FCA Coach to Coach Podcast

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"Taking your marriage from stagnant and complacent to active and creative" - Brad Rhoads

Coaching can be tough, and so can marriage...the two together can put even the best relationships to the test.

This is why Brad Rhoads with Grace Marriage jumps on the podcast.

Website: https://www.gracemarriage.com/

He shares his journey from a college tennis player to a lawyer, to a switch to full-time marriage ministry.

He and his wife presented back-to-back years at our KY FCA Coach and Spouse Getaway and crushed it! 

Walk away with some great insights and tips on how to have a marriage that is full of life and fun

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Coach Bill Curry gives us what Jeremy Sheetinger calls "audio gold" on this episode!

Some of the topics include:

- Stories from playing for Vince Lombardi and with guys like Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas.
- Coaching stops at Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia State.
- "6 Characteristics of a Champion"
- "Power of the Huddle"
- Reflections on navigating coaching and personal life

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Rusty Parks currently serves on staff with FCA in Central KY. On top of that, he collaborates with other staff to host a state-wide FCA wrestling camp.

Pulling from decades of experience and relationships that span across the country they've developed a world-class camp experience.

In this episode, you'll hear Rusty's story, some of the lessons learned during his coaching career, and a couple of classic stories from his days driving the bus for his team.

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This is a unique episode where we hear from Mo Isom-Aiken as she shares with a group of local High School athletes here in NKY. 

Mo has an incredible athletic pedigree: 

• LSU All-American Goalkeeper
• Sportscenter Top 10 Play for scoring a 90-yard goal
• SEC All-Freshman Team
• Trained as a placekicker for the football team
• LSU's all-time school record in women's soccer with 35 victories and 25 shutouts.

Her family and faith are top priorities in life and it has led her to become an author of 3 books as well as fulfilling speaking engagements around the country.

More info on her books and other resources can be found on: https://www.moisom.com/

The goal of this episode is to give a fly-on-the-wall perspective of Mo's story but also an increased awareness of a day in the life of an athlete living in 2021. 

We hope it's encouraging, inspirational, and eye-opening...and that it ultimately helps you grow as a coach! 

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Cory Carlson joins us on the podcast and shares some important insights on how to win at home and with your team!

Topics include:
 
- Date Night tips
- The Five Capitals in life and how to prioritize each
- Identity
- The powerful impact of coaching

Cory's Story:
As an entrepreneur, former executive, husband, and father of three, Cory Carlson understands the pressures working parents face. He is passionate about helping business leaders win both at work and home.

Twenty years in corporate America gave Cory some amazing opportunities as he worked his way up to the executive level. But he also saw brokenness: work without purpose, strained marriages, and absentee parents. Business leaders especially were often not living life to the fullest. 

When Cory discovered leadership coaching, it helped him become a better leader, husband, and father. So he left his corporate career to help other leaders achieve a healthier work-life balance. Currently, Cory lives in Cincinnati with his awesome wife and three amazing children.

Cory's Website: https://www.corymcarlson.com

LinkedIn: Click Here

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Topics covered: 

- Identity
- Coaching Boone county and Shaun Alexander
- The importance of relationships
- Hard work...and rest
- Concept of the sabbath
- Experiences trying to win games and also thrive in all areas 


Rick Thompson enters his sixth season on the Lions’ coaching staff and his fifth as the Defensive Coordinator at Mount St. Joseph.

Before joining the Mount, Coach Thompson was the Head Coach at Boone County High School. 

He has had a long and distinguished high school coaching career that includes stops at Beechwood High School and Campbell County High School. 

Though he had other stops earlier in his career, Rick called Boone County HS home for over 25 years. He served as the Defensive Coordinator for 11 seasons before being named Head Coach in December of 1997. In his lone season away from Boone County in 1988, Thompson served as a Defensive Graduate Assistant for Dave Currey at the University of Cincinnati working with the Defensive Line. 

