Episode 81: Coach Randy Brown: ( Randy is a national author, keynote speaker, mentor and coach.)

  Randy Brown is a national author, keynote speaker, mentor and coach.  Randy is considered a national expert on the topics of adversity, networking, and team building. His experience spans over 30 years of sharing life-changing messages to hundreds of audiences. His popular presentations on the truth of networking, communication and team building lean on his college basketball coaching career and life experiences.  For nearly 20 years Randy Brown has worked with the country's finest coaches, including Basketball Hall of Famer, Lute Olson. His NCAA Division I experience includes five regular season championships, two post-season tournament championships, five NCAA Tournaments, back-to-back Big 12 titles, and the 2000 Elite Eight. Twelve NBA players have benefitted from his coaching expertise, including Steve Kerr, current Golden State Warriors head coach, and Sean Elliott, National Player of the Year, 1988. Four Arizona players combined have captured an amazing 15 NBA World Championship trophies as both players and coaches. (Kerr-8, Bruce Fraser-3, Jud Buechler-3, Sean Elliott-1). One of his passions is giving back to the coaching profession. He created an extensive worldwide coach mentoring program in 2008, Elite Coach Mentoring. Over 100 coaches have reached their coaching goals working with Randy.  Randy’s networking tree extends deep into the basketball world. Within two degrees he can connect to virtually every college and NBA coach. He is an author, speaker, mentor, consultant, and networking expert. He is a certified Life Coach through CoachU and is an Emeritus Coach with the National Association of Basketball Coaches.  Randy’s expertise in dealing with life's adversities provides a powerful platform for his presentation, "Rebound Forward. His rise in the coaching world was matched by his dramatic plunge to the depths of depression, children deaths, prison, and a career lost forever. His book, Rebound Forward, highlights his rise in the college coaching world as well as failure, adversity, and tragedy. He is a role model for resilience in the face of life’s most devastating circumstances. Randy has two daughters, Claire, 27, and Jane, 22, and resides in Ames, Iowa.  @coachrb   coachrb.com