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Leigh Jaynes is building the women’s wrestling program at Division III Delaware Valley University in Doylestown from the ground up as the first head coach in program history. This follows an outstanding career as a wrestler in her own right. She won a bronze medal for Team USA in women’s freestyle wrestling at the 2015 World Championships. In Episode #77 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon...

Joey Wendle is one of the greatest baseball players to come through the program at West Chester University. The Avon Grove High School product was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round in 2012 and for the last few years has been a key member of the Tampa Bay Rays. In Episode #76 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Wendle over Zoom to look back at his early care...

Ryan Kulik is in his second year as the head baseball coach at Division III Rutgers University-Camden. Kulik pitched at Cherokee High School and Rowan University and spent many years playing pro baseball in the St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies organizations. He pitched for the now defunct Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League and coached at Rowan before taking over the progra...

Joe Juliano is one of the top sportswriters in Philadelphia. During his more than three decades at the Philadelphia Inquirer, he has covered everything from Penn State football to the Olympics. In Episode #74 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Juliano over Zoom to talk about his career in journalism and reflect on some of the incredible moments and events he has covered....

Ray Priore has been coaching football at the University of Pennsylvania since 1987. He came on as an assistant and moved up to become defensive coordinator and associate head coach before taking over the program as head coach after the 2014 season. As the head coach, he has twice led the Quakers to the Ivy League title. In Episode #73 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with P...

Kiera Wooden’s name has been synonymous with West Chester University women’s basketball for years. Since 2014 she has been the head coach of the Golden Rams. Prior to that, she spent a decade as an assistant under former head coach Deirdre Kane. She also played at West Chester, and finished her career as one of the greatest to ever put on a Golden Ram uniform. In Episode #72 of “...

Bobby Hughes has been the head men’s basketball coach at Division III Rosemont College since 2012. He’s the program’s all-time coaching wins leader and he led the Ravens to a 2019 Colonial States Athletic Conference title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. In Episode #71 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Hughes over Zoom to talk about his life in...

Brandon Matthews is a professional golfer and Temple University product who is currently competing on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica. In Episode #70 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Matthews over Zoom to talk about his career as a pro, what life is like on the tour and they also look back at his college career as a star golfer for the Owls. "1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is...

J.J. Daigneault spent some 16 years playing in the National Hockey League. He was a member of ten different teams, including the Flyers. His time in Philadelphia was relatively short, two seasons, but he scored one of the most memorable goals in franchise history, the game-winner in Game #6 of the 1987 Stanley Cup against the Edmonton Oilers at the Spectrum. In Episode #69 of “1-on-1 with Ma...

Matt Midkiff has been the head baseball coach at Division III Swarthmore College since 2013. On his watch, the Garnet have emerged on the national stage. In 2018 he led Swarthmore to its first-ever Centennial Conference title and an appearance in the College World Series. In Episode #68 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Midkiff over Zoom and they talk about his life in b...

Jim Rullo has been the head men’s basketball coach at Division III Neumann University in Aston since 2013. The Knights have enjoyed a high level of success since he took over, winning nearly two-thirds of their games during his tenure and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament twice. In Episode #67 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Rullo over Zoom to listen to some tre...

Norman Tate has spent the past twelve years as an assistant track and field coach at Division III Rowan University. He has an extensive coaching resume and he was also a premier performer, competing in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in the triple jump.  In Episode #66 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Tate over Zoom about his career in track. They talk about hi...

Dave Duda has been the Athletic Director at Delaware Valley University since 2019. Prior to that, he enjoyed a ton of success coaching hoops. He was a head coach at Widener University and a longtime assistant at Saint Joseph’s University and Jefferson University. In Episode #65 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Duda over Zoom to talk about what it is like to be an athl...

Steve Mix spent 13 years in the NBA, the bulk of that time as a key member of some great 76ers teams in the 70’s and 80’s. Once his playing days were done, he enjoyed a long run as a member of the Sixers TV broadcast team. In Episode #64 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Mix over Zoom to look back at his life in basketball, learn when he broke through as an NBA p...

Ray Gaddis was drafted by the Philadelphia Union in the second round back in 2012 and since then he has been about as consistent a player as the franchise has ever had. He has started more than 200 games with the Union and is the franchise’s all-time leader in minutes played. In Episode #63 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks with Gaddis over Zoom to discuss his life in soccer...

Mark Ferrante has been the head football coach at Villanova University since late 2016. Prior to that he spent some three decades as an assistant on the Main Line. He has enjoyed a ton of success with the WIldcats, including leading them to the FCS playoffs in 2019. In Episode #62 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks with Ferrante over Zoom about his career at Villanova, ho...

Steve Schrenk has spent his life in baseball. A right-handed pitcher, he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 4th round in 1987. After years of battling and fighting through injury, he made his major league debut at the age of 30 with the Phillies in 1999. He would spend parts of two seasons in the bigs with the Phillies and then several years as a coach in the Phillies minor league system...

Colleen Fink has spent the last decade as the head field hockey coach at the University of Pennsylvania. During her tenure at the helm, she has turned the Quakers into one of the premier programs in the Ivy League. In Episode #60 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Fink over Zoom to talk about her life in field hockey, including her playing days at Saint Joseph’s Uni...

Ben McIntosh is one of the top players in the National Lacrosse League. The #1 overall pick in the 2014 NLL draft, McIntosh was recently acquired by the Philadelphia Wings. He will be returning to Philadelphia, the city where he starred in college at Drexel University. In Episode #59 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks with McIntosh over Zoom to about the forward’s new opportu...

Chris Carideo is preparing for his 15th season as the head men's basketball coach at Division III Widener University. He has won 213 games as the head coach of the Pride. But his coaching record only tells part of the story of what he has meant to Widener basketball as Carideo was also one of the greatest players in program history, scoring more than 2,000 points. In Episode #58 of "1-on-1 with Ma...

Herb Courtney was a standout basketball player at Hatboro-Horsham High School and then at the University of Delaware. After a pro career that took him overseas, Courtney got into coaching, but now he has taken on a new venture as the founder and CEO of Renaissance Search & Consulting, a search firm that strives to connect colleges and universities with the most qualified and diverse candidates...

Mountain MacGillivray is preparing for his third season as the head women’s basketball at La Salle University. His team more than doubled its win total from his first season to its second. Prior to coming to La Salle, the Philadelphia native enjoyed a long, successful run as an assistant and associate head coach at Quinnipiac. In Episode #56 of "1-on-1 with Matt Leon," Matt catches up with M...

Bob File was one of the greatest baseball players in the history of Jefferson University. He hit over .500 as a senior, but it would be as a pitcher that the Father Judge High School product would make his way to the Major Leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays. In Episode #55 of "1-on-1 with Matt Leon," Matt catches up with File over Zoom to talk about his time in baseball and look back at his journe...

Mike Jordan was recently hired as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Drexel University. An Abington Friends High School product, Jordan was a star at the University of Pennsylvania before enjoying a successful pro career overseas. He had been serving as an assistant coach at Colgate prior to coming to Drexel. In Episode #54 of "1-on-1 with Matt Leon," Matt catches up with Jordan over Zoo...

Joe Valerio was a star football player at Ridley High School and the University of Pennsylvania. Valerio enjoyed so much success at Penn that the Kansas City Chiefs drafted the offensive lineman in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft and he went on to spend six seasons in the NFL. In Episode #53 of "1-on-1 with Matt Leon," Matt catches up with Valerio over Zoom and they reflect on his football...