College isn’t just about grades, majors, or GPAs, it is about discovering who you are and who you’re becoming. Coach Rice brings his signature energy, humor, and insight to the stage to challenge students to take a bold, honest look in the mirror. With over 15 years of experience as an educator, coach, and certified LISTENER, Coach Rice knows that growth doesn’t happen by accident—it happens when confusion is confronted and clarity is claimed.
This immersive, thought-provoking program unpacks five common “fouls” that impedes and confuses students personally, academically, and socially and walks them through practical steps to reset, refocus, and rise. Students will explore the gap between who they’ve been, who they are, and who they’re striving to become, all while being empowered to take ownership of their decisions, direction, and destiny.
Coach Rice doesn’t just talk to students, he connects with them. With relatable stories, real strategies, and a few necessary laughs, this session equips students with the mindset and direction to move from surviving to thriving. It’s not just a talk, it’s a transformational timeout.
Warning: This keynote may cause increased unapologetic self-awareness, confidence, and purpose.
TAKEAWAYS
Identify and Correct the “Fouls” Holding You Back
Students will uncover the five most common mistakes that derail their personal, academic, and social progress—and learn how to reset and make smarter, more intentional choices moving forward.
Own Your Story and Shape Your Next Chapter
Through honest reflection and guided self-awareness, students will begin to connect who they’ve been with who they’re becoming, empowering them to take full responsibility for their growth and goals.
Turn Confusion Into Clarity and Confidence
Students will walk away with practical, actionable strategies to replace overwhelm with focus, fear with courage, and passive participation with purposeful living—both on campus and beyond.
Let’s be real, teams don’t fall apart because of one big moment. They unravel through unaddressed missteps that become counterproductive habits. In this high-energy, entertaining, and immersive keynote, Coach George Rice, III pulls back the curtain on the five most common “fouls” every team commits. From communication breakdowns and unclear roles to trust issues and accountability avoidance, Coach George helps teams identify where chaos starts, how to reconnect, and what it takes to re-imagine and build true team chemistry.
Coach Rice has equipped teams across sectors with personal development tools that don’t just challenge, they transform. Driven by his OBSESSION with how people learn and function with and without their teams, he brings insight rooted in experience, humor, and truth-telling that resonates with teams and equips themselves to ask better questions and sustainable evolution.
Participants will explore how learning styles shape leadership styles, and why unspoken team dynamics often determine outcomes more than skill or strategy. Clients walk away with practical frameworks, powerful questions, and real steps to help your team transition from surviving to synergizing.
If you’re ready to go from chaotic check-ins to clear communication, from silent side-eyes to shared goals this session is your game-changer.
Get ready to laugh, reflect, reconnect — and commit fewer fouls.
TAKEAWAYS
Recognize the Root, Not Just the Reaction
Participants will learn how to identify the underlying patterns and behaviors (the “fouls”) that repeatedly derail team progress — and how to disrupt them before they become culture.
Translate Learning into Leading
Participants will discover how individual and collective learning styles shape communication, collaboration, and leadership and how intentional learning can shift a team from disconnected roles to aligned purpose.
Build Chemistry Through Clarity and Ownership
Participants will leave with tools to increase team accountability, elevate trust, and create a culture where everyone knows their role, owns their impact, and actively contributes to something greater than themselves.
