On today’s episode of Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski sits down with Mike London, head coach at the College of William & Mary. Coach London has an extensive coaching history dating back to the 1980s. In 2008, London led the Richmond Spiders to their first FCS National Championship in school history. For his work that year, he was named AFCA’s FCS National Coach of the Year. In 2011, as head coach at Virginia, London won ACC Coach of the year. Most recently, London was the head coach at Howard University, where, in 2017, he led the Bison to one of the greatest upsets in recent NCAA history as they upended UNLV. This past offseason, coach accepted the job at William & Mary to be closer to his family.
Coach joined the podcast today to talk about how his experiences in life have helped shaped who he is as a football coach as well as talk about the culture being built at W&M.
Show Notes:
1:27 Coach’s incredible journey
6:05 How did his journey as a police officer and through life reflect on his decision to coach
11:32 Servant leadership
16:00 How much the history of W&M means to him
18:43 Depth of his staff
22:14 Constant evolution at W&M and their work with USA Football
27:07 Evolving role of sports training technology and science
31:09 How the game has changed and how W&M prioritizes it
33:33 Winning Edge