As the head coach at Boone County for 15 years, Coach Thompson was the head coach twice for the NKY All-Star game, was on the Best of the Bluegrass All-Star Game coaching staff (2012). 

He helped direct his high school team to two state semifinal appearances, five regional finals, and five district championships. 

Thompson is a graduate of Northern Kentucky University and earned his master’s degree from Xavier University. He is happily married to his wife Mary Kay and has two children, Chloe and Bryson. They reside in Florence, Kentucky.

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Meredith Heater

Playing career:
Greenville University Volleyball Player

Coaching:
Multiple Junior College Stops
Fontbonne University
Cincinnati Christian University
Synergy Volleyball Club

Topics:
Player to Coach Communication
Affirmations
Journaling
Expectation Management

Other Resources mentioned:

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3 Dimensional Coaching: https://www.fcacoachesacademy.com/

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Eric Sztanyo, an FCA advisory board member and local business leader joins us on this episode of the Coach to Coach podcast.

He lives in Ft. Thomas with his home team which includes his lovely wife Witni and their 5 children.

At Boone County High School, Eric played both golf and baseball during his time and has some really encouraging points and insights as he shares about his time there. He also dives into some helpful tips after years of trial and error as he navigates marriage, family, work, and rest.

Topics:

- The role of the fear of failure

- The value of the coach's role during the teenage years

- Getting creative on finding rest so that you can be more productive

- How self-discipline with your time and money and translate into big wins for your team and family down the road

- Keeping perspective and priorities in a healthy place.

You can check out Eric on social media and his website:

Tik Tok: @manyo_the_realtor

Website: https://www.teamsztanyo.com/

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Kevin Cristello, Assistant Athletic Director for Football at Virginia Tech University joins on the podcast.

Kevin shares how coaches can streamline their admin/operations work so that they can have more time for the best parts of the job...the players, and the game.

We've never heard a coach say they stopped coaching because they stopped loving the game or the kids...it's usually something outside of that. One of the struggles we've heard about is the amount of admin, paperwork, and secondary work that has to be done to run a program. Hopefully, this helps!

Topics:
- Ways coaches he had impacted him
- Handling job transitions
- How to set yourself up for success when it comes to admin
- Getting the right kind of help
- Improving year after year
- Hilarious recruiting story :)

Playing career:
- 2 sport athlete at Simon Kenton High School
- 4-year Defensive Lineman at Morehead State University

Coaching stops:
- Morehead State
- East Carter HS
- Kentucky Christian University
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Nebraska University
- Coastal Carolina
- Virginia Tech

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For nearly thirty years, Todd Gongwer has been building his expertise in leadership
and team dynamics by serving in a variety of senior-level roles in business and
athletics. From an entrepreneurial start-up to public company to college athletics,

As a best-selling author, speaker, and teacher on leadership and cultural
development, Todd has spent the last decade working with some of the most
successful coaches, teams, business leaders, and educators in America.

His principles have been embraced by countless leaders, including coaches and
athletes from championship programs in the NCAA, NBA, MLB, and NFL. Stories of
the profound impact of Todd’s message have been featured on ESPN the
Magazine, ESPN.com, Bleacher Report, and Forbes.com.

Todd continues to work with many of the most successful coaches in sports and is a popular speaker at major universities (Darden School of Business), high-profile
sports teams (Clemson Football), national associations (American Baseball
Coaches Association), and high-profile businesses (Home Depot) throughout the
country.

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He lives in Indiana with his wife and three children, Kaden, Kira, and
Wadson.

"If you lose sight of the proper perspective, everything else seems to fall through the cracks."

"I had a lot of coaching and business friends who were pursuing great things at the expense of the most important things."

“A key is not only becoming more self-aware because that’s becoming more of a hot topic right now but learning to act on that self-awareness.”

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Clint Hurdle joins us on the show with some veteran insight! 

