Coach Mike Jarvis was the quintessential East Coast college basketball coach for 5 decades leading Boston University, George Washington University, St. John's University, and Florida Atlantic's Men's Basketball teams from 1985-2014. His teams advanced to the NCAA National Tournament 9 different times including an Elite 8 and Sweet 16 appearance and led the St. John's Red Storm to the NIT National Championship in 2003.

Coach is also responsible for the development of Hall of Fame Center Patrick Ewing's illustrious career. Coach led Cambridge Rindge and Latin School to 3 straight Massachusetts High School State Championships with Ewing as his star pupil.

Coach shared amazing stories of coaching with and against some of the top players and coaches in the history of basketball during our conversation. He truly is one of the great gentlemen in the history of the game and one of the toughest competitors the game has seen. Enjoy!

Learn more about Coach Jarvis here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Jarvis

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Todd Stepsis was named the Head Football Coach at Drake University in December of 2018. He is the 27th head coach in Drake history and took the reins of the program after five seasons as its defensive coordinator.

After every interview I do, I walk away saying “where was that coach when I was 17 looking for a place to play and go to school?”

Coach Stepsis is one those leaders. He’s smart. Graduated magna cum laude from college. He’s humble. The health and happiness of his family, his coaches, and his players all come before the quest for wins. He’s genuine, kind, insightful, and above all, significant in all he does.

If you are a parent listening to this wondering what type of coach you want for your son or daughter. Todd Stepsis is the quality of person you’re looking for. Fun conversation!

Learn more about Todd Stepsis: https://godrakebulldogs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/todd-stepsis/1257

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Ashley Davis is a high school Sophomore who has committed to being the CEO of her significant recruitment journey. At 15-years old and living in one of the hardest places in the country to get recruited out of (Hawaii), she has made a plan and has put her routines and habits in order to be well ahead of her peers in the recruitment process. Yes, she is already having in depth recruiting conversations with college coaches all over the country at multiple division levels. (And she's only 5'4"!)

During the conversation, Ashley shared how much more she has learned to control and own her recruitment since beginning to work with Coach Rogers just a few months ago.

She provides outstanding advice and direction for any parent or student-athlete trying to build their own game plan for the future. Enjoy!

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Justin "Buck" Buchanan enters his into his 12th year as the Head Coach of the Hendrix College Warriors in 2024. Coach Buck rebooted a dormant program in 2013 when he led Hendrix to their first game and first win since 1960. The Warriors went on to win two more games, finishing 3-7.

Buchanan has coached 26 All-SAA First Team selections, 14 second team selections and 38 honorable mentions. He also coached 39 SAA Players of the Week and 22 D3football.com National Team of the Week selections, eight D3football.com All-Region selections, seven CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees and one CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection.

Buck is one of the truly good guys and one of the great characters in all of college football. We had a fun conversation about coaching, program building, recruiting and his love of his recruits, his present roster and his very active alumni group. Enjoy!

Learn more about Buck Buchanan here: https://hendrixwarriors.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/buck-buchanan/1280

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Chris Leonard in his 6th season as the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at the University of Hawai'i-Hilo. He has the 2nd most wins in the illustrious history of Vulcans Volleyball.

Coach Leonard was inducted into the Big Island Hall of Fame in 2015 after a stellar career as a high school and club coach. He started his second career in 2014 when he joined the Hilo staff as an assistant. He took over the program in 2019 and has continued to shape into a national power including a 23-8 season in 2019 that culminated in a berth into the NCAA Division 2 National Tournament.

Coach where’s many hats as he’s also President and GM of New West Broadcasting Corp where he manages 6 radio stations throughout the islands.

As much as I loved talking coaching with him, I was mesmerized with his stories about meeting the likes of Richard Pryor, Tina Turner, Dwight Clark and his childhood idol Willie Mays. It was a fun conversation with one of the best in the business. Enjoy!

Learn more about Chris Leonard here: https://hiloathletics.com/staff-directory/chris-leonard/99

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Chris "Skip" Hanks has been the Head Baseball Coach at Colorado Mesa University for past 31 years. This future Hall of Famer's coaching career includes 21 National Tournament appearances, four Division II World Series appearances, 12 RMAC Coach of the Year honors, and five Regional Coach of the Year awards. In 2019 and 2021, he was named the National Coach of the Year by the College Baseball News Writers Association. If that’s not enough for you, he has a career record of 1069 wins to only 413 losses. He’s 1 of 8 coaches to lead his teams to over a 1000 victories in the history of D2 baseball!

Coach has mentored 30+ players who have been drafted by MLB teams including a World Series Champion (Sergio Romo). He presently has 2 former players on MLB rosters, one at AAA, two at AA and a couple at A-Ball. If you are one of those people who think you have to play D1 to become a professional, Coach Hanks is proof in the pudding that it is more than possible.

We had a great conversation about youth, high school and travel ball, college recruiting, and what we would to if we could re-build youth baseball from scratch and start over. Enjoy!

Learn more about Skip Hanks here: https://cmumavericks.com/staff-directory/chris-hanks/49

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Matt Lisle is the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Director for the Softball program at Oregon State University, but you may know him best from the guy sitting on the dock with his brothers every morning telling Dad Jokes trying to get each other to laugh. That’s right, Matt Lisle is the oldest of the 7 Lisle children, and the 5 brothers are the ones you see on Instagram @Dock Tok and @LoganLisle (the creator of Dock Tok and Matt’s youngest brother), as well as Matt’s personal Instagram @CoachSaysJokes.

I came across Coach Lisle a number of year’s back when I was reading about Major League Baseball and the Seattle Mariners star outfielder, Mitch Haniger. Coach Lisle trained Mitch for a number of years, and they are still close friends today.

Coach Lisle has had an amazing career as a baseball and softball coach at every level of college and the pros. He’s worked with the Chicago White Sox as well as the D3, NAIA, JC, D2 and D1 levels coaching men (baseball) and women (softball).

We had a great conversation talking about the unusual family dynamic we share, as well as Dad Jokes and all things baseball, softball, coaching and college recruiting. It was a very fun conversation to say the least! Enjoy!

Learn more about Matt Lisle here: https://coachlisle.com/ and https://osubeavers.com/staff-directory/matt-lisle/2842

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Jenny Glenn, Head Volleyball Coach at Metropolitan State University of Denver, has taken one of the most successful volleyball programs in Division II history to unprecedented heights during her eight years as the Roadrunners' head coach.

Heading into the 2024 season, she has compiled an overall record of 191-47 (.803 winning percentage), including a staggering mark of 125-9 in regular-season RMAC play for a .933 winning percentage. Over the past four seasons, MSU Denver is 98-15 overall (.867) and 60-2 in the RMAC (.968), following a three-season (2020 through 2022) run in which the Roadrunners were 73-8 overall (.901) and 47-1 in the RMAC (.979). Glenn's overall winning percentage and conference winning percentage are the best in the program's history. MSU Denver has spent nine weeks ranked No. 1 in Division II (four weeks in 2022, five weeks in 2021) by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association, was No. 3 in the final poll in both 2021 and 2022, and finished at No. 4 in 2020. The Roadrunners, No. 7 in the final 2023 poll, have been ranked in the top 10 in 39 consecutive polls, as was as 51 of the last 53, heading into the 2024 season.

We had a great conversation about everything from how she would change club volleyball to the amazing work she does to develop leaders and significant learners in her program. Enjoy!

Learn more about Jenny Glenn here: https://roadrunnersathletics.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/coaches/jenny-glenn/1299

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