enthusiasm. Coach talks about going from a winning season to a losing season and how as coaches, they continuall...
May 16, 2018•29 min
In our latest episode, Colton is live at Hamlin High School telling his story of putting in the hard work in hopes of winning in a power building competition. Colton talks about putting in months and months of effort into this one moment, for seven minutes on stage competing. Colton talks about wanting more at the end of that competition. He thought that if he was putting in months of effort, endless amount of time and dedication, he should be reaching for an even bigger title. Colton goes on to...
May 14, 2018•7 min
Mackey and Colton are live in our newest episode of Coach 360 talking about Colonel Craig Flower's idea of tier 1 leadership. Mackey shares the three questions that get asked of these tier 1 leaders: 1. Can they do it? 2. Will they do it? 3. Will others follow them when they do? So many times we believe that in order to be the best leader, you have to be the best player on the field, and if you were the best player, then by default, you were the best leader. In the book, "The Captains Class" Sam...
May 11, 2018•16 min
