I coach leaders the way I coached teams.

I was born in Baton Rouge and raised in Belle Chasse. I played two years of college football at Belhaven University, then finished my degree at LSU.

Then I spent 12 seasons coaching high school athletics. I was Special Teams Coordinator in football and head coach in bowling and soccer.

My last four years were at East Ascension. We won three straight district titles in bowling. I became the first bowling coach in Ascension Parish to take a team to the state championship. The next year, we went back.

Here's what nobody tells you about coaching.

That was always the real job.

Coaching taught me that leadership is never just about the scoreboard. It's about setting a standard, earning trust, and holding yourself and your team accountable. It's about helping your team become the kind of friends, spouses, parents, leaders, and professionals that others can count on.

Those lessons stayed with me long after I left the sideline. The setting changed, but the passion did not.

After coaching, I ran my own hotshot trucking business across the Gulf South. I found out quickly what it means to own every part of a business.

Then I spent five years as Corporate Director of Admissions for Delta College. I led 20+ people at seven locations across Louisiana and Florida. We took conversion from 6% to 14%. That's a 133% jump.

That jump didn't come from a new script. It came from weekly one-on-ones, building systems where none existed, and launching the company's first professional development program. In other words, it came from coaching.