Podcasts by Coaching DNA Podcast

Brandon Elliott (Part 2), Softball Coach Virginia Wesleyan from 2022-02-23T21:00

Brandon Elliott, Part 1- Head Softball Coach, Virginia Wesleyan University from 2022-02-18T11:00

Tyler Pazik-Part 2- Mental Performance coach at Pazik Performance Group from 2022-02-09T17:00

This is part two of my conversation with Tyler Pazik of Pazik Performance Group.

Tyler Pazik- Part 1 -Mental Performance Coach- Pazik Performance Group from 2022-02-02T17:00

Tyler Pazik of Pazik Performance Group joins us this week. Tyler is a mental performance coach. Enjoy Part 1 of my conversation with Tyler!

Jay Johnson Pt.2, Head Baseball Coach LSU from 2022-01-20T01:00

During part 2 of our conversation, we talk about his hiring process, design vs. default, creating and keeping alignment, the importance of being engaged, and much more. Jay is an absolute stud. ...

Jay Johnson, Head Baseball Coach LSU from 2022-01-13T01:00

Jay is the head baseball coach at LSU. Jay has been ultra successful every place he has coached...from Point Loma, to being an assistant at San Diego, to Nevada and Arizona. As you will hear, Ja...

Jo Evans Pt.2, Head Softball Coach Texas A&M from 2022-01-06T01:00

Jo Evans is the head softball coach at Texas A&M University. During part 2 of our conversation, we talk about the importance of addressing mental health, her hiring practices, making sure th...

Jo Evans Pt.1, Head Softball Coach Texas A&M from 2021-12-30T01:00

Jo Evans is the head softball coach at Texas A&M University. She is entering her 26th year as head coach at A&M. Jo and I talk about her transition from University of Utah to Texas A&...

Derek Matlock Pt.2, Head Coach U of Texas Rio Grande Valley from 2021-12-23T01:00

Derek is the head baseball coach at University of Texas Rio Grand Valley. During our conversation Derek and I talk about evaluating character and fit during the recruiting process, different thi...

Derek Matlock Pt.1, Head Coach U of Texas Rio Grande Valley from 2021-12-16T01:10

Derek is the head baseball coach at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Derek and I talk about why he got into coaching, insight into some of his mentors like Jim Schlossnagle and Randy Mazey...

Kevin Bille, Good Stuff Podcast from 2021-12-09T01:00

Kevin Bille is my guest this week. Kevin has a podcast called Good Stuff. He has had some phenomenal guests on his podcast. Kevin also does leadership development, primarily in the corporate spa...

Butch Thompson Pt.2, Head Baseball Coach Auburn U from 2021-12-02T01:00

This is part two of my conversation with Butch Thompson. Butch is an elite leader, humble, and comfortable in his own skin. During part two of my conversation we talk about building culture, sta...

Butch Thompson Pt.1, Head Baseball Coach Auburn U from 2021-11-25T01:00

Butch is the head baseball coach at Auburn U. Butch is entering his 7th year at Auburn. He led Auburn to the college world series in 2019...which was the first time Auburn had been to the series...

David Grace Pt.2, D1 Basketball Coach from 2021-11-18T01:00

David Grace is a long time college basketball coach. During Part Two of my conversation with David, we talk the recruitment of Lonzo Ball, what great leaders do when building an elite environmen...

David Grace, Part 1, D1 Basketball Coach from 2021-11-11T01:39:34

David Grace is a college basketball coach who has made numerous stops at the Div 1 level including coaching at Oregon State, UCLA, and Vanderbilt. During this conversation we talk about his back...

Kenny Gajewski Pt.2, Head Coach Oklahoma State Softball from 2021-11-05T15:29

Kenny Gajewski is the head softball coach at OSU. During Part Two, Kenny and I talk culture and how he builds his at OSU, we talk about leadership development and how he organically develops lea...

Kenny Gajewski Pt.1, Head Coach Oklahoma State Softball from 2021-10-28T01:00

Kenny Gajewski is the head softball coach at OSU. I had a blast talking with Kenny. During Part 1 we discussed several of the coaches he played for or coached with and what makes them so good, w...

Lane Burroughs Pt.2, Head Baseball Coach Louisiana Tech University from 2021-10-21T01:00

Lane Burroughs is the head baseball coach at Louisiana Tech University. During part 2 of my conversation with Lane we talk about the culture in his program, leadership development, staff develop...

Lane Burroughs Pt.1, Head Baseball Coach Louisiana Tech University from 2021-10-14T01:00

Lane Burroughs is the head baseball coach at Louisiana Tech University. During part 1 of my conversation with Lane we talk about his mentors, his strengths, what drew him coaching, and much more...

Jon Shehan Pt.2, Head Baseball Coach Millersville University from 2021-10-07T09:35

Jon is the head baseball coach at Millersville University. During part 2 of our conversation, Jon and I talk about creating accountability in his program, the importance of vulnerability, and ho...

