What happens when a coach becomes the parent of a college recruit?

Mike Klinzing, Co-Host of the Hoop Heads Podcast, returns for Part II of The Significant Coaching Podcast to talk about navigating college recruiting with his own son—and how different the process looks when it’s your own kid.

Mike and Matt discuss realistically evaluating an athlete’s ability, identifying the right level, separating the role of coach from the role of parent, communicating with college coaches, and keeping the student-athlete at the center of the decision.

Having experienced college athletics as a Division I player, coach, and now recruiting parent, Mike offers a unique perspective on what families can learn from the process—and why finding the right fit matters more than chasing a particular level.

🎙️ The Significant Coaching Podcast | Episode 196

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Do we have to coach this generation differently?

In Episode 195 of The Significant Coaching Podcast, Matt Rogers sits down with Mike Klinzing, co-host of the Hoop Heads Podcast, founder of Head Start Basketball, and former Division I basketball player at Kent State.

Mike has spent a lifetime playing, coaching, teaching, and talking with coaches at every level of the game. In Part I of this conversation, Matt and Mike dig into how coaching has changed, what today’s athletes need from their coaches, and what the best coaches continue to get right regardless of generation.

They also explore the balance between adapting to today’s athletes and still holding them accountable, what Mike has learned from more than 1,000 podcast conversations, and the lessons from previous generations of coaches that are still worth holding onto.

It’s a conversation about growth, relationships, accountability, and what significant coaching really looks like.

🎙️ The Significant Coaching Podcast | Episode 195

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The companion workbook to the book Significant Recruiting for all college basketball prospects. You can also find journals for baseball, softball, soccer and volleyball at coachmattrogers.com or amazon.com.

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Significant Recruiting: The Playbook for Prospective College Athletes
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Recruit’s Journal Series (Sport-Specific Editions):

⚽ Soccer Recruit’s Journal 👉 https://amzn.to/3M4PFDX
🏐 Volleyball Recruit’s Journal 👉 https://amzn.to/4qMLr2S
🏀 Basketball Recruit’s Journal 👉 https://amzn.to/4bxljEJ
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🥎 Softball Recruit’s Journal 👉 ...

“Be where your feet are.” Five simple words that led me somewhere I didn’t expect.

In Episode 194 of The Significant Coaching Podcast, I explore four different ways to think about this simple mantra: be where you are, own where you are, be with the people who are there, and understand where their feet are.

For athletes, recruits, parents, coaches and leaders, being present is important—but presence is only part of it. Sometimes we need enough humility to step outside our own experiences and understand what the world looks like from where someone else is standing.

Because being true to yourself is conviction. But believing everyone should see the world the way you do?

Sometimes that’s ego.

🎙️ The Significant Coaching Podcast | Episode 194
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📆 To Schedule Matt Rogers to speak at your school or organization, you can schedule a discovery Zoom session here: https://calendly.com/mrogers_significantcoaching/speaking-inquiry-w-matt-rogers

📚 Books & Recruit’s Journals by Matt Rogers

Significant Recruiting: The Playbook for Prospective College Athletes
👉 https://amzn.to/3NbWP9S

Recruit’s Journal Series (Sport-Specific Editions):

⚽ Soccer Recruit’s Journal 👉 https://amzn.to/3M4PFDX
🏐 Volleyball Recruit’s Journal 👉 https://amzn.to/4qMLr2S
🏀 Basketball Recruit’s Journal 👉 https://amzn.to/4bxljEJ
⚾ Baseball Recruit’s Journal 👉 https://amzn.to/3ZGbCMQ
🥎 Softball Recruit’s Journal 👉 ...