Howard Joffe: The secret sauce of back to back NCAA championships

Howard Joffe is our guest for the fourteenth episode of Baseline Intelligence. Howard is a former All-American for Pepperdine University and is currently the women's head coach for the University of Texas where they've won both the 2021 and the 2022 NCAA championships. We talk: 2:09 How he builds his team 4:52 What he looks for in a recruit 6:28 How a player reveals their passion for the game 11:34 When he starts recruiting junior players 15:15 The "false self" 17:18 What he focuses on with his players 21:05 Listening to his players 25:16 How his players stay relaxed under pressure 27:10 The difficult of defending a national championship 31:47 Most difficult aspect of being a head coach 33:18 His halftime speeches 35:14 His best advice to win more matches sound effects from https://zapsplat.com