20 | Coach Mark Richt on Bobby Bowden, recruiting Deion Sanders, consistency and success at Florida State and Georgia, and leading the right way

Written By Evan Burk

Coach Mark Richt served as the head football coach for the University of Georgia and the University of Miami, as well as a longtime assistant coach for the Florida State University Seminoles under his mentor, Bobby Bowden where he was part of 2 National Championship teams.

In this conversation, Evan Burk speaks with Coach Richt about learning under Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden, impactful relationships with players built on discipline and compassion, and a coach's responsibility to set the example for teaching players how to become a man, husband, and father.

Tune into this episode to hear:

  • How Howard Schnellenberger set high expectation at the University of Miami

  • His 1st job at Florida State and developing confidence as a coach

  • Earning Coach Bobby Bowden's trust

  • The elevation of the Florida State football program

  • How they avoided complacency during FSU's all-time great run

  • His mentality going into his 1st head coaching job at Georgia

  • The elevation of the Georgia football program

  • Building resiliency within the program, with players, and "Finishing the Drill" at Georgia

  • How the Georgia program evolved over 15 years

  • Returning to his alma mater as head football coach

  • Commonalties of the great teams he was a part of

  • The importance of getting the buy-in of the players

  • Teaching players how to be young men

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    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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