Coaching, Mentorship, and Leadership Lessons Learned from Professional Football

James M Whalen; Daryl J Nelson; Ryan J Whalen; Matthew T Provencher

doi:10.1016/j.csm.2022.11.009

Coaching, Mentorship, and Leadership Lessons Learned from Professional Football

Clin Sports Med. 2023 Apr;42(2):291-299. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2022.11.009.

Authors

James M Whalen¹, Daryl J Nelson¹, Ryan J Whalen², Matthew T Provencher³

Affiliations

¹ New England Patriots, 1 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA 02035, USA.
² Steadman Philippon Research Institute, 181 West Meadow Drive Suite 400, Vail, CO 81657, USA.
³ Steadman Philippon Research Institute, 181 West Meadow Drive Suite 400, Vail, CO 81657, USA; The Steadman Clinic, 181 West Meadow Drive Suite 400, Vail, CO 81657, USA. Electronic address: mprovencher@thesteadmanclinic.com.

PMID: 36907627
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2022.11.009

Abstract

Coaching, mentorship, and leadership are all paramount for the creation of a championship-winning football team. Looking back and studying the great coaches of professional football provides valuable insight into the qualities and the characteristics they possessed and how that impacted their leadership. Many of the great coaches from this game have instilled team standards and a culture that led to unprecedented success and sprouted into many other great coaches and leaders. Leadership at all levels of an organization is essential to consistently achieve a championship-caliber team.

Keywords: Coaching; Leadership; Mentorship; NFL; National football league; Professional football.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Football*
Humans
Leadership
Mentoring*
Mentors
Soccer*