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Join former college coach Mike Cunningham as he interviews track and field coaches from around the world uplifting and honoring their journey. We explore each coach's unique path discussing mentors, lessons learned, and successes along the way. Hear their story in their words and gain valuable insight into what makes them successful. If you want to connect with and learn more about the story behind the coach, this podcast is for you. The Gill Connections Podcast publishes a new unique interv ...
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Happy for you to join us this week as we sit down with new throws coach of the University of Tennessee Erik Whitsitt. Erik shares his journey as a thrower for the legendary Mike Maynard at Boise State to his first collegiate coaching job at McNeese. It's at McNeese where he had to learn to coach all the throwing events even those he didn't particip…
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Leadership! Leadership! Leadership! Is leadership important to you? Then you'll already have hit play to listen to Dr. Chris Hobbs. Dr. Hobbs has a Doctor of Education with a specialization and passion for leadership. He's been awarded the BSN Sports Athletic Director of the year as well as top 40 under 40 athletic director. He was a highly success…
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What would you do if Human Resources called you into their office and had a police officer present when you showed up? Find out how this week's guest handled the situation. Logan sits down and talks about this extreme low point in his career as well as how he got into coaching and much more positive experiences such as winning XC conference meets w…
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Some call it fate, luck, or even serendipity, but today's guest will show you how all of those don't mean anything if you don't make the bold decisions that come along with them. Bob's coaching began with an issue of Runner's World showing him that coaching was more than 'run a few miles on the trails each day.' A drive through Las Vegas, New Mexic…
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"It's got to be the shoes!" This week we welcome the head coach/owner of D-Force Elite TC Ryan Dukes to the show. He describes a wonderful high school experience and how that affected him moving forward to college and beyond. A Bachelor's of Fine Arts major, Ryan thought his life would lead him to designing shoes for Nike, Adidas and the like, yet …
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Get ready to laugh and learn as we sit down with the head Cowboy of Oklahoma State University, Dr. Dave Smith. He shares amazing stories on how he got into coaching (a 7 page critical letter to a well known local coach), his first 'aha' moment when he knew he was meant to be a coach, and the development of OSU's world class cross country course in …
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Today's journey is all about transformation. Join us as we sit down with Catawba head coach Jason Bryan to learn his story in his words. You're going to enjoy Jason's openness and authenticity as he describes his ego so big his 'head wouldn't fit in the room'. Hearing his story and how he has transitioned into a coach of humbleness will help you in…
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Legend doesn't begin to describe this week's guest. Cliff was mentored by legendary coaches like Bob Timmons, Gary Pepin and more. He's coached legendary individuals too many to name here. And he's gone on to have an impact on Kansas State that is unlike any other. Today we sit down with the 30+ year head coach of the Wildcats to learn his journey.…
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A bit of a different episode for us this week as we welcome Sam Peters a senior sprinter from Lincoln Memorial University on to the show. Sam reached out asking for advice on where to begin to be a track coach. We talk through some of his questions as well as read through some great Twitter comments about this. This is an important topic coaches. I…
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After having Dan O'Brien on last week, the wheels were turning so the tiles come back to what there is and what there isn't to fix regarding coverage of track and field on television. As if there wasn't more deliberate over already, the tiles then highlight what they think the BEST non-championship meets are domestically. What meet did we miss? So,…
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Fantastic conversation with the head coach of Arizona State University, Dion Miller. A journey that starts in Texas takes him to Washington and Arizona. Unique to him, he coaches at his alma mater Texas Tech twice and yet again twice now at Arizona State. The influence of high middle school coach is seen throughout his interactions at different pro…
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It's time to figure out just HOW BAD the tiles did at predicting the results of the Indoor Championships. But first, we have Dan Obrien join us for some great convo! He drops a few jems for us all to be happy with :)See you in a few! Want to have an exploratory conversation about YOUR track equipment needs? Connect with us: Host Mike Cunningham on …
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We celebrate our 200th episode with a very special guest, the assistant coach of the East Carolina Pirates Udon Cheek. We explore his journey from walk on athlete at ECU to assistant Pirate coach, the impact the head coaches had on his life and coaching style, as well as the influence music has had on his career and life. Udon talks about his pursu…
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Check out our predictions...who are you riding with??? Want to have an exploratory conversation about YOUR track equipment needs? Connect with us: Host Mike Cunningham on Twitter: @mikecunningham Email: sales@gillathletics.com Phone: 800-637-3090 Twitter: @GillAthletics Instagram: @GillAthletics1918 Facebook: facebook.com/gillathletics LinkedIn: li…
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It's time to talk JUCO as we welcome long time NJCAA track coach Keith Blackwill to the podcast. We learn of his rough start to college (1 year drop out who joined the Army) and how it turned around and transformed into a long successful coaching career. With a varied career mostly in the Kansas Jayhawk Conference, he has been on staff on several p…
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Hey LLC fam, I'm not even going to go around the block on this title. The tiles have been asked to give their TOP 3 SPRINT US TALENTS ever. You'll LOVE this conversation! This convo of course comes after some TRACK IS BACK and is followed by the support/allowance for one double at the NCAA meet but hindering the other double. Why do y'all think the…
