Airey Bros.'s Radio

Catawba College Head Men’s & Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field Coach Jason Bryan joins Airey Bros Radio for Episode 483. When Bryan arrived at Catawba in 2014, the cross country program had just nine athletes. More than a decade later, Catawba has sent both teams to the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, produced All-Americans and national-level athletes, built a track &am...

Mike Rosolino, Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, joins Airey Bros Radio for Episode 482. Coach Rosolino has spent more than two decades in Daytona Beach helping build Embry-Riddle from a developing NAIA cross country program into a nationally competitive NCAA Division II cross country and track & field program. We go back to the beginning o...

On Episode 481 of Airey Bros Radio, we head to Prescott, Arizona, with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Head Cross Country Coach Chris Bray. Coach Bray started the Embry-Riddle men’s and women’s cross country programs in 2013 and has built the Eagles into consistent NAIA national contenders. Along the way, his athletes have earned 25 NAIA All-American honors, national podium finishes and oppor...

University of Virginia Head Wrestling Coach Steve Garland joins Airey Bros Radio for Episode 480. Garland’s story is anything but conventional. He started wrestling late, found the sport during a pivotal point in his life, went from not starting in high school to becoming a New York State finalist, Fargo placer, ACC Champion, ACC Wrestler of the Year, NCAA All-American and 2000 NCAA finalist for t...

Gardner-Webb University Head Track & Field and Cross Country Coach Greg Thiel joins Airey Bros Radio for Episode 479! Coach Thiel has spent decades building programs, developing athletes, and creating opportunities across college track & field. His journey has taken him from helping build the track & field program at South Florida, to starting the program at Southern Wesleyan, to now l...

Coach Schroer brings one of the most unique backgrounds we’ve had on the show — an 8x NCAA Division I All-American, 2x Olympic Trials qualifier, World and USA Masters Champion in the 800m, and a coach whose journey has taken him from Virginia to Seoul, South Korea, and ultimately Northern California. We go back to his days at Georgetown and the influence of legendary coach Frank Gagliano, how he f...

University of Northern Colorado Head Cross Country & Track and Field Coach Nick Maas joins Airey Bros Radio to talk about taking over the Bears, building a NCAA Division I program in Colorado, recruiting the Mountain West, developing athletes and establishing a culture that can compete in the Big Sky Conference. Coach Maas takes us back to where it all started — growing up in Iowa, finding run...

Christian Brothers Academy Head Cross Country Coach Sean McCafferty joins Airey Bros Radio for a deep dive into one of the most storied high school cross country programs in America. Coming off a historic 2025 season, McCafferty was named the Joe Newton Coach of the Year after leading CBA to 3rd place at Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) with a New Jersey-record 15:54 team average. Under his leadership,...

Thomas More University Head Wrestling Coach Jason Russell joins Airey Bros Radio for Episode 475! Coach Russell is entering his 10th season leading the Saints and has guided Thomas More Wrestling through one of the more unique journeys in college wrestling — from NCAA Division III to the NAIA and ultimately into NCAA Division II and the G-MAC. In this episode, Coach Russell takes us through his wr...

Coach Dax Charles, Head Wrestling Coach at Colorado State University Pueblo, joins Airey Bros Radio for Episode 474! Entering his 18th season leading CSU Pueblo Wrestling, Coach Charles has spent decades building, rebuilding, and carrying forward the tradition of ThunderWolves wrestling. A former NCAA Division II National Champion, three-time All-American and NCAA Division II Wrestling Hall of Fam...

Florida Tech Head Cross Country & Track & Field Coach Dylan Anderson returns to Airey Bros Radio for Episode 473 following his appointment as the new leader of the Panthers program. Coach Anderson joins the Bros to talk about his move from the University of Evansville back home to Florida, taking over Florida Tech Cross Country & Track & Field, and his vision for building a champio...

Coach Danny Zarzutzki, Head Cross Country Coach at Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW), joins Airey Bros Radio to discuss building an NCAA Division II cross country program from the ground up, recruiting student-athletes, developing championship culture, and why GSW is one of the best values in Division II athletics. Coach Zarzutzki shares his unique coaching journey, transitioning from ba...

