105 - Robbie Britt: University of Charleston (WV)

Robbie Britt

HC University of Charleston (WV)

 

Bio

• Finished 3rd year a HC of Golden Eagles
• 16-game win streak, the longest in program history
• 11th in the country, its highest national ranking in program history.
• third straight regular season conference championship with a 24-4 conference record,
• hosted the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional for the first time in the program’s 118-year history.
• 4th straight semester with a team gpa above a 3.0 and served over 1000 hours of community service
• 5 top-25 victories, including a victory over #6 ranked Ashland, and a win over #15 ranked Wingate, a first in the history of the program. 
• Former assistant and interim head baseball coach at Middle Tennessee State University from 2015-2018.

 

2022 Notes

40-18 Record (2nd most in program history)

Mountain East Regular Season & Tournament Champions

NCAA Atlantic Regional Finalist

4th straight conference championship and NCAA Tournament Appearance

6th straight semester with a 3.0+ team gpa

1000 Hours of Community Service in the Charleston community

 

Robbie Britt Notes

82-36 Career Record (.694 Win %)

53-12 Conference Record (.815 Win %)

 

Married to Courtney, Father to Ellie (3) and Camp (2).

Speaker at ABCA Barnstormer, TBCA, WVBCA, OHSBCA Conventions

Owner/CEO Culture House LLC., Empower Leaders, Inspire Excellence

 

Other Notes

Coaching Staff Features a Unique Model - Young Coaches, Bold Opportunities

Three Program Pillars: Graduate Leaders, Create Champions, Develop Stewards

UCWV Features 3 professional players (Logan Campbell, RHP Minnesota Twins; Austin Henrich, RHP Frontier League; Colt Webb, High Point Rockers, Atlantic League)

 

Show Notes

• • Staffing provides the experience for the students athletes
  • Oldest coach at 29
  • If you hire great people, and unlock them to do great work, you can provide an awesome experience
  • Creative content position
  • 7 coaches who have coached with Britt now who are now in full time coaching positions
  • Hire people who
    • Self starters, internally motivated
    • Growth minded - want to learn
    • Collaborative and spirited
  • Replicating the model
    • Get a high school student involve
    • Clearly define expectations and what it looks like
    • Empower them to get it done
  • Identify what you want it to look like (create the vision with width and depth)
  • Width = a lot of people
  • Depth = its not just about winning (something greater, the “transcendent” student experience
  • Who are the people?
  • What are the things I need in my organization?
  • What am I good at?  What am I not good at?
  • Define a clearly defined program for the individual (staff and player)
  • Player and personal side of player development (hire a player development)
  • Cast, clip, quote
  • Look at your resources

• Either worry about your resources or worry about your resourcefulness!

• Are their people on campus that want to help your baseball players?
• Is there a math teacher that would break down metrics? Create a meaningful title
• Do it If there is value to your program and you have a willingness to be told NO!
• Recruited a director of analytics just like a student athlete!!
• Life skills and platform you are teaching through the content
• If you are teaching so you can coach, you are out of wack!!!
• Made us be really focused on the type of recruit that is a fit for us!
• Run it like a business/board meeting - we meet everyday
• Individual staff meetings
• The “unseen” hours - where you make life work
• What are the metrics that we feel leads to winning? (clarify the metrics that are important)
  • Core principles
  • Primary strategies
  • performance indicators
    • EV with LA on BIP
• Physicality wins!
• Ever evolving (finding clarity)
• Clarity is always the goal, but evolution towards clarity is what you are trying to achieve (excellence)
• Its what the game provides!!
• @CoachRB6, @UCWV_baseball
• www.ucgoldeneagles.com
• Go to baseball page and then “mountain state of mind blog”
• Google - “mountain state of mind blog”
• robertbritt@ucwv.edu
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