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Episode 57 of the podcast welcomes Devin Anctil, former punter for Kansas State University. During his time at KSU, Anctil broke 2 school punting records and a squatting record, finished 2nd Team All Big 12, and earned a Ray Guy Award quarterfinalist nomination.

Anctil sits down with Dan Lundy to discuss his kicking and punting journey, HS recruiting, JUCO football, his experiences at KSU, and his purpose in coaching specialists.

Currently, Anctil is an NFL free agent and is the founder of Punt21, a training and recruiting service for kickers and punters in the Kansas City & Manhattan, KS areas.

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Joe Friedrich is a former long snapper at the University of Northern Iowa who created Long Snapping Lifestyle (LSLS) as a school project. It has since turned into a nationwide teaching and promotional platform for long snappers and coaches. Friedrich and Dan Lundy talk about LSLS, special teams, and much more.

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Episode 55 of the podcast welcomes Coach Brian Egan. Egan was an All American kicker for Prattville HS in Alabama, drawing interest from several universities. He would eventually commit to Mississippi State, where he developed a passion for the intricacies of kicking. This led him to coaching, where he is now the National Director of Kicking for One On One Kicking Camps. Egan currently hosts year-round training programs in Dallas and Austin, TX, both of which have produced several Division 1 specialists.

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Episode 54 of the podcast welcomes Dave Montiel. Montiel graduated from Cardinal Gibbons in 1989 and committed to Cincinnati to play both baseball and football. After college he signed a minor league contract with Milwaukee Brewers and played winter baseball in Venezuala.

Montiel later served as UCF’s strength and conditioning grad assistant until he signed with the Augusta Stallions of the AFL. After being released by the Stallions, he signed with the Hamburg Blue Devils in Europe for the 2000 season.

Montiel went back to coaching after Europe, and served as a football grad assistant for UCF from 2000-03. Later that same year, he would accept a teaching and coaching position at his alma mater, Cardinal Gibbons, where he’s been ever since.

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Catholic University punter, Ben Davenports, sits down with Dan Lundy to discuss discipline, desire, recruiting, specialists, Stop Watch App, etc.

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Episode 52 of the podcast welcomes Dr. Tracy Davenport back to the show. Dr. Davenport is a human development expert and her mission is simple: To help people achieve lifestyle performance at the highest level.

Davenport has worked with thousands of college athletes, helping them achieve health and performance goals. This episode focuses on the 7 false narratives of sleep, how to deconstruct these narratives, and put them back together to work for us.

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Episode 51 of the podcast welcomes Marc Nudelberg, a former FBS college football coach at Florida State, Cincinnati, University of Florida, Nevada, and Lafayette. Nudelberg left coaching in 2019 pursue other opportunities. Currently, he is president of On The Ball Ventures and lives in south Florida with his family.

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Episode 50 of the podcast welcomes Eric Piccione, a former kicker for Blinn College and Northwestern State University. Piccione is the founder of Kickers of Earth and author of ‘The Art Of Kicking.’

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Episode 49 of the podcast welcomes Tom Sylvester, a former tight end at FAU who is now serving as a federal agent with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the oldest the oldest operating federal law enforcement agency in the United States.

Sylvester sits down with Dan Lundy to explain how football helped him compete in the professional world, his college football career, stepping away from the game sooner than planned, impactful coaches, and acknowledging time is a resource we cannot replace.

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Episode 48 of the podcast welcomes Brett Buckridge, a native of Crawfordville, FL. He played football for Wakulla HS before entering the United States Marine Core. Buckridge served in the Marines as an Infantryman and Team leader from 2014-2018. Shortly after his service, Buckridge walked-on to long snap at Valdosta State University, where he earned his first college start on Saturday, September 12th against Savannah State.

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Episode 47 of the podcast welcomes Coach Nick Gatto, a former kicker at Blinn College and Arkansas State University who went on to play 14 years in the Arena Football League.

During his professional career Gatto founded 4th And 10 Kicking, a company operating in Houston and San Antonio that focuses on the skills kickers, punters, holders, and snappers need to be successful.

Gatto is also the founder of One9Wellness, a personalized wellness company helping clients achieve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual lifestyle goals.

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Episode 46 of the podcast welcomes Coach Garrett McLaughlin, who is currently in his second season with the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and serving as the defensive ends coach and special teams coordinator.

Prior to New Hampshire, McLaughlin was as an assistant coach at Bates College from 2018-2021, serving as the special teams coordinator and defensive line coach.

His other coaching stops were at Wagner College in 2017, New Haven in 2016, and SUNY Buffalo State from 2012-2015.

McLaughlin graduated from Syracuse University in 2012, where he began his coaching career as a student assistant coach with the Orange.

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Episode 45 of the podcast welcomes David Stretch, special teams coordinator for England’s Manchester Titans. Stretch started watching American football on TV when he was 9 years old, and immediately fell in love with the game.

In 2001 Stretch began his coaching career with the Handforth Hammerheads as their special teams coordinator.

