If you cant out train them then out live them! - Coach Alex Clemsen (University Maryland Head Wrestling Coach)

oach Alex Clemsen is a realist and an honest man and he is also the new Head Coach for the University of Maryland 's wrestling program. Its a big job and if you are a wrestling coach it's a dream job as well! In this episode, Coach Bruce sits down with Coach  Clemsen to discuss his plans for the program, his philosophies, challenges and expectations . In the discussion Coach Clemsen discusses his philosophy of teaching the "whole athlete" and how "out living your opponent" and doing the hard work the right way is the only way to success in todays hyper competitive  world. Coach Clemsen discusses his desire  to build not only great athletes but also good men ad his hopes that his athletes will  impact their community long after leaving his program. In addition to this Coach Clemsen  also discusses his ideas about program building and the type of athlete he is looking to bring to the program as well. Known in the sport as an "elite recruiter "Coach Clemsen discusses his belief that the best way to build a program is to  recruit  both highly talented athletes with high character and values as well. Coach Clemsen discusses the fact that he spends as much time learning about each athletes talents as he does learning about their character, their focus on academics, how they treat other people and their commitment to excellence both in and out of the gym.In addition to this Coach Clemsen also shares how he went about building his staff and how he was looking for assistants willing to commit to the level excellence he requires and in turn how he allows "his guys" to flex their strengths by giving them a sense of ownership in the program as well.This is a talk for every coach or leader building a program and looking for ideas they can immediately put to work on their own team on in their own business!