by Amy Bryant | Dec 31, 2025 | Advice for Parents, Advice for Student-Athletes, Coaching for Coaches, College Athletics Recruiting, Integrity in College Athletics
As the year comes to a close, I find myself returning to a handful of expressions I’ve repeated for years—first as a college coach, then as a parent, and now as someone who works closely with families navigating recruitment and college decisions. These phrases aren’t...
by Amy Bryant | Nov 30, 2025 | Advice for Parents, Advice for Student-Athletes, Coaching for Coaches, College Athletics Recruiting, Integrity in College Athletics
When I was a coach, I knew that most of my incoming freshmen had been the best players on their teams back home. They were used to competing week after week in the top spot. It was a tough adjustment when, inevitably, some of them didn’t end up in the lineup. I never...
by Amy Bryant | Mar 26, 2025 | Advice for Parents, Advice for Student-Athletes, Coaching for Coaches, College Athletics Recruiting, Integrity in College Athletics
At a conference I attended last month, a colleague summed up his presentation by saying, “A coach’s goal is to win.” While some people nodded back at him, I immediately felt my body tense up. I wanted to counter back: “Is winning the ultimate goal, or is it much more...
by Amy Bryant | Dec 18, 2024 | Articles about Coach Bryant, Coaching for Coaches, Team Culture
The time has almost arrived; this spring I will be one of those parents celebrating a graduating high school senior and sending him off to study and play his sport in college. We’ve been closely following our son’s future college soccer team and their impressive...
by Amy Bryant | Mar 2, 2024 | Articles about Coach Bryant, Coaching for Coaches
Last month, Coach Amy Bryant was one of three featured presenters interviewed as part of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s new women’s division’s launch. Coach Bryant reflected on six key areas in her collaborative talk with current college...
by Amy Bryant | Jul 16, 2023 | Articles about Coach Bryant, Coaching for Coaches
The picture was everywhere — all over the Internet — and it made me feel incredibly guilty. There I was as a coach, holding the 2021 NCAA Championship trophy my tennis players had thrust into my hands. For weeks I grappled with guilt. I’ve always been one...
