Head Coach & Athletic Director Speakers

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Fee Range: $7,500–$15,000
Travels From: TX

Alan Stein, Jr. teaches proven strategies to improve organizational performance, create effective leadership, increase team cohesion and collaboration, and develop winning mindsets, rituals, and routines. A successful business owner and veteran basketball performance coach, he spent 15 years working with the highest-performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and Kobe Bryant). In his corporate keynote programs and workshops, Alan reveals how to utilize the same approaches in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level. He delivers practical lessons that can be implemented immediately. The strategies from Alan’s book, Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best, are implemented by corporate teams and sports teams around the country. His inspirational words are featured on 12-foot mural outside the Penn State Football Training Center, so that players run past it on the way to practice every day

Fee Range: $15,000–$25,000
Travels From: NC

Nick Saban, head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, is widely considered to be one of the greatest coaches of all time, not only in college football, but in any sport. Saban has six national championship titles. He is the first coach in college football history to win national championships with two different schools. Saban has come to be known for his fiery personality on the sidelines and his strong leadership in the locker room and at practice. Saban’s staff and players, as well as sports experts and fans alike, have come to identify Saban’s coaching style as “The Process”—a rigorous work ethic and focus on being the best in the immediate moment rather than looking toward what may be on the horizon. Saban demands that his players concentrate only on the task at hand and give it their all. Once that task is accomplished, move on to the next, repeat, and inevitably success will come. It is this philosophy that has distinguished Saban since his first national championship with LSU in 2003, and it’s the same credo that has rewarded his ‘Bama team with their most recent success.

Fee Range: $156,000–$345,000
Travels From: AL

Spurrier is the former head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player. Spurrier is a native of Florida, graduated from high school in Tennessee, and is an alumnus of the University of Florida, where he played college football for the Florida Gators. He was a two-time All-American quarterback, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player. Spurrier played professional football for the San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League for ten seasons in the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for winning the Heisman Trophy in 1966, and for coaching the Florida Gators football team to six Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships and a consensus national championship in 1996.

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Travels From: SC

Current president and former head coach of the Miami Heat, Pat Riley is the consummate competitor who knows the exhilaration that comes with winning. He guided the Heat to the playoffs in each of his first three seasons with them and led the team to win the 2006 NBA Championship—the franchise's first title. Riley shares his strategies for winning and outdistancing the competition on the court—and off. Riley understands the psychology of teamwork and personal excellence and is a master at creating organizations whose achievements are greater than the sum of their parts. He shows how to recognize the cycles of team change and make the most of every opportunity. Author of The Winner Within, the Sporting News recently named Riley one of the 50 greatest coaches of all time.

Fee Range: $125,000–$150,000
Travels From: FL

Fee Range: $5,000–$8,000
Travels From: MO

Pete Carroll is one of the best coaches at any level of football. Carroll has achieved the rare feat of winning a college National Championship and a Super Bowl. He won Super Bowl XLVII with the Seattle Seahawks and has built one of the most dynamic rosters in the NFL. As the head coach at USC from 2001-09, Carroll went 97-19 and won seven Pac-10 titles. During his tenure, the school produced three Heisman Trophy winners. A 34 game winning streak included the 2005 BCS National Championship and only ended with a loss in the title game the following year. Carroll had previously been an NFL head coach with the New York Jets and New England Patriots, taking the latter to the playoffs twice. He got his first NFL assistant job with the Buffalo Bills after being a college coach for over a decade. Carroll started his coaching career as a graduate assistant for three seasons at his alma mater Pacific. Today, despite being the oldest active head coach in the NFL, he is known for his youthful enthusiasm and tireless work ethic.

Fee Range: $90,000–$219,000
Travels From: WA

Affectionately known as the Energizer Bunny of the NFL, coach Herman Edwards is a perpetual motion machine, a breath of fresh air who uses his boundless energy and talent for combining hard work with good fun. Former ESPN analyst, NFL head coach (New York Jets '01-'05 and Kansas City Chiefs '06-'08) and player, Herm Edwards became head coach at Arizona State University in 2017. Whether it is his faith, family, or football team, Herm Edwards exudes passion in all areas of his life. Edwards has a diverse background in professional leadership, and is one of the most recognized voices in sports today. Herman is a strong proponent of being a positive role model and is one of the NFL’s most active participants in off-the-field outreach programs. In his book,You Play to Win the Game, Edwards shares the wisdom and insight he counts on to motivate and sustain himself, his team, and the thousands he has inspired.

