Inside the Coaching Mind with Terry Pettit

Former Nebraska All-American setter Val Novak Warrior joins Terry in a conversation with John Mabry about his recently released book, "Nebraska Volleyball: The Origin Story." Mabry, the former sports editor of the Lincoln Journal-Star, has written the first book on the history of Nebraska volleyball, from its beginning years following the enactment of Title IX through its first national championsh...

Three Hall-of-Fame volleyball coaches share insights about their teaching methods and the adjustments they would make if they were coaching today. Laurie Corbelli played on the 1984 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team and won a silver medal, then was the head coach at Texas A&M from 1993 through 2017. Don Shaw won four national championships at Stanford University. Steve Shondell won four nat...

On August 30th, history was made as a Nebraska volleyball match set a world record, with 92,000 people in attendance. Lexi Rodriguez, the Cornhuskers' stellar libero, played in the match. Randy Gobel coordinated the infrastructure for the event at Memorial Stadium. Stephanie Thater-Brown, a former Huskers' All-American, attended the match with her daughter. All three share stories from different p...

Keegan Cook, Beth Launiere and Kevin Hambly have been stalwarts in Pac-12 women's volleyball leadership. Keegan departed for Minnesota in December, only to see his former Washington Huskies opt for the Big Ten in 2024. Beth is entering her 34th season at Utah, and will begin her final year in the Pac-12 before the Utes slide over to the Big XII. Kevin's Stanford squad is a National Championship co...

Julie Hermann walked-on to the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, earned a scholarship and became an all-conference outside hitter who played in the Cornhuskers' first-ever NCAA Tournament win. Following graduation, she moved into coaching, serving as an assistant at Wyoming and Georgia before landing the head job at Tennessee. Then, for 16 years she was second-in-command with the Uni...

We turn the tables on this episode of "Inside The Coaching Mind," where Terry Pettit becomes the interview subject! In speaking with University of Nebraska volleyball play-by-play announcer John Baylor, Terry talks about training and developing leaders, as well as how extraordinary leadership led to the Cornhuskers' first national championship. Coach Pettit also discusses how volleyball has change...

Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Stone talks about the coaching behaviors that create a more interactive and efficient practice. For 26 years, Jim was the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at Ohio State University and a frequent coach for USA Youth National Teams. He has authored "A Game Plan for Better Practices" and his journal on coaching volleyball can be found at his website, Jim Stone Consulting. See Priv...

Hall-of-Fame coach Shelton Collier and former Nebraska All-American outside hitter Gina Mancuso-Prososki discuss their roles with the Omaha franchise in the brand-new Pro Volleyball Federation League. ' The eight-team venture will begin play in February 2024 and the Omaha franchise will feature 14 players, many of whom played internationally and were extraordinary collegiate All-Americans. The ina...

Hall-of-Famer and current Florida women's volleyball coach Mary Wise talks about her start in coaching as a 21-year-old at Iowa State. She also shares why Kathy DeBoer has made a greater impact on volleyball than any other person while serving as the Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h...

Kerri Walsh Jennings is a five-time Olympian, qualifying four times in beach volleyball and once in indoor volleyball. Kerri won three consecutive gold medals with partner Misty May-Treanor, making them the most dominant beach volleyball team of all-time. She was also a four-time All-American at Stanford University, leading the Cardinal to back-to-back national championships in 1996 and '97. Now a...

While attending the University of Nebraska, Cathy Noth was Big 8 Conference MVP as an outside hitter when she trained to become a setter for her junior and senior seasons. That experience led to four years as a setter with the U.S. National Team. After her playing career ended, Noth spent ten years as an assistant coach with the Huskers, helping the team to five Final Fours and the program's first...

Tim Miles, the head coach for San Jose State men's basketball, won the Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year award in 2022-23. Miles led the Spartans to their first 20+ win season in more than 40 years. He is the former head coach at Nebraska, Colorado State and North Dakota State, carrying a reputation for taking underachieving programs to the next level. See Privacy Policy at https://art19....

University of Nebraska head softball coach Rhonda Revelle talks about her career as a player and hall-of-fame coach with the Cornhuskers. Coach Revelle led her squad to the Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship last season and is recognized as one of the most thoughtful and forward-thinking coaches in college softball. Rhonda and Terry Pettit had a significant impact on each other while they...

Creighton head volleyball coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth joins host Terry Pettit in a conversation with Dr. Scotta Morton, the former Director of Mental Performance at the University of Missouri. Scotta is the founder "Go For It Mental Performance Coaching" in Columbia, Missouri and shares her ideas about building a healthy identity for both coaches and student-athletes.  See Privacy...

Former U.S. Men's and Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon talks about the mission and vision for a Gold Medal team, the three levels of trust, the elements of competitive excellence and his decision to move towards mentoring coaches. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Nebraska's Director of Athletics, Trev Alberts, talks about the process of searching for  the best fit for Nebraska football. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

NCAA Division I Volleyball Committee chair Pauline Thiros joins the show and reveals the process of at-large selections and how teams are seeded in the upcoming NCAA DI Women's Volleyball Championship. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Big Ten / ESPN volleyball analyst Emily Ehman joins the show and discusses broadcast preparation routines, her time as a student-athlete at Northwestern University and the best place to grab a coffee in her hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Former Nebraska libero Lindsay Peterson and Husker play-by-play announcer John Baylor give their insights on the exceptional liberos who have played for Nebraska, including Danny Busboom, Kayla Banwarth, Justine Wong-Orantes, Kenzie Knuckles and Lexi Rodriguez.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Kathy DeBoer, Executive Director of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, joins Inside The Coaching Mind to discuss college volleyball's growing popularity, how Title IX can affect the sport and much more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Nebraska Cornhuskers' head women's volleyball coach John Cook joins Inside The Coaching Mind to discuss the 2022-23 season outlook and a horse named Bud! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Lyndsey Oates is beginning her 18th season as the head coach of the University of Northern Colorado's volleyball team. She has the most experienced team with the greatest depth UNC has ever had. They just returned from a trip to Italy and Greece where she had the opportunity to evaluate her talented freshman class. Lyndsey also chairs the NCAA Volleyball rules committee. She talks about a possible...

Janice Kruger and Nancy Grant-Colson played on the earliest Women’s volleyball teams at Nebraska and helped build the foundation to remarkable consistency. Kruger went on to great success as a head volleyball coach at Nebraska-Omaha and the University of Maryland. Grant-Colson coached high school volleyball in Lincoln throughout her career as an educator. Dahlgren waked on to Nebraska volleyball,...

Trev Alberts is on a journey from All-American linebacker, to an injury-plagued career in the NFL, to a football analyst on ESPN and CBS, to then becoming the Athletic Director at Nebraska-Omaha where he was charged with making tough decisions to make an athletic department financially viable. For the last year, he has been the Director of Athletics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he i...

Dave Shondell is beginning his 19th season as the head coach of Purdue's women's volleyball team. His father, Dr. Don Shondell played a significant role in developing coaches and promoting the sport while building and coaching the men's volleyball team at Ball State University. All three son's played for their father at Ball State, and all three have continued their father's legacy. Dave talks abo...