Pro Mindset® Podcast

Mike Marchese is a 2023 NFL draft prospect and former member of the Fighting Illini graduating with a Bachelors and Masters Degree. Mike joins Pro Mindset® host, Craig Domann, and shares how his college football days have mentally prepared him for the NFL.    Mike was born into a football family (Dad and 3 brothers all played power 5 football). Mike found out early in his college career that he be...

Nick Tiano is a professional football QB who is currently with the St. Louis BattleHawks of the XFL.  Nick joins Pro Mindset® host, Craig Domann, and shares his mindset transformation during the 1,232 days between his starting assignments.     Nick is from Chattanooga, TN and went to Mississippi State on a football scholarship.  He then transferred back home, started 3 years for the Mocs and gradu...

JoJo Domann, Nebraska Cornhusker Blackshirt Super Senior joins his dad, Pro Mindset host Craig Domann. JoJo, a returning starter and the returning leading tackler for the Huskers, is a preseason All-Big Ten selection, named to the preseason Bronco Nagurski watchlist and the Senior Bowl watchlist. JoJo reminisces about his childhood and how he developed his love for football. JoJo and his brother B...

Fighting for an opportunity to make the 53-man roster, Deyon Sizer, DT, Broncos, joins Pro Mindset Podcast host, Craig Domann. Currently entering his third Denver Broncos training camp, he knows the challenges and opportunities each athlete faces on the 90-man roster. Deyon is a Denver area product who attended Colorado State University – Pueblo, where he was a very prominent college football play...

Brock Domann, new QB signee at the University of Louisville joins his dad, Pro Mindset host Craig Domann. Brock most recently played JUCO football at Independence Juco a/k/a Last Chance U this spring and led his team to a 5-2 record and was recognized as the 1st team All-Conference and 3rd team All-American. Perseverance is the word that best describes Brock’s college football career as he has jou...

Katie Rainsberger, University of Washington student-athlete, joins Pro Mindset host, Craig Domann, and she shares her dream of winning the 2021 National Championship in the women’s steeplechase at the NCAA Track & Field National Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She is one of twelve women who qualified for nationals. She has the third best qualifying time. She competed in the nationals while ru...

Author, podcaster and founder of Changing the Game Project, John O’Sullivan joins Pro Mindset and host Craig Domann. They discuss the obsession in youth sports to focus more on winning than the long-term development. They also talk about “hating to lose” vs “loving to win.” O’Sullivan started the Changing the Game Project in 2012 after two decades as a soccer player and coach on the youth, high sc...

Ben Carnes, owner and founder of Mental Training Plan in Indianapolis, IN, joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann. Ben also has his own podcast “Coaching Minds Podcast.” Ben is a mental performance coach, a high school football coach (Offensive Coordinator and QB Coach), mental coach for a high school golf team and he has elite clients at the professional, college and high school level. He has been a...

Dr. Greg Charlop improves the lives of retired athletes (pros and amateurs) with high-performance wellness solutions. His solutions include expert advice on diet, nutrition, sleep, supplements, and mental health. Retired athletes know their bodies are no longer at their best. They no longer have a team of experts managing their diet and exercise routines. They notice that things are beginning to s...

Former Major League All-Star Pitcher turned Mental Coach and Author, Bob Tewksbury, joins Pro Mindset Podcast host Craig Domann to discuss about self-talk and imagery. Tewksbury played 13 seasons in the MLB with six teams (Yankees, Cubs, Cardinals, Rangers, Padres and Twins) and as a pitcher won 110 games during his career. He was an All-Star and also third in the Cy Young voting in 1992. After ea...

Anthony Trucks, former Oregon Ducks & Steelers linebacker, life coach, career coach, author and public speaker joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann and they discuss Anthony’s favorite topic “identity shift” and other mindset topics. Trucks shares with Domann several of his “Truckisms” including the title of today’s podcast “Fall in Love with the Day & Not the Destination.” Anthony suggests...

State of Ohio Hall-of-Famer Coach Thom McDaniels joins Pro Mindset and shares with host Craig Domann his philosophy on coaching football, developing young men and his family journey of raising two sons who are currently coaching in the NFL. McDaniels had a 26-year head coaching career that included head coaching stops at Warren G. Harding High School, Canton McKinley High School and Massillon Jack...

