The ALPHA Podcast

Episode 11: The Battle features John Deal in a full conversation about football, identity, perseverance, faith, team growth, and calling. John joins Nate Garner and Jim Padgett to talk about growing up in Greenwood, South Carolina , being raised in a football family, and learning from his dad, a coach who showed him how faith and fierce competition can go together. He opens up about his sophomore...

This is a preview of Episode 11: The Battle with John Deal . In this episode, John talks about getting benched, not putting his identity in football, team growth through adversity, and why the most important battle is keeping your life rooted in the right things.

This is a preview of Episode 10: (A)rmored , the final episode of our Week of ALPHA series. John Deal talks about faith, scripture, suffering, football, and why being armored by the Word of God is the foundation that holds everything else together.

Episode 10: (A)rmored closes our special Week of ALPHA series on The ALPHA Podcast . This week, we have been breaking down the full ALPHA mentality at North Greenville University : Aggressive, Loyal, Prepared, Humble, and Armored . Each daily episode focuses on one letter and one part of the standard that shapes how our program lives, trains, competes, and grows. In this final episode, Nate Garner...

This is a preview of Episode 9: (H)umble , part of our Week of ALPHA series. Charles Couch talks about battling major injuries, tearing his Achilles on his first day back, showing up for his teammates, and learning that humility means strength under control.

Episode 9: (H)umble continues our special Week of ALPHA series on The ALPHA Podcast . This week, we are breaking down the full ALPHA mentality at North Greenville University : Aggressive, Loyal, Prepared, Humble, and Armored . Each daily episode focuses on one letter and one part of the standard that shapes how our program lives, trains, competes, and grows. In this episode, Nate Garner and Jim Pa...

This is a preview of Episode 8: (P)repared , part of our Week of ALPHA series. Nate McGee talks about work ethic, trusting God through adversity, running hills before freshman year, fighting through injury, studying film, and staying ready before the moment comes.

Episode 8: (P)repared continues our special Week of ALPHA series on The ALPHA Podcast . This week, we are breaking down the full ALPHA mentality at North Greenville University : Aggressive, Loyal, Prepared, Humble, and Armored . Each daily episode focuses on one letter and one part of the standard that shapes how our program lives, trains, competes, and grows. In this episode, Nate Garner and Jim...

This is a preview of Episode 7: (L)oyal , part of our Week of ALPHA series. Sam Washam talks about faith, family, servant leadership, loyalty in the transfer portal era, and what it means to keep the main things the main things.

Episode 7: (L)oyal continues our special Week of ALPHA series on The ALPHA Podcast . This week, we are breaking down the full ALPHA mentality at North Greenville University : Aggressive, Loyal, Prepared, Humble, and Armored . Each daily episode focuses on one letter and one part of the standard that shapes how our program lives, trains, competes, and grows. In this episode, Nate Garner and Jim Pad...

Episode 6: (A)ggressive kicks off our special Week of ALPHA series on The ALPHA Podcast . This week, we are breaking down the full ALPHA mentality at North Greenville University : Aggressive, Loyal, Prepared, Humble, and Armored . Each daily episode focuses on one letter and one part of the standard that shapes how our program lives, trains, and competes. In this episode, Nate Garner and Jim Padge...

This is a preview of Episode 6: (A)ggressive , the first episode of our Week of ALPHA series. Jeremiah Lomax talks about competition, controlled aggression, refusing to quit, and what it means to attack everything with max effort and purpose.

Episode 5: Trials and Tribulations features Nate McGee , offensive lineman at North Greenville University , in a conversation about injury, perseverance, recruiting, work ethic, family support, and the mindset it takes to keep going when the path gets hard. Nate joins Coach Nate Garner and Jim Padgett to share how he fought for a college football opportunity, from reaching out to coaches himself t...

Episode 5: Trials and Tribulations is a conversation with Nate McGee about injury, perseverance, recruiting, family support, mental strength, and the work ethic it takes to keep earning your opportunity at North Greenville University . This episode is about fighting through setbacks, trusting the grind, and chasing something bigger.

Episode 4: The Proving Ground features Payton McBroom , defensive back at North Greenville University , in a conversation about football, faith, confidence, leadership, adversity, and growth. Payton joins Nate Garner and Jim Padgett to talk about his journey from Greenville to North Greenville, how prayer helped guide his college decision, and what it has been like growing through the demands of c...

Episode 4: The Proving Ground is a conversation with Payton McBroom about football, faith, leadership, confidence, and growth at North Greenville University . Payton shares his journey to NGU, the mindset it takes to play defensive back, how adversity built his confidence, and why faith and community continue to shape who he is becoming.

Episode 3: The Selection features North Greenville defensive back Brannon Teamer in a real conversation about football, faith, humility, adversity, and growth. Brannon joins Nate Garner and Jim Padgett to share his journey from Spartanburg and Dorman High School to North Greenville University, what the transition to college football has taught him, and how trusting God helped him push through diff...

Episode 3: The Selection features North Greenville defensive back Brannon Teamer sharing his story of faith, football, humility, and growth. This trailer gives a preview of a real conversation about adversity, consistency, and why this year will be different.

Episode 2: Built Different In Episode 2 of The ALPHA Podcast , Nate Garner and Jim Padgett sit down with North Greenville football player Arber Lekani for an honest conversation about what it really means to be built different. This episode dives into the daily reality of being a student-athlete, from early morning lifts and classes to practice, film, and the pressure of staying disciplined when n...

Episode 2: Built Different In Episode 2 of The ALPHA Podcast , Nate Garner and Jim Padgett sit down with North Greenville football player Arber Lekani for an honest conversation about what it really means to be built different. This episode dives into the daily reality of being a student-athlete, from early morning lifts and classes to practice, film, and the pressure of staying disciplined when n...

Episode 1: Pilot Welcome to the very first episode of The ALPHA Podcast . In this pilot episode, Nate Garner and Jim Padgett introduce the podcast, share the vision behind it, and explain what ALPHA means to the North Greenville football program: Aggressive, Loyal, Prepared, Humble, and Armored . Coach Garner talks about the journey that brought him to North Greenville, from playing at Arkansas an...

Episode 1: Pilot Welcome to the very first episode of The ALPHA Podcast . In this pilot episode, Nate Garner and Jim Padgett introduce the podcast, share the vision behind it, and explain what ALPHA means to the North Greenville football program: Aggressive, Loyal, Prepared, Humble, and Armored . Coach Garner talks about the journey that brought him to North Greenville, from playing at Arkansas an...