The Bryant Ferate Podcast

Caroline Austin is today’s guest on The Bryant Ferate Podcast. I loved this episode and this conversation. One of those conversations you have with an amazing friend where you lose track of time. Caroline and I became friends in college when we coached together at Washington State University. Go Cougs! Caroline is so aware and impresses me every day with who she is and who she is becoming. Through...

Zach Rockford is today's guest on the podcast. Most recently Rock took over as the new Director of Athletic Performance for the University of Montana Grizzlies and is the co-founder of High-Performance Headquarters. Which is an online coaching resource for training and coach education. Zach has also coached at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Incarnate Word, Arizona, and TCU.  This episode is aweso...

Kevin Dailly is today's guest for this in-person conversation. Creator, an artist, and most recently, dropped his debut album All Things Considered under the name KEVY. Link in the show notes to find his album on Spotify. Kevin and I went to high school together and recently reconnected over the creation of this podcast. Big shout out to Kevin for the consistent love and for always tapping into th...

Episode 20! I am so excited for you to check out this conversation! The guest on the podcast today is Danny Miranda, the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast which is in the top 1% of podcasts in the world, the top 100 podcasts in entrepreneurship in the USA, sponsored by My First Million, featuring guests such as Gary V, Sahil Bloom, Morgan Housel, Sam Parr, Shaan Puri, and he just eclipsed over 300...

Today’s guest is Logan Emory. Current Assistant Coach For UP Women’s Soccer at the University of Portland and is a Pilot Alum competing on the Men’s Soccer team during his college career. Logan played professionally with Toronto FC and the Puerto Rico Islanders. Born and raised in Boise, Idaho Logan brings it in this episode. Diving into the lessons that he learned from his journey from high schoo...

Welcome back to The Bryant Ferate Podcast. Fired up for you to be here and check out this episode with Dave Houglum. He is an absolute legend and the tables are turned today because I get to ask Dave questions and let him go off on his passion for leadership. Dave is my leadership coach, so it was fun to connect with him outside of our typical coaching sessions in this podcast space. Dave is the D...

Welcome back to The Bryant Ferate Podcast. Today’s guest is Nate Graham. A great friend and fellow performance coach. Nate is the Director of Sports Performance at Rokke Performance in Portland Oregon. Nate is deep into the craft of coaching working with athletes and dedicated to consistent improvement with an extensive background in education ranging from a master's in Human Performance from Libe...

Mike Vaccaro, (aka Wey!), has taught me so much in life about coaching, pursuing what you want, and being driven to create your path. He most of all helped me believe in myself early in my coaching career. He highlighted qualities that I had that made me unique and challenged me to embrace them. I am forever grateful for that. We crossed paths at Washington State University where I was an undergra...

Today’s guest is my great friend from the coaching world, Ryan Metzger. Our paths crossed at the University of Kentucky back in 2013 and have been friends ever since. Metzger is a frequent flyer on podcasts and I am excited to dive into some different topics today outside the typical college strength & conditioning conversations. We discuss coaches having coaches, the best ways to give & receive f...

Mark O’Donnell is joining us on the podcast. Mark is killing it in the game of digital storytelling & showing us all what Washington State & the rest of the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Mark expresses his creativity with his iconic yellow jacket and by delivering content on hiking, getting out in nature, and just being authentically himself through his art. We dive into topics of how to develop...

Writing this introduction for my amazing friend and mentor is a tough one. I wanted to be concise but there is so much to say. This episode is special to me because Cat and I connect so often on life and coaching over the phone these past few years since she moved from Portland to the East Coast. Cat was the original one who gave me my first opportunity to coach after grad school. She hired me and...

We have an incredible human being on the pod today and I am excited to share this conversation with you. Especially the first 10 minutes Christopher creates the space for this conversation using breath work. I hope that the first 10 minutes makes your day. Christopher Villanella and I met at Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in Portland Oregon. Christopher is my breathing coach and has also coached me throug...

Matthieu Galizia is the director of operations for the BEST coffee shop in Portland, Oregon. Cathedral Coffee is my frequent neighborhood stop to grab a cold brew and be productive. Cathedral is a special place to me as it is where I have spent a lot of time working on myself, my writing, and the podcast. In this episode, we get into the history of Cathedral Coffee, what is such a special place, a...

Dirk Van der Velde is the owner of Momentasize Construction. Entrepreneur, former student-athlete I had the opportunity to coach at the University of Portland Men’s Soccer team, and amazing friend. Get into an awesome conversation today! Dirk shares insight into living life on his terms and working towards the goal of 10,000 properties. We discuss how he applies lessons from his playing career, hi...

Michael Richardson (Mike Rich) is back on the pod for Let’s Get This Bread Episode 2. In this conversation, we first hash things out from our previous episode where Mike felt misrepresented by himself. After we got Mike’s life story squared away we discussed living the full human experience, using the Lululemon packet to plan out our lives, and being a soon-to-be father. Interested in things we me...

Evan is a creator, sharing content from the life he is living. He joins us on the podcast today to dive into his experiences as a professional in social media content creation. He is behind the scenes & behind the camera of the University of Portland Athletics department’s social media and many other freelance projects in the Portland, Oregon community.  Was excited to learn from him about how he...

Today’s episode is with my great friend, fellow coach, and roommate. The one and only Jack Mullaney. Jack is currently the Assistant Cross Country and Track Coach for the men and women at the University of Portland. Jack is always developing himself through reading, podcasts, education, and application. Leveraging all of those tools to better understand and be his best self. This conversation shin...

Episode 6 The Bryant Ferate Podcast: Let's Get This Bread Episode 1 Great day to be great! Mike Rich joins us for episode 6 on the pod. Starting off the streak of our Let's Get This Bread Episodes. We dive into a range of topics and reflect on tough questions from a previous My First Million Episode in the back half of the episode. Grateful to have him on the pod and his consistent influence on me...

In episode 5 of The Bryant Ferate Podcast, I get to sit down with +19 year basketball coach Skyler Young (End of May 2022). Currently, the assistant basketball coach for the University of Portland Women's Basketball team. Amazing friend with so much compassion and deep thoughts on life. Man, whew this episode just made me pause afterward.  We discuss developing genuine relationships, what has impa...

Episode 4's guest is Nick Finney, a great friend, and training partner at Renzo Gracie Jiu Jitsu Portland. We dive into his journey as a copywriter, the influence music has on us, his experience going to Coachella 6 times, and overall how to improve at our creative crafts. Nick discusses his path through being accepted into Wieden+Kennedy ad agency school and how that helped him refine his writing...

I had the opportunity to coach Nick Hauger during his collegiate running career and coach alongside him when he joined the University of Portland for Sports Performance Staff. Ever since I first met Nick he has had a presence and clarity that I have always appreciated. It has shown through his journey in being an amazing human being, accomplished collegiate distance runner, and now running profess...

Matt is one of the most present and intentional action takers I have ever met. Today’s episode we dive into many different topics revolving around the big picture of who are we becoming, what kind of life do we want to live, and being the best version of ourselves. Matt’s background is a phenomenal one, going from running collegiately (Minnesota and Portland), running professionally, riding his bi...

Noah Cracknell is currently a strength and conditioning coach and a writer that is diving into all things health, performance, and longevity. I had the opportunity to coach Noah during his freshmen year while attending the University of Portland and being on the baseball team. It was great to sit down with him to discuss not only coaching and health but also just how much he has grown since we hav...