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The Golden Whistle: Going Beyond: The Journey to Coaching Success
For basketball coaches and every person who wants to become the best they can be! This fable takes you on a journey into the heart of a coach's world. You'll meet Ted Faylor, the renowned Golden Whistle coach, who is at the pinnacle of his career; and Little K, his ambitious young student-assistant, who knows he can be a great coach and is sure he has all the answers. But the novice coach has a lot to learn and he learns it all the hard way. This learning leads him to the 10 Golden Nuggets, which hold the secrets to earning the Golden Whistle – success in basketball coaching and, more important, in life. When you engage the teachings of the Golden Nuggets as Little K did, you'll find that you can improve your coaching, your players, your team, and the lives of everyone around you.
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 22, 2014
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About the author
Jim Burson
3 books1 followerJim Burson is known as a “coaches' coach” (Sports Illustrated) for his lifetime commitment to improving the quality of the game and his passion for working with coaches to help them become the best they can be.
Consultant, motivational speaker and author, Burson published the best-selling book, "The Golden Whistle ~ Going Beyond: The Journey to Coaching Success," which was launched at the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) annual conference held during the 2014 men's Final Four tournament.
Burson is past president and life member of the NABC, “Guardians of the Game,” and is co-chair of the annual Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held each May at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He is an OBHF inductee (2007) and a member of the organization’s board of directors and strategic planning committee.
Jim Burson's Solution-Based Basketball® is a consultancy for basketball coaches. He is also strategic marketing consultant for Columbus-based 94Fifty (smart sensor basketball) and consultant and evaluator for Nike’s elite summer basketball.
Burson chaired Division III basketball for the NCAA for many years, was named All-Time Assistant Coach for the USA Olympic Sports Festival in 1988, and was involved in the selection process for the Gold Medal Olympic team in 1984.
A member of the Muskingum University Hall of Fame, Burson had a 42-year teaching and coaching career at Muskingum. He is the school's all-time winningest basketball coach with 542 career wins, ranking second all-time in the Ohio Athletic Conference and 19th all-time in NCAA Division III history. While at the helm of the Fighting Muskies, he was named OAC Coach of the Year five times. During his tenure, he began one of the earliest summer youth basketball camps, which ran for 40 years.
He served twice as chair of the physical education and athletic department while serving simultaneously as athletic director, and founded the school's athletic hall of fame.
A 1963 graduate of Muskingum, Burson received the university's Alumni Distinguished Service Award, was the inaugural recipient of the school's Cora I. Orr Award for excellence in service and retired in 2006 as Emeritus Professor of Physical and Health Education.
As a student, he was the last athlete to letter in football (quarterback), basketball (guard) and baseball (shortstop.)
Burson received his PhD and master's degrees from the Ohio State University. A native of Marysville, Ohio, Burson was a charter inductee into the Marysville High School Hall of Fame.
Burson is an avid golfer and lives in New Concord with his wife, Jennifer Lyle, who is co-founder and CEO of Solution-Based Basketball®. He has two children from a previous marriage (the late Sondra Sahm Burson): Jay, a former OSU basketball player, has three sons; Jamie has two daughters.
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National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC): http://nabc.org/
Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame: http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.org/
94Fifty (Infomotion Sports): http://94fifty.com/
Nike Elite Youth Basketball: http://nikeeyb.com/
Jim Burson's Solution-Based Basketball®: http://jimburson.com
Consultant, motivational speaker and author, Burson published the best-selling book, "The Golden Whistle ~ Going Beyond: The Journey to Coaching Success," which was launched at the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) annual conference held during the 2014 men's Final Four tournament.
Burson is past president and life member of the NABC, “Guardians of the Game,” and is co-chair of the annual Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held each May at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. He is an OBHF inductee (2007) and a member of the organization’s board of directors and strategic planning committee.
Jim Burson's Solution-Based Basketball® is a consultancy for basketball coaches. He is also strategic marketing consultant for Columbus-based 94Fifty (smart sensor basketball) and consultant and evaluator for Nike’s elite summer basketball.
Burson chaired Division III basketball for the NCAA for many years, was named All-Time Assistant Coach for the USA Olympic Sports Festival in 1988, and was involved in the selection process for the Gold Medal Olympic team in 1984.
A member of the Muskingum University Hall of Fame, Burson had a 42-year teaching and coaching career at Muskingum. He is the school's all-time winningest basketball coach with 542 career wins, ranking second all-time in the Ohio Athletic Conference and 19th all-time in NCAA Division III history. While at the helm of the Fighting Muskies, he was named OAC Coach of the Year five times. During his tenure, he began one of the earliest summer youth basketball camps, which ran for 40 years.
He served twice as chair of the physical education and athletic department while serving simultaneously as athletic director, and founded the school's athletic hall of fame.
A 1963 graduate of Muskingum, Burson received the university's Alumni Distinguished Service Award, was the inaugural recipient of the school's Cora I. Orr Award for excellence in service and retired in 2006 as Emeritus Professor of Physical and Health Education.
As a student, he was the last athlete to letter in football (quarterback), basketball (guard) and baseball (shortstop.)
Burson received his PhD and master's degrees from the Ohio State University. A native of Marysville, Ohio, Burson was a charter inductee into the Marysville High School Hall of Fame.
Burson is an avid golfer and lives in New Concord with his wife, Jennifer Lyle, who is co-founder and CEO of Solution-Based Basketball®. He has two children from a previous marriage (the late Sondra Sahm Burson): Jay, a former OSU basketball player, has three sons; Jamie has two daughters.
# # #
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC): http://nabc.org/
Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame: http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.org/
94Fifty (Infomotion Sports): http://94fifty.com/
Nike Elite Youth Basketball: http://nikeeyb.com/
Jim Burson's Solution-Based Basketball®: http://jimburson.com
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January 31, 2015
A must read for anyone who is a coach or wants to coach.
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