Developing Tomorrow's Leaders with Coach T®

Newton is a passionate and driven Career Coach who is driven by helping students find their mission. His work at Ohio Wesleyan University is specifically with students in Social Impact, Humanities, and the Arts. He is passionate about connecting students with resources and giving them the ability to thrive in an area of usual fear and high stress. Newton received his MPA from Cleveland State Unive...

Dwayne Morgan began his career in the spoken word in 1993. Affectionately called the Godfather of Canadian spoken word by his peers, Morgan is the author of 14 published and 9 audio collections of his work. Morgan is a 2013 inductee into the Scarborough Walk of Fame. To date Morgan has shared his work in 18 countries internationally. He is the recipient of the Harry Jerome Award, the African Canad...

Jessie Liew is a founder of Digital Parenting Coaching. As a mother of 4, a cybersecurity expert, she also have to face the same task as all parents, which are rearing safe & responsible digital children. She has been able to help parents to become confident digital parents, having better relationship with their children while empowering their children to use electronic devices in a responsibl...

My guest in the episode is R.J. Spelsberg, a former player that I coached when he was 13 and 14 years old. I also had the pleasure  of coaching against him. He coached the Monacan varsity boys basketball team to the VHSL State Championship in 2016. We have a great conversation that included: Him recalling the historical run he led his team on in 2015-16. It has the making of a made for TV mov...

Matt DeSantis is the co-founder of Teen Think Tank Project , a student-run  policy institute that fosters critical thinking, research techniques,  and problem-solving skills to develop policy frameworks for real-life  issues and empower students to become future change-makers. Matt has been studying & practicing mediation and art of  negotiation over 20 years. As a New Jers...

Lea Satterfield has been a life-long learner in the field of personal finance, learning from her mom who was a financial educator for almost 40 years. After studying personal finance in college, Lea worked in the investment regulatory space for over a decade uncovering Ponzi schemes and identifying people that laundered money. She has hung up her badge, and now works to pass on the knowledge she h...

Martin Hinton is the Managing Director/ Producer with Rhetorical Ronin LLC. He and I met via a networking platform and hit off a great conversation around parents and youth sports. That is what we discuss in this episode. It includes a great story that his son shared, while being interviewed for a television news piece.  Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders with Coach T® is part of Coach T’s  C...

Gabriela Sirbu is a therapist, speaker, and writer at migrationofemotion.com . She if former journalist with a BA in Journalism and communication. Has a Master Degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation from UiT The Arctic University of Norway and a six years specialization within practical psychology from the Norwegian Gestalt Institute in Oslo. A Romanian expat studying, living and working in N...

My guest in this episode, Chelsea Olson, Empowers businesses and individuals to reduce stress, and embrace their full potential. It's time to Breakthrough Burnout and have a business and life you love. Chelsea  specializes in work life balance through helping high performers  breakthrough burnout, increase energy levels, and improve team dynamics. Website: https://chelsea-olson.com/ Emai...

Dr. Terrence Z. Johnson is a person dedicated to the development of people. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counselor education. He is also a graduate of Mississippi College where he obtained his Doctorate in Professional Counseling. He currently lives in Gallatin, TN. He is Co-Founder/ Chief Innovation O...

About my guest in this episode: Motivational Speaker by day, Amazing Husband and Father by night. Created Tenacity Foundation to share his knowledge to help people set their lives free and to become liberated from things that are holding them down one step at a time. Tenacity Foundation is filled with people that have tenacity, motivation, creativity and drive to become better and have a successfu...

My guest in this episode is Maria Diaz, The founder of Stand Coaching Services. Maria is an empowerment coach who I guides women to ground into their leadership, personal power & self expression. I also had the pleasure of working with her last summer when I was a facilitator for the I Dare U2 Bee kids virtual summer camp. She a passionate, caring and authentic person that shares her amazing t...

In this episode, I interview a very special guest, my nephew, Haden Lewis Thompson. Haden is a former collegiate basketball player,  having played at the University of Lynchburg, Pfeiffer, and the University of Mary Washington. He received his Masters degree in Sports Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019. He served on the athletic staff as the Coordinator of Tick...

