Our Great Coach on this episode is John Kessel.

As a volleyball player, John participated in 16 U.S. Open Championships and played professionally in Europe.

He started coaching at the Collegiate level in the USA in 1970 and led teams to National titles in 1986 and 1987. He was the Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal.

He has had the most profound impact on the game, though, as a coach and administrator. He worked for over 30 years at Volleyball USA and 20+ years at World ParaVolley.

He is the author of over 12 books, including the IMPACT coaching manual, which is now in its 33rd edition. In 2007, the Institute for International Sport named him a Sport Ethics Fellow, and in 2024, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

John consults with other Olympic Sports, well over 20 in fact, and travels around the world talking about coaching, particularly in the youth space.Our Great Coach on this episode is John Kessel.

As a volleyball player, John participated in 16 U.S. Open Championships and played professionally in Europe.

He started coaching at the Collegiate level in the USA in 1970 and led teams to National titles in 1986 and 1987. He was the Team Leader for the 2000 USA Olympic Beach Volleyball Teams in Sydney, which brought home one gold medal, and for the 2004 USA Paralympic Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team in Athens, which came home with the bronze medal.

He has had the most profound impact on the game, though, as a coach and administrator. He worked for over 30 years at Volleyball USA and 20+ years at World ParaVolley.

He is the author of over 12 books, including the IMPACT coaching manual, which is now in its 33rd edition. In 2007, the Institute for International Sport named him a Sport Ethics Fellow, and in 2024, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

John consults with other Olympic Sports, well over 20 in fact, and travels around the world talking about coaching, particularly in the youth space.

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Anna Stembridge is a former netball player and coach.

Anna played in the UK Netball Superleague for Team Bath and the Celtic Dragons. She represented Wales on the international stage before transitioning into coaching in 2008. She then served as an Assistant with Team Bath and helped them to the Superleague titles in 2009 and 2010. She also served as an Assistant for the UK National team before taking over in 2011 and leading them to 2011 World Netball Series. In 2022 she stepped down as the Head Coach of Team Bath.

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Luke Beveridge is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda in the . He retired in 1999 and, came back to play and coach for his alma mater, St Bedes. He was eventually appointed the teams Head Coach and won 3 consecutive premierships taking them team from C to A grade. After this, he spent time back in the AFL as an Assistant coach at Collingwood and Hawthorn, where both clubs won the Premiership.

Then in 2014 he was appointed as Head Coach of the Western Bulldogs and led them to the premiership in 2016. For the way he condusted himself on the day they won the premiership he was awarded the Spirit of Sport at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards.

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