Colby Hale has done things with the soccer program at Arkansas that no other coach could, so we sat down with him to learn how he’s done it. We start with how selling security systems prepared him to become a soccer coach, and how problem solving is a big part of who he is (4:45). We talk about how personal and team growth only comes from being outside your comfort zone, and the impact it has on his program (8:43). Colby tells us about how a family move to England got him into soccer, and about having a fighter pilot dad (19:03). We get into the growing popularity of soccer in the U.S. (23:48), and finally, how he’s gotten total ownership and buy-in from his players (30:15).
Hog Pod Episode 30: Colby Hale
Colby Hale has taken the Arkansas soccer program to new heights in his tenure. In this episode, we find out how he's led the Razorbacks into a national program along with how he went from selling security systems to coaching soccer and how got into soccer thanks to a move to England.