Significant Coaching with Matt Rogers

Oliver Wiseman is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Benedictine University (IL). He is quickly rebuilding the Eagles program into a Midwest and National powerhouse. Before his tenure at Benedictine, he had an invaluable career as a D2 and D3 assistant (including playing for and coaching with me!) at Maryville University of St. Louis where he was instrumental as a lead assistant and recruit...

Mark Murphy has been the Head Women's Tennis Coach at Kalamazoo College in Michigan for the past 14 years and has led his Hornets to 17 All-MIAA First team selections, 13 All-MIAA Second Team selections, 5 MIAA MVPS while twice being named Regional Coach of the Year. That's impressive! Not only is Mark one of the best college tennis coaches in the country, he is also a fantastic leader,...

Samantha Birkicht is the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and she is coming off of back-to-back 20 win seasons in what is arguably the toughest NCAA D3 conference in the country, the WIAC (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). Sam, not only is one of the best volleyball coaches in the country, but her and her husband, Ryan, may have the best...

Dario Frias is the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach at UC-Santa Barbara. If there is a better collegiate assistant basketball coach in the country than Dario Frias, I would sign-up in a second to watch them work. Not only is Coach Frias a rising star on the collegiate women's basket circuit, but his coacheshangtime.com went viral during Covid and became THE place for high school and co...

Dr. Ryan Dyer is the Director of Athletics and Assistant Principal at North Paulding High School in Dallas, GA and is one of my former players. He took over a high school program that had never experienced any type of winning, and he turned them into a consistent state tournament threat. He has since become a wonderful HS administrator who has become a role model for all high school athletic direc...

Dave Kaneshiro is the Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Hawaii-Hilo after successful stints at Webster University and Blackburn College. Dave and I have been friends and competitors for over 20 years, and I am happy to say that I sleep better at night knowing that I don't have to prepare my team to face his teams anymore. I truly believe that he is one of the best teache...

Tyler Saxton is the Head Girls' Basketball Coach at Brookfield East High School in Wisconsin.  He took over the high school basketball program with not much talent and went 6-17 in his first year.  He has since led the program to Back-to-Back State Championship games. He is a brilliant basketball mind, tremendous leader and world class role model. He is also one of the best point guards/floor...

Chris Ellis is a 2011-12 Inductee into the Missouri Basketball Coaches' Hall of Fame and a great friend for the past 20+ years. In our 9 years together where he coached the women and I coached the men at Maryville University of St. Louis, he made me laugh as much as he made me a better coach. He was definitely born to be a basketball coach, and you'll hear the joy he still has for coachi...

Mark Edwards was kind enough to be my first guest on the podcast, and he did not disappoint. After retiring from a Hall of Fame career as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Washington University of St. Louis (where he gave me nightmares having to prepare for his teams!), I could still drop him into any gym on the planet, and he could win you a game tomorrow. He's one of the brightest min...

Coach Matt Rogers is 25+ year veteran coach, athletic director, college scout and author of the book, Significant Recruiting: The Playbook for Prospective College Athletes . Coach Rogers is passionate about talking sports with some of the best and brightest minds in the industry. His new podcast will be filled with interviews with coaches, former athletes and change-makers in the worlds of sports,...