GRR: Mike Tolkin
Mike Tolkin goes into great detail about player roles, plans, and the process when finding ways to attack in rugby.
Tolkin sits down for a second session with Bruce McLane.
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Mike Tolkin, who coached the USA, RUNY, and Xavier HS, sits down with Bruce McLane to talk in detail about coaching philosophy and some specific nuts and bolts (and Xs and Os) about playing the game.
Attack philosophy, defensive components, getting out of trouble, and some psychological stuff all gets touched on in this can't-miss coaching podcast.
This is an Op-Ed contribution from Joseph Sweeney. Sweeney is a longtime colleague of Mike Tolkin's, and was a teammate and co-coach of Tolkin's dating back to high school. He is currently the Xavier HS Program Director as well as Xavier's Dean of Faculty.
Mike Tolkin is now officially not going to be the USA Men's National 15s Team Head Coach now that USA Rugby's Board had selected John Mitchell.
Tolkin, who coached the Eagles from 2012 through the 2015 season. He released a statement today about his contract not being renewed:
Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff sat down with USA Men’s 15s Head Coach Mike Tolkin Wednesday to go over not nay the Rugby World Cup but the last four years of his coaching tenure.
During that time under Tolkin, the USA has won 11 games, lost 22, and tied 1, for a winning percentage of .338.
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