Keynote Talk: “4th Grade Football to the NFL: How To Build a Successful Coaching Career”

Written By Evan Burk
I presented to Newcastle University earlier this month on building a successful coaching career.

I presented to Newcastle University earlier this month on building a successful coaching career.

Earlier this month I presented the closing keynote at Newcastle University's Psychological Insights into Coaching Practice conference. My talk, entitled "4th Grade Football to the NFL: How to Build a Successful Coaching Career", covered my path in football coaching, along with tips for coaches to manage themselves, manage their teams, and manage their careers.

Come for the football stories, stay for my impassioned Q+A session! Check out my talk from Newcastle's PIICP conference below.

 
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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