Playing Career: 
- Declined College offers from the U. of Miami and Harvard to play professional baseball. 
- Drafted by the Kansas City Royals with stops with the Reds, Mets, and Cardinals organizations.

Coaching: 
- Hitting Coach then Manager of the Colorado Rockies
- Hitting coach for the Texas Rangers
- Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Currently a "Lifetime contract with the home team"

Topics discussed: 
- Personal faith journey
- His coaching philosophy and how it progressed
- Amazing stories including 3 World Series runs
- 3 things every player wants to know
- What he would tell a new coach starting out

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Coach Steve Funke joins us this time on the Coach to Coach podcast. 

Topics Include: 

Vision for the program
Being a lifelong learner
Core Values
Alignment as a coaching staff
Coaches who impacted him
Belief in your players
Work Ethic

Playing Career: 
Simon Kenton High School: Football and Track Athlete
Georgetown College: NAIA National Champion Freshman Year

Coaching: 
Twenhofel Football Coach as well as 2 years as Athletic Director
Simon Kenton HS assistant Track Coach (Throwers) 

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NKY Sports Hall of Famer Keaton Belcher joins us on this episode of the Coach to Coach podcast.

Playing:
Multi-sport standout athlete at Pendleton County HS
Belmont University Men's Basketball

Coaching:
Currently Ryle HS Boy's Basketball Coach
Previously Pendleton County HS Head Coach

Topics discussed:
- Playing in the KHSAA Sweet Sixteen and multiple NCAA tournaments
- Habits and a mindset that helped him maximize his potential
- The coaches that developed him and why
- Family influence on his success
- Current coaching philosophy
- Coaching Dontaie Allen (Current UK Men's Basketball)
- Advice for young coaches just starting out

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Coach Keith Madison joins on the show for this episode!

Hear Keith's journey from a small town in western KY to making to Triple-A with the Expos/Reds, Coaching for 25 years in the SEC, then what he's up to now in "retirement"

Fast Facts:

- Played professionally in the Expos and Reds organizations
- KY HS Baseball Hall of Fame
- 783 Wins as Head Baseball Coach, University of KY
- University of KY Hall of Fame
- American Coaches Association Hall of Fame

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In this episode, Larry Travis, Former Pastor of and long time golf coach and lover of the game talks about the challenges of Golf and how to overcome the mental hurdles involved. 
Check out the episode to hear more about how unlocking a greater understanding of yourself can increase an athlete's potential.

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Alex discusses the importance of knowing your athletes, maximizing their output and the correlation between the two.
Alex Harbin is the owner of Iron Sharpens Iron gym in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has a passion for bringing people together in order to unlock the greatest potential within individuals. 
As an Elder High School and Mt. St. Joe football alumni, Alex has a desire to help teams and athletes represent themselves and their teams in the best ways possible.

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Stephanie Wolf is the cheerleading coach at Ludlow High School in Northern Kentucky. With a long-term vision for coaching her team she has great experience in delegating leadership and empowering the members of her team.
Topics/Highlights: Learning from Transformational Leadership 
- Relational + Transactional = Relactional
- Minimizing drama on your team 
- Importance of self-care and rest.

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Nate Sallee switches it up a little bit and provides a short teaching on the relationship between God and sport. Nate is the area director for the the NKY Fellowship of Christian Athletes. 
While his personal coaching career just started with his son's youth b-ball team this past winter, he's always been deeply connected to coaching through his father growing up. Now he supports his wife as the head volleyball coach at Highlands High School as well as serving and building into coaches through his full-time role with FCA.

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Nick Jackson is currently a nationally respected motivational speaker who lives on the West Side of Cincinnati. After a collegiate football career at Mt. St. Joseph, Nick has had coaching stops at Norwood and Highlands High School.
His motivational speaking career was kickstarted as he partnered with Cris Collingsworth through an organization called "U-give" which not only coordinated assemblies at schools but also activated tons of service projects.

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