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The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby

by Pat Rigsby

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The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby — for sports-minded entrepreneurs, coaches, and high performers who want to build better teams, better businesses, and better lives. Find out more at www.PatRigsby.com

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  1. The Winning Coach - 24 - The One Thing Every Gym Should Steal From the Locker Room

    Get more at PatRigsby.com What can gym owners learn from a locker room? More than you might think. In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby shares one of the most overlooked strategies for building a successful fitness business: creating a strong gym culture built around a shared vision....

  2. The Winning Coach - 23 - The Coaching Mistake I Still Think About | Pat Rigsby

    Get more at PatRigsby.com After more than 30 years of coaching, Pat Rigsby reflects on the biggest coaching mistake of his career—and it's not what you might expect. During his time as a college baseball coach, Pat became the youngest head coach in college baseball at just 23 years old. His…

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  3. The Winning Coach - 22 - Want It? Start Deserving It.

    Get more at PatRigsby.com How do you grow a coaching business, get more clients, increase revenue, and achieve your biggest business goals? In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby shares a simple but powerful principle for coaches, gym owners, and entrepreneurs who want to build a...

  4. The Winning Coach - 21 - Experience vs Stuff

    Get more at PatRigsby.com Experiences Over Stuff: Build a Business People Remember What if the best businesses aren't built around having the newest equipment, the fanciest facilities, or the most impressive technology...but around creating experiences people never forget? In this episode of The...

  5. The Winning Coach - 20 - Urgency Builds Gyms. Desperation Breaks Them.

    Get more at PatRigsby.com Urgency vs. Desperation: The Gym Owner's Guide to Sustainable Business Growth Are you making strategic decisions to grow your gym, or are you making desperate moves to keep your fitness business afloat? In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby breaks down the...

  6. The Winning Coach - 19 - A Client Doesn't Have to Keep Paying You to Matter

    Get more at PatRigsby.com A few years ago, I probably would have looked at a former client, player, or business relationship differently than I do today. When I was 23, I was thinking about winning. I was thinking about what was right in front of me. I wasn't thinking much about alumni, former...

  7. The Winning Coach - 18 - Make Relationship Deposits Before You Need Them

    Get more at PatRigsby.com Playing the Long Game in Your Fitness Business Most gym owners want results now. More leads. More members. More revenue. More sales. But building a truly durable fitness business requires something that is increasingly rare: patience. In this episode, Pat Rigsby explains...

  8. The Winning Coach - 17 - Fall In Love With the Boring Work | An Interview with Ted Tom

    What can a baseball manager teach you about building a better business and a more ideal life? A lot more than you might think. In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby sits down with Ted Tom, a manager in the Washington Nationals organization, to talk about his journey through…

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  9. The Winning Coach - 16 - Stop Studying What's Normal

    Get more at PatRigbsy.com Most business owners don't have a growth problem. They have an expectations problem. If you've spent years surrounded by people doing $15K or $20K a month, eventually that starts to feel like the ceiling. You assume that's just what businesses like yours can do. But what...

  10. The Winning Coach - 15 - How to Win Without the Biggest Resources | An Interview with Dan Heefner

    Get more at PatRigsby.com What if you could build a winning organization without having the biggest resources? That's exactly what Dan Heefner has done at Dallas Baptist University. Entering his 20th season as the head baseball coach at DBU, Dan has helped build one of the most consistently...

  11. The Winning Coach - 14 - The Best Player Development Starts With The Coach with Brian Harrison

    Get more at PatRigsby.com What does it take to build a championship-level program—and become the kind of coach people want to follow? On this episode of The Winning Coach, I sit down with my longtime friend and highly respected college baseball coach Brian Harrison, Head Baseball Coach at Baldwin...

  12. The Winning Coach - 13 - Motivation Is Not Your Problem

    Get more at PatRigsby.com Motivation Isn't Your Problem: Why Role Clarity, Systems, and Practice Drive Performance Motivation gets a lot of credit—and a lot of blame—in coaching, leadership, and business. But what if motivation isn't actually the problem? In this episode of The Winning Coach...

  13. The Winning Coach - 12 - You're Missing the Life You're Building

    Get more at PatRigsby.com Prepare for the future—but don't miss the present. In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby reflects on 21 years of marriage to Holly and the lessons their journey together has taught him about business, coaching, family, and success. From spending their…

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  14. The Winning Coach - 11 - You're Mistaking Tactics For The Business

    Get more at PatRigsby.com Build Your Coaching Business Around What Won't Change The fitness industry is changing constantly. AI is changing. Social media algorithms are changing. Marketing tactics are changing. Consumer preferences are changing. New training trends and business models show up…

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  15. The Winning Coach - 10 - You Don't Have a Team. You Have Talent.

    Team vs. Talent: Why Great Coaches Build Culture, Not Just Teams | The Winning Coach Podcast What separates high-performing teams from a group of talented individuals? In this episode of The Winning Coach Podcast, Pat Rigsby breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions about leadership and...