In 2009, he accepted the Bolton Bulldogs WR coach position before transitioning to the Manchester Titans in 2011, serving as the Titan's offensive coordinator.

In 2014, Stretch was named the Lancashire Wolverines RB coach and special teams coordinator. He coached 3 seasons in Lancashire before heading back to Manchester in 2017, where he remains the Titans special teams coordinator.

Currently, Stretch is helping to create the Manchester Bees, a developmental adult football team that offers adults in Manchester an opportunity to learn and play American football.

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Episode 44 of the podcast welcomes Nolan Carroll. Carroll is a native of Green Cove Springs, FL. He attended Clay High School where he was a 3 star prospect by Rivals, receiving offers from UCF, Colorado, Louisville, Maryland, and Ole Miss.

He committed to Maryland, where he played wide receiver, cornerback, and special teams.

Carroll was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 5th round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played 4 years for the Dolphins before signing with the Eagles in 2014. Carroll played 3 seasons in Philadelphia before signing with the Dallas Cowboys in 2017, where he would finish his NFL career.

Currently, Carroll is the head football coach and athletic director of Jacksonville Athletic Academy in Jacksonville, FL.

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Episode 43 of the podcast welcomes Bill Shafer, co-inventor of the Launchpad Kickoff Tee. After serving in the Navy, Shafer walked on to the University of Akron's football team and earned the kicking job. After playing one season for the Zips his wife shared the news they'd be expecting a baby boy. Consequently, Shafer hung up the cleats at Akron and enrolled in paramedic school.

Shafer would play a few years of semi-professional football while working in Akron before being drafted by the Erie Freeze in 2006. During this time he invented the Launch Pad Kickoff Tee with his partner David Abdul. After noticing a trend in NFL kickers leaning the ball forward for field goals (but not kickoffs), Shafer became curious if a forward lean could improve the ball’s contact point and trajectory for kickoffs.

At 60, Shafer still kicks and considers kicking a football to be pure joy. On his free time he enjoys coaching and helping kickers of all levels improve and chase their dreams.

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Episode 42 of the podcast welcomes Sam Lenson. Lenson was a punter and kicker for the University of Maine from 2013-2018.

In 2019, he joined the University of Maine’s coaching staff as the Special Teams Quality Control coach. During this time Lenson launched Lenson Punting and Kicking, a company focused on specialists’ development and recruitment.

Currently, Lenson lives in southern Maine where he is a PE teacher and the University of New England’s specialist coach.

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Episode 41 of the podcast welcomes Jacob Tilghman, former long snapper for the University of Florida. In 2015, Tilghman walked on to the Gators football program and eventually earned his role as the starting long snapper. Tilghman was a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient, earning his master’s degree in Sports Management. He currently works for the Bench Craft Company in Sarasota, FL.

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Episode 40 of the podcast welcomes Alex Ward, long snapper for the University of Central Florida. Ward is entering his final season with UCF, where he’s started the last 23 games for the Knights while majoring in mechanical engineering.

Coach Lundy and Alex Ward discuss everything from how to take control of your recruiting process to parallels between physics and football.

Learn how both are using mathematics and science to aid in the instruction and application of kicking, punting, and snapping mechanics.

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Dr. Tracy Davenport is a recognized expert in the field of health and performance. Covering the latest health research, she's had more than 1,000 articles published over the last two decades. She was a co-developer of U.S. Rowing’s Coaching Education Program and has worked with athletes and coaches across the country explaining the latest science around sleep to help them achieve optimal performance.

Davenport holds an M.A. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Human Growth and Development. She was named Graduate Student of the Year at the University of Delaware, the recipient of the President’s Medal from Washington College, the Woman of the Year from the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, and the Minority Achievement Award winner from the Maryland State Department of Education.

She lives on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and is a long-time wife of a college coach and mother to two athletes, a college football player and a NASCAR pit crew member. She loves to work with trainers, coaches, and athletes at all levels and can be found at Tracyshealthyliving.com.

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Episode 38 of the podcast welcomes Bob Chesney, the head football coach at the College of the Holy Cross. Chesney began his head coaching career at Salve Regina University in 2010. In his first year he led Salve Regina to a 6-4 record, snapping a streak of 8-straight losing seasons.

In 2013 Chesney was named head coach at Assumption College and in 2015 he led the Greyhounds to an 11-2 record. Chesney was named the Northeast-10 Coach of the Year, the New England Football Writers Coach of the Year, and the Hero Sports Division II National Coach of the Year.

In 2018, Chesney was named head coach at Holy Cross, where he enters his 4th season this fall. In 2019 Chesney led Holy Cross to the school’s first Patriot League championship in 10 years and the third NCAA FCS berth in program history. Chesney was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year after posting a 5-1 record in conference play to tie the school single-season record for Patriot League victories. Under Chesney’s guidance, Holy Cross has won back-to-back Patriot League Championships and produced 35 All-Conference selections.

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