Sean Callahan of Husker Online joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann to talk about everything Nebraska football. Callahan who is a prominent member of the media covering Nebraska football shares his perspective on the recent transfers and the best utilization of the transfer portal. He mentions that the transfer portal is here to stay, and college coaches should expect players to transfer each year...

Pro Mindset Podcast Host Craig Domann welcomes Rick Burton to Pro Mindset Podcast. Burton is currently the David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management in Syracuse University’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, as well as currently serves as Syracuse University’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR). Prior to his appointment at Syracuse in August 2009, Burton served as the...

Pro Mindset Podcast host and veteran NFL Agent Craig Domann discusses the Super Bowl, the star QBs (Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes) and the “passing of the torch” from Brady to Mahomes as the GOAT. Craig highlights Brady’s accomplishments and calls them the “marathon milestones” that Mahomes is chasing. The big question for many fans is “Can Mahomes beat Brady with his unparalleled post-season reco...

Former Cowboys NFL offensive lineman, Bill Nagy joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann and shares his football journey from playing high school football in Ohio to college football for the Wisconsin Badgers to the Dallas Cowboys. Bill played offensive line and was drafted in the 7th round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Bill was drafted the year (2011) the NFL locked the players out until the first week of Au...

Long-time NFL front office personnel man Mike Ackerley joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann and shares his perspective on what creates “draft value” and the difference between the front office mindset and the football coach mindset related to evaluating and drafting players. The NFL Draft is the #1 supply chain mechanism for NFL teams adding talent to their rosters. Mike also discusses his personal...

Veteran NFL Agent and Pro Mindset host Craig Domann gives his perspective on whether a player should declare for the NFL Draft or go back to school. This year (2021 NFL Draft) is a unique year because not only are the typical three-year players (redshirt sophomores & true juniors), four-year players (RS- juniors & true seniors) but also the five-year players (RS-seniors) are eligible to en...

Bob Wylie joins Pro Mindset host and veteran NFL Agent Craig Domann and talks about how chemistry and relationship between (a) the head coach and his assistant coaches, and (b) the coaches and the players determines the likely success of a team and season. Bob shares his belief that players don’t care about the schemes and game plan unless and until the players feel the coaches care about them as...

Ryan Hannam, former NFL TE, joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann and shares his football journey from Northern Iowa to the Seattle Seahawks and the Dallas Cowboys. Ryan played tight end and was drafted in the 5th round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Ryan played in 58 NFL games during his career including Super Bowl XL (2006) with the Seahawks and caught two passes in the Super Bowl. Ryan talks about the bi...

Pro Mindset host and veteran NFL Agent Craig Domann tackles the topic of winning vs losing. He shares his perspective on the differences between winners and losers, including discussing the following: oWhat’s more important – 5-star culture or 5-star players? oWhat separates winners from losers? oIs it Culture? Talent? Coaching? oIs it more about the players or the coaches? oIs it player personnel...

John Register joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann as he continues his story beginning with the defining decision of his life which was to amputate his leg or not. John shares that the decided to amputate his leg because the pain was too unbearable, and he believed amputation would alleviate the pain. He stated he did not realize that the pain would not go away and that he would endure the addition...

Olympic hopeful and track star, John Register joins Pro Mindset® host Craig Domann as he shares his story beginning in high school athletics, running track at the Univ of Arkansas and his journey chasing his vision of competing in the hurdles in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. After college, John joined the US Army’s world-class Olympic program that allowed athletes to train up to three years before...

Hall of Fame Sports Reporter Laura Okmin joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann as they discuss meaningful and heavy issues. Laura talks about her pivot point in her life when she survived a turbulent plane ride and the changes she made afterwards. She vowed she would start creating a life that would make her care about life. She checked a lot of boxes in her career and then realized that boxes weren...

Sports and entertainment attorney Jonathan Stahler joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann as they discuss: •the prospects of the NFL having more guaranteed player contracts, •who’s #1 GOAT in NBA Michael Jordan or Lebron James, •the differences and challenges of doing legal work in the sports and entertainment area, •the mental make-up of superstar performers, •the myths of working in sports, and •hi...