Jon Shehan Pt.1, Head Baseball Coach Millersville University from 2021-09-30T09:30

My guest this week is Jon Shehan. Jon is the head baseball coach at Millersville University. During part 1 of my conversation with Jon we talk about the culture at Millersville and how a poor 20...

Christine Porath, Georgetown Business Professor from 2021-09-16T09:30

My guest this week is Christine Porath. Christine is an author, speaker and tenured professor at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. She has written two books MASTERING CIVILITY A MA...

Justin Haire, Head Baseball Coach Campbell University from 2021-09-09T09:30

My guest this week is Justin Haire, head baseball coach at Campbell University. During our conversation, Justin and I talk about how he turned Campbell around after his third year, the three lev...

Dan Fisher, Head Volleyball Coach, U of Pittsburgh from 2021-09-02T11:00

My guest this week is Dan Fisher, head volleyball coach at U of Pittsburgh. Dan and I talk about coaching the different genders, helping his leaders grow in self-awareness, his strengths, and mu...

Ryan McGuyre, Head Volleyball Coach at Baylor from 2021-08-26T09:30:23

My guest this week is Ryan McGuyre. Ryan is the head volleyball coach at Baylor. Ryan and I talk about dealing with conflict in your program, the key to turning around Baylor volleyball, the sta...

Kelly Inouye-Perez, Head Softball coach at UCLA from 2021-08-19T08:00

My guest this week is Kelly Inouye-Perez, head softball coach at UCLA. Kelly is regarded as one of the best coaches in the country and I can see why. Kelly and I talk about her transition to hea...

Lucas Jadin, Mental skills coach, partner at Train 2B Clutch from 2021-08-12T14:29

My guest is Lucas Jadin. Lucas is a mental skills coach, partner at Train 2B Clutch, and author. His most recent book is Twin Thieves. Lucas and I talk about a framework for building trust in yo...

Patrick Murphy, Softball Coach, University of Alabama Part 2 from 2021-07-19T16:59

My guest again this week is Pat Murphy. Pat is the head softball coach at the Univeristy of Alabama. This is part two of my conversation with Pat. Pat is one of the best coaches in all of colleg...

Patrick Murphy, Softball Coach, University of Alabama Part 1 from 2021-07-12T11:35

Patrick Murphy, Head Softball Coach at the University of Alabama, joins us this week. We talk about the impact Pat's mentors have had on his life and career. Pat also dives into the importa...

Cam Newbauer (Pt 2), University of Florida Basketball Coach from 2021-07-05T11:31

During part two of my conversation with Florida women's basketball coach Cam Newbauer, we talk about the difference between a power five job and other jobs, the areas he has grown in over the ...

Cam Newbauer, Women's Basketball Coach, U of Florida from 2021-06-28T11:28

Cam Newbauer, women's basketball coach at the University of Florida joins us this week. Cam and I discuss his mentors and the profound effect that had on him, his strengths, staff management, ...

Joan Ryan (Pt 2), Author of Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry from 2021-06-21T11:25

Welcome to Part 2 with Joan Ryan, author of Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry. During this episode we talk about the different types of team chemistry, how a trusting cu...

Joan Ryan, Author of Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry from 2021-06-14T11:20

Joan Ryan author of Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry joins us on this week's podcast. If you are a leader of a team, regardless of your industry, this is a book fo...

Trevor Johnson (Pt. 2), Volleyball Coach, Liberty University from 2021-06-07T11:19

This is part two of my conversation with Liberty volleyball coach Trevor Johnson. During part two of our conversation, we talk leadership development in his program, his growth in communication, th...

Trevor Johnson, Volleyball Coach, Liberty University from 2021-05-31T19:13

Trevor Johnson, head volleyball coach at Liberty University joins us this week! Trevor is a great guy and like many of the volleyball coaches, I have gotten to know he is a curious learner. During ...

Dan Tudor, Tudor Collegiate Strategies from 2021-05-26T16:36

Dan is the founder of Tudor Collegiate Strategies, where he helps coaches become better recruiters. Dan has been consulting with colleges all across the country at every level about best-recruiting...

Todd Woodcroft (Pt 2), Hockey Coach, University of Vermont from 2021-05-10T20:00

Todd Woodcroft, head hockey coach at the University of Vermont joins us for part two of our conversation. Todd and I talk about how he builds culture in his program, collaboration with his athletes...

Todd Woodcroft, Hockey Coach at University of Vermont from 2021-05-03T20:00

Todd Woodcroft, head hockey coach at the University of Vermont joins on this week's podcast. Todd just finished his first year at Vermont. Prior to his time at Vermont, he spent time as a form...

Steve Shenbaum (Pt. 2) Founder of Game On Nation from 2021-04-26T20:00

Steve is a classically trained actor/comedian and the president and founder of Game On Nation. Steve and his staff are innovators in the use of improvisation and game dynamics and Steve is consider...

