Significant Coaching with Matt Rogers

🎙 Leadership. Coaching. The Work That Actually Matters.

Significant Coaching with Matt Rogers is a weekly podcast focused on the craft of coaching, the responsibility of leadership, and the decisions that shape programs, people, and cultures in sport.

Hosted by former Head College Coach and Athletic Director, Matt Rogers—who has led multiple teams to the NCAA National Tournament and helped over 4,000 student-athletes achieve their dream of playing their sport in college—the show features honest conversations with coaches, athletic leaders, and professionals building teams and coaching individuals the right way.

Matt is a national motivational speaker and also consults with small colleges across the country, creating significant recruiting, retention, and growth strategies for athletic departments navigating a rapidly changing landscape. He is also the author of Significant Recruiting: The Playbook for Prospective College Athletes and the companion Recruit’s Journal Series for baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, and volleyball.

This isn’t a highlight reel or a hot-take show -- It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how championship programs are built—and how strong, confident, and healthy athletes become strong, confident adults.

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Fridays – Coaching & Leadership Episodes
Program building, culture, staff development, and leading under pressure.
Mondays – Recruiting Episodes
Clear, practical conversations about today’s college recruiting process for athletes, families, and coaches.

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Episode #7: Samantha Birkicht

January 06, 2024 • Matt Rogers • Season 1 • Episode 7

Samantha Birkicht is the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and she is coming off of back-to-back 20 win seasons in what is arguably the toughest NCAA D3 conference in the country, the WIAC (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference).

Sam, not only is one of the best volleyball coaches in the country, but her and her husband, Ryan, may have the best collegiate Instagram platform in all of college sports (@uwpvolleyball). I encourage you to follow them on Instagram, but check-out their post on Oct. 31, 2023 to get a glimpse of what makes it so special.

Sam also wrote a tremendous piece on social media for me in my book Significant Recruiting: The Playbook for Prospective College Athletes. Her contribution to Chapter 9 on social media is brilliant, and I'm not afraid to say that it may be the best thing written in that chapter.

We had a great talk on social media, recruiting, program building, leadership and the differences between being a female head college coach compared to a male. Good stuff! Enjoy!

Learn more about Coach Birkicht here: https://www.letsgopioneers.com/sports/wvball/coaches/Rogers_Samantha

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