Golf at Rooks County Golf Course this morning. Hoping all these kids want to be doing this with us in 25 years.

One more from the David Shapiro podcast. I encourage you to check out the whole thing at beyondcoaching.alitu.com.

Prestigious honor for a Prestigious Pitcher! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Wertz earns 2025 NAIA Softball All-American nod tinyurl.com/yb8tcsc8

We watched the movie Little Giants a few days ago where he learned the intimidation face. Pretty spot on.

1/5 "Would you sacrifice a win for the sake of your standards?" It’s a question every coach faces—and there’s no easy answer. Here’s what we’ve learned. (thread)

Way to go @leviconvirs!

Your 2025 Honorary ESPYs finalists for Male D-II/JUCO/NAIA Athlete of the Year! Braden Howell, SC Builder Football Jackson Syring, 𝙇𝙎𝙐 𝙎𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 KVonte Baker, Friends University Football 22savage, CowleyTigerMBB Paul Schoenfeld, Colorado-Mesa BSB Seven Cloud, BUCO Football

Prestigious honor for prestigious STUDENT-athletes! tinyurl.com/2x3jvvnp

The all-time assists leader in Northwest Basketball history and Friends Univ. Men's Basketball commit Elijah Benning is one of our HS Athletes of the Week and a finalist for Male HS Athlete of the Year! Vote for Eli at espnwichita.com/espys

Pumped to see Levi Convirs named Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference SID of the Year. The role is demanding and keeps growing, it is often thankless, and people assume the work just magically gets done. It doesn’t. It takes long hours and real sacrifice. Grateful his peers recognized him. 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦

Vote, Vote, Vote for K'Vonte Baker for an Honorary ESPY as the D-II/JUCO/NAIA Male Athlete of the Year!!! espnwichita.com/espys/

2024-25 Recap: Championships, breakout programs signify past year in Friends Athletics tinyurl.com/mvwd8ja9

1/ Ever hand a coach the keys and hope for the best? Pete Van Mullen thinks about why that’s a flawed system—and what we can do instead.

.KVonte Baker had an unconventional route to joining Friends University Football But the QB had a great reason for returning to football, and reunited with former HS HC Coach Harrison Now he’s become the catalyst for this potent offense 🙌 📺 : youtu.be/_DyA3lR5hmU?si…

1/If I coached again, I’d care less about scouting reports (although they are still very important) and more about walk-and-talks.

Friends Sports Information Department receives three NAIA-SIDA awards tinyurl.com/yc4mnsk5

Congrats Pat Strathman! Well deserved. The best and tallest in your field.

Feature Story Alert on such a valuable member of our institution ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ‘Being part of an institution that values both academic achievement and athletics is incredibly rewarding’: Friends alum Preston Todd recalls life-changing decision to stay at Friends stories.friendsathletics.com/2025/07/03/tod…

1/ Let’s break down the 3Cs of coaching that still hold up—maybe more now than ever: Competence. Care. Constant. Here’s what they mean—and why most coaches are strong in 1 or 2 but rarely all 3.

mnusports.com/news/2025/7/11… #FearTheNeer