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We're excited for you to listen to this week's guest as Marlon brings the VALUE in today's episode. As the head coach of Wayne State College in Nebraska for over 20 years, he opens up authentically and shares with us his developmental process. We get an inside look at the importance of Coaches Education on his on the field part of the job, as well as the side of college coaching we don't discuss a lot; paperwork, recruiting, travel scheduling, equipment purchases, and more. Marlon's journey will bring you immense amounts of value and help speed up your professional development to make you a better more well rounded track and field and field coach today.
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Well with the addition of "Mayor Smith" this week, the tiles turn up the dial on the brain dump and give some insight on longevity, and a "brief" conversation on the 4x4 from some different angles. Sir Lucious plays some WOULD YOU RATHER...tune in and see what he chooses!
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What would lead a successful DI coach to say, "I wish I had switched to D3 sooner."? Learn the journey of Coach Sprecher from the time he was a GA at Baylor during the Michael Johnson era to having his alma mater drop his men's program while he was the head coach. With multiple highs including Team USA athletes, conference championship teams, and high GPAs, Sprecher's journey is not without the lows of program drops and missed opportunities. Join us as we learn from his experience and dispel some D3 rumors.
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Well, we unsuccessfully predicted the World Championships...at this point, we are proud to be so wrong! World championships owes us NOTHING! Found on the Twitter-verse, the tiles respond to a series of questions regarding the championships overall...which and who do you agree with? What did we forget? Let us know!
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We sit down with Gregg as he starts a brand new indoor/outdoor men's and women's track and field program at Bridgeport. We have a really hard conversation centered around bitterness, entitlement, and self-awareness. This week's episode will bring you more value than you can imagine and is guaranteed to help you personally and professionally. Thank you to Coach Schmidt for being so transparent, open, and authentic.
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Half way thru World Championships and there are so many events to highlight already! Tune in to hear what the panel was intrigued by...
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Kyle joins us today to discuss his varied young coaching path including being a D2 athlete, a D3 assistant coach, and now the head coach of NAIA Saint Francis. We learn the importance of being called 'coach' and how that has affected his professional and personal life. Coaching Education shows up once again as a catalyst for helping him become a better coach, especially in such a new event as the Hammer.
"Congrats, you're five years old again," Coach Allison says to freshmen when describing the new event of hammer to them.
We also get a lot of valuable advice on becoming a new head coach as well as the uniqueness of the NAIA including the marathon, eligibility, race walk, and more.
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The time has come for the tiles to pick who they think will prevail in the chosen events for the WC taking place in Eugene. You will definitely be surprised with the names said and how they are guessed to finish. Tune in!
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Today's guest gives us an inside look at an alum coaching at their alma mater as Kevin ran for Saint Vincent and now oversees the entire track and cross country program. We learn of great mentors such as Dr. Herr and Coach Snyder, as well as dive deep into hiring a new assistant coach. Kevin gives us lots of insight into his process of hiring for the first time with great information that can help you out when you get that opportunity to expand your staff.
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Happy LLC Day! There are always different sides to everything. This episode Sir Lucious, Lamar, Clyde, and The Governor chime into a few aspects of what can be good, bad, and unknown in all things track and field. Hey, even Big League has a "cent" or two to add to the pot. Contracts, equipment issues, student-athletes, and of course THE COACHING CAROUSEL. The nuggets in between the lines are always best. The Governor sets up for a round of WOULD YOU RATHER this week. So get ready to submerge yourself into some track and field fun!
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