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Notre Dame: Women’s 2018 Champion This week we welcome one of the most experienced and successful college basketball coaches of all-time. Muffet McGraw has been coaching women’s basketball for 31 years, the last 26 at powerhouse Notre Dame. She’s compiled a hugely impressive 73% win record and notched up her 700th victory this past season, […]

Gregg Troy is one the leading swimming coaches in the world, heading up the U.S. Men’s Team that was so dominant in the London Olympics, as well as the boss of the perennial national-leading University of Florida Gators. Oh yeah, before we forget, Gregg is the guiding light for the world’s hottest property in the […]

NFL, weightlifting, explosive strength John Welbourn is the big man behind CrossFit Football. A nine-year veteran of the NFL, he brings a multi-disciplinary approach to elite strength and conditioning. If you’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon that is CrossFit, you’ll learn all about it in this in-depth interview. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a […]

Alex Hutchinson – Distance Runner – Sports Scientist – Blogger We talk to Alex about a wide range of myths and misconceptions that many coaches have about strength and conditioning, nutrition, stretching, hydration, and altitude training. We start by talking about the latest research on the effect coaches have when they praise and criticize their athletes […]

Swimming, Pursuit of Perfection, Mental toughness (Re-broadcast) Misty Hyman is a young swimming coach with a bright future and a glorious past. Her gold-medal winning 200 meter butterfly at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 was an iconic tour de force, combining superb technique, optimal conditioning and a giant dose of mental toughness, not the least because […]

Lance Armstrong ex-teammate Tyler Hamilton (Rebroadcast) This week we welcome one of the world’s leading experts on skill acquisition, perfecting technique and performing under pressure: Daniel Coyle. Daniel is the author of The Talent Code, an absolutely indispensable book for coaches. He also knows quite a bit about the controversial world professional cycling, having written […]

Re-broadcast From Ironman triathletes, marathon runners, Tour de France cyclists to rowing, rugby and football – Tim Noakes’ research shakes up the consensus and opens the path to new, higher performance horizons. We cover dehydration and water intoxication, optimal training methods, and what coaches need to know about the connections between the brain and the […]

Doping, Sex Confusion and Cheating Our favorite controversial, ueber incisive, sports scientist is back. Ross Tucker joins us from Capetown, South Africa, where he produces the wildly popular blog the Science of Sport Ross loves to take on contentious topics: Illegal performance enhancing drugs, I.e. doping, sex anomalies in Olympic competition, genetic testing, the limits […]

Mindful peak performance, anxiety management Sports Psychologist Kristin Keim is our guest this week. She works across all sports, with particular expertise in cycling, where she was once an elite rider. She also works extensively with athletes in triathlon, running, rowing, swimming and several other sports. Dr. Keim has a PsyD in clinical psychology and […]

Injury prevention, over-training, recovery A doctor of chiropractic and a passionate running coach – it makes for a really interesting conversation about everything from injury prevention, barefoot running to raw kale smoothies. Richard Hansen is head of Roots Running, a Boulder, Colorado-based Olympic development group focused on distances from 1,500 meters to the marathon. Richard […]

Mental fitness; coach education Do you ever wonder what your brain on sports looks like? Sam Sommers knows. He is the co-author of an excellent book by that title and a social psychologist at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. This is a fun but also useful interview with lots of practical ideas. Among numerous topics […]

Athlete-to-coach transition, John Wooden UCLA legacy; Re-broadcast Adam Krikorian struck gold in his first Olympics as head coach – in London 2012 with the USA women’s water polo team. He began coaching the squad in 2009, in addition to having the same role at UCLA since 2000.           Adam is a […]

Decathlon: Ashton Eaton, Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Re-broadcast) For long-time followers of the podcast and or track and field, Harry Marra needs no introduction. He¹s graced us with his presence twice before. Back again after a triumphant season  guiding decathlete Ashton Eaton to World Championship Gold in Beijing and heptathlete Brianne Theisen Eaton to the silver in […]

Sports psychology, mental toughness, mindfulness (re-broadcast) This week we’re joined by Peter Haberl a senior sports psychologist for the United States Olympic Committee. Peter has worked with some of the most successful teams in recent history including medal winning squads in Men’s and Women’s Water Polo, Women’s Indoor Volleyball and Track Cycling Based at the […]

Sprinting, “The Female Usain Bolt” (Re-broadcast) Bart Bennema is coaching one of the biggest breakthrough athletes of the year – in any sport! She’s 23 year-old Dutch woman Dafne Schippers, recently crowned 200 meter sprint champion in the 2015 Beijing Track & Field World Championships, as well as the silver medallist in the 100 meters. […]

Sarah Hammer’s coach; Endurance expert getting ready for a breakthrough in Rio; Re-broadcast USA Cycling’s Andy Sparks is back to update us on what has been an excellent season. Since we last spoke, about two years ago, Andy has relocated to Colorado Springs and become USA Cycling’s Endurance Track Head Coach as well as the […]

Renewing USA Cycling (Re-broadcast) USA Cycling is in focus this time around. Jim Miller is USA Cycling’s Team Leader and Vice President of Athletics. Jim coached Kristin Armstrong to gold medals in Beijing and in London, where she was almost 38 years old at the time; quite an achievement. By the way, Kristin is not […]

An inspiring story of recovery, dedication and discipline Sensai Jimmy Pedro, sixth degree black belt, is one of the top judo instructors in the U.S. and the coach responsible for winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal ever – by Kayla Harrison in London 2012. She’s certainly in contention to repeat that massivement accomplishment in Rio. The […]

Illegal drug violations Spitting in the Soup: Inside the Dirty Game of Doping in Sports – just in time for the Rio Olympics, we’re talking with the author of this new book. Mark Johnson has covered cycling and endurance sports as a writer and photographer since the 1980s A few years ago, Mark was embedded […]

Growth Mindset, mental toughness, sports psychology A deep dive this week into some of our favorite topics: mental toughness, sports psychology and the Growth Mindset. Derin McMains is our guest. He is Director of Mental Conditioning at the University of Notre Dame, working across about 20 different teams at that hallowed institution. Derin is formerly […]