The Friday Night Life

#068. Coach Shiffman has just finished year 19 as a coach. His career has spanned all levels of high school football as well as 4 years coaching Division and 3 seasons as a Head Coach. He has coached in 5 different states. And has been married since 2020 to Alissa and father to Frankie since 2022. He is amember of Coach-Portal.com and the host of @HogFBchat, is a chat made by Offensive Line Coache...

067. TFNL would like to introduce to you Joshua and Kristen Eargle! Joshua is the Deputy Head - Offensive Line Coach for FIU!        Key Stops Prior to FIU: -Kansas - Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends#3 Big 12 Recruiting Class  -Austin Peay - OC - #1 FCS Recruiting Class, helped to turn program around, rewrote record books offensively -ETBU - Head Coach turned around a losing program in three year...

#066. Like a lot of football coaches (myself included), breaking film down at the age of 10 with his father, a high school science teacher and football coach for 52 years, was the inspiration for Coach Kevin Swift to get into coaching. He attended Servite High School in Anaheim, California. At Servite, he was coached and mentored by some of the finest coaches around. All would move onto great succ...

065. TFNL welcomes Chad and Talisha Alligood to the podcast.   Coach Alligood is currently the Athletic director for the Jones County School System in Georgia.  He has been in high school coaching for 30 years.  He was the head football coach and Athletic director for Northside high School in Warner Robins, Ga and Washington- Wilkes High School in Washington, Ga.   Talisha has been a licensed Real...

064. TFNL welcomes back The Price of Avocado Toast!  Haley and Justin Brown-Woods are financial coaches and came back to catch up with us about life, finances and paying down debt.  Since their last time on our show their lives have changed quite a bit.  They've grown from a family of 3 to a family of 5, paid down over $130,000 in debt, Justin is now a full time financial coach alongside Hale...

63. The old adage, "What goes around comes around", speaks to how you treat people. But in the case of Andrew Lachelt, this can be used in regards to his football journey as well. He attended Ontario Christian High School from 2006-2010. And then after his college playing career came to an end (which included a stint at University of Oklahoma), he ended up back at OCHS in 2012 coaching W...

62.  Corinne sat down (virtually) with the ladies of "Friday Night Wives".  Friday Night Wives is an online community whose mission is to bring support and encouragement to other Coaches Wives from all different sports.  In this episode you'll hear how this unlikely partnership has turned out to be such a sweet friendship.  They also talk Mom life, Coaches Wife life and the juggling...

61.  Chris and Corinne welcomes Brett and Brittany Sloan.  In this conversation, The Sloan's share their football coaching journey which includes both wonderful moments and some hard ones as well.  Some key points in our conversation: How the AFCWA has been a source of encouragement and support for Brittany. The realities of moving 6 times in 8 years of marriage. How to connect in a new commu...

#60.  And Here we go!  Chris and Corinne are about to conclude their second year up  in the Central Valley.  They recap on the year and how they're doing.  Corinne shares what her role is at the school along with Chris sharing his take on being a "sophmore" Athletic Director and what's next for them as a family this coming year.  Corinne is stepping into a new role this coming...

#059.  TFNL welcomes back Solmaz Chadwell with a 1 v. 1 interview with Corinne.  Solmaz sits down with Corinne via zoom and is able to share her personal testimony of immigrating to America from Iran.  It's a wonderful story of Faith, Hope and the pursuit of Freedom.  You will come away from this episode understanding a true story of immigration from Iran, what really is happening in Iran and...

#58. Fall Camp is an exciting time for football Programs all across America. The opening game is right around the corner, the armor is coming out, Friday Night Lights are getting ready to fire up again! Are you ready for the final push? The final tune up for the season? Fall Camp is here!  Top 5 Points to making sure that this Fall Camp will be successful and set the stage for opening night: Video...

#57.  The Stevens change up their normal recording format and Corinne takes over the  recording sesh alone for the first time.  She shares 5 things that  the Coach's Wife should prioritize to better prepare for the upcoming football season.  Here's the convo in a nutshell.... 1. Open Communication and Support 2. Personal Self-Care 3. Setting realistic goals and expectations 4. Establishi...

