Luke Clark

They Call Me Coach

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Join me, an Oklahoma High School Basketball Coach, as I sit down with local coaches and hear their stories. Listen for the in depth stories of coaches you may know or know of, but may not know the person behind the title…”Coach”.

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Luke Clark

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Sports

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Latest episode

Sep 30, 2025

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Episodes

Season 3 Episode 6: McLoud Girls Basketball Coach Lindsey Myers 30.09.2025

Coach Myers is someone who has stayed resilient through tough times and has really contributed greatly to the growth of McLoud girls basketball. She is former college basketball player and former college assistant Coach, but her heart lies in teaching and helping grow young people. If you enjoy her story let us know in the comments and rate us 5 stars.

Season 3 Episode 5: Former Red Oak Baseball and Boys Basketball Coach Trey Booth 23.09.2025

Coach Booth is a Oklahoma High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer, 3x State Boys Basketball State Champion, and the accolades and other championships go on and on. What stands out about Coach Booth is he truly recognizes where all things have to begin and end.

Season 3 Episode 4: Okarche Lady Warriors Girls Basketball Coach Brett Tahah 09.09.2025

Just when you think you might be tough you meet someone like Brett Tahah. Two days after giving birth to her youngest son she is coaching in a State Tournament game will multiple delays. She visits with us and talks about the importance of implementing her family into her and her husbands teams they coach. She also owes one of her kiddos a trip to a Hawaii. How? Find out!

Season 3 Episode 3: Okay Mustangs Boys Basketball Coach Chad Clark 02.09.2025

Coach Chad Clark has been extremely successful at his alma mater. If you are very involved in athletics you probably already know that, but did you know he's also a big time hunter? Coach Clark has been extremely successful, but why? Well, listen in and find out.

Season 3 Episode 2: Latta Lady Panthers Girls Basketball Coach Clay Plunk 26.08.2025

Coach Plunk walks us through what it was like to grow up in the gym plus being mentored by other coaches along the way. Now that he has taken over at Latta listen how he has merged all of the different ideas into his own personal philosophy.

Season 3 Episode 1: Stratford Girls Basketball Coach Mark Savage 19.08.2025

Coach Savage has been on the sidelines for decades, but he is proof that new ideas aren't so new. He emphasizes having positive relationships with players and building up his players with different motivational resources outside of the game of basketball.

Season 2 Episode 22: Dover Boys Basketball Coach Jared Reese 08.10.2024

Today, we’re joined by one of the most successful Boys Basketball Coaches in this era. Coach Reese won multiple State Championships in his time at Kingfisher. Listen as he talks us through what led to that success and what has led to his innovation as a coach.

Season 2 Episode 21: Norman Girls Basketball Coach Chad Thrailkill 01.10.2024

We’re catching up with former Oklahoma Sooners Womens Basketball Assistant and current CCS Lady Royals Head Basketball Coach Chad Thrailkill. Coach Thrailkill is leading the Lady Royals to a place they haven’t been in a while. Last year, their team made it to the State Semi-Finals and are not satisfied. Listen as he talks about his coaching journey and what he hopes to be on the horizon for the La...

Season 2 Episode 20: Edmond Memorial Boys Basketball Coach Shane Cowherd 24.09.2024

Today’s guest is a pillar in 6A Boys Basketball. It’s not common you see a coach stay at one place as long as Coach Cowherd, but it’s especially rare to do it at the 6A level. Coach Shane Cowherd understands there’s a higher calling to what his job title is and pours into young people in an intentional way.

Season 2 Episode 19: Kingston Girls Basketball Coach Chad Rumer 17.09.2024

Coach Chad Rumer is the Head Coach of the Kingston Lady Redskins. If you’re coaching against him you may want to expect pressure and tons of it and that’s on purpose! Coach Rumer wants you to adjust to his teams and not get to play that you want to play. He also understands the tremendous opportunity that coaching young people brings too. Coach Rumer has consistently made the Kingston Lady Redskin...

Season 2 Episode 18: Mustang Boys Basketball Coach Brandon Jackson 10.09.2024

Coach Jackson has had a tremendous amount of success as a player at PCO. In the coaching ranks, Coach Jackson has been at Mount Saint Mary’s, Piedmont, and now PCO. His first two stops were highly successful and so now, Coach Jackson will return home to try and continue the success of tradition rich legacy of that program. Stay tuned because we end up discussing a PCO all time starting 5 as well.

Season 2 Episode 17: Moss Softball Coach Mark Qualls 03.09.2024

Coach Qualls has been coaching and coaching at a very high level for a long time. He spent most of his career pacing the sidelines on the basketball court. Now, you can find him coaching third base on the softball field. Regardless of what sport he is coaching there’s one thing that remains a constant. His kids are going to be well coached. Listen as Coach Qualls walks us through his coaching jour...

