He has received five National Coach of the Year Awards-and many of the players he coached in college have gone on to NBA stardom. As the head coach, I receive weekly updates throughout the year on significant events in each student's academic life-and then take action accordingly. And when I had a good game, he'd come up to me and say, "Hey, Mick (my nickname back then), that was a great game. As great a coach and human being as Coach K may be, his book doesn't come close to Wooden's but neither does any other that I have read. Once the schedules are in, we obtain a syllabus for each course so that we know when project due dates and midterm tests will occur.

I enjoyed the stories about his experiences coaching his team's and how he dealt with specific situations, I didn't always like the hamfisted attempt to extrapolate those annecdotes into general business advice. His description of the time he spent with Jim Valvano was also moving and again highlights who Coach K is and what matters most to him.If, through hard work and excellent performance, Dawkins demonstrates he deserves thirty minutes of playing time, he should get thirty minutes of playing time. Even though the preseason begins around the first of September, it's really like springtime-time for the birth of a new team.

I loved his examples of players and actual games which showed his teachings on communication,commitment,trust and collective responsibility.

It shows not only that the leader cares, but that he also might know a little something about the employee's personal life. Mike is a big believer in team building because he says he encourages them to spend time at his house.