#056.   Jamey Chadwell is the new head coach at Liberty University.  In this episode we get to chat with the Chadwell's on how they got together, and their journey from college all the way up to their new home at Liberty University.  Solmaz also shares her journey with us in immigrating to the United States.  In addition to listening to their journey shared as a coaching couple, they also hav...

#055.  Ashley is the founder of The Game Day Family.  She's married to Heath Hover, the Offensive Coordinator for South Forsyth High School in Cummings, GA.  She started The Game Day Family as an Etsy shop filled with fun little onesies for babies and other gifts and it quickly turned into her creating children's books for the coach's kid.  We had a great conversation chatting about...

#054.  Organization in the Moving Chaos TFNL  would like to  welcome back Beth Walker. Beth has become a good friend of Corinne’s.  She’s encouraged and mentored her in the last few years especially this last year going through the move up to Central Valley.   Beth is an author, mentor, speaker, marketing director, encourager, blogger and a fellow coach’s wife.   She comes on the podcast to share...

#053. Welcome Jennifer Gorman to the TFNL Family!   Jennifer is a fellow Coach’s Wife and also a Registered Dietician and Nutritionist.  Her husband, Justin Gorman, is the Passing Game Coordinator/Head Track Coach at Abilene in Abilene, TX.  She’s a momma of 3, Cooper and Masyn (8) are twins and Crawford, 2 years old.   On this episode, Jennifer and Corinne have a great discussion talking about pr...

#052. Christine Flores is the founder and CEO of the Coaching Family Foundation.  She's married to David Flores who is the O. C.  and recruiting coordinator for Evangel University.  Christine is  a social worker and mental health therapist as well.  In 2015 she began her blog and social media accounts,  Coach Wife Life, where she strives to create a community that helps encourage and support...

#051. Season 3 Ya'll and Chris and Corinne are excited to share all that has happened since they moved up to Central Valley.  Chris shares about his experiences as being an athletic director, how the move has impacted Corinne, their time in North Carolina for the AFCA  Conference and the recent passing of Chris's father.   http://www.thefridaynightlife.com Instagram:  @thefridaynightlife...

#050. Greetings! It's Chris and Corinne again with another solo episode. In this episode, we talk about what it 's like to get that very first gig. You are now a HEAD FOTBALL COACH! So what's next? What do you do? What's your first order of business? We recap the experiences we have been through in hopes it helps those first timers out there, or maybe even guide a veteran coach...

#049. Hey Hey....it's just us....your hosts, Chris and Corinne Stevens. We have some big changes coming this year in 2022. We recap some of our past guests, catch you all up on what's going on, and fill you in on a huge change to our lives this year. Thanks again for tuning in and taking the time to listen to our podcast. The Friday Night Life website: https://www.thefridaynightlife.com/...

#048. Coach Wayne Voorhees and I have a unique relationship. Wayne was the Head Football Coach at Legacy HS in 2016, and was looking to travel to California to play a football game. The organization he was connected to found me looking for a game the very same week, and we set up the contest. We had a great game, right down to the wire. Upon returning home after the trip, Coach Voorhees and the te...

#047. Masai went to and graduated from Clemson University and went straight into the Army after graduating. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! After retiring from the Army, he began coaching at a small private school in rural Georgia where he was the 1st African-American coach/teacher on the staff. Since then, he has coached at some of the largest and most successful programs in Georgia. HE has been a pa...

#046. Coach Stevens shares his thoughts on the most important aspect of his  "Building a QB From the Ground Up" talk at the Southern California Coaches Clinic . This is a recap of the leadership part of that talk. The Friday Night Life website: https://www.thefridaynightlife.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefridaynightlife/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFNLPodcast

#045. Jason Bornn is a 30+ year coaching veteran, and his 19th as Head Coach of the Saugus Centurions with a record of 104 wins 94 losses, three Foothill League titles (2008, 2011, 2020), while reaching the playoffs 12 out of the past 16 seasons, with four CIF Semi-Final appearances (2016, 2013, 2008, and 2007).  Prior to coaching at Saugus, Coach Bornn was an assistant coach at Occidental College...

#044. Coaches Wives Night Out (South Carolina) was started by Erica Hardin and Jennifer Guiliano.  Corinne had the chance to sit down with them (via zoom) and talk about why they began this great event for coaches wives and how important it is for us, football wives to feel supported.  Both Erica and Jennifer are married and their husbands coach together at River Bluff High School in Lexington, So...