Intentional Performers With Brian Levenson

Mike Deegan is the head baseball coach at Dennison University, where he is entering his 10th season. Coach Deegan has had tremendous success at the Division III level, winning 3 National Championships. He has also played in 2 National Championships as a player.   Mike had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “For a while I would make fun of people for being arrogant, but secretly I would surround myself with arrogant people because that’s what I was missing” (6:15). “I’ve been beat over my head in my life to be humble so much so that I think it affects my performances” (6:30). “You have to look at yourself as a coach ask how my behavior is affecting our team’s performance” (7:30). “Being humble has served me very well. It makes me relatable and people enjoy me for the most part. But now I have found myself in rooms where I’m humble and I’m listening and I’m curious, but there is this small moment where I would probably be the expert and I don’t throw myself in the