The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby

The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby

The Winning Coach with Pat Rigsby — for sports-minded entrepreneurs, coaches, and high performers who want to build better teams, better businesses, and better lives. Find out more at www.PatRigsby.com

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September 21, 2026 38 mins

What can a baseball manager teach you about building a better business and a more ideal life?

A lot more than you might think.

In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby sits down with Ted Tom, a manager in the Washington Nationals organization, to talk about his journey through small-college baseball, Division I coaching, IMG, and professional basebal...

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Most business owners don't have a growth problem.

They have an expectations problem.

If you've spent years surrounded by people doing $15K or $20K a month, eventually that starts to feel like the ceiling. You assume that's just what businesses like yours can do.

But what if it isn't?

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What if you could build a winning organization without having the biggest resources?

That's exactly what Dan Heefner has done at Dallas Baptist University.

Entering his 20th season as the head baseball coach at DBU, Dan has helped build one of the most consistently successful programs in college baseball—while competing agains...

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What does it take to build a championship-level program—and become the kind of coach people want to follow?

On this episode of The Winning Coach, I sit down with my longtime friend and highly respected college baseball coach Brian Harrison, Head Baseball Coach at Baldwin Wallace University.

Brian has built Baldwin Wallace into...

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Motivation Isn't Your Problem: Why Role Clarity, Systems, and Practice Drive Performance

Motivation gets a lot of credit—and a lot of blame—in coaching, leadership, and business.

But what if motivation isn't actually the problem?

In this episode of The Winning Coach Podcast, Pat Rigsby breaks down why business coaches, fitness business owners, and leaders often look fo...

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Prepare for the future—but don't miss the present.

In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby reflects on 21 years of marriage to Holly and the lessons their journey together has taught him about business, coaching, family, and success.

From spending their honeymoon painting walls and staining floors in a gym they were a...

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Build Your Coaching Business Around What Won't Change

The fitness industry is changing constantly.

AI is changing. Social media algorithms are changing. Marketing tactics are changing. Consumer preferences are changing. New training trends and business models show up every year.

But the fundamentals of build...

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Team vs. Talent: Why Great Coaches Build Culture, Not Just Teams | The Winning Coach Podcast

What separates high-performing teams from a group of talented individuals? In this episode of The Winning Coach Podcast, Pat Rigsby breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions about leadership and organizational culture: great teams aren't built by talent alone.

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Stop Running Your Business Like a Startup | Match Your Strategy to Your Season

What got you to this point in business won't necessarily get you to the next level.

In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby shares one of the most valuable lessons he learned as a college baseball coach - and how it transformed the way he built and led successful businesses. Just like athletes and teams operate in different seasons with differen...

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What separates businesses that last from those that get left behind?

In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby breaks down one of the most important business concepts he ever learned from Warren Buffett: building a competitive moat.

Too many business owners believe their marketing, technology, or social media is what makes them different. The truth? I...

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Most people are looking for an advantage their competitors can't copy.

They're looking for a new marketing tactic, a better piece of technology, or a secret strategy that nobody else knows.

But what if your greatest competitive advantage is much simpler than that?

In this episode of The Winning Coach, Pat Rigsby shares lessons from h...

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Make the Big Time Where You Are | Why the Best Coaches & Entrepreneurs Stop Chasing the Next Opportunity

Everyone wants a bigger opportunity—a larger business, more clients, a better job, or the next big breakthrough.

But what if the fastest path to those opportunities is becoming exceptional exactly where you are?

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Build Wealth Without Losing Your Life: Guardrails for Gym Owners

Pat Rigsby explains how entrepreneurs and high-performing coaches often build careers that keep expanding until life gets squeezed out, and argues for reversing that by designing a career around the life you want. He shares how, as a young college baseball coach, he could be tunnel-visioned while rebuilding an underfunded program into a nationally ranked team, but lat...

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Ready to grow your clientele & revenue?

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Ready to grow your clientele & revenue?

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Ready to grow your clientele & revenue?

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Do you want to stop chasing leads and start attracting them instead?

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Ready to grow your clientele & revenue?

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