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Diane Lokey has spent the last two decades leading the Division II West Chester University softball program to great heights. She has won more than 600 games at the helm of the Golden Rams, taken them to 11 NCAA Tournaments, winning 4 regional championships. She also has a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships to her coaching credit. In Episode #181 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon...

Jim Watson spent his entire decade in the NHL manning the blue line for the Philadelphia Flyers. He helped the Orange and Black win the Stanley Cup in both 1974 & 1975. After his playing days, Watson – who grew up in British Columbia – stayed in the Delaware Valley, eventually helped found Ice Works in Aston, where he still works today. In Episode #180 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks ab...

Kyle Davis is the first head coach in the history of Division II Holy Family University baseball. He has been tasked with beginning the program from scratch. This is the second time Davis has been in this position, he also started the program at Valley Forge Military Academy & College. He has also been at the other end of the life cycle, as he was the head coach at his alma mater University of...

Cindy Bevilacqua is the president and head coach at Middletown Archery in Media, PA. She has been an elite archer for decades. In college at James Madison University, she was named Female Athlete of the Year and she has coached countless archers who have enjoyed success at high levels. In Episode #178 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt welcomes Bevilacqua in studio to talk about her life in archery....

Kathleen Geiger was an elite athlete who starred at Temple in field hockey and lacrosse. Her lacrosse prowess led to her playing at the highest levels for the US team and earning the lofty honor of being named a 2023 Tewaaraton Legend of lacrosse. She also has enjoyed enormous success in the high school coaching ranks as a head coach at Penn Wood and currently as an assistant at Springfield. In Ep...

Bria Young is the head girls basketball coach at New Foundations Charter School in Philadelphia. Prior to coaching, Young was a star player at Division II Thomas Jefferson University and after college, she spent two years touring the world as the 14th woman to ever suit up for the Harlem Globetrotters. In Episode #176 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt welcomes Young in studio to talk about her life...

Scott Leacott has been the head women’s soccer coach at Division III Rowan University in Glassboro since 1999. He is the winningest coach in program history with 317 wins and he has taken the Profs to the NCAA Tournament 15 times. In Episode #175 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks with Leacott about his career in soccer. They look back at his playing days at Delran High School and in college,...

Lisa Gedaka recently finished her 34th season as the head varsity girls basketball coach at her alma mater Gloucester Catholic. She has enjoyed extraordinary success with the Rams, in fact, Gedaka is the winningest coach in South Jersey history with 686 wins to her credit. In Episode #174 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt welcomes Gedaka in studio to talk about her life in basketball. They talk abo...

Jarey Elder was a star defensive back at Division II West Chester University. As a senior in 2019, Elder was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Division Defensive Athlete of the Year. Since college, he has been chasing his pro football dream and these days he is in his second season with the New Orleans Breakers of the USFL. We caught up with Elder to talk about his football jou...

Baker Dunleavy was recently hired to fill the newly created position of General Manager of Villanova Basketball. Dunleavy is a very familiar face on the Main Line as he played for the Wildcats and also served several years in various roles on Jay Wright’s staff, including Associate Head Coach. In Episode #173 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Dunleavy about coming back to the Wildcats....

Sherri Retif just recently announced her retirement from coaching after 25 years leading the girls basketball program at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA. In those 25 years, she touched countless lives, won 539 games and led the Patriots to the Inter-Academic Athletic League Championship 20 times. At one point, Retif’s squad won 109 consecutive Inter-Ac games. In Episode #172 of “1-on-1 w...

Jennie Salmon took over as the head women’s fencing coach at her alma mater Temple University in the summer of 2022. She is just the second coach in Temple fencing's history as a varsity sport as she took over the program from its founder, the legendary Dr. Nikki Franke, who retired in 2022. Salmon was an elite fencer for Franke during her Owls career and prior to returning to North Broad Street,...

Paul Royal has spent the last two decades as the head women’s soccer coach at La Salle University. The Archbishop Ryan High School product is the winningest coach in La Salle program history and he has led the Explorers to five NCAA Tournaments. In Episode #170 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt welcomes Royal in studio to talk about his career. They discuss his success at La Salle, look back on his...

