Matt Entz - 6x FCS National Champion on Being Part of a Community, Juggling Dad and Coaching Duties, Managing Player Discipline Issues, and More.

Coach Forward is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at OWN IT.

Highlights from the episode:

[4:57] Moving from coordinator to head coach[6:36] Believing in players[10:05] Belief in the system as a staff[14:13] Belonging to a community[16:17] Juggling dad duties AND coaching duties[18:03] Leaders are created, not born[24:18] Player input on discipline issues[31:26] Use your influence

I’m excited today to be joined by Coach Matt Entz. Coach Entz has been the head football coach at North Dakota State University for the last 3 seasons. Over his time with the Bison as head coach and previously as defense coordinator, he has been part of 7 conference championships and 6 NCAA national championships.

He was named the FCS National Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2021 by the American Football Coaches Association. Entz became the first Division I head football coach to go 16-0 in his first full season at the helm.

This is the first head coaching job for Entz, who was an assistant coach for more than 20 years including 15 years of experience as a defensive coordinator and eight as an associate head coach in two programs.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has 15+ years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he can impact them beyond the basketball court.

More recently, Jason founded the OWN IT System to help bring data-driven sleep and health coaching to student-athletes and their teams.

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