WAYL #6- Energy Levels&Feedback from 2021-04-23T16:00

John Mayer and I talk about energy levels in both leaders/coaches and athletes. We also talk all things feedback during this episode of WAYL (What are you learning!)

Steve Shenbaum (Pt 1), Founder of Game On Nation from 2021-04-19T21:00

Steve Shenbaum is a classically trained actor/comedian and the president and founder of Game On Nation. Steve and his staff are innovators in the use of improvisation and game dynamics and Steve is...

Kenny Trapp (Pt. 2) Golf Coach, Dallas Baptist University from 2021-04-12T22:00

Kenny Trapp joins us for part 2 of his two-part episode. We talk about building relationships, showing grace to athletes, how long it took to build the foundation at DBU, and much much more!Authors...

Kenny Trapp (Pt1) Golf Coach, Dallas Baptist University from 2021-04-05T20:00

Kenny Trapp, Golf Coach at Dallas Baptist University joins us for part one of our two part podcast. Kenny has built an elite program at DBU. During the first of two conversations, we talk about the...

WAYL #5 Values and Skill Stacking from 2021-04-01T14:00

John Mayer and I talk about values within a team and skill stacking on this 'What Are You Learning' (WAYL) episode!

Pt 2. Aaron Mansfield, Volleyball Coach, Loyola Marymount from 2021-03-29T20:00

This week's episode is part two of Aaron Mansfield, volleyball coach Loyola Marymount. We continued our conversation talking about ways he has grown over the last four years, his passion for p...

Aaron Mansfield, Volleyball Coach, Loyola Marymount University from 2021-03-22T20:00

Aaron Mansfield, Volleyball Coach at Loyola Marymount University joins us this week. Aaron is in his 4th season leading the Lion's program... having taken over for another podcast guest Tom Bl...

Trevor Stewart, Head Hockey Coach, Fairbanks Ice Dogs from 2021-03-15T20:00

Trevor Stewart, Head Hockey Coach for the Fairbanks Ice Dogs joins us on this week's episode. Trevor has had great success with the Ice Dogs. During our conversation we talk about his journey ...

Brett Ledbetter, What Drives Winning from 2021-03-08T20:00

Brett Ledbetter co-founder of What Drives Winning is our guest this week. Brett is a consultant, author, and speaker. His books include What Drives Winning Environments and What Drives Winning Team...

Todd Interdonato, Head Baseball Coach, Wofford College from 2021-03-01T20:00

Todd Interdonato, Head Baseball Coach at Wofford College joins us on this week's episode. Todd is extremely authentic and has great clarity into who he is and what his program is built on. I h...

Craig Custance, Author of'Behind The Bench'&Editor-in-Chief at The Athletic from 2021-02-22T20:00

Craig Custance, Author of 'Behind The Bench' & Editor-in-Chief at The Athletic joins us on this week's episode. Craig spent time with ten of the most elite coaches in the NHL whi...

WAYL #4 - Clarity and Watching Video from 2021-02-18T15:00

During episode #4 of 'What Are You Learning', John Mayer and I talk about bringing clarity to your program/team and keys to getting more from film study. 

Kerrick Jackson, President MLB Draft League from 2021-02-15T20:00

Kerrick Jackson the new President MLB Draft League is our guest this week. Kerrick is super sharp, is great with people, and an excellent leader. Kerrick and I talk about his mentors, Scott Boras, ...

Denny Scanlon, Deputy Commissioner, United States Hockey League from 2021-02-08T20:00

Denny Scanlon, Deputy Commissioner of the United States Hockey League joins us on this week's episode. Denny is humble, intelligent, and super aware. We talk about the power of connections and...

Giovanni Guidetti, Turkish National Team Volleyball Coach from 2021-02-01T20:00

Giovanni Guidetti, Turkish National Team Volleyball Coach and head coach of Vakifbank Club team join us on this week's episode. Giovanni is one of the most accomplished volleyball coaches in t...

WAYL #3 **Special Guest Kevin Hambly** from 2021-01-26T19:00

This week John and I have a special guest join us... Stanford volleyball coach Kevin Hambly. Kevin shares what he is doing in regards to some identity work with his athletes. John shares some mindf...

Colby Donovan, Host of Coaching Coaches Podcast from 2021-01-25T20:00

Colby Donovan, Host of Coaching Coaches Podcast, joins us on this week's episode. Colby and I talk about the great coaches he was around during his time with the University of Florida basketba...

Anne Walker, Golf Coach, Stanford University from 2021-01-18T20:00

Anne Walker, Golf Coach at Stanford University joins us on this week's episode. Anne is super sharp, engaging with great perspective. We talk about common attributes of great leaders, the chal...

Jim Schlossnagle, Baseball Coach, TCU from 2021-01-11T20:00

Jim Schlossnagle, Baseball Coach at TCU joins us on this week's episode. Jim has built a phenomenal program at TCU. During our conversation we talk about his journey from coaching as a college...

