UMAC Lessons from Leaders: Dan Nessler, Bethany Lutheran
The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Lessons from Leaders video series is released Wednesdays in 2019-20 and features Commissioner Corey Borchardt interviewing conference coaches about their success within the conference and at the regional and national levels. The series promotes coaches who have helped enhance the identity and image of the conference as whole. The interviewees include coaches who either won a UMAC regular season or postseason title in 2018-19 or were featured as a UMAC Coach of the Decade during the conference's "10-Year Celebration."
UMAC Commissioner Corey Borchardt continues the Lessons from Leaders series in a virtual format with Bethany Lutheran College head softball coach Dan Nessler who led the Vikings to a program-first UMAC regular season conference title in 2019 behind a 15-1 record.
Nessler began his fourth season with the Vikings this spring before seeing it cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During his tenure, the Vikings have qualified for the UMAC postseason tournament in each year he's been at the helm. Nessler's squad also set program records for wins with a 27-12 overall mark last spring.
Borchardt talks to Nessler about his leadership and development of program culture to turnaround the Viking softball program and how he continues to learn and grow as a coach and leader. Additionally, the two talk about managing a softball program and supporting student-athletes during this unprecedented time of distance learning and the lessons learned about overcoming adversity.
The
entire interview can be viewed on the UMAC YouTube channel (umacathletics).
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