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The transfer portal, one of the biggest developments in modern college sports, has completely reshaped how student-athletes move between institutions. Since the NCAA changed its rules, athletes can now transfer multiple times without losing a season of eligibility, not just once, the way the rule originally worked. Combined with a windowed system that sets specific dates for entering the portal sport by sport, and a newer age-based eligibility model, movement between programs

Today's post looks at the parable Jesus tells in Matthew 21:28-32, and the message underneath it: sincerity matters more than saying the right words or making promises you don't keep. It's a parable about actions outweighing words, and about what's actually in someone's heart mattering more than what comes out of their mouth. That lesson lands hard on a college volleyball team, where a player's actions and her actual commitment to the goal are what determine whether the team

Respecting someone's beliefs and accepting someone's beliefs are not the same thing, but somewhere along the way we've started treating them like they are. Today, if you disagree with someone's worldview, you're often labeled intolerant, closed-minded, or even hateful, regardless of how respectfully you've treated that person. We've lost the ability to disagree well. Healthy debate has been replaced by hostility. Curiosity has given way to conformity. Instead of asking questi

Conflict has shown up on every team I've ever coached, and honestly, on every team anyone has ever coached. That's not a flaw in the group. It's just what happens when a group of people care enough to compete together. What actually separates a good season from a rough one isn't whether conflict shows up. It's whether the team knows what to do with it once it does. Most of it starts small: a disagreement about strategy, a misread on what a play was supposed to look like, some

As the primary author of this site, you need to understand who I am as a person. I am sharing a personal story of faith, identity formation, and how these have shaped my life. This journey has been one filled with struggle and triumph; through it all, I remain passionate about helping others discover their potential in whatever way possible - whether this is through coaching or higher education. Being genuine and vulnerable as an author is important because it allows you (the