Coach Survey & Evaluation Software

Becoming A Better Athletic Director Starts Here.

Use Grit Leadership to get honest and in-depth feedback from the athletes, hold effective and encouraging one-on-one coach development meetings, work together to build team culture, and educate your parents and community — all in one place.

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Everything Needed To Grow Your Athletic Program & Culture

Coach Survey & Evaluation Tools

Get tools for coaches surveys, evaluation summaries, 1-on-1 meetings, student check-ins, feedback and program building.

Knowledge Center

Access the latest in coaching, athletic culture, and how to develop a growth mindset in ourselves and others.

Grit Community

Join the growing network of athletic directors and coaches focused on building a grittier and more resilient generation.

Culture & Coach Training

Grit Leadership will partner with you on a deeper level to build an improved athletic culture within your school community.

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Grit Leadership Overview

Hear from our founder, Kevin Broene, on how he used his decades of experience as an Athletic Director and Coach to build the tool that allowed him, and now so many others, to help transform coaches into experts and kids into grittier, more resilient young men and women.

You do not rise to the level of your goals, you sink to the level of your systems.

– James Clear, Atomic Habits

Are you confident that your systems for leading your coaches and athletic culture are as good as they can be?

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School Testimonials

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"Grit Leadership has been a vital source for me as a new athletic director. The evaluation creates a partnership between coaches and ADs to have non-threatening, data-driven, improvement-based conversations. Kevin is always accessible and has been a great friend and partner as I grow and improve as a leader."

David Kool

Athletic Director, South Christian High School

"Observing Kevin and Grit Leadership impact athletic programs has been one of the most rewarding experiences I have had in my role at Baylor University. Kevin is equipped and prepared to lead athletic departments to raise their standard of excellence. If you care about improving your athletic program and helping students, you need to contact Grit Leadership, today."

Matt Thomas

Executive Director, Center for School Leadership Baylor University

"Like our athletes, I need constant “nudges” to keep from getting complacent and Grit Leadership provides that. It has been a huge blessing to not only me but our athletic program as well. Kevin is always available to help, and there is absolutely no question that he wants our students and our program to flourish."

David Schenk

Athletic Director, Heritage Christian Academy

"Grit Leadership is a win-win-win. I’m better equipped as a coach. My athletes are performing better on the field. And, most importantly, my athletes are better prepared for life beyond sport."

Aric Dershem

Varsity Soccer, Grand Rapids Christian High School

Unlock The Ability To:

Control the Controllables

Though we can’t control everything in the lives of those we lead, Grit Leadership can help you change the narrative around fear of failure, need for immediate success, and resistance to taking on tough challenges.

Instill a Growth Mindset

Resilient people have hope and resolve that things will get better regardless of the situation. Learn about how teaching and leading with a growth mindset can change the narrative and self talk inside our students’ heads.

Improve direct, in the moment feedback skills

Learning how to give kids positive feedback on their process, not their outcome can make a huge difference in strengthening their resolve, building their emotional stamina, and developing a growth oriented mindset.

Focus on the Process, Not the Outcome

When it comes to developing your reward systems and program structures, building to emphasize the process is a new way of thinking. Learn how to set up your program to be process focused, and emphasize the virtues that last a lifetime rather than game results that last for a day.

Become the Guide, Not the Snowplow

Every hero needs a guide, and great guides give the hero space to struggle and make their own choices, leading alongside instead of plowing the way ahead. As leaders, educators, and parents, it’s not our job to make our kids happy, or give them everything they want; it’s our job to bring forth their full potential.

Find Success Beyond Winning

Success is helping others be the best versions of themselves. We can be successful without winning games, and we can be unsuccessful while winning games. Measure success by what we can control and remember that success is about becoming our best.

Lead Your Coaches with data-driven decisions

Use Grit Leadership’s evaluation software to gather information and feedback from people you are trying to impact the most — students. The software provides you all you need to have positive, data-driven, 1-on-1 leadership advancement meetings.

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proud partner of the miaaa

"Grit Leadership Focuses On A Growth Mindset, rather than reactionary or retaliation toward coaches."

- Karen S. Leinaar, CAA, Executive Director
Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association

Can you imagine a system that enables you to amplify advocates and proactively mitigate problems before they arise or grow? It’s time to get ahead of the game.

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our way forward

What we should be teaching our students, along with biology and history and language arts, is how to build grit.

– Kevin Broene, Grit Leadership Founder

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