WAYL #2 (What Are You Learning?) from 2021-01-08T12:00

In this episode of WAYL John Mayer and I talk about the power of questions and John continues to break down the ecological approach to coaching. 

Andrew Checketts Head Baseball Coach University of Cal Santa Barbara from 2021-01-04T20:00

Andrew Checketts, Head Baseball Coach at the University of Cal Santa Barbara, joins us on this week's podcast. Andrew and I talk about some of his influences, namely Pat Casey former coach of ...

Nate Loenser, NBA Assistant Basketball Coach from 2020-12-28T20:00

Nate Loenser, NBA Assistant Basketball Coach, joins us on this week's podcast. Nate is currently a coaching free agent. His last stop was with the Chicago Bulls, spending 5 seasons with them. ...

JJ Picollo, Asst. GM, Kansas City Royals from 2020-12-21T20:00

JJ Picollo, Asst. GM with the Kansas City Royals joins us on this week's episode. We talk about the hiring process, what makes elite leaders elite, the highest value activities when taking ove...

John Tanner, Water Polo Coach, Stanford University from 2020-12-14T20:00

John Tanner Head Water Polo Coach at Stanford University joins us on today's episode. John has been at Stanford for 23 seasons and has won 7 National Championships. He is super sharp, humble a...

Special Episode- What Are You Learning (WAYL) from 2020-12-11T04:00

This is episode #1 of my special podcast. John Mayer and I talk about what we are learning... hence the name "What Are You Learning?" We talk about ecological coaching and identity in thi...

Stan Bonewitz, Basketball Coach, Concordia University from 2020-12-07T20:00

Stan Bonewitz Head Basketball Coach at Concordia University joins us on this week's episode. Stan and I talk about his time around Bob Knight, building culture in his program, the importance o...

Keegan Cook Volleyball coach, University of Washington from 2020-11-30T20:00

Keegan Cook, Volleyball coach at the University of Washington joins us on this week's episode. Keegan has done a great job at Washington, winning two Pac-12 titles and playing in three Elite 8...

Jen Greeny, Volleyball coach, Washington State University from 2020-11-23T20:00

Jen Greeny, volleyball coach at Washington State University joins us on this week's episode. Jen has done a great job of turning around WSU volleyball and growing her program in one of the tou...

Todd Gongwer, Author of'Lead For God's Sake' from 2020-11-16T20:00

Todd Gongwer, Author of 'Lead For God's Sake' joins us on this week's podcast. 'Lead For God's Sake' is a fable about finding your purpose in leadership and in li...

Reggie Christiansen, Baseball Coach Sac State University from 2020-11-09T20:00

Reggie Christiansen, Baseball Coach at Sac State University joins us on this week's podcast. We talk about his hiring process, how tragedy shaped his leadership, culture, and much much more.

Tim Ward, Head Soccer Coach, Pepperdine University from 2020-11-02T20:00

Tim Ward, Head Soccer Coach at Pepperdine University joins us on this week's podcast. We dive into his journey from a band member to a head soccer coach, how he uses themes to build culture, t...

Rodney Hobbs, Pastor Stonegate Church from 2020-10-26T14:00

Rodney Hobbs, Pastor at Stonegate Church joins us on this week's podcast. Rodney is a great leader and really wise. We talk about culture building and sustaining, why it is so important to cal...

Ben McCollum Head Basketball Coach, NW Missouri State University from 2020-10-19T19:00

Ben McCollum the Head Basketball Coach at NW Missouri State University joins us on this week's episode. We talk about the importance of being positive, the difference between first place peopl...

Beth Launiere, Volleyball Coach, University of Utah from 2020-10-12T20:00

Beth Launiere, Volleyball Coach at the University of Utah joins us on this week's podcast. Beth has built a great program at Utah over her 30+ years as the head coach. During this conversation...

Mike Clement, Asst. Baseball Coach, Ole Miss from 2020-10-05T20:00

Mike Clement, Asst. Baseball Coach at Ole Miss joins us on this week's podcast. Mike is a star in college baseball. We talk about the power of relationships, how culture is built at Ole Miss b...

Six Key Principles from 2020-09-28T19:00

This week I talk about six principles to win influence and help people achieve at a high level. I was a guest on Coach Your Brains Out podcast the last two weeks and am releasing the audio from tha...

Jacie Hoyt, Head Basketball Coach, University of Missouri at Kansas City from 2020-09-21T16:00

Jacie Hoyt, Head Basketball Coach at the University of Missouri at Kansas City joins us on this week's episode. Jacie and I talk about her journey which included multiple injuries and a really...

Twila Kaufman, Asst. Coach, Houston Dash from 2020-09-15T15:00

Twila Kaufman, Asst. coach for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League joins us on this week's podcast. Twila and I talk culture, clarity of communication, attributes of gr...