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A military brat who dreamed of being a Strength & Conditioning coach, Steven joins us to give us incredible insight into the magic occurring during his time at University of Northern Iowa as an undergrad and grad student. You're going to enjoy the vortex of art and science with amazing athletes and coaches during the UNI period of his life and how …
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Rounding out championship week...as always, we have to start with TRACK IS BACK. The oval has gone MAD! And we love it! One to ponder, and add to the list if you can add any, who is the best athlete to NOT win a global medal??? Olympic or World Champ Who are the best track and field rivalries? Who did we neglect to mention??? Great convo to match u…
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Today we're joined by MF Athletics Sales Rep Lisa Wilson. Lisa sits down with us to talk about her athletic background as a thrower and how that turned into a long patient career as a hammer thrower, eventually competing in several USA Championships and Olympic Trials. Her story is indicative of the power coaches have in seeing something in their a…
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Missed the LIVE taping of the Gill Connections podcast back on December 12, 2022? Here is the audio only version. We interviewed coaches and track personnel live from the Gaylord Rockies in Denver, Colorado. Guest include Blake Bolden (Drake Relays), Tim Byers (Kansas Relays), Charles Ryan (San Jose State Univ) and more! WATCH ON YOUTUBE Want to ha…
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Hi everyone out there in LLC land! Here go the tiles again, making WAY too early predictions about the NCAA indoor meet and the USA champs indoor meet. Of course we hit TRACK IS BACK for all the juice from last weekend but in addition...who do the tiles think are going to be the teams to bring home hardware in a couple weeks? Then to look forward a…
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Carol joins us to talk about her unique path in the coaching profession. How unique? Not withstanding she grew up in Jamaica and attended New York Tech in the US, she wasn't a track coach for more than half her career as she focused on Information Systems, computer networking, and the like for such companies as ABC News and JP Morgan Chase. Her car…
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It's the hottest weekend for collegiate track and field and we can't wait! But first let's go back and recap last week's TRACK IS BACK! Sheesh... Next, the topic is buying your way thru...so we as a sport have to buy our way to the screen to watch what happens. Is this helping, hurting, or not relevant to the promotion of our sport??? Lastly, some …
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Today we pull back the curtain to get a behind the scenes look into the famed Penn Relays. After the retirement of long time Director of Relays Dave Johnson, the Penn Relays went to the leadership of head track coach Steve Dolan and today's guest the Associate Director of Penn Relays Aaron Robison. We start by learning Aaron's background as a coach…
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We talk about going thru seasons in life. Sports are going thru a season of milestones, we talk about the milestone in the upcoming Super Bowl, featuring two African-American quarterbacks for the first time. Then Coach Kersee has a training group for the decades, or so it is being talked about. The tiles speak as to which of the training groups, by…
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We call the pigs this week as we welcome the head coach in waiting of the women Razorbacks of Arkansas to the program. Chris sits down to share his journey as a high school coach to multiple Big Ten titles at Penn State and SEC titles at Arkansas. We learn of his original plan to be a high school athletic director and how and why it changed to beco…
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Happy LLC Day! Zoltar our favorite fortune teller from the movie BIG, will help guide the conversations this week. Starting with some track is back...SHEESH! Then the first fortune to come out of the machine is: NFL predictions; who's moving on??? Next fortune to be told is coaching jobs. With the new coaching limitation, who's going to have the bi…
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Press play and get ready for some laughs and some tears. 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Dan O'Brien sits down to talk about the coaches that poured into him during his career as one of the top decathletes in the world. You'll learn of Larry Hunt the coach responsible for steering Dan into the decathlon and by that very act changed the world of track an…
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Straight from the mouth of the tiles, the show goes up, down, back, and forth with the phrase "I said what I said". Starting off with the NFL play off weekend picks, the tiles are standing by what they pick for the weekend...which one is making an unruly prediction??? Next, going thru the variety of indoor facilities and now outright acknowledging …
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You're not going to want to miss this one! While we get a great look into Erik's background as a Hilltopper of Western Kentucky University and his new role as the head coach of the University of South Florida, we dig really deep into conversations around coaching salaries, personal responsibilities versus professional, and more. We bust the myth of…
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Sammy Dabbs is a highly successful track coach who's achieved outstanding results in the high school, college and professional ranks. Recently he held an Instagram Live event espousing his opinions and suggestions for high school coaches and club coaches to work together for the betterment of the program and athletes. While Sammy is very Texas spec…
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What are some goals that are being brought up this week? Relay selection is up to the plate first: the tiles address what THEY THINK is the goal of the selection process? Next, the NCAA has passed legislation doing away with the "volunteer coach" position and now allowing for an additional coach for baseball and softball. What would be the goal for…
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Director of Track and Filed of the Spire Academy, Kibwe Johnson joins us to talk some track. We get a fresh look at his athletic career that culminated in becoming an Olympian. This was a dream instilled into him by his grandparents who were Olympics super fans! We then explore his roles as the throws coach of IMG Academy and now as head of the Spi…
