About Glen
Coach. Teacher. Founder.
Nearly 40 years of helping people and teams close the gap between who they are and who they could be.
My story
From the cricket nets to the coaching room
I started coaching under-16 cricket in 1987, the year after I finished playing it. I didn’t know it then, but that was the start of a lifetime of helping people get more out of themselves than they thought they had.
At university I studied sport science, and it was the sport psychology that hooked me: why some people and teams perform under pressure and others don’t. I took my first sport psychology unit in 1993, added a Diploma of Education, and became a teacher. I was lucky enough to be named Teacher of the Year. What I loved most wasn’t the curriculum. It was the moment a student realised they were capable of far more than they’d believed.
Coaching kept pulling me in. I worked with the Victorian Women’s Cricket team through 1995, and in 1996, as head coach, we won the Australian Championship. Across 1996–97 I was also skills coach for the Australian Women’s Cricket team. In 1999 I went to the UK for postgraduate study in sport psychology, then came home and spent years as a performance coach to athletes and teams: football clubs like Frankston and the Oakleigh Krushers, Parkdale Cricket Club and school sport programs. Along the way I’ve been part of more than ten premierships as a coach.
Over time my work shifted from sport psychology to coaching and positive psychology: less about fixing what’s wrong, more about helping people find their own answers and build on what they do best.
In 2011 I founded The Life Coaching College to train the next generation of coaches face to face, with real conversation, presence and courage. More than 5,000 certified coaches later, I still teach in the room myself. And through Murdoch Coaching I still work with sporting clubs and businesses, because being there when a team decides who it’s going to be never gets old.
After nearly 50 years of cricket at my beloved Parkdale Cricket Club, I’m now officially “retired”. Outside of work, you’ll find me running, lifting weights or out on the golf course. My favourite trips are overseas, hunting down hidden-gem golf courses around the world. But the best seat in the house is on the sideline watching my kids play sport, and my favourite time of all is just hanging out with Beth.
Glen
Timeline
The journey so far
- 1987Starts coaching under-16 cricket, the year after finishing under-16s himself.
- 1991Begins teaching after a Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport Science) and a Diploma of Education. Later named Teacher of the Year.
- 1993Studies his first sport psychology unit at university, and the question of why people perform under pressure takes hold.
- 1995–96Works with the Victorian Women’s Cricket team, then as head coach leads them to the 1996 Australian Championship.
- 1996–97Skills coach for the Australian Women’s Cricket team.
- 1999Postgraduate study in sport psychology in the UK, then home to work as a performance coach with football clubs, cricket clubs and school sport programs.
- 2011Founds The Life Coaching College to train coaches face to face, with real conversation, presence and courage.
- Today5,000+ coaches certified, four books published, 10+ premierships as a coach, and still in the room with teams through Murdoch Coaching.
Values
What I stand for
Responsibility
100% responsibility for every part of my life. It’s the most freeing belief I know, and the first one I teach.
Integrity
Consistency between what I say and what I do, every day. A congruent life is a leader’s life.
Making a difference
Helping people every day and contributing beyond myself. That’s the measure that matters.
Passion
Being passionate about life, and speaking passionately about it. Energy is contagious.
Learning
Kaizen: small, constant improvement. I read to learn and I’m still a student of this craft.
Health & vitality
Eat well, move daily, laugh often. You can’t pour from an empty cup.
Credentials
Experience you can lean on
- Founder & CEO, The Life Coaching College (est. 2011)
- 5,000+ coaches certified through the college
- ICF Level 1 & 2 accredited college
- Former Teacher of the Year
- Head coach, Victorian Women’s Cricket team: Australian Champions 1996
- Skills coach, Australian Women’s Cricket team (1996–97)
- 10+ premierships as a coach
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport Science), Diploma of Education
- Sport psychology study since 1993, including postgraduate study in the UK (1999)
- Strengths-based coaching using VIA character strengths and DISC
- Author of four books on coaching and life design
- Host of the Just Glen podcast
Want to work together?
Train as a coach, bring me in for your team, or book me to speak.