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Best of Series: Gary Kirsten

Our Great Coach on this ‘best of’ episode is Gary Kirsten. Gary played 101 Test matches and 185 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004. He retired as the first ever South African to play in 100 tests, and the first Test batsman to make hundreds against each of the other 9 […]

Best of Series: Thomas Frank

Our Great Coach on this episode is Thomas Frank Thomas is the Head Coach of Brentford FC in the English Football League Championship. He started his career coaching youth teams in Denmark. His success with the National Under 17 team led to his first senior appointment with Brondby in the Danish Superliga in 2013. He […]

On Underdogs

Underdogs

Today’s episode is on the topic of Underdogs and we are joined for the discussion by Sean Murray who has just written a terrific book about the 1984 USA Volleyball team that won the Olympic Gold medal. His book is called, If Gold Is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic […]

Best of Series: On Values

On Values

Todays episode is on the topic of Values, and it features audio quotes from 22 coaches that we have interviewed on the podcast. If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please […]

Best of Series: Brenda Frese

Brenda Frese

Our Great Coach on this episode is American women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese While injured as a player at the University of Arizona, Brenda volunteered as an assistant coach at Pima Community College. After graduation in 1994 she started as an assistant coach at Kent State. In 1999 she was appointed into her first Head […]

Best of Series: Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi

Our Great Coach on this episode is the Vince Lombardi. Vince Lombardi was an American Football coach who is best remembered as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers in the 1960’s, where he led the team to 5 National Football League championships, including the first ever Superbowl in 1966. He finished his coaching […]

Best of Series: Jenny Boucek

Our Great Coach on this episode is NBA coach Jenny Boucek. Jenny is a former WNBA player, Assistant Coach and Head Coach. The first person to hold all 3 roles in the league’s history. She began her coaching career in the WNBA during the 1999 season as an assistant with the Washington Mystics. In 2000, […]

Best of Series: Damien Hardwick

Our Great Coach on this episode is Damien Hardwick. Damien is an Australian rules football coach and former player. As a player, he played 207 games for Essendon and Port Adelaide, winning premierships with each club in 2000 and 2004 respectively. He was appointed to his first head coach role in 2010 with Richmond; and […]