  16. The Winning Coach - 09 - Stop Running Your Business Like a Startup

    Stop Running Your Business Like a Startup | Match Your Strategy to Your Season What got you to this point in business won't necessarily get you to the next level. In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby shares one of the most valuable lessons he learned as a college baseball coach - and...

  17. The Winning Coach - 08 - Build a Business Nobody Can Copy

    What separates businesses that last from those that get left behind? In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby breaks down one of the most important business concepts he ever learned from Warren Buffett: building a competitive moat. Too many business owners believe their marketing,...

  18. The Winning Coach - 07 - Your Biggest Advantage Is What Others Won't Do

    Most people are looking for an advantage their competitors can't copy. They're looking for a new marketing tactic, a better piece of technology, or a secret strategy that nobody else knows. But what if your greatest competitive advantage is much simpler than that? In this episode of The Winning...

  19. The Winning Coach - 06 - The Coaching Advantage AI Can't Replace

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  20. The Winning Coach - 05 - Make The Big Time Where You Are

    Make the Big Time Where You Are | Why the Best Coaches & Entrepreneurs Stop Chasing the Next Opportunity Everyone wants a bigger opportunity—a larger business, more clients, a better job, or the next big breakthrough. But what if the fastest path to those opportunities is becoming exceptional...

  21. The Winning Coach - 04 - Building Your Career Around Your Life

    Build Wealth Without Losing Your Life: Guardrails for Gym Owners Pat Rigsby explains how entrepreneurs and high-performing coaches often build careers that keep expanding until life gets squeezed out, and argues for reversing that by designing a career around the life you want. He shares how, as…

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  22. The Winning Coach - 03 - Standards Beat Motivation

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  23. The Winning Coach - 02 - Winning the Game, Losing the Season

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  24. The Winning Coach - 01 - What It Means To Be a Winning Coach

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  25. Fitness Business School - 675 - Creating Your Own Cash Machine

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  26. Fitness Business School - 674 - The "More Leads" Trap

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  27. Fitness Business School - 673 - Stack to Win

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  28. Fitness Business School - 672 - The Business Kiss of Death

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  29. Fitness Business School - 671 - Compressing Your Marketing Time

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  30. Fitness Business School - 670 - 3 Things to Do When Business is Slow

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  31. Fitness Business School - Extra Credit - Inconsistent Marketing

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  32. Fitness Business School - 668 - Why Do Things Feel So Challenging?

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  33. Fitness Business School - 667 - Evolving Your Business

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  34. Fitness Business School - Extra Credit - You Don't Need More Leads!

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  35. Fitness Business School - 665 - Success Leaves Clues

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  36. Fitness Business School - 664 - Diversifying Your Marketing

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  37. Fitness Business School - 663 - Simplify to Multiply

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  38. Fitness Business School - 662 - How to Sell More

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  39. Fitness Business School - 661 - Learning from the Best: Eric Cressey on Scaling a High-Performance Gym Business

    Get more from Eric at EricCressey.com Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work....

  40. Fitness Business School - 660 - Build a Marketing Vending Machine

    Build a Marketing "Vending Machine": A Predictable System for Leads & Clients Pat Rigsby explains the concept of creating a marketing "vending machine"—a predictable system where you invest in a front-end marketing process and reliably generate leads and clients. He outlines the steps: identify...

  41. Fitness Business School - 659 - The Neurological Approach to Fitness with NeuFit with Garrett Salpeter

    Find out more about Garrett and the Neubie at Neu.fit Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that...

  42. Fitness Business School - 658 - The Power of Building an Audience

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  43. Fitness Business School - 657 - Selling in 4 Simple Steps

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  44. Fitness Business School - 656 - Choose 2 For a Better Business

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  45. Fitness Business School - 655 - Reverse Engineering Success

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  46. Fitness Business School - 654 - Playing to Your Strengths

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  47. Fitness Business School - 653 - Building a Brand Through Trust

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  48. Fitness Business School - 652 - The Wealthy Owner Path

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  49. Fitness Business School - 651 - The Simplest Way to Win in Business

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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  50. Fitness Business School - 650 - The Shift You Must Make in Your Business

    Ready to grow your clientele & revenue? Download "The 20 Client Generators" PDF now and get instant access to strategies that will fill your calendar with potential clients. No complicated tech, no lengthy processes—just real strategies that work. https://info.patrigsby.com/20-client-generators…

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The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby — for sports-minded entrepreneurs, coaches, and high performers who want to build better teams, better businesses, and better lives. Find out more at www.PatRigsby.com

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The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby has 789 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on November 9, 2026.

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The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby — for sports-minded entrepreneurs, coaches, and high performers who want to build better teams, better businesses, and better lives. Find out more at www.PatRigsby.com

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The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby publishes weekly, based on its 789 episodes since July 2016.

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