01. Tristan Cooper ON: How to pivot from pursing your NFL dream to a successful career outside of football
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01. Tristan Cooper ON: How to pivot from pursing your NFL dream to a successful career outside of football
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About this listen
In the first episode of the LIFE, MONEY and FOOTBALL podcast, I sat down with Tristan Cooper, a coach's son, Tulane University football player and now a successful financial advisor.
Tristan takes us through his life's journey from growing up inside the locker rooms of the biggest college football programs and watching his dad coach the likes of Patrick Peterson and Tyrann Mathieu. Playing with and against some of the biggest names in professional football like Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry. Pursuing his dream of playing in the NFL at Tulane University, realizing that was not going to happen and turning his experience into a successful career as a financial advisor serving college football coaches across the country.
Along the way, you we touch on topics like:
- What it was like to have a high-profile coach as a father and moving from state to state as his dad's career progressed.
- College football recruiting process/experience and how Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has changed all of it.
- What it was like to not receive offers from the SEC schools he was basically a part of growing up.
- Why he turned down Ivy League opportunities to go to Tulane.
- Switching positions during his 4 years at Tulane and dealing with injuries that derailed his career at times.
- When he realized the NFL wasn't going to happen for him and how he handled that.
- How he worked through the process of figuring out what to do after he had spent most of his life working towards a career as a football player.
- Plus a few key life lessons from the most important person in his life, his mom - "you bloom where you were planted" and "make money on football, not in it."
I believe Tristan's story is one that football players at all levels can learn a lot from. I hope you enjoy the episode.
For more great content for NFL and College Football players, check out my company TEAM Private Wealth Management's website Wealth Coach, Manager & Family Office for NFL Players | TEAM Private Wealth Management (teampwm.com) and our blog Blog & Podcast | TEAM (teampwm.com)