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 Interview with Marques Ogden Growing up in a single parent home with a father that inspired perseverance and fairness, Marques Ogden learned how to define his values and set goals. Ogden attended Howard University from 1998-2002 where he played Division I football. He then followed his dream and his brother Jonathan’s footsteps, eventually getting drafted into the NFL in 2003. Overall, he played...

Interview with Tricia Roos Tricia Roos is a Dallas wife and mother who built a winning career in sports and high school admissions but found her greatest victory in loss. Against the advice of medical experts, Tricia carried full term a child she was warned would die at birth or before. That season Tricia’s team won every game, the child in her grew, and eventually she held and loved the daughter...

Interview with Nick Pags Soccer was what Nick thought was his future until it was taken from him. What would you do if you went to a school to play soccer and they said there was a try-out? And you didn't make the team. For Nick this became a challenge and defined who he became. Now Nick is a Growth Mindset Expert, Certified Behavioral Change Specialist and Inspirational Live Coach, who under...

Challenger Deep: Stories, Fables, and Lesson to Help You Rise Above Adversity Authors: Tami Matheny and Lindsey Hall The lowest point on earth is called Challenger Deep. The beautiful thing about being at your lowest point is there is nowhere to go but up. In these moments of adversity, we must stop and look up and focus on the little bit of light that’s peaking through. In some instances, you may...

Interview with Jon Torine From Momouth County, NJ Jon always loved sports. But what he found was he loved the strength and conditioning aspect of the sport more. It was at Springfield College where a baseball coach got him in touch with a strength coach in the NFL. Jon got an internship with the Buffalo Bills and eventually a full-time job. First the Buffalo Bills, then the head strength and condi...

Interview with Deshawn Anderson As his mother said, Deshawn was born to play football. Deshawn was a star high school player and was sought after by numerous schools. He decided to go to a HBCU school, Norfolk State University. Here he not only played football but found his love for education. After college he decided to become a high school computer teacher and a football coach, the two things he...

Interview with Cory Camp Cory Camp grew up a competitive swimmer, and for most of his life, that's all he really knew. In his senior year of high school, he found himself with a condition that no one could figure out. As he was looking at colleges, it was the coach from the University of Delaware who told him he didn't have to go through it alone. They would go through it together. He fo...

Interview with Leah Swanders From Grand Junction, Colorado, Leah was a soccer superstar. Recruited by many D1 universities she picked the University of Colorado. After a great 4 years she went pro in New Zealand. When situations changed, she was forced back to the US and she was forced to find herself. Little did she know that when Taj Dashaun reached out to her to help her in her transition that...

Interview with Dr. Matthew Raidbard Ed. D. Growing up Matthew always wanted to become a coach. So much so he would coach his brothers teams. After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in history and classical studies from Indiana University, Dr. Matthew Raidbard decided to pursue his dream of being a college basketball coach. His first college basketball coaching job was at Western New Mexico University...

Interview with Andy Storch Andy Storch is an author, consultant, coach, speaker and facilitator specializing in helping clients turn strategy into action and people doing the best work of their lives. Andy’s purpose is to love and support his family and to impact the world by inspiring people to stop drifting, take control and live life with intention. Andy is also the host of two podcasts, includ...

Interview with Thomas R Williams Thomas R. Williams is the author of Permission to DREAM and The Relentless Pursuit of Greatness, Professional Speaker, NFL Player Engagement Ambassador, and Philanthropist. As a professional speaker Mr. Williams is a member of The Jon Gordon Speaking team and communicates with great passion and purpose on “The Energy Bus” and “Training Camp.” He impacts his audienc...

Lessons on Simplicity: S2E43 Do things have to be that hard? Most of the time it doesn't.  Trying to cancel a gym membership? How's that going? Games on the line and the call is easy, but no let's try something else. Why? Simple things become difficult because you make it difficult to see the simplicity. Eric Reyes: Host of Hey Coach! Podcast email: eric@heycoachreyes.com LinkedIn:...

Interview with Ryan Schachtner Ryan was a collegiate baseball player who had dreams and a path to play professionally until a career ending injury sidelined him. With his dream of playing professionally over, Ryan had to pivot and figure out what the rest of his life would look like. Using the skills he developed over the years of playing sports, Ryan set out on his own and started his own financi...

