Retired cop turned football coach Big Mike Coyle breaks down what mentorship actually costs you, why hoarded wisdom is wasted wisdom, and the three things nobody tells you about being mentored or becoming one.
What happens when a 51-year-old retired cop laces up his cleats, walks onto a field full of grown men still searching for purpose, and realizes the game is about something much bigger than football?
In this episode:
• Why Big Mike Coyle walked away from 21 years in law enforcement and straight into an adult contact football league — and what that room revealed about mentorship, identity, and purpose
• The three things nobody tells you about mentorship, drawn from his live talk and the hard lessons of building The Mentor Sessions podcast
• Why hoarded wisdom is wasted wisdom: the difference between squirrel-for-winter thinking and the backyard barbecue model of sharing what you know
• What it actually takes for mentorship to work — and why the person receiving it carries more responsibility than most people want to admit
Big Mike Coyle spent 21 years in law enforcement, including work in gang enforcement and court services, before retiring and founding The Mentor Sessions podcast. Built around one core question — not what made you successful, but who did — the show is now moving into a book drawn from Season One. He also owns and coaches the Treasure Valley Rams, a semi-pro adult football team, where mentorship stopped being a concept and became a daily practice.
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Website: https://www.thementorsessionspodcast.com
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