Hear It From Harlan!

Please note: This episode was recorded the week of Jan. 27, 2020!

With the winter sports season in full swing, the January 2020 edition of the “Hear It From Harlan Podcast” dives into everything going on with Utah’s teams. Mark highlights the Utes’ No. 18 finish in the Learfield/IMG College Director’s Cup for the fall season and talks about the release of the 2020 football schedule. Senior gymnast Missy Reinstadtler joins Mark for an insightful one-on-one interview. To wrap up the show, Mark answers questions sent in via social media about the non-conference scheduling process and what lies ahead for the men’s lacrosse program, which is entering its second year at the Division I level.

As we head toward the holidays, the December 2019 edition of the “Hear It From Harlan Podcast” reflects on fantastic fall when all four Utah teams advanced to postseason competition. Mark looks back at football’s run to the Pac-12 Championship game and looks ahead to its Alamo Bowl match-up with Texas on New Year’s Eve. Senior Daneesha Provo of the Ute women’s basketball team drops by for an extensive interview. In the final segment, Mark shares some details on his work with the Football Oversight Committee and answers questions sent in via social media.

In the November 2019 edition of the “Hear it from Harlan Podcast,” Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan shares his thoughts on a fall season where soccer and cross country have already qualified for NCAA postseason competition, and volleyball and football are highly ranked. Mark interviews senior soccer goalkeeper Carly Nelson and Ashley Lear joins the program to talk about the launch of the Ute Academy. Mark gives some insight on the recent proposals regarding student-athlete compensation for the use of their name, image and likeness in the coming years. He then wraps up the program by answering questions sent in via social media.

During the October 2019 edition of the “Hear it from Harlan Podcast,” Utah Director of Athletics Mark Harlan looks back at the first full month of the college athletics season, which featured three Ute teams ranked in the nation’s top 30. Middle blocker Berkeley Oblad of the No. 20 Utah volleyball team joins Mark for his one-on-one interview.

The Utah head man also talks about the game day experience at Rice-Eccles Stadium, football’s recently-announced home-and-home series with Florida, the launch of the Ute Academy student-athlete development program, and the potential ripple effects of the California state bill that would allow college athletes to earn income off their own name, image and likeness.

The fall athletics season is upon us and we dive in with the August edition of the “Hear It From Harlan Podcast.” U Athletics Director Mark Harlan visits with cornerback Jaylon Johnson of the Ute football team, which was picked to win the Pac-12 championship in the preseason media poll. Mark also discusses future non-conference football scheduling, the opening of Utah’s new soccer and lacrosse stadium, department staff additions.

In the May edition of the “Hear It From Harlan Podcast,” Ally Dickman of the Utah softball team is our student-athlete guest. Mark covers the major topics discussed at the Spring Pac-12 Athletic Directors’ meetings and responds to questions from Ute fans.

He also share his thoughts on the final weeks of the athletics year and recent news coming out of the department.

In the April edition of the "Hear It From Harlan" podcast, Ute athletics director Mark Harlan looks back at the winter sports season and Spring Football, and shares his thoughts on the recently-announced major gift from the Ken Garff family for the Rice-Eccles Stadium expansion. Julia Richter of the national champion Ute ski team joins him for his one-on-one interview. Mark also answers some questions he's received from fans over the past month, and gives an update on the latest developments with the Pac-12 Conference.

In the February edition of the “Hear it from Harlan” podcast, Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan looks back at the winter sports season, including the ski team’s NCAA West Regional/RMISA championship, and the early portion of the spring sports season. Mark get us primed for spring football and tournament time in basketball, and interviews Kari Lee of the Red Rocks. He also answers some of your questions on football season ticket renewals, event parking, and developments with the Pac-12 Conference.

In the January 2019 edition of the “Hear it from Harlan” podcast, we look back at Utah’s Holiday Bowl appearance and dive into a host of other recent developments with the football program. Mark shares his thoughts on the winter sports season and freshman guard Dru Gylten of the women’s basketball team drops by for a visit. We look ahead the inaugural season for Ute men’s lacrosse and Mark answers a wide range of questions submitted from fans via Twitter.

In the December edition of the “Hear it from Harlan Podcast,” Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan looks back at the month of November when the Utah volleyball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament and football played in the Pac-12 Championship game. He also shares his thoughts on the Utes’ Holiday Bowl match-up against Northwestern. Harlan visits one-on-one with Parker Van Dyke of the men’s basketball team, discuses Utah’s record-setting GSR score, and answers some fan questions about the Rice-Eccles Stadium expansion project.

Hear It From Harlan! - Episode 3 - Mark Harlan takes a look back at a busy month of October, when the Ute football team become bowl eligible and reflects on the passing of women’s track & field athlete Lauren McCluskey. He also goes one-on-one with Hailey Skolmosky of the women’s soccer team and shares some insight on how the department plans to improve the fan experience at Utah home events.

Go inside University of Utah Athletics and the Pac-12 with Utah Director of Athletics Mark Harlan.

Hear It From Harlan! - Episode 2 - Mark Harlan relates his early impressions as Utah's athletics director, the Crimson Club Hall of Fame and sits down with volleyball player Dani Drews.

Go inside University of Utah Athletics and the Pac-12 with Utah Director of Athletics Mark Harlan.

Mark updates us on changes to the Athletic's department and then Mark's student athlete guest is Britain Covey.