Catholic, have a beautiful wife, 3 wonderful sons & 2 daughter-in-laws, 2 awesome grandkids, ND '88 (Football walk-on), & passionate coach at Aquinas Catholic
Omaha, NE
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Tony Smith retweeted
Honored to be featured in @FanWord's Storytellers of College Sports series alongside @CollSportsComm!
I love what I get to do everyday and am thankful @NWUSports let's me do it!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬: 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡
Every game recap. Every senior-day tribute. Every long-form feature.
Someone wrote it.
In college athletics, the people who tell everyone else's stories almost never get one of their own. The communicators working at the stat table and long after the final whistle are the ones quietly molding how an entire department is seen by its fans.
Today @FanWord is launching The Storytellers of College Sports, a series in partnership with @CollSportsComm, that puts those people at the front of the storytelling for once.
Each feature profiles a communicator shaping the voice of their program. And tells the story of how they got there, what they've built, and the work that stays long after the year ends.
First up — @BradenSmith2020, Director of Athletic Communications at @NWUSports: the-storytellers-of-college-…
Love this! Amen!!
To my Class A and B peeps...
You didn't make varsity.
You didn't qualify for State.
You didn't medal at State.
You didn't win gold.
Get over yourself.
The season is over. You won.
preprunningnerd.com/post/the…
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Applied to coaches...
6 Rules for Sports Coaches.
1. It’s their journey, not your résumé
Don’t coach for your record. Coach for their growth.
2. Hard moments are where growth happens.
Don’t remove them. Guide them.
3. Own the locker room tone
What you say, and how you say it, sticks longer than you think.
4. Model what you expect
Effort. Energy. Attitude. They will mirror you.
5. Celebrate the team over the individual
Culture wins when “we” matters more than “me.”
6. Make it about more than the scoreboard
Years from now, they won’t remember the score.
They’ll remember how you made them feel.
Be the coach they remember for the right reasons.
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6 Rules for Sports Parents:
1. It’s not about you
2. Struggle is part of the deal
3. Don’t ruin the car ride home
4. Your kid is watching you
5. Cheer for the team
6. Enjoy every moment
One day, the games will end.
Make sure the memories don’t.
Tony Smith retweeted
Shoutout to all the teachers next week who will let their students watch March Madness during class
I don’t remember much of what I learned, but I will always remember the teachers who let me watch the tournament.
We ALL thank you.
Tony Smith retweeted
Ways to be a better Catholic man:
— Get up early
— Start the day on your knees before God
— Pray the Liturgy of the Hours Faithfully
— Walk frequently, lift heavy, sprint occasionally
— Eat an animal-based, whole foods diet
— Fast occasionally
— Learn to feast well in a way that gives glory to God
— Attend Sunday Mass and occasional daily mass
— Find an adoration chapel and commit to a weekly Holy Hour
— Go to confession monthly (at least)
— Use Friday as a day to pray and sacrifice for people in your life who need it
— Write down your goals and check in on them often
— Examine your conscience daily, learn from your mistakes, thank God for your blessings,
— Get to know your Blessed Mother and ask her for help and intercession
— Get to know your local priests, have them over for meals, pray together, and engage in edifying conversation.
— Get together with other Catholic men to pray, discuss goals/challenges, and find ways to serve the community together.
— Developing a strong reading discipline
— Learn about the virtues and use the concepts to continually evaluate your life and take steps to grow in holiness
— Fiercely guard your media inputs.
— Counter every temptation to lust by praying God’s blessing and protection on the women you encounter
— Avoid news/church drama unless it is strictly necessary for the fulfillment of your particular vocation
— Pray for your priests, bishop, and the pope (whether or not you like them)
— Become an outdoorsman, especially if you aren’t one by nature/nurture. Learn to embrace the cold, the sun, the wind, the wet.
— Begin to assemble some saints you particularly admire or have a connection to. Learn about them. Get to know them. Pray for their intercession.
— Get a reading plan and read the Bible and Catechism
Tony Smith retweeted
Iowa's Ben McCollum brought up the enemy of great is good in his postgame news conference. Interesting comments.
"People sit in mediocrity for a long time because they start to fall in love with really good. I probably had that happen to me when I was in, like, my seventh or eighth year. We went to three straight Sweet 16s and lost by one, two points. ... I always thought we were really good and close. Then I realized that was the biggest issue that we had, was the fact that we were settling for really good."
"Trying to go from really good to being great is something that is really hard to do, and our kids need to understand really good is not acceptable. It's
actually worse than being bad."
Amen, @CoachLouHoltz88 ! Thank you, Coach, for great wisdom and motivation that has affected my life in amazing ways!
This is Pure Gold. I had the pleasure of spending time with Coach Holtz. I wanted to hear him explain his Three Rules for Life! 1) Do what’s right - trust. 2) Do everything to the best of your ability- commitment. 3) Show people you care - love. It’s pretty simple. He goes on to highlight why the transfer portal is ruining college football. The kids are losing out on the life lessons learned- how to persevere, how to be committed to a program and a group of people. You miss out on the bonds you create over 4 years. If you leave, you still have the problem, you are changing the address. These are words to live by.
Love it!
🚨: 𝗖𝗦𝗖 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.
Today the @AmerRiversConf is spotlighting Braden Smith of @NWUSports!
#rollrivers
Amen!
We need more like @CoachDrinkall in the profession. He gets it! You don’t have to spend 80 hours a week on football to be a great/effective coach. If you have no foundation of family/friends/faith, the football portion will become hollow. Thank you coach for taking it main stream
Tony Smith retweeted
This is a refreshing take. You should love your job and you should work hard to make money. But not at the expense of your family! Especially with kids. The window is limited. Spend as much time as a present father and husband as possible!
