DeBoer on Winning Approach

UW coach Kalen DeBoer explains how his teams have been so successful late in the season.

Transcript

00:00 You've obviously built some sustainable teams

00:03 over your entire career.

00:04 You're 31 in November, which is obviously

00:06 a reflection of despite health issues, injuries,

00:10 you're able to finish strong everywhere you've been.

00:12 And I was wondering, what do you think

00:14 goes into building a sustainable program?

00:17 What has allowed you to do that in multiple places?

00:20 Having people around you, coaches and players,

00:23 that really want to do something special,

00:25 and realizing that week one, there's

00:28 things to learn from, week three,

00:31 go all the way through the season.

00:33 There are things to take from every game and keep applying it.

00:37 And you're always trying to improve.

00:41 And when you get to a point where

00:45 you have these big games, your chemistry of your team

00:49 needs to be in good order.

00:50 And the fight that it takes to win big games, rivalry

00:55 games, also against teams that are really good themselves,

01:02 it's just a matter of bringing it all together.

01:05 And you're going to have maybe not your best unit out there

01:09 because of injuries, or you're going to have weather,

01:13 but you're going to have some confidence going

01:16 into each and every game because you know what you got.

01:19 You know that the guy next to you

01:21 is going to give everything he has, whether that's a coach,

01:23 whether that's a player.

01:24 And you're going to fight till the very end.

01:26 And I mean, there's just--

01:29 never sell yourself short on what you're possible--

01:32 what you're capable of achieving.