Steve Trimper Notes
Bio
- Head Coach Stetson University
- In his first season, the Hatters finished just one game behind Jacksonville in 2017 in the race for the ASUN title and won six of seven league series during the year. The season also included road series wins at The Citadel and at Tulane.
- 2nd season tied for the most wins in a season in program history.
- 2nd season first NCAA Regional title
- 2nd season ranked in every national poll
- Established dugout club and raised over 100K
- Prior to Stetson he was HC at University of Maine with over 300 victories, 140 in conference play, 9 tournament victories, and 2 regional appearances.
- Former HC at Manhattan College - school record for wins (32) MAAC COY. 2nd all time in conference wins
- AC at University of Vermont
- Associate HC at wentworth college
- Spent time in the cape cod with eastern tide
- National clinician, just recently in Nashville
- Author of “Walk-Off Winning”
Notes
- Come up with 3-4 things we are going to be awesome at
- Send me a real important values
- Integrity, excellence, commitment, blue collar,
- We can Hold those things accountable
- Culture changes all the time
- Built because of the 4-5 traits that you can build on
- Leadership is when the going gets tough can you go back to those words/value?
- Establish the values and that is the bedrock, how we navigate there will change each year
- Your people are your best educators
- My job is to give you the tool to hand the team over you to (the players)
- Hold each other accountable
- In order to be great you need to have an ego
- Outside of my team they will know we have an ego
- Inside our team we will have humility and check our ego
- Take the people inside my organization and they never say you are an embelisher
- The positive energy the attracts people
- What is success? Word association, go!
- Reward or success?
- You need to find what you believe is good people
- When you invite them to the team, and its up to you to build the relationship
- People start to trust you
- Loyalty of the people
- Success is those 4 traits - good people, relationships, trust, loyalty
- I brought you here because I thought you were going to be great
- 6-8 speakers every fall
- Tell stories of failures
- When you struck out 4 times, that ain’t failure
- Force our guys to communicate
- Ask people how they were successful?
- First time going to class ask professor 3 questions about themselves
- Have the ability to talk and ask questions of the people around you
- I have to listen a little more in the south
- I had to learn the environment and change my philosophy
- I have to own the mistakes, and all the mistakes I have made have been along my successes
- How your failure led to successes
- We celebrate every win
- Some losses, with the right mindset, can lead us to the path to success.
- Moxy guy - what do you do to get the award? Foul ball guy after dealing for 4 innings
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