#76: Living with Bipolar Disorder: Former Duke Basketball Coach Joanne P. McCallie

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 12:24 p.m.

Coach P is an incredibly accomplished basketball coach. She has over 600+ wins during her 28 years coaching at University of Maine, Michigan State University and Duke University. She is also a mental health advocate and author of "Secret Warrior" where she details her journey being diagnosed as bipolar at 30 and how she's had a successful/happy personal and professional life while living with the condition. In this interview, Coach P talks about: - Her advice to HS players trying to play D1 college basketball - Her advice to Graduate Assistants on becoming an Assistant Coach and then a Head Coach one day - How she managed being a Head Coach at 26 and her advice to young coaches - Her time at UMaine, Michigan State, Duke - How her mental health challenges began and how she was diagnosed with being bipolar - Her advice on how she’s personally and professionally done well living with being bipolar Secret Warrior Book: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Warrior-Coach-Fighter-Court/dp/1646632907 Coach P's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachP4Life Grateful Living Info: My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroy81547/?... To Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Hn4ttt... To Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bo... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gratefulliving4 Approximate Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:01 Childhood 2:26 Advice for HS players trying to play D1 3:41 What should the attitude for d1 player? 5:48 Advice to Graduate Assistants 8:55 Evaluating GAs/assistant coaches 1045 UMAINE interview 1323 Advice to young coaches 1505 Rebuilding a program advice 1644 Becoming a mom while coaching 1809 Becoming diagnosed as bipolar 2345 Players Loyalty 2550 Time Michigan state 2928 Coach Tom Izzo, Michigan State Stories 3030 Miscarriage, depressive 3414 Who knew about diagnosis? 3827 Time at Duke 4050 Imposter Syndrome 4154 Managing Egos 44 Coach K Stories 4520 Regrets? 4643 Handling pressure situations 4809 Advice on recruiting 4950 Are coaches able to decompress? 5128 Hypomanic state 53 Advice on moving jobs when you have young children 5337 Secret Warrior book