Coaches Clinic Conversations Pt. 4 27.08.2024

On the final week of Coaches Clinic Conversations, we catch with up some buddies at Byng High School. One who is gaining traction building a golf program despite the lack of facilities. The other who has turned a program into a perennial powerhouse. Then we move on to talking to a Coach who does it all. Volleyball, Girls Basketball, among other things. Lastly, we talk to two directors of the OCA....

Coaches Clinic Conversations Pt. 3 20.08.2024

Our guests this week are all closely tied when it comes to geographical location. While that is the case, all of these coaches are different, but equally gifted at what they do. We get this episode started with Coach Trey Palacol, followed by State champion Head Coaches Kami Beller and Tylor Lampkin of Washington, and we end our conversation talking to Girls Cross Country State Champion Coach Jaso...

Coaches Clinic Conversations Pt. 2 13.08.2024

With practices kicking off this week our focus is on football. We combined football and wrestling in this episode because most wrestling coaches also coach Football. At least both coaches we’re talking to this week do. In this week’s episode, we will be talking to a few different coaches that are all in either year one or year two in new roles and most are in new districts. These coaches will be g...

Coaches Clinic Conversations Pt. 1 06.08.2024

At Coaches Clinic we had the great opportunity to conduct live interviews on sight. In this episode, we will hear about how Coach Gentry of the Tecumseh Lady Savages runs his program and how that evolves year to year. Then we moved on to talk to Coach Kayla Denton of the Idabel Lady Warriors on how they used motivation to overcome defeat for the taste of victory. To wrap everything up, we speak to...

Season 2 Episode 16: Kansas City Chiefs Long Snapper James Winchester 30.07.2024

The story of James Winchester is nothing short of unbelievable. His journey alone to the NFL is a miracle in itself, but for the loss he and his family have had to overcome would cut anyone at their knees. Find out how they have made it through and more.

Season 2 Episode 15: Ada Football Coach Wade Boyles 16.07.2024

Coach Boyles after sitting under three head coaches at Ada and assisting four years at a different school prior to coming to Ada will now be the new Head Football Coach at Ada. We discussed why now was the time and what he hopes to be as a Head Coach. Coach Boyles is a proud family man. We’ll discuss how important that will be in conjunction with him being the head football coach at Ada and much m...

Season 2 Episode 14: Oral Roberts University Director of Basketball Operations Coach Wayne Anderson 09.07.2024

Today, we are joined by a college basketball coach. Coach Anderson discusses how faith and his upbringing in the church impacted his childhood for the good. He then goes into talking about how his playing career and coaching career merged into the life he has now. He has an incredible story!

Season 2 Episode 13: Wilson (Henryetta) Boys Basketball Coach Grant Proctor 02.07.2024

Coach Proctor after serving as an assistant for a few short years got the call to come back to his Alma mater. Find out what state the program was in when he got there and where they have been able to get to in that short amount of time.

Season 2 Episode 7: Coaches Logan and Lexi Gragg Locust Grove Basketball Coaches 02.07.2024

Today is a special treat because we get a two for one. Coaches Logan and Lexi Gragg Head Coaches of the Locust Grove Pirates and Lady Pirates join the podcast to talk about how they use their platform as coaches and the impacts that they’re able to have each day with their students and teams.

Season 2 Episode 12: Amber-Pocasset Girls Basketball Coach Trent Miller 25.06.2024

Coach Miller after taking a 3 year break will be back on the sidelines, but this time it will not be in the maroon and gold. Coach Miller will be coaching at Am-Po next season and we talk about what that transition has been like and how that process played out. Coach Miller also talked about what he believes makes up a team and how the coach fits into that dynamic as well.

Season 2 Episode 11: Former Dale Boys Basketball Coach Jeff Edmonson 18.06.2024

Coach Edmonson didn’t learn how to coach basketball 3 years ago after winning a state title as a head coach. Coach Edmonson has had a tremendous amount of success at every stop he’s made, but for many years now he’s been at Dale which has been a pillar of success in their class. Coach Edmonson talks us through the recent success and what he thinks is so unique about this group of kids that he has...

Season 2 Episode 10: with Co-Host Alec Bryen 04.06.2024

Today’s episode will be different as we try and expand the podcast to being something more than just coaches stories. We also want to show our personalities and allow the audience to learn about us in that way too. So, who better to do a Guinea pig episode with than my first Guinea pig, Alec Bryen. Along with sports related topics, we will be sharing some big news in both of our lives. Hope you en...

Season 2 Episode: 9 Host Luke Clark is the Guest 28.05.2024

This weeks episode is hosted by Coach Kaleb Swboni the Head Softball Coach of the Wister Lady Wildcats. He turns the tables on me and takes the microphone out of my hands and he is the host. Keep joining us each week as you always do for better guests than this weeks podcast.

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