The Coaches Why?
We dive deep into the coaches why? From youth coaches to professional coaches, we understand why they do this as a profession. We also look into their experiences and their careers. I talk to more than just athletic coaches, we talk to business coaches, management and entrepreneurs. We figure out their why, with every conversation.
Episodes
82 episodes
Episode 82 | Sydni Webb
Coach Webb jumps on the show and gives some gems! Discussing how to coach a selfish athlete, why West Texas is a hot bead or athletics, what challenges she faced as a coach. She also discusses her faith playing a humongous role in her career, s...
Episode 81 - The Thorp Brothers
Bryan & Skip Thorp joins the show from Wilmington University. The brothers join the show and discuss the importance of getting to know your athletes, World Cup talks and how the World Cup played out, including the USA's downfall. The Thorp'...
Episode 80 | Brandon Stephenson
The Head Men's Volleyball Coach at Kansas Weslayan University talks about the club scene, not having the sport being sanctioned as a HS sport so recruiting solely outside of the state. Coach Brandon Stephenson also talks about the challenges/di...
Episode 79 | Evan Copeland
Fresh off of 2026 Boys State Championship and a third straight girls state championship in the state of New Mexico, Coach Evan Copeland from Cleveland High School joins the show. Coach dives into the importance of wrestling the olympic styles, ...
Episode 78 | Ryan Monk
Coach Monk returns for Part 2 on The Coaches Why! Going from SIOT to JCU, coach talks about the transition it took and why he chose to move to JCU. He also discusses the challenges and the "what has worked" topic, when it comes to going from co...
Episode 77 | Hollie Gray III
The Head Women's Soccer Coach at Luther College joins the show today! Coach Hollie Gray III delivers a very impactful episode while discussing the game of soccer! Coach Gray and I go over the World Cup and our thoughts from before the eliminati...
Episode 76 | John Clark
Sacred Heart University Head Men's Wrestling Coach joins the show! Coach Clark talks about the new NCAA athlete contact rules and how it will affect recruiting and timelines. He also speaks on being a 2x All-American for The Ohio State Universi...
Episode 75 | Rigan Machado
On a shorter episode we have a BJJ Grand Master, Black Belt and multi-time medalist join the show today. Rigan Machado a co-originator of what we know today as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu talks about a coach that was influential to him, Mach 5 BJJ, wre...
Episode 74 | Vinnie Pietrangelo
Our first hockey coach joins the show! Coach Pietrangelo gives us a great episode talking about what off-season looks like, how college hockey works, the new NCAA 5 for 5 and how it will effect the collegiate hockey space, what state produces t...
Episode 73 | Mackenzie Porter
Mackenzie Porter joins the show talking about her first year as a college head coach. Leaping directly from playing to coaching, she discusses the challenges she faced in that situation. She also talks about her development through faith, mento...
Episode 72 | Bernard Clark Jr.
A University of Miami, Orange Bowl MVP, NFL & Arena Football veteran, Coach Clark Jr. jumps on the show to discuss his journey! Talking about his time in the Miami U prime, how to coach athletes to be professional in their sports so they ca...
Episode 71 | Austin Shafer
Coach was a First Team All Conference player when he suited up for the University of Jamestown. He is now the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Colorado Northwest CC. Coach Shafer talks about the difference between coaching Mens and Women's so...
Episode 70 | Chad Duernberger
Coach Duernberger joins the show & goes over how to coach a team through a tough loss or a tough season, what standards mean to the Rider University soccer program, how important the basics are in the sport of soccer, his timeline as a coac...
Episode 69 | Kyle Kuether
Returning for his second episode, coach is now coming off his 6th season as HC for BSC, coach has had some great success! BSC won 4 straight Mon-Dak Conference championships 21'-24'. He was the Mon-Dak Coach of the Year in that span. Coach Kuet...
Episode 68 | Seth Huston
Coach Huston explains swimming, diving and how it works. He also talks about what makes it such a polarizing sport, especially in the olympic conversation. With 20+ years of experience and having coached swimmers at all levels of excellence fro...
Episode 67 | Matt Kosderka
Coach Kosderka gave us some absolute gems in this episode. Highly notable lines that will work for any coach in any sport! He is just the Fourth coach in program history to reach 100 career wins and he led the team to a tie for the most overall...
Episode 66 | Bryan Astudillo
Episode 66 brings some great perspective of how a dream that fell through as a college athlete can motivate to give back to the sport and help others reach their goals. Along with that topic, Coach Astudillo talks about culture and how it is so...
Episode 65 | Matt Stolz
D1 Head Volleyball Coach, Matt Stolz jumps on the show today and makes for not only our longest episode but it is definitely one of the best! We talk about Mid-Major Volleyball, relationships being a bank account and how they can either drain o...
Episode 64 | Giovanni Vlahos
Back for part 2, Coach Vlahos joins the show with a great conversation about the sport of soccer! Coach talks about the rivalry his team had while on staff with Duke University vs. UNC, World Cup Predictions, his philosophy on how to create men...
Episode 63 | Mark Emerson
Coach Emerson rejoins the show as our second returnee! Coach talks about the growth of the program since we last spoke. He also talks about recruiting and how he gets athletes to say yes to Butler CC, how he gets athletes to peak at the right t...
Episode 62 | Nikaylen Morrison
Assistant Baseball coach at Wiley University, Coach Morrison joins the show to talk about how important a good 3rd base coach is to a baseball team, the GOAT in the sport of baseball, his playing time as a college athlete and in the professiona...
Episode 61 | Dan Savage
The Head Basketball Coach of College of Southern Nevada joins the show today! Coach Savage has coached through 5 decades and has been at every level. Coached talks about the game of basketball, recruiting athletes, how he ended up in the Sin Ci...
Episode 60 | Sara Pelegreen
The Head Coach from West Liberty University softball program joins the show! Coaching at different levels, she talks about the balance of D2 and how it can benefit both athletes and coaches involved lives. Coach Pelegreen also talks about ...
Episode 59 | Sean Loyd
Multi-sport athlete conversation is always an interesting topic and Coach Loyd dives into this topic. He also speaks on building chemistry over a culture, developing athletes, spending majority of his time in West Virginia, what state produces ...
Episode 58 | Jose Olivo
While coach took a few years off from coaching in his transition to the United States, he never lost passion for the sport. Coach talks about underrated/overrated drills/areas in the sport of Volleyball, challenges he's faced in recruiting, why...