Bob Chesney: How to Build a Winning Culture | UCLA Head Coach

UCLA head coach Bob Chesney joins Jim Pyne on On The Line for a conversation about leadership, culture, competition and what it takes to build winning football programs.
Chesney shares the journey that took him from the Division III coaching ranks to Salve Regina, Assumption, Holy Cross, JMU and ultimately UCLA. He explains the principles that have followed him at every stop: attention to detail, positive attitude, urgency and relentlessness.
They also discuss building trust with players, creating competition every day, developing overlooked talent, the importance of strength and conditioning, and why Chesney believes there is “no job too small.”
Chesney shares some of the best advice he ever received from his mother — “Grow where you’re planted” — and explains why he believes adversity is an opportunity and failure should refine you, not define you.
From doing laundry and packing team buses early in his career to leading UCLA football, this is a conversation about the process behind sustained success and the relationships that make it possible.
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