#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast

Episode 22 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast visits with head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio to talk about the summer of wrestling, whether it be freestyle or camp season, here in Raleigh. NC State wrestling was well-represented at the World Team Trials Challenge tournament in Rochester, Minn., back in May. Three-time All-American Kevin Jack will rejoin the show to talk about life after the who...

Episode 21 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast wastes no time in getting to know the newest member of the NC State Wolfpack wrestling program - All-American transfer Justin Oliver. From Michigan's storied Davison High School program, Oliver spent the last several years at Central Michigan, earning All-American honors as a redshirt freshman at 149 pounds. It's been a wild couple of weeks and host...

Episode 20 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast returns as coach Pat Popolizio recently celebrated a birthday and also signed a contract extension. Host Brian Reinhardt implores listeners to leave ratings and reviews to fully reward The Skip with a contract and high listener praise. Coach Popolizio will also talk about the work being done at the Wolfpack Regional Training Center and who will be t...

The college season has taken a nap, so that means Brian Reinhardt digs into the rolodex of NC State wrestling contacts to chat with past All-American and recent Bill Farrell champion Tommy Gantt. Gantt talks about the changeover from the previous coaching staff to "finding a friend" in coach Pat Popolizio. All that and more on the latest #PackMentality Pop-Ins podcast. SUBSCRIBE TO #PACKMENTALITY...

Pat Popolizio has regained his voice and just in time for the latest episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast with host Brian Reinhardt. We're also just in time to hear The Skip introduced as the ACC Coach of the Year. Michael Macchiavello was named the ACC Wrestler of the Year as well. Popolizio breaks down the Pack's first trophy run on the wrestling mats in school history. SUBSCRIBE TO #PA...

NATIONAL CHAMPION Michael Macchiavello joins the #PackMentality Pop-ins Podcast for Episode 17 as he joins host Brian Reinhardt after winning the program's eighth individual national championship. Macchiavello came from the No. 4 position in the draw to upended Virginia Tech's Jared Haught in the first All-ACC NCAA Division I final in history. The win avenged two losses to Haught, one during the r...

Episode 16 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins is another straightforward breakdown edition as host Brian Reinhardt talks with head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio previewing the NCAA Championships. Hayden Hidlay and Sean Fausz also join the program to talk about their seasons and expectations heading into the last week of the season. Both present the pronunciation of their names as well. Both also talk a...

Episode 15 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins is probably the most straight forward of any previous episode. Host Brian Reinhardt goes weight-by-weight with coach Pat Popolizio on NC State's prospectus for the 2018 ACC Wrestling Championships. GET THE GUIDE! Order the single greatest preview guide ever assembled for the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships right now! NC State fans can order now...

A rundown of the last weekend of activity highlights Episode 14 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins podcast as host Brian Reinhardt is visited by head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio, heavyweight Michael Boykin and 197-pounder Michael Macchiavello. Boykin was the hero on Friday night as the Pack beat No. 8 Virginia Tech 19-15 to claim the ACC regular season championship, ending the Hokies three-year run a...

Episode 13 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast host Brian Reinhardt tells the Wolfpack wrestling fans how much stuff we're going to pack into this powerful episode. Pat Popolizio is back to talk about the record-setting home attendance in the Pack's win over rival North Carolina at Reynolds and we remind fans that not one, but TWO Top 10 teams will come into Raleigh this weekend, the last chance...

With the Super Bowl completed, the big events that have people talking in Raleigh is the upcoming rivalry dual against that school in Chapel Hill. Episode 12 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast has host Brian Reinhardt break down the Pack's most recent performance and tease to some happenings coming up in Reynolds Coliseum against, again, that school in Chapel Hill. We then visit with senior 184...

Episode 11 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast again features head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio. The Pack improved to 12-1 on the season with a 32-7 win over Virginia this weekend. Host Brian Reinhardt will talk with Coach Popolizio about the performance as well as look forward to this weekend's road dual at Pittsburgh. Several Pack wrestlers will get to talk about Super Bowl 52, dependent upon...

