Vice President of Enrollment Management, Marketing, & Athletics at Columbia College - Columbia, MO All thoughts & tweets are my own. WV Native.
#team304
Players...practice is SO important. It’s where you prove yourself. Where you earn your opportunity. Where you earn the trust of the staff. Where you earn the trust of your teammates. It’s hard!
Wanted to give a huge thank you and a massive shout out to
@coachdgates
.
Yesterday, following a big conference win in front of a sell out crowd he quietly took the time to check out some Cougar hoops at Southwell Arena.
So my daughter brings me a men’s ball from the garage to air up. I said, sure...what for? She tells me at the birthday party their having later at the park they’re going to be scrimmaging & she wants to get some shots up with a men’s ball since she knows they’ll be using one! 🏀
Two quick reminders..
1. If you don’t practice it, teach it, & drill it consistently then don’t try to do it in the game and/or get mad if it isn’t done correctly.
2. Winning is really hard. At all levels. Gotta work at it. Every day.
Incredibly blown away & blessed w/texts, emails, & messages. I’ve learned so much over the years & thankful for every single experience & opportunity to grow as a person & coach. Thank you all!
With the win Saturday over MacMurray
@coacharnoldWC
has reached 250 career victories!
This is his 14th season overall & his second at the helm of the Blue Jays.
So this was pretty cool in our game today...all female officiating crew, female photographer, female PA announcer. The moment was notable for me...I hope one day this is the norm.
Random thought...truly happy for all those that get their shot in the business...but in our bizz not sure the old expression "hard work pays off" or "pay your dues" is true. Think hard work is always important but it's really who do u know/who knows u.
On this day in 1995 I woke up and went to school and before entering the building I was told to go back home…it’s when I found out my brother was killed in a car accident. RIP Robert Chad Arnold.
Congratulations to
@ADArnoldCC
, Dir. of Athletics at Columbia College, for serving on the newly formed Columbia Sports Commission. We look forward to your contributions extending beyond campus into our local community!
#local
#sports
#athletics
#WeAreCC
She woke up early for 7:45 AM shoot around. Loaded up with us at 8:30. Was with us all day for our road win & for the men's game.
After the bus ride...still wanted to get in a workout.
🏀 MR 300!!
Over the weekend, Head Coach James Arnold reached career win
#300
in Columbia's win over Cottey, which also helped them secure their back-to-back AMC Regular Season Champion status!
#WeAreCC
There are so many questions and things to figure out. Give your administrator, principal, AD, coach, boss etc some grace.
Most likely, there are like 880 decisions to be made & some are more important than others. Some decisions can lead to others.
Visited the grave of my friend’s father and witnessed a remarkable ceremony. The letters on the white crosses almost disappear in the brightness of the stone, so a soldier fills the indentations with sand from Omaha Beach to bring the name forward. It sent shivers down my spine.
COVID hitting home now for the first time....former players mom past today, dad in intensive care.
Youth coaching friend in town fighting hard.
Prayers for all. Want this to go away.
Watching CNN w/my daughter Audrey. They are talking about how POTUS is claiming fraud in “black cities”. She said, “I didn’t know there were black cities.” I explained it to her & gave some examples...she pauses & says...”those would be great places to live, wouldn’t they?” ❤️
Going to be that dad for second. So proud of this kiddo. Went hard at basketball camp this morning....this evening went 2-2 & played both short stop & behind the plate. Now getting shots up before dark.
Excited for another trip to the
@WBCA1981
!
This time, little different twist..my Aud Pod hopping in with for the experience! So thankful and blessed.
PS…wanna see a hoop head kid go crazy? Wake em up and tell ‘em you are taking them to the Final 4!!!
So incredibly thankful I can share this experience with my Audrey.
Surrounding her and her getting to witness all these talented, powerful, inspiring and amazing women in action on the court, coaching, speaking, networking…just priceless.
I’ll miss my friend.
I’m pumped to see how this group finishes this incredible season.
I’m thrilled and honored to be trusted with the helm of this storied program.
Have always said…when you have an expertise/ability & you have the opportunity to help your school…you do it!
The racist America scares me.
The silent America who dismisses feelings they can’t possibly understand & denies that racism (institutional & overt) is terribly prevalent every single minute of every day scares me much much much more.
Fake arguing with your coach to distract the defense before throwing a half-look pass for a reverse alley-oop to break a 92-92 tie in the final minute of OT in a Sweet 16 game at MSG might be the coolest shit I’ve ever seen
My Grandma wanted me to do the service at her funeral. I’ve been pretty slammed lately...been delaying really focusing on it.
Finally tonight I checked a few things off my list and as I was driving home BOOM! It just hit me...the good Lord has given me exactly what to say!
I have no words.
@GUjackets
Men's Basketball come back with a MASSIVE 2nd half against another 1 seed & will play for a National Title.
@CoachDoty
is an absolute boss. Amazing.
People that know me have heard it for years. I really do wanna be the Missouri Secretary of State one day. I have a tremendous passion for elections and the voting process.
I have no idea what tomorrow will bring.
Concordia (NE) is super talented, battled tested, and have a Tournament experienced coach and program…BUT I can tell you this….NO ONE had a better practice today than
@CCCougarsWBB
#WeAreCC
Win
#24
on the year gave us:
1) Back-to-back Regular Season Conference Championships
2) Automatic Bid to the National Tournament. Returning for our 9th straight
3)
@ADCoachArnoldCC
win
#300
.
@MSHSAAOrg
charging students to watch their peers compete…don’t love it. Charge adults are a few dollars more, let’s let kids watch their classmates!
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