Significant Coaching with Matt Rogers

🎙️ The Legend of the Diamond With 1,069 career wins , 21 national tournament appearances , and 12 RMAC Coach of the Year honors , Coach Chris “Skip” Hanks has built one of the most iconic programs in NCAA Division II baseball history. In this week’s Significant Coaching Podcast , we sit down with the future Hall of Famer who has led Colorado Mesa University’s baseball program for over 30 years . N...

Matt Lisle is the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Director for the Softball program at Oregon State University , but you may know him best from the guy sitting on the dock with his brothers every morning telling Dad Jokes trying to get each other to laugh.  That’s right, Matt Lisle is the oldest of the 7 Lisle children, and the 5 brothers are the ones you see on Instagram @ Dock Tok and @LoganLisle...

Jenny Glenn , Head Volleyball Coach at Metropolitan State University of Denver ,  has taken one of the most successful volleyball programs in Division II history to unprecedented heights during her eight years as the Roadrunners' head coach. Heading into the 2024 season, she has compiled an overall record of 191-47 (.803 winning percentage), including a staggering mark of 125-9 in regular-sea...

Dominic Parker begins his first season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Eastern New York state after 10 years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I, II, III and NJCAA levels, including a run to the NCAA Division III Tournament Quarterfinals last winter at Christopher Newport (Va.) and a National Championship at NJCAA Richard Brand College...

Scott Winterburn is the Head Baseball Coach at the University of La Verne in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC).  After leading his alma Mater, Asuza Pacific, for one year, Scott took over the Leopard program in 2001 and quickly turned it into a national power. He’s led the Leo’s to 6 SCIAC titles and 8 NCAA National Tournaments in the last 23 years. Most recently,...

Josh Collins is in his 13th season as the Head Coach of the Southwestern Oklahoma State University volleyball team, while also serving as an Assistant Athletic Director for Gameday Operations. Collins – who became SWOSU Volleyball’s winningest coach during the 2016 season – enters the 2024 fall campaign with a career record of 183-163 after leading the Bulldogs to a winning record in each of the p...

Spencer Henke was named the Interim head men's basketball coach at Saint Leo University in St. Leo, FL in May of 2024 for the 2024-25 season following four seasons as an assistant coach on Lance Randall's staff from 2020-24.  Randall took the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach position at the University of Wisconsin this summer. Henke first arrived at Saint Leo as a graduate assistant...

Haylee Pruse is a 2024 graduate of Kamehameha Schools and Lanakila Volleyball Academy in Maui, Hawaii where she finished her high school career as a First Team Maui Interscholastic League Division 1 All Star.  She was a Varsity Team Captain her Junior and Senior seasons, as well as a Team Captain at Lanakila from 2018-2024.  She's a natural leader and role model! She is 1 of 4 original Signif...

Mark Yoshino has led the Bellevue College Bulldogs baseball squad for 31 years, 26 of those years as the Head Coach.  He is the winningest coach in Bellevue Baseball's storied history.  He has helped over 200 young men move on to the 4-year college ranks, and he's seen a very impressive 38 of his players get drafted into the professional ranks. Learn more about Mark Yoshino here:   https...

Peighton Marrero is a 4.0 student-athlete, State Champion Track Athlete, All- State Volleyball Setter, and All-State Basketball player out of Strasburg High School in Colorado where she will be a Senior in the 2024-25 school year.  She's also a world class daughter, sister, mentor, leader and human being. Peighton was my first client to join the Significant Coaching Launchpad, and she has don...

Jeff Culver is entering his 13th Season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).  He led the UCCS to its first RMAC Championship in program history.  He's coached the only NBA Draft Pick  and the only All-Americans in program history.  Culver was the only four-year head coach to offer Derrick White (NBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist) a s...

Mike Siener has had an illustrious career as the Head Men's Soccer, Head Men's Tennis, Head Women's Tennis, and Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Webster University. Most coaches would dream about having his career coaching just one sport.  Mike has been a championship coach in 4 different sports.  His Head Coaching career includes: 10 SLIAC Championships 9x Conference Coach...

