Month: October 2017

This week’s episode will provide a lot of bang for the buck! It’s free, you say? Well, consider this an even better bargain. We’re joined this week by the head coach at the University of […]

Natalia Vega delights in recalling the email she received from the University of the Incarnate Word after she asked to join its synchronized swimming team. “It said they were going to offer me a full […]

Terrific column by a medical doctor and former coach who talks about working with great coaches throughout the years. by Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD, DHL (Hon) It was a beautiful spring day in West Point, New […]

by Jack Warren, editor and host of Top Coach Podcast Cultivating networks. Developing relationships. Among the many terms that describe what needs to happen because we don’t operate in a vacuum. Nearly everything we do […]

Senior freestyle swimmer Nilza Costa walks into the Athletics and Events Center at approximately 6 a.m. It’s a Monday morning, and while most students are still listening to the voices in their dreams, Costa is […]

These midweek episodes of Top Coach are allowing us to introduce you to coaches not normally featured in this space. Additionally, we’re taking the opportunity to include other people that might not fit the traditional […]

West Brook’s Eric Peevey never had a Twitter account before he became a football coach. Now, he doesn’t know how he would keep track of his players without it. “A lot of our kids don’t […]

Tyler Reed Assistant Baseball Coach Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, Michigan Currently finishing degree in Elementary Education Twitter: @Tysandyalice Email: tyler.reed@arbor.edu The moment you first realized that you might like to make coaching part of your […]

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is running a terrific series on changes that have impacted high school sports. While they’re featuring local Minneapolis-area coaches, this certainly applies across the country. This is well worth your time to […]

They wear “Dirtbags” as a badge of honor. It speaks to their attitude and the way they go about their business. This is Long Beach State University baseball. And joining us this episode to talk about […]

On any given weekend, an avid Whitman Blues Athletic fan can venture to the court or the pool or the fields around campus to see a sports team in competition. Training can be observed in […]

by Jack Warren, editor and host of Top Coach Podcast When I’m speaking to teams, organizations, or groups that may include a number of athletes or parents of athletes, I try to point out the […]

The department of athletics announced last week the introduction of the First Down Club, a fundraising initiative to aid in raising money for the Football Excellence Fund. Each athletic team has an excellence fund created […]

What a great idea! Read this one and file it away. NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The final trip on the fall lacrosse experience is a networking event in the Big Apple for the program’s juniors and sophomores. The trip provides […]

COEUR d’ALENE — His youth football team had just been humbled in the final game of the season, 24-0, so Coach Paul Maland carried the humility theme a little further. He approached opposing Coach Vance […]

LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri will coach the U.S. national collegiate team in 2018, USA Baseball announced Tuesday. Mainieri previously served as an assistant on the U.S. national collegiate team in 2015, and former LSU […]

High school baseball in Indiana has been on the rise, providing quality competition on a national level and sending player through to the collegiate and professional levels on a very consistent basis. Justin Keever is […]

The sport Kali O’Keeffe loved at age 12 had turned into a chore, devouring her free time, leaving her out of touch with friends. She was the starting second baseman for Chanhassen High School’s softball […]

Justin Lewis Assistant Softball Coach Texas A&M Kingsville Kingsville, Texas Twitter: @TamukJlew   The moment you first realized that you might like to make coaching part of your career? My coaching career has been a […]

Tony Ingle proves that you can go home again. Dalton, Georgia was home as a star basketball player and now he’s planted his flag solidly on home turf with coaching success at his old school […]

by Jack Warren, editor and host of Top Coach Podcast What do the first two hours of your day look like? That’s a question that is often asked to successful people. That’s because, almost without […]

Christian Dearborn didn’t require any soul-searching to find his calling in life. His dad is a dedicated coach/athletic administrator, his mom is a hall of fame athlete and coach, and what runs thicker than blood lines […]