Fee Range: $25,000–$35,000
Travels From: CA

An expert who served in the White House and the Congress, Ari Fleischer provides an in-depth look at the Trump Administration, politics, the media and U.S. foreign policy.

Fee Range: $30,000–$38,000
Travels From: NY

Scott Frost is currently the head football coach at the University of Nebraska. He was previously the head coach at the University of Central Florida. He played six years in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Frost was the starting quarterback for Tom Osborne's 1997 Nebraska team that shared the national championship with Michigan.

Fee: $25,000
Travels From: NE

Phillip Edward Fulmer Sr. is a football coach, and current athletic director at the University of Tennessee. He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling a 152–52 record. He is best known for coaching the Volunteers in the first BCS National Championship Game in 1998, defeating Florida State University. Fulmer was the Volunteers' 20th head football coach. Coach Fulmer is in high demand as a keynote speaker. He’s a master at getting people to work together. That’s how he won 75 percent of his games in the nation’s toughest conference. His methods translate to companies large and small. “Having been a ‘CEO’ of a big company, you get to see and deal with a lot of different circumstances,” Coach Fulmer says. Coach Fulmer writes all his own material. He not only inspires, he gets laughs. “I’ve been real fortunate over a long period of time to speak to a lot of different groups,” Coach Fulmer says. “I think I have a good feel for what people are looking for.”

Fee: $19,000
Travels From: TN

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Travels From: NV

Fee Range: $31,000–$50,000
Travels From: MI

Recognized as one of the most motivational and transformational keynote speakers of the past decade, Dr. Ivan Joseph has impacted millions of people around the world. His TEDx Talk has over 24 million views, and was named by Forbes as one of the Top TED Talks About The Meaning of Life. Ivan inspires, challenges and entertains—all while providing actionable techniques for individuals and teams to maximize their potential.

Fee Range: $7,000–$12,500
Travels From: Intl

Famed basketball coach Ken Carter sent a powerful message when he literally locked his undefeated, state play-off bound team out of the gym and forced them to hit the books and stop counting on athletic potential as the only ticket out of a tough, inner city life. The film, "Coach Carter," based on the lock-out, is just one more testimony to the strength of his convictions. Carter had a monumental task at hand: the students were failing academically and the athletic programs were in a pathetic state. Within two years, he had virtually single-handedly turned around the school, physically and mentally cleaning house. At the podium, Coach Carter scores with hard-hitting advice about accountability, integrity, teamwork and leadership. He is the founder and chairman of the Coach Ken Carter Foundation, a non-profit organization that develops, promotes and provides education, training and mentoring programs for African-American youths.

Fee Range: $8,000–$20,000
Travels From: TX

Considered the greatest diver in history, Greg Louganis is the only male to win gold medals on both 3 meter springboard and 10 meter platform in consecutive Olympic Games (1984, 1988). A trained actor, dancer, model and spokesman, Greg's wide repertoire of skills keeps him in demand and in the public eye.

Fee Range: $25,000–$44,000
Travels From: CA

One of the most distinguished coaching careers in National Football League history officially concluded when Dick Vermeil announced his retirement from professional football in 2006. Vermeil spent 15 seasons as an NFL head coach — including the past five campaigns with Kansas City — and was a member of the league’s coaching fraternity for a total of 19 seasons. In 15 seasons as an NFL head coach, Vermeil produced a 120-109 regular season record. Combined with a 6-5 (.545) career postseason record that included a perfect 3-0 mark during the ‘99 Super Bowl Championship win with the Rams, his final overall NFL head coaching record stands at 126-114. He is author of "Whistle in His Mouth, Heart on His Sleeve".

Fee Range: $13,000–$35,000
Travels From: PA

Greatness is a choice you make over and over. And when you choose personal greatness - big or small - it becomes a part of who you are. Don't get me wrong: just like you, I have had my days when I would not have chosen greatness on my own. It took work. It took strategy. It took perseverance. Don't leave your greatness to chance."  A trailblazer in every sense of the word, Dr. Jen Welter is the first female to coach in the NFL. In the summer of 2015, she served as a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals, a period of time defined by the bond she has formed with the players. Widely known as a trailblazer and pioneer in professional football, becoming the first woman to coach in the NFL was only her most recent first. She most recently served as a defensive specialist for the Alliance of American Football (AAF).

Fee Range: $20,000–$32,000
Travels From: AZ