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.

Every week:

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.

🎥 You can now watch the video version of every episode on YouTube:
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Significant Coaching with Matt Rogers

Episode #6: Dario Frias

December 29, 2023 • Matt Rogers • Season 1 • Episode 6

Dario Frias is the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at UC-Santa Barbara. If there is a better collegiate assistant basketball coach in the country than Dario Frias, I would sign-up in a second to watch them work. Not only is Coach Frias a rising star on the collegiate women's basket circuit, but his coacheshangtime.com went viral during Covid and became THE place for high school and college coaches to share, learn and grow when we couldn't be on the floor with our kids. His episode with UConn's legendary Head Coach, Gino Auriemma is still talked about amongst coaches across the country.

In this week's Significant Coaching, you will be overwhelmed with golden nuggets of coaching knowledge. Coach Frias breaks down his amazing attention to detail and how he goes about scouting, recruiting, player development and more. If you are a President or an AD at a college or university, and this guy is not at the top of your short list for your future Head Coach, you may want to get out your eraser and pencil and add him to the list. He was a great high school head coach, a phenomenal assistant, and is well on his way to earning his first head job at the college level. Enjoy!

Learn more about Coach Frias here: https://ucsbgauchos.com/staff-directory/dario-frias/390

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📚 Books & Recruit’s Journals by Matt Rogers

Significant Recruiting: The Playbook for Prospective College Athletes
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Recruit’s Journal Series (Sport-Specific Editions):

⚽ Soccer Recruit’s Journal
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🏀 Basketball Recruit’s Journal
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⚾ Baseball Recruit’s Journal
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🥎 Softball Recruit’s Journal
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