Biblical Plays and Winning Ways: Coaching Basketball with a Spiritual Edge

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Jacobyorg

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Dr. Jacob Yorg begins his 22^nd year coaching women's basketball. Jacob coached at the collegiate level for 13 years, as an NCAA Div 3, NCAA Div 2, and NAIA assistant Coach and as an NCAA Div 2 and NJCAA Head Coach. He is in his third year as a Varsity girls Basketball Coach. He has worked as a counselor, college psychology instructor, and researcher. Jacob has also learned from multiple years of athletic administration experience, spending time as a Director of Compliance and Director of Club Sports and Intramurals at NCAA Div 2 Institutions. He is the executive director of a non-profit (Elite Within Mindset) that provides free mental performance/health curriculum and services to Youth, HS, and College athletic teams.

Coach Yorg holds a Doctorate in Education in Higher Education Leadership and a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology. He is a licensed professional counselor and a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. He has researched "the effects institutional culture has on collegiate women's basketball players' experience based on their sexual, gender, and racial identities,"; "the consequences of coaches' communication on collegiate athletes' mental health and performance," and "the need for Sport Psychologist/CMPC within Non-Division I athletics. He has used his diverse experience to help develop winning change in 5 different programs across four levels (HS, Juco, Div III, and Div II), leading to conference championships, Regional Title, NCAA tournament appearances, and a state championship with the current players.