Interview with Derrick Pearson MOTTO: Loving and Learning Through Sports Derrick  Pearson is a sportscaster, radio and television host, high school  coach, and mentor, and has a special way with words. His 30+ years of  coaching young people and talking one on one with the greatest athletes  and coaches in the country has given him a perspective many will never  have. He is known to many, simply,...

Interview with Aaron Tiller S2Ep40 FromColumbus, Ohio, Aaron Tiller was always swimming against the tide. Too small for D1, he knew it wasn't true. He received a scholarship to Southern University. He was a 4 year started, 2 year captain. Tiller earned All-SWAC honors three times during his collegiate career and was named HBCU All-American in 2017. Following college, Tiller worked out with th...

Lesson From The Legend of Bagger Vance Would you call a penalty on yourself? What line would you cross to achieve your goals. Or better yet, what wouldn't you do? Before setting goals you need to know who you are and why are setting goals. I took input from Tami Matheny and Jeff Heggie to get ideas on this topic. T ami Matheny Tami Matheny (@refuse2losecoaching) • Instagram photos and videos...

Interview with Tobruk Blaine From Idaho, Tobruk, loved sports but gravitated to cheerleading. She was a high school cheerleader and then went on to cheering at Oregon State. After graduation she was a high school and college cheerleading coach at Eagle and Rocky Mountain High Schools in Idaho and at Boise State University. Her high school teams won the Idaho 5A state cheerleading championships twi...

Take That Extra Step Are you taking those steps that are distinguishing you from all the rest? Are you taking on extra and showing you are a leader and team player? Or are you just doing what it takes to just get by? Leaders do extra, go the extra yard and lead from the front. Here are two stories that show what it is to lead. Eric Reyes: Host of Hey Coach! Podcast email: eric@heycoachreyes.com Li...

Interview with Charles Schultz Charles has always been enthusiastic about the pursuit of excellence, both personally and coaching others.  This pursuit started early in life as an athlete.  Charles had a constant drive to improve that led to him having a high level of success in baseball.  Inspired by his high school coach he learned the value of committing himself to a goal and improving slowly o...

Help Them Succeed! While coaching I've seen coaches pull players off the field after a mistake, yell at them, then throw them back onto the field and never tell them what they did wrong. Funny thing is I've seen the same thing happen in the business world. Projects given out to the wrong people and the employee doesn't know how to do it and the supervisor doesn't help them lear...

Interview With Lina Taylor Born in communist  Bulgaria, Lina loved volleyball but her passion was to move to the United States. Through work and a bit of luck she was able to reach out to a college coach and get a volleyball scholarship to the University of Idaho. After graduation she was watching the 1996 Olympics where they introduced beach volleyball. The itch for the game came back. With her s...

An Example of What Leadership Looks Like Too many times we hear what qualities do leaders have or if you want to become a good leader, these are the things you need to do. What I thought I'd do is give you a look into the high school coach I think shows you what leadership should look like. Wins and loses matter in games but they don't tell you about the leadership of the organization. I...

  Interview with NFL's Reggie Rusk Coach Reggie Rusk played football for the University of Kentucky and continued his football career as a NFL cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Reggie Learned early what it takes to become successful. He knows first-hand what a disadvantage it can be to not have the proper information and resources. Lacking the proper NCAA requirements, he was forced to...

The Funeral Procession Follow my story on how I changed my mindset from me to others. What are you doing to impact others? Who's going to care when your gone? Here's a hint..... It starts with yourself. Eric Reyes: Host of Hey Coach! Podcast email: eric@heycoachreyes.com LinkedIn: Eric Reyes | LinkedIn Facebook: (1) Hey Coach | Facebook Instagram : Eric Reyes (@reys6103) • Instagram phot...

Interview with Penelope Yamauchi From the Bay Area, Penelope competed in swimming all her life.  Penelope is a former D1 swimmer and 2012 Olympic Trial Qualifier. Like many she searched for her purpose after sports. She found that working directly with athletes was her calling and helping them in this transition is what she id doing now. Through her work as a dedicated career coach, superstar netw...