Robert Ruiz - Head Baseball Coach, Westmont College from 2020-09-07T21:00

Robert Ruiz, Head Baseball Coach at Westmont College joins us on this week's episode. We talk about his passion to develop men and not just baseball players, how he navigates marriage, parenti...

Christy Johnson-Lynch, Volleyball Coach, Iowa State University from 2020-08-27T16:00

Christy Johnson-Lynch, volleyball Coach at Iowa State University joins us on this week's podcast. We dive into her mentors Terri Pettit and John Cook, her strengths and constraints, how openne...

Gene Munster, Managing Partner, Loup Ventures from 2020-08-25T06:00

SPECIAL EPISODE: Gene Munster, Managing Partner at Loup Ventures joins us on this week's episode. Gene has worked with and been around some of the best leaders in Silicon Valley. He is a ventu...

John McCormack, Head Baseball Coach, Florida Atlantic University from 2020-08-17T14:00

John McCormack, Head Baseball Coach at Florida Atlantic University joins us on this week's episode. We talk empathy, his strengths, his constraints, and how cancer clarified his purpose. John,...

Tom Black, Head Volleyball Coach, University of Georgia from 2020-08-11T05:00

Tom Black, Head Volleyball Coach at the University of Georgia joins us on this week's podcast. Tom and I talk about a mentor by the name of Ken Stanley and how Ken helped develop him, we talk ...

Kristy Kiely, Soccer Coach, Point Loma University from 2020-08-04T06:00

Kristy Kiely, Soccer Coach at Point Loma University joins us on this week's podcast. We discuss being a female in coaching, building culture, the importance of mentors, and her routines and rh...

Sean Johnson, Scouting Director Minnesota Twins from 2020-07-27T22:00

Sean Johnson, Scouting Director with the Minnesota Twins joins us on this week's podcast. We talk about his college coaches Gene Stephenson and Brent Kemnitz, his strengths and weaknesses, how...

Larry Widman, Sports Psychiatrist and Performance Coach from 2020-07-20T20:00

Larry Widman, Sports Psychiatrist and Performance Coach with Performance Mountain joins us on this week's episode. Larry has worked with many programs in college athletics. On this episode, we...

John Mayer, Beach Volleyball Coach, Loyola Marymount University from 2020-07-14T06:00

John Mayer, Beach Volleyball Coach at Loyola Marymount University joins us on this week's podcast. We talk about ways to give space and opportunities for athletes to grow in leadership skills,...

Bernie Holliday, Director of Mental Conditioning, Pittsburg Pirates from 2020-07-07T06:00

Bernie Holliday, Director of Mental Conditioning with the Pittsburg Pirates joins us on this week's episode. Bernie and I talk about what separates the great from the good, managing emotions, ...

Travis Janssen Head Baseball Coach Austin Peay University from 2020-06-30T06:00

Travis Janssen, Head Baseball Coach at Austin Peay University, joins us on this week's podcast. Travis shares his journey from player to coach and how writing some letters helped land him his ...

Dr. Kathleen Paulsen, Head Soccer Coach, John Brown University from 2020-06-23T06:00

Dr. Kathleen Paulsen, Head Soccer Coach at John Brown University joins us on this week's podcast. We talk about her journey from D1 soccer player to the medical profession to college soccer co...

David&Keith Mayer, Authors of Gold Dust: How to Become A More Effectively Coach Quickly from 2020-06-09T06:00

David & Keith Mayer are the authors of Gold Dust: How to Become A More Effectively Coach Quickly join us on this week's podcast. We dive into their book and talk about neuro-linguistic pro...

Kyle Stark Former Assistant GM Pittsburg Pirates&Current Professional Mentor from 2020-06-02T06:00

Kyle Stark, The former Assistant GM Pittsburg Pirates & Current Professional Mentor, joins us on this week's podcast. We discuss culture, what traits elite leaders have, mistakes in leader...

Rick Jones, Senior Advisor to Head Football Coach at U of Missouri from 2020-05-26T06:00

Rick Jones, Senior Advisor to Head Football Coach at U of Missouri joins us on this week's podcast. Rick comes to Missouri after winning 9 state championships at Greenwood HS (Ark). We talk ab...

Anson Dorrance, Head Soccer Coach, University of North Carolina from 2020-05-19T06:00

Anson Dorrance, Head Soccer Coach at the University of North Carolina joins us on this week's podcast. Anson has won more national championships than any college coach in history. He has led t...

Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Head Volleyball Coach, Creighton University from 2020-05-12T06:00

Kirsten Bernthal Booth the Head Volleyball Coach at Creighton University joins us on this week's podcast. She shares the story of how she got the job at Creighton, her strengths and areas of c...

Jeff Walz Head Women's Basketball Coach University of Louisville from 2020-05-05T06:00

Jeff Walz, Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Louisville join us on this week's podcast. Jeff and I talk about his strengths and weaknesses, some hurdles he has had to ove...