Tony Chapman just retired after 45 years as the head boys basketball coach at Holy Ghost Prep High School in Bensalem, PA. One of the state’s most respected coaches, Chapman enjoyed enormous success at his alma mater, winning 928 at the helm of the Firebirds. In Episode #169 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt welcomes Chapman in studio (accompanied by his wife Jane) to talk about an extraordinary ca...

Susan Lavin was one of the greatest women’s basketball players in the history of the Big 5. In four years at Saint Joseph’s University, the native of Ireland scored 2,340 points while helping the Hawks to two NCAA Tournaments and one WNIT. After her playing career, she spent 16 seasons on the SJU coaching staff and now serves as the program’s chief of staff. In Episode #168 of “1-on-1 with Matt Le...

Scott Bittner just completed his seventh season as the head men’s basketball coach at Division III Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. He has led the Ospreys to the “Sweet 16” of the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons. Prior to taking over the program, Bittner spent a decade as an assistant and then associate head coach at Stockton. In Episode #167 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,”...

Katie Davis Tantino was a star basketball player at Villanova University. As a senior, she helped lead the Wildcats to an unforgettable upset of UConn in the 2003 Big East Tournament Championship Game and to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. Next month, she will be inducted into the Big 5 Hall of Fame. In Episode #166 of "1-on-1 with Matt Leon," Matt talks with Tantino about her basketball c...

The Villanova University women’s basketball team is getting ready for the NCAA Tournament. The 28-6 Wildcats are a #4 seed and they will open things up at home against 30-4 Cleveland State on Saturday at Finneran Pavilion. On this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Villanova head coach Denise Dillon to talk about her team’s success, the incredible play of senior Maddy Siegr...

The Swarthmore College men’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Division III Final Four. The 28-3 Garnet have defeated SUNY-Delhi, St. John Fisher, Keene State and Nichols College to get to this point and in the national semifinals on Thursday evening in Fort Wayne, Indiana, they will take on Christopher Newport University. In this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks with Swart...

Alyssa Gagliardi is a rarity in college hockey -- a woman coaching a men’s team. She just completed her first season as an assistant coach on head coach Kyle Mountain’s staff at Division III Neumann University in Aston, Pennsylvania. In Episode #165 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Gagliardi about her career on the ice. They look back on her season with the Knights, talk about her play...

Ryan Carty is preparing for his second season as the head football coach at his alma mater the University of Delaware. In his first season, Carty led the Blue Hens to the second round of the FCS Playoffs. In Episode #164 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks to Carty about his life in football. They talk about playing for his dad Kevin Carty Sr. at Somerville High School in New Jersey, how he got...

Yolanda Laney was a star basketball player at Cheyney University who helped lead the Wolves to the first ever NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship Game back in 1982. That Cheyney team remains the only HBCU to play for a college basketball national championship. In Episode #163 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Laney about her incredible career on the court. They talk about that...

Kamran Khan has been the head cricket coach at Haverford College for half a century.  The sport is a passion for him and it has taken him around the world as a player, representing both his native country of Pakistan and the US, and as a coach. In Episode #162 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt takes a ride out to Haverford College to sit down with Khan and talk about his life in cricket. They talk...

The Eagles and Chiefs are moving closer to their Super Bowl 57 match-up. In this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up with Kansas City Star sports columnist (and Swarthmore native and University of Pennsylvania alum) Vahe Gregorian. Matt and Vahe talk about the game, look at some under the radar Chiefs to keep an eye on (including another Penn alum) and discuss how Andy Reid i...

The Eagles continue to prepare for the Kansas City Chiefs, and in this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon” Matt welcomes the one and only Ray Didinger into the studio and they take a big picture look at the Eagles. Didinger actually came out of retirement to analyze the Eagles this postseason on our sister station Sportsradio 94 WIP and NBC Sports Philadelphia. Of course, Matt & Ray talk...