Coach Jacob Burgamy, Head Cross Country & Track & Field Coach at Augusta University, joins Airey Bros Radio to discuss building one of the premier NCAA Division II distance running programs in the country. Since taking over the Jaguars program, Coach Burgamy has continued Augusta University's championship tradition while developing NCAA National Championship qualifiers, Peach Belt Conferen...

Coach Terica Harris joins Airey Bros Radio to discuss building the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) Cross Country & Track & Field program into one of the fastest-rising programs in the Peach Belt Conference. Entering her fourth season as Head Coach, Harris has already guided the Sand Sharks to conference champions, school records, NCAA qualifiers, relay champions, All-Conferenc...

Coach Mark Misch joins Airey Bros Radio to discuss building one of the nation's premier NCAA Division II distance running programs at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) .Entering his 20th season leading the Mountain Lions Men's Cross Country program , Coach Misch has established UCCS as a perennial national contender, guiding the program to 11 NCAA Division II National Championship...

Coach Brad Herbste r joins Airey Bros Radio to discuss building one of the premier NCAA Division I distance running programs in the country at Appalachian State University . In Episode 468, we dive into Coach Herbster's coaching journey from standout student-athlete at South Carolina to becoming one of the nation's most respected collegiate distance coaches. We discuss the culture behind Appalachi...

For Episode 467 of Airey Bros Radio, we're joined by one of the most accomplished coaches in collegiate cross country. Coach Jim Sprecher, Head Men's & Women's Cross Country Coach at USC Aiken, sits down with us to discuss over 35 years of collegiate coaching, building championship programs across NCAA Division I, Division III, and now NCAA Division II. Coach Sprecher shares the philosophies t...

For Episode 466 of Airey Bros Radio, we're joined by one of the most respected coaches in NCAA Division I Track & Field. Coach Tommy Badon, Head Track & Field Coach at the University of Louisiana Lafayette, joins us to discuss over four decades of coaching, building championship cultures, recruiting elite student-athletes, talent identification, leadership, and the philosophy that has guid...

Arizona Christian University Head Cross Country Coach Brent Fahsholz joins Airey Bros Radio to discuss building one of the NAIA's rising cross country and distance running programs while developing student-athletes who grow both on and off the course. Coach Fahsholz shares his journey from Oregon to Arizona Christian, how he helped build programs from the ground up at Corban University, and why fa...

Coach Laurier Primeau joins Airey Bros Radio after leading the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds to their fifth consecutive NAIA Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Championship while earning 2026 NAIA Women's Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year honors. Coach Primeau has built one of the premier collegiate track & field programs in North America, developing NAIA Nation...

Coach Matt Beisel joins Airey Bros Radio for Episode 463.  As the Head Coach of Concordia University Track & Field and Cross Country, Coach Beisel has helped build one of the premier programs in the NAIA. Under his leadership, the Bulldogs have earned multiple NAIA Top-10 finishes, conference championships, national champions, All-Americans, and a reputation for developing student-athletes bot...

Airey Bros Radio Episode 462 welcomes New Mexico Highlands University Head Wrestling Coach Chris Freije. A former NCAA Division II National Finalist and RMAC Champion, Coach Freije joins us to discuss his wrestling journey from Arizona to Western Colorado, his coaching stops across NCAA Division II, NAIA, and NJCAA wrestling, and his vision for building New Mexico Highlands into a national contend...

Airey Bros Radio Episode 461 welcomes Oklahoma City University Head Wrestling Coach Justin Ensign following the most successful season in OCU Wrestling history. After leading the Stars to a 3rd-place finish at the 2026 NAIA Wrestling National Championships, Coach Ensign joins us to discuss the journey behind Oklahoma City University's first-ever national team trophy, five All-Americans, conference...

Coach Kenny Anderson joins Airey Bros Radio following a historic weekend for Central Methodist University Track & Field at the 2026 NAIA Outdoor National Championships. Under Anderson's leadership, the CMU men finished 7th nationally with 10 All-Americans, while the women also earned a Top-10 national finish with 9 All-Americans. The conversation dives into national championship performances,...

Episode 459 of Airey Bros Radio features KC Rock , Head Wrestling Coach at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University , following one of the biggest seasons in program history. Coach Rock joins ABR LIVE after leading Embry-Riddle Wrestling to a 4th place finish at the 2026 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championships with TWO individual national champions — Yoshiya Funakoshi...