FBS Dodd Coach of the Year on Vision

This first of four videos focuses on Vision. Coach Kyle Whittingham of the University of Utah leads 200 millennials. Nothing in this interview is merely metaphorical for corporate leadership. Whittingham, FBS Dodd Coach of the Year, was a disciple of Urban Meyer and his own father, Fred Whittingham, who coached for the Los Angeles Rams and Oakland Raiders for over a decade. Coach Whittingham has brought the best of these and others then added his decades of process to leadership. He makes strategy and its execution a science, literally. 

 ​FBS Dodd Coach of the Year on Mission

This second of four videos is on Mission. Coach Whittingham leads an annual task and target with 200 millennials each year. The intensity of his annual targets reminds me of the spirit found in a rescue or the protection of a city that might last for years or months. It's a better kind of mission than most corporations have. 

FBS Coach of the Year on Team Objectives

This third video is about formulating and executing the objectives of the various teams one leads. Coach Whittingham's several-million-dollar pay isn't just because the need he fulfills is more fun than other human needs. You will hear in the level of detail of his management that he's paid to execute strategy at a truly exceptional level! I want you to listen to his tone change near the end of the discussion about the job his assistant coaches must do to execute strategy at the smaller-team level.

​FBS Coach of the Year on Personal Goals

This last video is the one that really got me. I've interviewed hundreds of exceptional leaders and in each, something challenges my character. For Dr. Laura it was when she told me I would need to wake up at 4:30 am every morning to be successful. For Coach whit, it was his management of reviewing over 200 followers' goals twice every single week. Plus coach whit isn't dictating, he's ensuring leadership from the rank and file and modeling flexibility. If you listen to only one of these videos, listen to this one!

Thank you for your contributions! Kyle Whittingham, Tyler Whittingham, the University of Utah, Richard Johnson, Jason and Kim Whittingham, Darren and Harrison Handley, Elizabeth and Jake Jackson, John Grant, the Daily Utah Chronicle, Dodd Trophy Committee, Annika Cook, and other contributors!