
My sole mission is to help humans wage war against their status quo. I am a word trafficker. I spend my days crafting keynotes and writing stories. During my third year at Harvard Law School, I realized I wanted to become a football coach so I wrote a letter to every team in the NFL. My direct mail campaign to 32 NFL teams yielded a 99.0325% failure rate. 31 teams rejected me. I was $250,000 in debt. No job offer. Two months before graduation. And I finally got the call. That plunge into the Deep End led to seven years coaching in the NFL and college. Today, I serve as founding director of the Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation (CSLi) at the University of Texas. CSLI is the first university-based institute dedicated to developing leadership and character curricula for high school and collegiate athletes. I also teach one of UT's most popular courses - Gameplan for Winning at Life. This course is a deep dive into vulnerability, empathy, grit, failure management and rejection immunity. How May I Add Value to Your Journey? Speaking - Each year I deliver over 50 talks worldwide to Fortune 500 companies, school districts and professional sports teams. Former clients include Coca-Cola, New York Giants, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Chik-fil-A. Coaching - Each year I take ten clients on a 6-month journey. Using my I³ approach, we will delve into the worlds of introspection, iteration and influence. Consulting - I work with venture capital and private equity groups on the sourcing, valuation and vetting process associated with sports startups. Let's take the plunge. Stay In The Deep End.
clevelandbrowns.com
detroitlions.com
presidentialleadershipscholars.org
notley.com
harvard.edu
espncareers.com
wvu.edu
Austin, Texas, United States
Chief Dive Instructor
Deep End Ventures
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Jun 2015 - Present
Austin, Texas, United States
Co-Founder
Monetize Your Message
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Jun 2022 - Present
Austin, Texas, United States
Board Member
Saddle Capital
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Dec 2021 - Present
Houston, Texas, United States
Founding Director
Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation (UT-Austin)
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Dec 2014 - Jun 2023
The University of Texas
Lecturer in the Humanities
The University of Texas at Austin
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Aug 2014 - Jun 2023
Austin, Texas Area
Lecturer
Texas McCombs School of Business
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Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Austin, Texas, United States
utexas.edu
sxsw.com
chiefs.com
sen.gov