The Truth Sideline Podcast

Episode 11 of The Truth Sideline Podcast welcomes Fordham Prep varsity basketball coach Brian Downey, a two-time CHSAA Division A Champion and the 2024 Coach of the Year. Brian reflects on his career at Fordham Prep, which began in 2014 and continues strong today. As an alumnus of both Fordham Prep and Fordham University, Brian has grown immensely as a local, homegrown coach while trusting the gui...

Former NFL Pro Bowl defensive tackle Malik Jackson joins The Truth Sideline to discuss his successful 10-year NFL career, which included winning Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos at Levi Stadium, the site of this year’s Super Bowl. Malik also shares his upbringing in Southern California, where he fell in love with football at an early age and eventually developed into a college player at Unive...

Mike and Pete sit down with Coach Carmen Maciariello to discuss the latest trends in roster building and how he would approach the current landscape. A late bloomer, Carm discusses trading soccer for basketball which eventually materialized into a D1 hoops career. Carm also gives a glimpse of what a youth coach should be focusing on to optimize team building and culture, which are core objectives...

Mike Jarvis and Pete Janny return in 2026 with Episode 7 of The Truth Sideline Podcast. They talk burnout among youth athletes and some of their observations of the college basketball season. 

Former U of Arizona softball star Sam Banister joins the pod to discuss her experiences coaching youth softball, dealing with problematic parents, and becoming a two-time national champion at Arizona. Plus, Sam gives her view on the future of youth softball.

Kalei Mahi joins the pod for Episode 5 to discuss her career in NIL as the founder of NextGen Legacy NIL. Kalei is a firm believer in student-athletes using NIL to grow their brands and to develop meaningful business relationships that will extend past their playing days. As a former D1 athlete herself, Kalei understands the challenges of being a student-athlete and the hard work needed for self-i...

Episode 4 of The Truth Sideline Podcast welcomes on Dennis Kelly of Dribble Drive Basketball, Connecticut’s premier player development program. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dennis has been involved with basketball practically his whole life and eventually developed into a college basketball player at Siena University. His two sons, Rich and John Kelly, each played D1 basketball, and have been i...

Former D1 men's hoops head coach Matt McCall is our guest for episode 3. Matt breaks down his coaching career, highlighted by head-coaching stops at Chattanooga and UMass, and his transition into the college basketball media world working with NBC Sports, The Field of 68, Sirius XM, and CBS Sports HQ. Most importantly, as a father of 3, Matt sheds light on raising his children around sports, and h...

In episode 2, Pete and Mike welcome Mike Jarvis Sr. to the show to discuss his thoughts on youth sports, as well as other contemporary topics such as NIL and the transfer portal. It's been over 11 years since the father and son coaching duo last coached together, making it the perfect time to reminisce on their shared journey in sports dating back to the good ole days in Cambridge. Coach Jarvi...

Pete Janny and Mike Jarvis debut The Truth Sideline Podcast discussing the origins of their show and their experiences playing youth sports. Mike also lends the perspective of a father given that his two kids, Madison and Delaney, are currently playing youth sports in Connecticut. There is a ton of good with youth sports, but the landscape can always be improved, as Pete and Mike discuss in Episod...