More than anything else, I believe in the value of participation. With our men's basketball program, I have developed a system that regularly incorporates up to seventeen players in each of our games! With our women's golf program, I am much more concerned that our team members have the opportunity to reap the rewards of competing than I am worried about their final score. It seems to me that much has been lost at the Division III level and that coaches are overly concerned with winning and don't spend enough time perfecting a process by which individuals can better their performance and increase self-esteem.

I'd like to think that the collective coaching staff at Grinnell College is different from the norm and truly takes the needs of the individual to heart and I am proud to be a part of this campus and philosophy.