Howard Joffe is our guest for the fourteenth episode of Baseline Intelligence. Howard is a former All-American for Pepperdine University and is currently the women's head coach for the University of Texas where they've won both the 2021 and the 2022 NCAA championships.
We talk:
2:09 How he builds his team
4:52 What he looks for in a recruit
6:28 How a player reveals their passion for the game
11:34 When he starts recruiting junior players
15:15 The "false self"
17:18 What he focuses on with his players
21:05 Listening to his players
25:16 How his players stay relaxed under pressure
27:10 The difficult of defending a national championship
31:47 Most difficult aspect of being a head coach
33:18 His halftime speeches
35:14 His best advice to win more matches
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