Brian O'Connor Head Baseball Coach, University of Virginia from 2020-04-28T06:00

Brian O'Connor, Head Baseball Coach at the University of Virginia joins us on this week's podcast. Brian shares the story that propelled the 2015 team to the national championship, attrib...

Leadership Moment- Being Who You Are, Alignment in Your Program,&Telling Stories from 2020-04-21T07:00

I pause from my normal guest to share four things. I spend a couple of minutes sharing a story of how one coach knows who he is, is comfortable in his own skin and how that plays out in his coachin...

Kyle Peterson, College Baseball Analyst at ESPN Pt. 2 from 2020-04-14T06:00

Kyle Peterson, College Baseball Analyst at ESPN joins us for part two of a two-part interview. Kyle and I talk assistant coaches, Driveline and its impact on college baseball, and how coaches have ...

Kyle Peterson, College Baseball Analyst at ESPN from 2020-04-07T06:00

Kyle Peterson, College Baseball Analyst at ESPN, joins us on this week's podcast. Kyle shares how he landed a job doing play by play right after retiring from professional baseball, the streng...

Michael Hartman, Director of coaching analytics/player development, Cleveland Cavaliers from 2020-03-31T06:00

Michael Hartman, Director of coaching analytics/player development for the Cleveland Cavaliers, joins us on this week's podcast. Michael walks us through his fascinating journey to the NBA, in...

Craig Pintens, Athletic Director at Loyola Marymount University from 2020-03-24T08:00

Craig Pintens, Athletic Director at Loyola Marymount University joins us on this week's podcast. Craig share insights into his process for coaching searches and appropriate steps for coaches t...

Brent Dearmon, Offensive Coordinator, University of Kansas from 2020-03-17T06:00

Brent Dearmon, the offensive coordinator at the University of Kansas, joins us on this week's podcast. We talk about how he implements his RPO offense step by step, each one building on the la...

Travis Hudson- Head Volleyball Coach, Western Kentucky University from 2020-03-10T06:00

Travis Hudson, Head Volleyball Coach at Western Kentucky University, joins us on this week's podcast. Travis shares his unusual journey on becoming the volleyball coach at WKU at age 24. We ta...

Kelsey Fenix, Head Soccer Coach, Trevecca Nazarene from 2020-03-03T06:00

Kelsey Fenix, Head Soccer Coach at Trevecca Nazarene joins us on this week's podcast. Kelsey and I discuss a 'both and culture', the two different types of programs she was apart of,...

Kendall Rogers, College Baseball Writer for D1Baseball.com from 2020-02-25T06:00

Kendall Rogers, College Baseball Writer for D1Baseball.com joins us on this week's podcast. Kendall shares his story of falling in love with college baseball as a 10-year-old and his journey o...

Kevin Hambly, Head Volleyball Coach, Stanford University from 2020-02-18T06:00

Kevin Hambly, Head Volleyball Coach at Stanford University joins us on this week's podcast. Kevin shares his mindset about growth and development, what it looks like when he coaches in a healt...

Josh Eargle, Assistant Football Coach, University of Kansas from 2020-02-11T06:00

Josh Eargle, Assistant Football Coach at the University of Kansas, joins us on this week's podcast. Josh shares his perspective and keys to rebuilding a program, the journey he and his family ...

Leadership Moment: Captains, Comfort in Your Own Skin,&Intentionality from 2020-02-04T09:00

This week I pause to do a Leadership Moment. I talk about three topics that have been covered in my last 10 podcasts. I talk about to appoint captains or not, being comfortable in your own skin, an...

Mike Kazlausky, Head Baseball Coach, United States Air Force Academy from 2020-01-28T06:00

Mike Kazlausky, Head Baseball Coach at the United States Air Force Academy, joins us on this week's podcast. He shares insight into what they do to develop leaders at the academy, how his role...

Ryan Souders, Head Men's Soccer Coach, Calvin College from 2020-01-21T06:00

Ryan Souders, Head Men's Soccer Coach at Calvin College joins us on this week's podcast. We talk culture vs strategy, his strengths & weaknesses, and leadership development in his soc...

Monte Lee, Head Baseball Coach, Clemson University from 2020-01-14T06:00

Monte Lee, Head Baseball Coach at Clemson University joins us on this week's podcast. We discuss his mindset in taking over for legendary coach Jack Leggett, keys to building culture, and ways...

Spencer Allen, Head Baseball Coach, Northwestern University from 2020-01-07T06:00

Spencer Allen, Head Baseball Coach, Northwestern University, joins us on this week's podcast. Spencer talks about what he knows now that he wished he knew when he first became a head coach. We...

Rusty Rainbolt, Head Women's Basketball Coach, East Texas Baptist University from 2019-12-31T06:00

Rusty Rainbolt, Head Basketball Coach at East Texas Baptist University joins us on this week's podcast. Rusty shares great insight on how he builds culture at ETBU, how they develop leaders, a...

