INTRODUCTION

 

With shared core values, shared goals, and shared leadership, we will jointly serve as Emerald Ridge’s new head coaching staff.  We will accomplish this responsibility through defined coaching roles that will maximize skill, commitment, and flexibility. Our team-coaching model allows us to use our individual strengths that work together for the common good of student/athletes. This “One Coach” model will empower us to make decisions that effect our immediate environment as well as balance our skill level with the challenge level of the task. This vision is less about invention and more about innovation. We welcome this unique opportunity to serve the Emerald Ridge community and their football team.   

 

Our Vision:  

To develop well-disciplined student/athletes who strive for educational excellence.

 

Our Mission: 

         ►Develop student-athletes who are committed to personal excellence and team success.  

 

►Provide an inspirational and motivational environment where preparation, practice, and hard work generate          opportunities for success.  

 

►Emphasize the importance and development of fundamentals and techniques necessary for positive experiences in football and in life.

 

►Create a dynamic program that generates school pride and tradition within the community.

 

Quote: "It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.”  Tony Dungy

 

Philosophy:

Our coaching philosophy is a reflection of our core values.  We believe building strong relationships is the key to establishing a successful program.  The Emerald Ridge coaching staff is committed to developing champions in the classroom, in the community, and on the field. Success will be evaluated inch by inch, play by play, and day by day.  Our goals will guide our direction in developing student/athletes so that we may arrive at our destination with integrity.  The program’s success will be the byproduct of implementing a system based on courage, perseverance, integrity, service, communication, and respect.  To create a positive, engaging, and fun culture, we firmly believe this will require staff, student, parent, and community involvement.  All in all, Emerald Ridge football will be known for student/athletes who are committed to excellence.  Through humility, they will be dedicated sons/daughters, exceptional community members, and life-long learners with a passion to compete.  

 

PENTAGON OF EXCELLENCE - CORE VALUES OF JAGNATION

 

Attitude - As You Think, You Become

Character Requires Commitment and Perseverance

Attitude is choosing the right attitude in any given situation, on the field and in everyday life. The game of football has so many different turning points, some good and some bad. Just like in life, when you get a curve ball thrown your way, you can choose a positive attitude, or you can let circumstances get you down and have a negative attitude. As a part of the Emerald Ridge football team, as coaches and players, we will choose to have a great attitude in everything that we do realizing that we get the opportunity to be a part of something special.

 

Humility - Serve First, No Recognition

Character Requires True Humility

A humble heart is a teachable heart Be teachable by starting out each day with an "Empty Cup.” No one reaches their full potential without the help of others. Be thankful and be eager to put others before you.

 

Sacrifice - Others Before Self

Character Requires Selflessness

As an Emerald Ridge football player or coach, I will sacrifice for the betterment of my team. My purpose on this team is to put my teammates before myself, and let go of all personal pride or ego that may consume me. On or off the gridiron, I will sacrifice for my teammate to grant them the glory. In the end, my sacrifice will make my jaguar brother a better man.

 

Compete - Never Surrender

Character Requires A Courageous Heart

Champions LOVE competition. The challenge is becoming more disciplined, more intense, more prepared. Competition brings out the best in us. The harder the battle, the greater the adversity, the stronger we become. Competing is giving it our best in everything we do, the classroom, our relationship, and on the field. As an Emerald Ridge football player and coach, we will strive to compete in everything we do.

 

Team - Honor Each Other

Character Requires a Servant-Minded Optimist

Relationships define the character of the person. They influence our decisions, they encourage personal excellence, and they give you courage to fight for excellence. Relationships will prosper when they are united under a commonality of truth, loyalty, and love.

 

Excellence

Character Requires Sense of Purpose

It's not a destination, it's a state of your heart. We are in constant pursuit of it. We expect it. We believe success is a by- product of excellence in everything we do. We believe the best way to help a teammate, a team, or a coaching staff achieve excellence is to specifically focus our challenges on our "Best Shot.” The effort needed to achieve excellence is non-negotiable.

The football staff and players are committed to live out these principals with pride, respect, and passion. We firmly believe these core values define us as coaches and players. We will strive for team excellence through personal responsibility, hard work, and service.