Believer, @MandaTraver Husband, Tate’s Dad, Associate Athletic Performance Coach for Indiana University Football.
Bloomington, IN
Joined May 2009
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She is signing off - Cancer FREE!!!!
Maddie’s scans came back clear! Been a long six months but with all of the prayers, love and support she did it! Absolutely cannot thank everyone enough. Time to get the port out and ring the bell! 🔔💚🙏
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SPEAKERS ARE SET, LINEUP IS ELITE
PRICE FOR INDIVIDUAL IS 75/ STAFF 125
HOW DO YOU MISS OUT?????
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“First you form your habits and then your habits form you. Life’s all about habits, choices and decisions. When you’ve got the right habits you tend to make better choices and decisions,” Curt Cignetti
Consistent habits turn high performance standards into character.
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Bigger than football! #MaddieStrong
🔥 Back in the Lab tonight for something special. 🧪💚
Honored to sit down with @Coach_BHaines (DC, Indiana University) as we talk ball, build defense, and support an even bigger mission with #MaddieStrong.
This one is bigger than football — it’s about impact, awareness, and community.
🎙️ Recording tonight
🧪 Coach Gibbs Defense Lab
⚡ Fast. Physical. Havoc.
🚨 We’re just 5 coaches away from 100 registered — that gets us to $10,000 raised for the Mele family. Let’s finish strong!
👉 Register here:
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Stay locked in… this is one you don’t want to miss. 💚@STCoachMele
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Striking power, balance, and force production are byproducts of training, not drills. If you want them… EARN them by doing the HARD things, first. #BTD
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Excited to add 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫 as our assistant football strength coach!
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#GoYotes
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Wyoming guys = Glue Guys
First Round Aesthetics & All-Pro Vibes:
Wyoming OL Caden Barnett
Competing at the @ShrineBowl this week.
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Attention to detail is what separates the great from the good. While most athletes ignore the small details, the best athletes leave nothing to chance when it comes to their training, preparation, and performance.
We See You @boumanaidan8 Keep Swinging Dude!!!
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Cooper Kupp never “arrived.”
🚫 Overlooked in high school
🚫 Overlooked in college
🚫 Overlooked in the NFL
His mindset?
“I just worked really freaking hard.”
Talent opens the door.
Relentless work keeps you in the room.
Champions are built, not born.
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“In coaching you get what you demand. If you’re not coaching it, you’re allowing it to happen when you see something you don’t like. We want to do everything to a high standard and there’s got to be accountability when guys can’t consistently meet the bar,” Curt Cignetti
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"It's a daily process. You just stack good days. Everything we do we have high standards and expectations. The standards can never be compromised and there has to be accountability throughout the entire organization coaches and players." - Curt Cignetti
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Winners own mistakes. Losers point fingers.
“Don’t be a blame guy. That’s the first sign of loser mentality when you blame someone else for a mistake,”
- Kirby Smart 🥇
On great teams, accountability isn’t optional.
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“It’s a process. It’s a way you go about doing things. It’s a high standard, high expectation, it’s accountability. It’s discipline, commitment, toughness, work ethic, pride. It’s wanting to be great vs. wanting to be normal,” Curt Cignetti
The difference is within you.
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If you are a head ball coach, this is gold right here! “Your culture is the worst of what you allow.” And you can’t escape it.
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Coach Leach used to say “all sacks are on the quarterback.”
As a player, that used to piss me off — because we all know that's not true. Sometimes the protection breaks down, a back misses a chip, or a tackle gets beat.
But looking back, it was great coaching!
It was about ownership and improving the situation.
If you’re a quarterback and you view every sack as being on YOU, you’ll look for ways to improve it:
-Change the play call.
-Adjust the protection.
-Check the ball down.
-Scramble.
-Throw it away.
But if you shrug it off as “the O-line’s fault,” you give your power away.
You can only improve when THEY do — and that keeps you stagnant.
The same principle applies in other area’s for QB’s.
A receiver drops a ball?
-Take ownership. Ask yourself: Did I have the right pace? Was it a good location? Was it the right read? Did I spend time with him after practice working that route?
A missed signal?
-Take ownership. Did I communicate it clearly? Did I hold an extra signal meeting?
When you take this mindset — “it’s on me” — you stay focused on how you can grow, not on who you can blame.
Now, bring that into your own field.
What are the “sacks” in your business, career, or relationships that you can start taking ownership of today?
Because ownership always leads to improvement — and excuses always lead to stagnation.
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#MindStrength #Leadership
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Like many others, been saying it for years.
Anyone who discourages your child from playing multiple sports does not have your child’s best interests in mind.
Period.