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Sir FWP aka Sir Lucious has gotten a rep for dropping knowledge and they are tending to be words that start with the letter P. Well this week, not only does Sir Lucious drop some valuable Ps...Clyde, The Governor, and Lamar throw a couple too! Want to have an exploratory conversation about YOUR track equipment needs? Connect with us: Host Mike Cunn…
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"I'm not going to fail, I'm not a failure." Today we explore the journey of second year head coach of the Sooners, Tim Langford. From his days growing up in Virginia under the mentorship of Coach Rufus Knight, Tim has always blazed a trail not many have tried before. You'll hear the amazing story of how a near death car crash helped show him the li…
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Wrapping up the 2022 year with some insight on some recent happenings/topics... With the new Olympic qualifying standards and the WA qualifying procedures, what are the tiles thinking about them? With the latest HBCU football hiring, are some of these hires "jumping the line"? At what cost, if so. Lastly, NIL or transfer portal...which of the two h…
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We hope you have as much fun listening to this episode of the podcast as our host and guest had recording it. Long time verteran jumps coach Jeremy Fischer joins us to discuss his growth as a track and field coach on many levels including coaching 18 World Championship and Olympic medalists. You'll be challenged by his journey on the college ranks …
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As the tiles are back into our expected environments, they look forward to the coming year and chat about some of the changes that have occurred. Which of the athletes who have relocated to Bobby Kersee's camp might benefit the most from the move? Specifically: Jenna, Keni, Athing, or Brandon? Posed from a post on social media, do the women of the …
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Happy New Year! We start our fourth season with a bang by sitting down with legendary Dan Pfaff. You've heard him speak on coaching Xs and Os, you've sat down at a clinic to hear him keynote, now hear his journey from southwest Ohio to coaching Olympic Gold medalists and world record holders. We learn his path from his time with Coach Tom Tellez at…
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If you didn't catch us live in person or on IG here ya go! Want to have an exploratory conversation about YOUR track equipment needs? Connect with us: Host Mike Cunningham on Twitter: @mikecunningham Email: sales@gillathletics.com Phone: 800-637-3090 Twitter: @GillAthletics Instagram: @GillAthletics1918 Facebook: facebook.com/gillathletics LinkedIn…
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Today we're joined by our teammate Robb Mathias who oversees our track sales in the west region of the US. Robb's background as a track coach and athlete as well as decades spent in the running shoe industry helps him serve coaches and dealers with great knowledge of track equipment. We can't wait for you to hear Robb's story as well as what he's l…
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A question we waited to answer...what is the difference of being a successful professional coach and a successful collegiate coach? Obviously, we are able to have someone who has experienced those successes and you might be interested in what the responses are. Want to have an exploratory conversation about YOUR track equipment needs? Connect with …
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There is a vast stratum of individuals responsible for making the track and field world spin. The most obvious are the coaches we feature on a weekly basis, less obvious are track surfacers, track reporters, and today's guest owners of equipment companies. Join us as we welcome the owner of VS Athletics Rich Benoy to the podcast. VS Athletics is an…
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Hey there! It's about that time! Let's cut to the chase, every coach at one point or another has pondered if they have peaked their athletes too soon, too early, or at the wrong time. Listen in to what the tiles have to say about that. We bring up the most recent announcement regarding NIL and a major shoe brand and wrap up the show with a Clyde hi…
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Can a volleyball game help find someone's passion to coach college track and field? Learn the journey of Nate Rucker, head coach of the Peacocks from Upper Iowa in today's podcast episode. Hear him share his life changing volleyball match as an undergrad at University of Dubucque and the career he built from that epiphany. He travels to Missouri, I…
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Going thru the intricacies of the transfer portal with the tiles as we get ready for the new legislation to have an effect on moves in the coming year. But what then? What do we think the SAs need to be considering as they prepare to make the leap of "faith" to find their better pasture. Lastly, let's talk about where the biggest gap of them all is…
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Can a distance coach become a successful sprints/jumps coach? Can an athlete who only runs one year of college cross country (because of poor grades) become a successful high school and collegiate coach? We explore these questions and more as we sit down with Connor Green to learn his journey in this great profession. Find out how he turned the tri…
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It's that time of the week! As promised, Sir Lucious gets his 5 minutes of college FB recap...don't fret, I was on alert for muting Clyde. Though, he was well-mannered and didn't need to be muted! As the nominations have been released, the tiles reflect on the most improved athlete for 2022. We wrap up the convo with a little reflection of professi…
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Do you remember when the coaching 'bug' bit you? Today we learn the journey of Village Tech School's Athletic Director/Head Track & XC Coach Ben Nicholas and how a fluke college assignment at a local high school turned into a career he'd never have guessed. We're grateful Ben had 'a miserable time' as a radio reporter/DJ as that led him to continue…
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Happy Athletics LLC day! Lot's to unfold this week in conversations...NFL and the hiring tactics, college football, and recruiting from the seats of the panel. So buckle up and listen in... Want to have an exploratory conversation about YOUR track equipment needs? Connect with us: Host Mike Cunningham on Twitter: @mikecunningham Email: sales@gillat…
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