EP 35 - Rick Carter, "Zip 'Em Up" TBT Head Coach & CEO of SpotterEDU

Coach Rick Carter’s Story: 
In this episode, you’ll hear from Rick Carter. Coach Rick is the current Head Coach of the “Zip ‘Em Up” TBT Team, the Xavier University alumni team that just participated in the “The Basketball Tournament” this past summer on the ESPN Networks. And yes, Coach Carter did what every assistant coach aspires to do. That is, make the move 18 inches from being an assistant coach to becoming a head  coach. As you soon will hear, Coach Rick does a terrific job describing what it is like to make this transition to leading your own program or even your own business. In addition to being the head coach of this TBT team, Coach Rick is the co-founder and CEO of SpotterEDU and the founder of Details Training. Coach Rick is doing an excellent job training high level basketball players in the Chicagoland area. Wait until you hear how Coach Rick describes his mindset in getting players better. Finally, Coach Rick has over 15 years of Division I college coaching experiences. At the core of Coach Rick’s coaching philosophy is the endless lessons that he learned from Hall of Fame Coach, Coach Tom Izzo. Rick started his career with Coach Izzo as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Michigan State University. After MSU, Rick has had stops at Fairfield, Western Michigan, Missouri, Xavier, and DePaul. Coach Rick is an extremely honest person. And, Coach Rick is going to share some extremely honest opinions that he thinks will benefit young coaches. However, Coach Rick is also extremely vulnerable in admitting some mistakes that he has made in his coaching journey. And the mistakes that he has made is at the core of this growth mindset that Coach Carter talks so eloquently about. Coach Rick's thoughts on how you can learn from failure and change your career or personal paths is simply incredible. This bounce-back mentality is a must listen for any young coach. And this next chapter in Coach Carter’s professional life is surely going to be his best chapter ever. 

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