We help schools and communities identify the right leaders for their athletic programs so all stakeholders can experience the benefits of high-quality sports.
Perfect way to start the day!
Thanks to all who joined us this morning in Arlington for the TDL Roadshow.
And a special thanks to
@lutecroy
,
@silviasalinas25
,
@coachjsam
, and
@NathanHeflin
for joining as guest presenters.
This week Solid Oak Leadership officially merged with TDL Sports.
Solid Oak’s CEO, Superintendent Jeni Neatherlin, will now act as Managing Partner of TDL Sports with Dr. Hunter Taylor.
Full Announcement:
Perfect way to end our weekend!
Thanks to all who joined us this afternoon in Round Rock for our last stop of June's TDL Roadshow.
And a special thanks to
@silviasalinas25
and Larry Hill (
@SV_RangerFB
) for joining as guest presenters.
Announcing our first guest presenter at the Summer Roadshow stop in San Antonio on June 15th - Dr. Silvia Salinas.
Dr. Salinas is a legendary figure in athletics who has a passion for leadership development.
To sign up now and/or to learn more, visit:
We're headed to San Antone!
Looking forward to attending THSCA's Coaching School and Convention in San Antonio this coming Sunday-Tuesday.
If you're also going and you'd like to connect, please DM us.
After a 31-year storybook coaching career, Coach Darren Allman officially joins TDL Sports as an Associate.
In this role, he will officially do what he’s done for years - help identify and grow leaders in high school athletics.
Full Announcement:
Special Guests Revealed for TDL's 2⃣ & 3⃣ Roadshow Events in Arlington (6/22) and Round Rock (6/23).
Click here to RSVP now:
Lastly, thanks to our title sponsor,
@HellasInc
, for making these events free for attendees, so please bring your friends.
Last week we had a spike in RSVPs after announcing our special guests (see graphics)!
Sign up now to attend TDL's Roadshow Stops in Arlington (6/22) and Round Rock (6/23) by clicking on the following form:
And thanks to
@HellasInc
, these events are 🆓!
Erin Rhoades, a former standout player for
@TexasStateVball
, has officially joined TDL Sports.
Erin will now act as the firm's Director of Operations.
Full Announcement:
TDL's First of 3⃣ Roadshow Events Begins in San Antonio on June 15th.
If you're planning to attend 1⃣ of our events, click on the link 👇 to RSVP - AND INVITE A FRIEND.
Also, huge thanks to
@HellasInc
for making this event free for all attendees!
RSVP:
Every leader is responsible for hitting certain metrics set by an organization’s stakeholders. But every leader is also responsible for stepping into the stories of the people they serve. THAT is what makes a great coach. Hear about the coaches that stepped in our stories below.
TDL's First of 3⃣ Roadshow Events Begins in San Antonio this Saturday (June 15th). Featured speakers are below.
Click here to RSVP:
Lastly, thanks to our title sponsor,
@HellasInc
, for making these events free for attendees, so please bring a friend.
We've made some important changes to our June events to make them even more impactful and accessible for aspiring HC's and AD's across Texas.
Read the Full Announcement:
Visit the Updated Events Page:
Title Sponsor:
@HellasInc
TDL Sports is proud to officially launch on Texas High School Coaches Day!
Our mission is to help schools and communities identify the right leaders for their athletic programs.
Check out our website to learn more about our process, experience, and team:
To us, accountability is the highest form of love.
It’s this belief system that also informs how TDL Sports advises a school and community in a search.
Listen to one of our founders speak about this exact topic, and how he learned it from his HS coach,
@RoughneckHoops
.
We're headed to San Antone!
Looking forward to attending THSCA's Coaching School and Convention in San Antonio this coming Sunday-Tuesday.
If you're also going and you'd like to connect, please DM us.
We'll be there on Sunday. If you'd like to meet up, please fill out this form:
Really looking forward to our first
@WeAreAFCA
Convention in the
@GaylordOpryland
!
So what does TDL Sports bring to the table?
We help solve these 3 pain points:
1) Expertise - a confidential thought partner
2) Efficiency - we offer a clear, well-structured timeline
3) Privacy - we operate with a level of discretion that protects candidates and their families
Our work isn’t solely based on past experience. It’s also in our current, everyday roles.
Listen below to one of our founders as he details his work with a local school district along with how he serves Mississippi's coaching associations as its Leadership Development Creator.
At TDL, we believe that no matter how successful you get, you must keep a “Walk-on mentality.”
This is a part of our entire team’s DNA, but we love how one of our founders articulates this with his early journey in sports.
This is also why we want to open up doors for others.
Leading with a long-term lens matters to all stakeholders.
And it’s one of the biggest traits we we look for when we match Coaches and AD's with schools and communities.
Listen to the following clip to hear a perspective of one of our team members about this specific issue.
Idalou isn’t the same as Lubbock, just like Gladewater isn’t the same as Longview. One of our favorite aspects of Texas is the there is so much pride for each community’s distinctiveness. At TDL Sports, we celebrate this, and we also respect it throughout our search process.
As a leader, there are a lot of people that you oversee, and you want to make sure that all of them are properly served, even when there is an outside push for speed when making a decision.
Read the following link to learn more about our mantra at TDL:
Next week we're headed to Alabama!
Looking forward to attending the AHSAA's Summer Conference in Montgomery on Tuesday, July 16th.
If you're also going and you'd like to connect, please DM us.
One of our founders is an SEC professor who devotes his work to better informing leaders on the importance of athletics to a school’s success.
Listen to Dr. Taylor speak about his 📚, Draw the Line: Jeff Traylor, the Gilmer Buckeyes, and a Season Deep in the Heart of East Texas.
We have been very blessed to have assisted with many searches this season so far! Some behind the scenes or leading the way.
We have merged with TDL Sports and are conducting searches through TDL! See the opportunities below!
@TDL_Sports
There's a simple question we use that helps us keep our work centered on the things that ultimately matter.
"Why are we here? We're here to help kids."
Want to know if you have the right leader(s)? Watch what happens when adversity hits.
Listen to TDL's Bobby Locke talk about when Hurricane Harvey hit his home and neighborhood, and his fellow coaches, players, and community showed the best version of themselves.
This past summer TDL went to Arlington, Round Rock, Montgomery (AL), and San Antonio (twice) to listen intently to coaches who wanted to be stretched as leaders.
Now, we're ready to help.
NEXT TUESDAY WE’LL RELEASE SOMETHING WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON:
Across the state of TX, people are moving in and out of schools based on the quality of their sports programs.
Our expertise is in this field, and we want to help you hire and empower the right person to lead.
Check out the video below to hear TDL's motives for doing this work.
Every town, school, county, and state is unique its own way. The moment someone starts to generalize, the more likely they are to make a hiring error when deciding what is best for a place.
It’s why our first step is to listen.
Learn more about TDL here:
One of the most powerful relationships a student-athlete can have is a coach who is committed to them for life.
We experienced this as high school athletes, and later in life as coaches.
Hear from one of our founders, Bobby Locke, on why these relationships mean so much to him.