Amber Warners, Head Volleyball Coach at Calvin College from 2019-12-24T06:00

Amber Warners, Head Volleyball Coach at Clavin College joins us on this weeks podcast. She shares about her wirings and giftings, the culture in the volleyball program and how she goes about buildi...

Dan Heefner, Head Baseball Coach, Dallas Baptist University Pt. 2 from 2019-12-17T06:00

Dan Heefner, Head Baseball Coach, Dallas Baptist University joins us this week for part 2. In this episode we talk about staff culture, deep work, and having a growth mind-set.

Joe Parker, Athletic Director at Colorado State University from 2019-12-03T06:00

Joe Parker, Athletic Director at Colorado State University joins us on this week’s podcast. Joe shares lessons learned from Joe Castiglione, DeLoss Dodd, Kirby Hocutt and more. 

Ryan Hawk, Keynote Speaker, Author, Host of Learning Leader Podcast&Former Quarterback at Ohio University from 2019-11-26T06:00

Ryan Hawk, Keynote Speaker, Author, Host of Learning Leader Show podcast & Former Quarterback at Ohio University, joins us on this weeks podcast. Ryan shares leadership insight such as what are...

Leadership Moment- Team&Culture Building and Leadership Development from 2019-11-19T06:00

This week on the podcast I pause and spend some time talking about team & culture building and leadership development and how to do it. We look at how the military does it and why it is so impo...

Mike Lord, Former College Baseball Coach and Scout with the Boston Red Sox from 2019-11-12T06:00

Mike Lord, Former College Baseball Coach and Scout with the Boston Red Sox, joins us on this week's podcast. Mike shares his journey from a 22 year old coach and athletic director to coaching ...

George Wares, Head Softball Coach, Central College from 2019-11-05T06:00

George Wares, Head Softball Coach at Central College, joins us on this week's podcast. George is the all time winningest softball coach in NCAA DIII history. He has led his team to 6 national ...

Terry Pettit, Former Volleyball Coach University of Nebraska from 2019-10-29T06:00

Terry Pettit, former volleyball coach at the University of Nebraska, joins us on this week's podcast. Terry is a legend in volleyball circles who put Nebraska volleyball on the map in the late...

Brent Jones, Athletic Director at Troy University from 2019-10-22T06:00

Brent Jones, Athletic Director at Troy University joins us on this week's podcast. Brent shares insight on the strengths of several coaches... coaches like Mike Bianco of Ole Miss baseball and...

Mike Babcock Head Football Coach at McKendree University from 2019-10-15T06:00

Mike Babcock, Head Football Coach at McKendree University, join us on this week's podcast. Mike talks about the strengths of coaches such as Karl Dorrell, Bob Toledo, and Gary Barnett. 

Mitch Barnhart, Athletic Director at the University of Kentucky from 2019-10-08T06:00

Mitch Barnhart, Athletic Director at the University of Kentucky joins us on this week's podcast. Mitch shares some insights on John Calipari, Pat Summit and Pat Casey. 

Casey Blake, Former Los Angeles Dodger and Cleveland Indian from 2019-10-01T06:00

Casey Blake, Former Los Angeles Dodger and Cleveland Indian, joins us on this week's podcast. Casey talks about what made Joe Torre such a great leader, insight on Don Mattingly, and a behind ...

Kirby Hocutt, Athletic Director at Texas Tech University from 2019-09-24T06:00

Kirby Hocutt, Athletic Director at Texas Tech University, joins us on today's podcast. Kirby shares stories about Bill Snyder's attention to detail as well as what makes Tech's mens ...

Patty Gasso Head Softball Coach University of Oklahoma from 2019-09-17T06:00

Patty Gasso, Head Softball Coach at the University of Oklahoma, joins us on today's podcast. Patty shares her journey from junior college softball player to the head coach at Oklahoma, how she...

Leadership Moment from 2019-09-12T13:00

On this leadership moment I want to talk about outside the box thinkers. Those leaders who are innovative, creative, and see things from multiple perspectives. One attribute that I am seeing with h...

Josh Broghamer, Video Coordinator/Advance Scout Cleveland Cavaliers from 2019-09-10T05:00

Josh Broghamer, Video Coordinator/Advance Scout for the Cleveland Cavaliers, joins us on today's podcast. He shares insight into Jason Kidd, how he went from D3 baseball player to an NBA coach...

Mike Rooney- ESPN College Baseball Analyst and Former College Baseball Coach from 2019-09-03T06:00

Mike Rooney, ESPN college baseball analyst and former college baseball coach, joins us on today's podcast. Mike share his insights and perspective on the landscape in college baseball coaching...

Janae Shirley- Head Softball Coach East Texas Baptist University from 2019-08-27T06:00

Janae Shirley, head softball coach at East Texas Baptist University, joins us on todays podcast. Janae has built the East Texas Baptist softball program to one of the best programs in the country. ...

