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Three assistant women's volleyball coaches from Creighton, Kansas State and UCLA discuss their roles in recruiting, training and developing players at their successful programs.

Two of the coaches - Angie Oxley and Fiona Nepo - starred at the University of Nebraska, while Stevi Robinson excelled at indoor volleyball at Pepperdine and beach volleyball at USC.

Fiona coached for several years as an assistant at a Hawaii high school before moving on to college coaching at Iowa State and West Virginia. Stevi has coached at The Citadel, Gonzaga and Cal State Bakersfield before recently joining UCLA. Angie has been coaching for 21 years at Creighton with Kirsten Bernthal Booth and has helped lift the Bluejays to national prominence.

Host Terry Pettit joins the conversation, revealing what the average fan may not know about being an assistant coach.

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As a freshman this past season, setter Bergen Reilly helped lead Nebraska Volleyball to a Big Ten title and an appearance in the NCAA Championship Game against Texas.

Former All-American and Huskers' assistant coach Val Novak Warrior joins Reilly and Terry Pettit in a conversation about the setter position and what it takes to play at a supreme level.

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Jordan Larson has led USA Women's Volleyball to silver, bronze and gold medals in the last three Olympics.

As she prepares to play in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, Jordan also continues in her new role as an assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Nebraska.

Terry chats with Jordan about balancing the two and much more!

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Bill Byrne was a Hall-of-Fame Director of Athletics for 30 years at Oregon, Nebraska and Texas A&M. His son, Greg, has been an AD at Mississippi State, Arizona and is currently at Alabama, where the Crimson Tide are currently preparing for their College Football Playoff matchup with Michigan on New Year's Day.

The two join Terry Pettit to discuss Bill's remarkable tenure at Nebraska, the challenges of athletic leadership today and Greg's path toward becoming a highly-successful AD as well.

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It is one of the best volleyball rivalries in the entire nation: Nebraska vs. Wisconsin.

John Baylor has been the play-by-play announcer for Nebraska Volleyball since 1994, calling each of the Cornhuskers' five national championships. Dennis Punzel is a beat writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, covering Badger Volleyball. He has also authored "Point Wisconsin," a book that chronicles Badgers' head coach Kelly Sheffield and the 2021 national championship team.

Baylor and Punzel join host Terry Pettit to discuss the upcoming match between the Huskers and Badgers in Madison, outlining the strengths of each program and the potentially significant implications on seeding for the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

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WIth one final game left in the football season, Sons of Montezuma looks into the two rising stars that SDSU has contacted for the new Head Coach position—Defensive Coordinator Tony White of Nebraska and Offensive Coordinator Brennan Marion of UNLV. Subscribe and watch on YouTube or listen here now.

On Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, the Omaha Supernovas will host the Atlanta Vibe in the first-ever match of the new Pro Volleyball Federation at the CHI Center.

The President of the Supernovas, Diane Mendenhall, was a state champion volleyball player at Ogallala High School and college coach before becoming the University of Nebraska's first Director of Operations for women's volleyball in 2000. She then became the Director of Development and Senior Associate Athletic Director, while also serving as a color analyst on the Cornhuskers' radio broadcasts.

Diane talks with Terry about her goals for the franchise on-and-off the court, ranging from ticket sales to establishing a high-performance team for world-class athletes.

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Former Nebraska All-American setter Val Novak Warrior joins Terry in a conversation with John Mabry about his recently released book, "Nebraska Volleyball: The Origin Story."

Mabry, the former sports editor of the Lincoln Journal-Star, has written the first book on the history of Nebraska volleyball, from its beginning years following the enactment of Title IX through its first national championship in 1995.

His book explores the program's unique relationship with its fans and how the nation's most avid volleyball community evolved in the heartland.

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On August 30th, history was made as a Nebraska volleyball match set a world record, with 92,000 people in attendance.

Lexi Rodriguez, the Cornhuskers' stellar libero, played in the match. Randy Gobel coordinated the infrastructure for the event at Memorial Stadium. Stephanie Thater-Brown, a former Huskers' All-American, attended the match with her daughter.

All three share stories from different perspectives on how Volleyball Day affected their lives.

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Julie Hermann walked-on to the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, earned a scholarship and became an all-conference outside hitter who played in the Cornhuskers' first-ever NCAA Tournament win.

Following graduation, she moved into coaching, serving as an assistant at Wyoming and Georgia before landing the head job at Tennessee. Then, for 16 years she was second-in-command with the University of Louisville's athletic department. Her administrative career culminated by becoming the third-ever female Director of Athletics in the NCAA DIvision I ranks, when she was hired at Rutgers University.

In this episode, Julie has great insight into collegiate sports, as well as the challenges of her own journey.

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We turn the tables on this episode of "Inside The Coaching Mind," where Terry Pettit becomes the interview subject!

In speaking with University of Nebraska volleyball play-by-play announcer John Baylor, Terry talks about training and developing leaders, as well as how extraordinary leadership led to the Cornhuskers' first national championship. Coach Pettit also discusses how volleyball has changed and what may come about in the game's future.

Originally aired on 11/20/19.

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Hall-of-Fame coach Shelton Collier and former Nebraska All-American outside hitter Gina Mancuso-Prososki discuss their roles with the Omaha franchise in the brand-new Pro Volleyball Federation League. '

The eight-team venture will begin play in February 2024 and the Omaha franchise will feature 14 players, many of whom played internationally and were extraordinary collegiate All-Americans.

The inaugural roster currently includes setter Sydney Hilley led Wisconsin to its first national championship in 2021 and Yossiana Pressley, a former National Player of the Year from Baylor.

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While attending the University of Nebraska, Cathy Noth was Big 8 Conference MVP as an outside hitter when she trained to become a setter for her junior and senior seasons. That experience led to four years as a setter with the U.S. National Team. After her playing career ended, Noth spent ten years as an assistant coach with the Huskers, helping the team to five Final Fours and the program's first national championship.

Cathy made everything look easy on the court... but it was anything but. This is her journey.

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Tim Miles, the head coach for San Jose State men's basketball, won the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year award in 2022-23. Miles led the Spartans to their first 20+ win season in more than 40 years. He is the former head coach at Nebraska, Colorado State and North Dakota State, carrying a reputation for taking underachieving programs to the next level.

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University of Nebraska head softball coach Rhonda Revelle talks about her career as a player and hall-of-fame coach with the Cornhuskers. Coach Revelle led her squad to the Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship last season and is recognized as one of the most thoughtful and forward-thinking coaches in college softball. Rhonda and Terry Pettit had a significant impact on each other while they were coaching in Lincoln and their discussion applies to all sports.

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Erin Sorensen is on the pod this week to talk about Matt Rhule’s social media savvy, Nebraska’s 5-star transfer commits, and the return of Zavier Betts.

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