Welcome to Interview #29. 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS *First published in 2015, Coach Owens continues to excel. Coach Owens Lady Crusaders won the 2018 NAIA National Championship and he was named the NAIA Coach of the Year. I am pleased to share with you the wisdom of NAIA Women’s Soccer Coach of William Carey University, Danny […]
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Welcome to Interview #26. I am pleased to share with you the wisdom of NAIA Cross Country / Track & Field Coach of Northwestern College, Scott Bahrke. Coach Scott Bahrke is in his fourth year as the Head Cross Country / Track & Field Coach at Northwestern College. He has coached cross country and track
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Welcome to Interview #23. I am pleased to share with you the wisdom of NCAA Division 1 Assistant Volleyball Coach at Iowa State University, Jon Newman-Gonchar. Jon Newman-Gonchar is entering his third season at Iowa State as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Along with his duties with ISU’s recruiting coordinator, Newman-Gonchar supervises Iowa State’s middle
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“Are there any differences in the way a homeschooled athlete needs to approach the recruiting process?” Today’s article is in answer to a question from a parent. I knew instantly it impacted a lot of families that are raising a homeschooled athlete. In fact, they may be raising several:) These families participate in every sport,
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Interview # 17 I am pleased to share with you the wisdom of NCAA Division 2, Softball Coach, of West Texas A & M, Kevin Blaskowski. Over the last nine years, Coach Blaskowski has taken West Texas A&M Softball from a first year program to the 2014 National Championship. Recruiting quality players and great coaching
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In Season Each sport varies in its time commitment. The in-season commitment is by far the most demanding in terms of time. As a general rule of thumb, during season, you should plan on focusing on your academics and athletics. Nothing else! On training days, you should expect to train for 2 hours per day
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What is a Redshirt? We hear the term all the time. Watching college football on Saturdays, you often hear the broadcasters talk about redshirt players. What do they mean? And is college football the only sport with redshirts? To redshirt means to sit out of competition a year. During the redshirt year, athletes are able
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Welcome to Interview #14. I am pleased to share with you the wisdom of NCAA Division 2 Women’s Soccer Coach, Samantha Snow of Georgia Southwestern State University. Coach Snow has been coaching college soccer for ten years, seven as a head coach, at NJCAA, NAIA and NCAA D2 levels. She has been with Georgia Southwestern
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Welcome to Interview #13. I am pleased to share with you the wisdom of Isaac Brooks, former coach of Women’s Soccer at Union University. Coach Brooks was named the women’s soccer head coach at Union University in 2012. In his first two seasons as head coach, he has been given the task of leading Union
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Are Division 3 athletics a Good Option? Division 3 athletics have no scholarships so it must be full of poor athletes who all must be rich to afford school without an athletic scholarship. Do you believe that? In another post, I talked extensively about NCAA Division 3. Now I want to come back to Division
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