Marco Born- Athletic Director Lamar University from 2019-08-20T06:00

Marco Born, Athletic Director at Lamar University, joins us on today's podcast. Marco shares his unique journey from Germany to Middle Tennessee State to eventually Lamar University. He also s...

Andy Lopez, Former head baseball coach (Pepperdine, Florida, Arizona) from 2019-08-13T06:00

Andy Lopez, former head baseball coach and two time national champion, joins us on today's podcast. Andy was the head coach at Cal St. Dominguez Hills, Pepperdine, Florida, and Arizona. He sha...

Rob Mullens, Athletic Director University of Oregon from 2019-08-06T06:00

Rob Mullens, athletic director at the University of Oregon, joins us on today's podcast. He shares insights on what makes Chip Kelly, Dana Altman, and others great!

Brent Kemnitz- Former Pitching Coach Wichita State University from 2019-07-30T06:00

Brent Kemnitz, former long time pitching coach at Wichita State University, joins us on today's podcast. Brent shares what made Gene Stephenson so great and what allowed him to have unparallel...

John Moore- Head Men's Basketball Coach Westmont College from 2019-07-23T06:00

John Moore, head men's basketball at Westmont College, joins us on today's podcast. John has over 30 years of head coaching experience and has won over 600 games! He shares a ton of knowl...

Tommy McClelland- Athletic Director Louisiana Tech from 2019-07-16T06:00

Tommy McClelland, Athletic Director at Louisiana Tech, joins us on the podcast. Tommy was the youngest Athletic Director in NCAA Division 1 when he was hired at McNeese State in 2008. He has been a...

Jimmy Elgas- Henderson State University Basketball from 2019-07-09T09:00

Jimmy Elgas, Head Men's Basketball coach at Henderson State University joins us on the podcast. Jimmy had been a lifelong assistant coach, working with many great coaches, before getting the h...

Wes Johnson- Pitching coach Minnesota Twins from 2019-07-01T16:00

Wes Johnson, pitching coach of the Minnesota Twins, joins us on the podcast today. He was hired by Minnesota in 2018 straight from the University of Arkansas. He shares some great insights about co...

Orv Salmon- Former college basketball coach and athletic director from 2019-06-20T18:00

This is a must listen! Orv Salmon joins us on today's podcast. Orv is a former college basketball coach and athletic director. Every coach needs to take one hour and listen to this episode. 

Bernard Muir- Athletic Director Stanford University from 2019-06-17T21:00

Bernard Muir, athletic director at Stanford University joins us on today's podcast. Bernard shares his journey from his playing days at Brown to his stops as an AD at Georgetown, Delaware and ...

Ryan Ficken- Minnesota Vikings Assistant Coach from 2019-06-10T15:00

Ryan Ficken, assistant coach of the Minnesota Vikings (special teams), joins us on today's podcast. Ryan has been on the Vikings staff for 12 years and has worked for and with some of the brig...

Bob Bowlsby- Commissioner Big 12 Conference from 2019-06-03T17:00

Bob Bowlsby, commissioner of the Big 12 Conference joins us on today's podcast. Bob shares with us what sets Kirk Ferentz, Jim Harbaugh, & David Shaw apart. He has been around some of the ...

Brandon Curran- Head Men's Basketball Coach East Texas Baptist University from 2019-05-27T21:00

Brandon Curran shares his unique journey from a random night of deciding to go shoot at a playground to a manager at the University of Texas to being the head basketball coach at East Texas Baptist...

Jeremy Sheetinger from 2019-05-20T16:41

Jeremy Sheetinger from ABCA joins us. 'Sheets' is the College Division Liason for the American Baseball Coaches Association. He talks about the staff he was apart of at the University of ...

Ryan Ivey- Athletic Director Stephen F Austin from 2019-05-20T10:00

Our guest is Ryan Ivey, athletic director at Stephen F Austin. Ryan has made some great hires and he talks about his hiring process. He also talks about what has made the coaches he has been around...

Bruce Rasmussen- Creighton University Athletic Director from 2019-05-14T11:00

Bruce Rasmussen has been a mainstay at Creighton for over 20 years. Listen as he masterfully shares insight into what has allowed coaches like Dana Altman to be successful. He also shares some of h...

Dan Fitzgerald- Dallas Baptist Baseball from 2019-05-09T16:44

In this first episode of Coaching DNA Podcast, Dan Fitzgerald joins us. Dan is the Associate Head Baseball Coach at Dallas Baptist University. 

Dan Fitzgerald- Dallas Baptist Baseball from 2019-05-09T16:44

In this first episode of Coaching DNA Podcast, Dan Fitzgerald joins us. Dan is the Associate Head Baseball Coach at Dallas Baptist University. 

Dan Fitzgerald- Dallas Baptist Baseball from 2019-05-09T16:44

In this first episode of Coaching DNA Podcast, Dan Fitzgerald joins us. Dan is the Associate Head Baseball Coach at Dallas Baptist University.