Coaching NFL, college football, Esports, and other coaches with Evan Burk

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Evan Burk joins the Head Games Podcast to talk about coaching and leadership, and how he went from coaching 4th grade football to coaching in the NFL. His coaching experience includes stints with the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, Overwatch League, and numerous Division 1, 2, and 3 college teams.

Evan uses his many years of coaching experience to help others unlock their leadership potential. We unlocked his brain for a discussion about his career and the impact of coaching.

  • :42 | Going From Coaching at a Boulder Rec Center to the NFL in 6 Years

  • 6:19 | Persistence to get to the Dolphins and going to the Senior Bowl

  • 9:10 | Coaching with the Dolphins

  • 10:30 | Realization of not wanting to coach anymore while at UCLA

  • 14:40 | Training others to become coaches

  • 18:00 | How much does team leadership actually matter?

  • 22:00 | Is good coaching overly romanticized?

  • 25:00 | Do we underweight or overweight coaching? // Steve Kerr

  • 31:00 | Coaching people to coach in e-sports and understanding coaching philosophies

  • 35:37 | What do Esports coaches actually do?

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Episode Information

Podcast: Head Games Podcast, a sports & psych podcast

Episode title: Coaching NFL, college football, Esports, and other coaches with Evan Burk

Interviewer: Ben Rosenberg and Bret Levine

Interviewee: Evan Burk

Episode Description: Today we talk coaching and leadership with Evan Burk, who went from coaching 4th grade football to coaching in the NFL. His coaching experience includes stints with the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, Overwatch League, and numerous Division 1, 2, and 3 college teams. Evan uses his many years of coaching experience to help others unlock their leadership potential. We unlocked his brain for a discussion about his career and the impact of coaching.

Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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