In this episode of The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell takes us inside the current season of Houston Cougars Women’s Basketball to explore a timeless leadership lesson: patience with the process. Drawing from personal experiences on the court and in life, he shares three essential building blocks—gratitude, preparation, and commitment—that allow leaders to stay steady when progress feels slow. Whether you’re building a team, leading in business, or guiding your family, this conversation will equip you to embrace the delay, stay focused on the fundamentals, and lead with perspective.

In this week’s episode of The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell dives deep into the power of the coachable mind — and why it’s the key to unlocking your full potential as a leader, teammate, and person. Drawing from his first season building a championship-level program at the University of Houston, Coach Mitchell breaks down the three traits of a closed mind — seeing obstacles, dwelling on mistakes, and thinking temporarily — and teaches you how to flip them into opportunities for growth.
Using the Winning Tools of Honesty, Hard Work, and Discipline, you’ll learn how to shift your mindset, stay focused on your goals, and keep moving forward — no matter how tough the journey gets. Whether you’re leading a team, building a business, or trying to grow personally, this episode will help you think bigger, stay coachable, and start winning.
Listen now and learn how to transform obstacles into opportunities, mistakes into lessons, and temporary setbacks into long-term growth.

This week on The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell takes you inside the process of building a strong culture — whether in your family, your business, or on a basketball team. Drawing from over 20 years of experience, including his first months leading the University of Houston Women’s Basketball program, Coach Mitchell shares three common mental traps that weaken culture — catastrophizing, minimizing, and rationalizing — and shows you how to overcome them.

Using the Winning Tools of Honesty, Hard Work, and Discipline, you’ll learn how to:

• Look at challenges factually instead of catastrophizing
• Work hard to address what needs to change rather than minimizing problems
• Use discipline to stay consistent and avoid rationalizing your way out of growth

Whether you lead a team of 40, a family of 4, or just yourself, this episode gives you a clear, actionable framework to start building a culture that wins.

In this week’s episode of The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell tackles one of the toughest questions every leader faces: What do you do when the journey gets hard? Drawing from real-time lessons with the University of Houston women’s basketball team, he introduces a powerful framework built on the winning tool of discipline.

Coach Mitchell walks through the “H.A.R.D.” method—Honesty, Attitude, Resilience, and Discipline—to help you stay the course when challenges mount. Whether you’re leading a team, a business, or your family, these principles will give you the structure and strength to rise above obstacles, hold form through success, and keep pressing toward your potential.

Tune in and discover how to respond with discipline when life gets HARD—and why the winning tools of honesty, hard work, and discipline are the foundation of true leadership.

In this week’s episode of The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell unpacks a critical leadership tension: choosing popularity over principles. Drawing from real-time lessons as head coach at the University of Houston, he shows how short-term popularity often leads to long-term pain — while principled decisions, though challenging up front, build lasting power, confidence, and satisfaction.

Whether you’re leading a team, a business, or your own family, you’ll gain practical tools from the Winning Tools framework — honesty, hard work, and discipline — to help you lead with courage and clarity.

On this episode of The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell shares real-time lessons from his first months as head coach of the University of Houston Women’s Basketball team. Drawing on decades of leadership experience and his proven system—the Winning Tools of honesty, hard work, and discipline—Coach Mitchell breaks down the power of setting clear priorities to drive performance.

From rebuilding a program with only three returning players to creating a culture rooted in belief, discipline, and focus, this episode offers practical takeaways for leaders, parents, coaches, and high performers in any field. Discover the three Cougar Priorities, how to help people truly believe in themselves, and why embracing a system is essential for lasting success.

Whether you’re leading a team, a business, a classroom, or a family, these lessons will help you build a foundation for excellence.

In this week’s episode of The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell dives deep into the idea of potential—what it is, how to recognize it, and how to fully realize it. Drawing on lessons from his coaching career, his new role at the University of Houston, and even a conversation with his daughter Presley, Coach Mitchell shows how potential is simply “unrealized ability.”
You’ll learn:
How to determine your own potential for personal growth and leadership
How to recognize and draw out potential in your team members
How to evaluate the potential in opportunities that come your way
Using the Winning Tools—honesty, hard work, and discipline—Coach Mitchell outlines a simple but powerful ABCD framework: Ability, Become, Capacity, and Development. Whether you’re leading a business, coaching a team, or striving to grow personally, this episode will help you see what’s possible and give you the tools to pursue it.

In this episode of The Coach Matthew Mitchell Show, Coach Mitchell takes you to the choppy waters of Kauai for a real-life lesson in resilience. Fresh off a family snorkeling trip that didn’t go quite as planned, he shares the four practical steps that helped him overcome fear, adjust his approach, and get back in the game—both in the ocean and in leadership. Whether you’re leading a team, running a business, or facing personal setbacks, you’ll learn how to accept imperfect conditions, find the right resources, try again, and focus on what truly matters. This is your blueprint for bouncing back when the waves of life get rough. For more information on the Winning Tools go to CoachMatthewMitchell.com