Jeff Otis is a TEDx speaker and the Founder and CEO of Project OTY, a personal leadership program to help young adults and business professionals accelerate their leadership growth to become high-performing leaders across their life and career. When his opportunity to play professional baseball ended, Jeff then spent over 30 years leading companies across the advertising, online marketing, and emp...

In this episode of Developing Tomorrow's Leaders, I have an in depth conversation surrounding the many roles and impact of mentorship with Maggie Okponobi. Maggie resides in Indiana with her family. In her free time she enjoys the outdoors, work out classes, cooking, traveling, reading and spending time with family and friends creating memories. Maggie’s career started in the education sector as a...

As a healthcare professional, Alanna has spent 18 years educating and instilling confidence in adults and children.  Following her passion to inspire children to be their best selves she became an author,  leadership coach and co-founder of IDareU2Bee Global Enterprises Inc. Alanna continuously strives to develop herself and learn new things such as tap and swing dancing, and her latest...

Before he was Vice President and now COO of Boys & Girls Club of Metro Richmond, he was a former collegiate, high school and AAU basketball player. He played for Coach T® when he was 14 years old, as part of the Richmond Metro AAU silver team. Sean is an accomplished administrator with extensive high-level operational experience seeking to leverage an extensive background in operational manage...

Mary Ziola-Vega, Founder and CEO of Thriving Athletes shares insights on the college scholarship process with Coach T. How to get ready to participate in collegiate sports starting as young as 6th grade. She also shares how dealing with her daughters' college scholarship process led her to start Thriving Athletes.  Contact Information for Our Guest Email: Mary@thrivingathletes.org Website: Th...

My guest in this episode is parenting expert, Aly Pain. From being a troubled teen to parenting two teens, She hopes her journey is someone’s survival guide. Growing up, Aly was the smart, fun girl on the outside and a frantic, anxious mess on the inside. She spent years healing the pain of dysfunctional family relationships, including eating disorders and a suicide attempt, to break the cycle of...

In this episode, I talk with Kevin Palmieri, the Founder & Host of the Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement podcast with more than 800 episodes reaching over half a million people in more than 100 countries on how to improve your life, love, health & wealth. Kevin is a Podcast Consultant specializing in helping CEOs & Entrepreneurs grow, scale & monetize their p...

In this episode, you will get a lesson in education, on education, and about education. From administration to faculty, parents, and of course, the students. My guest in this episode is an award-winning educator, former all-American college football player, also is my older brother. Dr. Marvin Thompson. Dr. T, as he is widely known, has been featured on CNN’s Headline News on several occasions and...

Episode Guest: Keith Senzer Keith helps teens find their true north and follow it through their words and actions, to create a more loving, accepting, responsible, and committed adult who has the power to ensure their future success and heal our world. He is also the President of The Sophia Valsamos Foundation's mission is to empower young people to take a stand against bullying, find support arou...

Are you a parent or student stressed about the college application process? Don't know where to start? Have no fear, as my guest today, Anne Sullivan has the solution for you. Anne has more than 20 years in the field of technology and education. She has a degree in Psychology as well as Certifications in Computer Science and Teaching. In her previous role as Vice President of Member Services at ER...

In this episode, the discussion is about teen entrepreneurship, mentorship, lifelong learning & self-directed education, and the value of 1:1 mentoring & how it differs from coaching. About the Guest: SJ Barakony describes himself as the Education Sherpa, Super Connector, Futurist, Thought Leader, Podcast guest ( and future host ), Guest Blogger & Historian. What he's done: SJ presentl...

Professional mediator and relationship coach, Anne deLain W. Clark joins Coach T® to talk about the five-conflict resolution or transformation styles. In the episode, you get great insight and examples of Avoiding, Compromising, Collaborating, Controlling, and Accommodating. About the Guest: Anne has been helping people ask, listen, and respond better for over 20 years in the public and private se...