Bennie Brazell: The Mindset of a Champion

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 7 a.m.

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Competitiveness is within us all, but history shows that only a select few get to make a career of achieving the greatest goals of being a champion at what they do. Bennie Brazell has climbed the mountain of becoming a champion across numerous areas of his athletic career, both as an athlete and as a coach, and this competitor is highly driven to keep on doing this for a long time.\\xa0

This episode is specifically about the traits and habits required, in Bennie's expert opinion, to deliver championship level results which can be intimidating to some of us. But the content provided will force anyone listening to ask themselves what are they willing to do, to sacrifice, and to embrace to reach their highest of goals.\\xa0

Bennie Brazell \\xa0is a Track & Field Assistant Coach at Louisiana State University. He joins the show to discuss his storied career of winning, firstly, as an athlete, and then, as a coach. As a student-athlete he was a 5-time NCAA Champion in Track and National Champion in football both at LSU in the early 2000's. He then returned to his Alma Mater in 2011 and has coached numerous individuals to NCAA Championships over the last decade and was a part of the staff that led the LSU Men's team to an NCAA outdoor championship in 2021.\\xa0

Bennie provides insight into his upbringing and how it shaped his "don't back down" personality that embraced challenges thrown his way. In college, Bennie was a member of winning cultures created by Hall of Fame coaches in both Football and Track & Field and we get to learn all about his main takeaways from those. Finally, Bennie discusses his coaching approach that has provided consistently elite levels of performance.\\xa0

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