Gary Stead

NZ BLACKCAPS

Coach

“I have known Richard in a number of different professional capacities - as a coach developer and educator when he was working for HPSNZ back in the 2000’s; as a coach advisor in his time at NZC as the High Performance Coach Development Manager and throughout my coaching career as a mentor/critical friend to be able to bounce ideas and have coaching conversations with.  Richard is well read, knowledgeable, experienced and well connected in the professional coaching world – he understands the pressures and differing roles of coaching landscapes.  I have always found Richard to be considered in feedback and given his own rugby coaching to a high level, the coaching conversations are natural, relevant, and meaningful. Richard has been a great sounding board for me, someone with wise counsel and unwavering support.”