The Pack kicked off the ACC dual portion of its schedule heading to Durham and earning a 32-6 win over Duke. On Episode 10 of the #PackMentality Pop-ins Podcast, host Brian Reinhardt talks with head coach Pat Popolizio about the win over Duke and how the Pack is preparing for the University of Virginia on Friday. The Pack are also at home in Reynolds Coliseum for four of the final five duals, so i...

A little under the weather, but still in the driver's seat, Brian Reinhardt returns with another episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast with head coach Pat Popolizio. On this episode, we recap the trip to Italy and try to understand how Melissa Simmons kept her sanity, we look ahead to the upcoming dual with Duke on Friday and visit with Beau Donahue, a redshirt senior who loves the NCAA's...

Melissa Simmons takes over the hosting duties for Episode 8 of the #PackMentality Pop-ins Podcast with an array of guests from Naples, Italy. First up are head coaches Pat Popolizio of NC State and John Smith of Oklahoma State. They'll answer questions about international travel, the relationship with Italy and how the teams are adjusting, while Frank Popolizio, the organizer of this event, is joi...

Episode 7 comes off the Reno Tournament of Champions and the holiday break as coach Pat Popolizio and the squad prepares for the unique adventure that's coming up on January 5. That adventure is a trip to Naples, Italy will pit the fifth-ranked NC State Wolfpack against third-ranked Oklahoma State. Both Popolizio and Oklahoma State John Smith have familial roots in Italy and the Tussle for the Tro...

A successful trip out west concluded for the NC State Wolfpack wrestling program with a resounding 29-3 win at No. 12 Nebraska before picking up the team championship at the 2017 Reno Tournament of Champions. Episode 6 starts out with an early trip to the airport with Brian Reinhardt and coach Pat Popolizio and later in the program, we hear from Oklahoma State alum and WWE Hall of Famer Gerry Bris...

The #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio as he breaks down the upcoming dual on the road with Nebraska in Lincoln. The Pack is currently 9-0 and leading the nation in dual meet wins. The second part of the show interviews Director of Operations Melissa Simmons. A Washington native and past women's collegiate national champion, Simmons is in her fourth year i...

The #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast puts Pat Popolizio in the comfy chair in the boardroom to talk with host Brian Reinhardt about the past few weekends of competition and the upcoming dual against Old Dominion at Reynolds Coliseum. Coach Popolizo talks about training phases and coming off the Thanksgiving break. There's also a perspective on how a sport so focused on weight control and how athlete...

The #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast looks at a full lineup breakdown for the NC State wrestling program with host Brian Reinhardt and head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio. Episode 3 explains the performance at the NWCA All-Star Classic as Wolfpack wrestlers went 3-0 in the annual All-Star kickoff event held on November 5 at Princeton University. Coach Popolizio explains how needs were filled with the...

The #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast returns to preview the first week of the wrestling season and introduces the newest member of the wrestling family, assistant coach Donnie Vinson. Vinson was an All-American in 2012 for current Wolfpack coach Pat Popolizio at Binghamton. A four-time NCAA qualifier, Vinson placed third as a junior, earning the Bearcats the highest individual wrestling honor since...

The first episode of the 2017-18 season kicks off with host Brian Reinhardt sitting down with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio to talk about the preseason. Among the topics discussed on the #PackMentality Pop-Ins this week are how the team sports various apparel for the preseason compared to the regular season, the dynamic of games that get warm-ups rolling in practice, Kevin Jack being...

The inaugural episode of NC State's new wrestling podcast, #PackMentality Pop-Ins is now live on GoPack.com and the Mat Talk Podcast Network. Fans can get an insight into the mind of coach Pat Popolizio and his staff in this show hosted by NC State Director of Athletic Digital Communications Brian Reinhardt. In this first episode, we introduce you to what #PackMentality means around Raleigh, previ...