Melissa Bruner has been the Director of Basketball Operations for the Florida State Women's Basketball team (NCAA D1) for 19 years after serving as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach at Coe College for 4 years. In addition to her basketball duties with the program, Bruner wrapped up her 17th season working as the color analyst for the radio broadcast of...

Jordan Fee begins his first season as the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at NCAA D1 Florida Atlantic University after an amazing first and only season at NCAA D2 Gannon University where he turned the a bottom of the conference team into a 32-2 Elite Eight performance in the 2024 NCAA D2 National Tournament in just one year.  Amazing turn-around! Learn more about Jordan Fee here:   https://f...

Greg Sheley is the Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.  He has had an illustrious 32-year career as a Head College Coach that includes 7 years at Butte College in Oroville, California and the last 25 years at Lane CC. He is well on his way to the Hall of Fame with a career record of 789-204 (.821 win percentage).  His team'...

Kanyon Anderson is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington.  He has emerged as the most successful women’s soccer coach in the Northwest Athletic Conference. Since 2011, his teams have won twelve straight division titles and five NWAC championships. Anderson has been named division coach of the year eight times and NWAC Coach of the Year four times. He h...

Brad Hoyt was named the Head Men's Basketball at Quincy University in April of 2024 after spending 14 years at John Wood Community College as the Head Men's Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics, and yes, the Dean of Students.  During his illustrious career at John Wood, he accumulated a record of 269-156 that included multiple numerous trips to the NJCAA National Tournament including...

Marco Azurdia was named the Executive Director of the NWAC (Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges) in 2012 after a decorated career as a Head Women's Basketball for 20+ years at Napa Valley Community College (CA) and Wenatchee Valley Community College (WA).  He walked away from his coaching career with 220 victories and seven 20-win seasons including one season where his team w...

Pat Juckem is the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Washington University of St. Louis . He is one of only a handful of NCAA D3 Head Coaches who have ever won 20 games at 3 different institutions with his exceptional tenures at Coe College (7 years/104 wins), University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6 years/95 wins/3 NCAA National Tourney Appearances/National Championship Runner-up in 2018), and present...

Vinny Barber is the Head Men's and Women's Wrestling Coach at the University of Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas. He's a dynamic coach who just led the Eagles to their first Conference Championship (SLIAC) in school history and leading them to the 2023-24 NCAA National Tournament. Before taking over the Ozarks program in 2022-23, Coach Barber has a prolific career as a club coach hel...

Rich Reed is in his 17th Season as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at his alma mater, the University of La Verne in Southern California. He has been coaching for 22 years including 5 years at the NCAA D1 level with stops Sacramento State, Northern Colorado, Loyola Marymount and Cal Poly Pomona. He is currently the Co-Chair of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Committee on Academi...

Ryan Kerrigan was a 4-time NFL All-Pro Player who currently sits #51 on the NFL All-Time Career Sacks list with 95.5. He was named to the 2011 NFL All-Rookie Team and went on to make 4 Pro Bowls. Ryan will begin his 3rd Season as the Assistant Linebackers Coach for the Washington Commanders in the 2024-25 season. I was excited to talk to Ryan about transitioning from professional player to profess...

Bryan Martin is the new Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at NCAA Division I University of South Carolina-Upstate.  Previously he was the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Coe College for 12 years leading the Kohawks to their first National Tournament berth since 1976 in the 2022-23 season. He lead the Kohawks to back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school history! He's one...

Rich Murphy has been the Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Redlands for the past 17 years compiling an impressive 264-153 record (as of Jan. 31, 2024) and an even more impressive SCIAC record of 170-70 during his tenure. His kids play hard, smart and execute about as well as any basketball team can. His team's were always a handful for my La Verne teams from 2010-2013 wh...

Pete Sterbick is the Head Football Coach at the Colorado School of Mines, and it was a pleasure watching his team play in the NCAA D2 National Championship game on national TV in mid-December, 2023. I was so impressed I had to call and get him on the podcast. As a local Colorado guy, most people were excited about what Deion Sanders did this year at the University of Colorado, but the best coach i...