They Call Me Coach

Coach Hensley is a green country coaching legend in his own right. He has taken two of the green country schools to state tournaments and he has made an indelible mark on the area in the sport of Basketball. Coach Hensley has a wonderful family and he speaks to the importance of making them a part of everything he does. That and more here is Coach Hensley. *Warning there could be some interruption...

Coach Clarke is one of the winningest coaches in Oklahoma Basketball history. Listen as he talks us through the journey of all of the stops that Coach Clarke made along his journey and how he came to call Washington his home for the last 20+ years. Coach Clarke won over 900 games, coached in 25 state tournaments, coached 31 All-State players, member of both the OGBCA and OCA hall of fames, but abo...

Today’s guest is a softball coach in the fall and the spring and is a basketball official in the winter months. Find out the balance of being a head coach, husband, father, and official. Coach Swboni was kind enough to sit down with us and give up some of his valuable time to talk through all of the things he does and share how he leads his program.

Coach Winfield has been a frequent flyer to the state tournament since arriving at Adair 20 years ago. Coach Winfield talks about how that is possible at the same school and the kind of work that goes into building and continuing that kind of tradition at the same school.

Today’s guest is Coach Chris Brown of the Howe Lady Lions. Coach Brown is one of those coaches that any coach could talk to and soak up wisdom from the entire conversation. Coach Brown will talk about his upbringing, speak of his time in the military, and touch on how a stint of being a college player led him into coaching. Find out the difference between being a transactional coach and a transfor...

Coach Smith is a small town guy from Burlington who is now a Coach at one of the most coveted places to coach at in Oklahoma. Find out how his career has led him to Dale and what Coach Smith is willing to do when it comes to winning.

Catch up with Oklahoma High School Basketball scoring leader Rotnei Clarke from Verdigris High school as well as, former Arkansas Razorback and Butler Bulldog. Rotnei has recently retired from his Professional basketball career and is now leading the way for State Farm in Stillwater.

In this episode, it will be a short and sweet announcement talking about the direction of the podcast moving forward. Happy Game week to everyone!

We’re picking up on our conversation with Coach Graham and following up on the places he has been and the teams he’s coached. I’ll ask what home means to him and why he went back home. Along with that, we’ll have the discussion all coaches will know about which is, being the guy who follows THE GUY.

In this two part episode, listen as long time boys coach at Carnegie among other places and now girls coach at Anadarko gives advice to younger coaches (me) of all the things that he has learned from his journey into coaching.

Catch up with Bo Thomason and hear how the transition to a new job is going and also hear the journey that led him to where he is in his career.

We’ll hear from Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Donnie Husband. Coach Husband is the current Head Coach of the Merritt Oilers. He has been well traveled in his career, but one thing you can say about him is that every where he goes he wins. We’ll hear behind the scenes of how he is able to do that and how his upbringing has led him to the position he’s in now.

Coach Simon is the head coach of the Washington Lady Warriors. We’ll hear stories about what he believes his purpose is in coaching, and how that fuels what he does, and how he does things. We’ll hear a recap of last season and their great run deep into the playoffs. Then we’ll end things with a few questions going over previous coaching stops Coach Simon has had and even why he chose to take a br...

Coach Armer is the Athletic Director, Girls Basketball Coach, should be either the mayor or at least the ambassador of Muldrow. She has lived and worked in this community her entire life and loves her community and her school. Listen as she describes her path to becoming the Head Coach.

Join us as you do every Tuesday for an episode discussing the stories and the life of the person behind the title Coach. Today our guest is Coach Toby Todd. Coach Todd has had an incredible career and he will talk through who he is as a person and will share some funny stories and some incredible successes that he’s been a part of along the way.

Join us as Coach Jonathon Hurt of Vanoss High School walks us through his journey of life with the game of basketball. Find out how he balances being married to a Division 2 Head Womens Basketball Coach with having a young baby. We’ll share our love of Kelvin Sampson, along with toughness which is a big part of his coaching style, and what it’s like to turn around a program all in this episode.

On this episode we’ll catch up with Coach Justin Williams the Head Girls Basketball Coach for the Crossings Christian Lady Knights and the Co-Host of the brand new podcast “Coach2Coach”. He’ll talk about his athletic background with being a collegiate golfer and how that experience led him to the place he’s at now. We’ll talk about the different places he’s been in his career and how all of those...

We sit down with Coach Jenni Holbrook. Coach Holbrook is the Head Coach of the Jones Lady Longhorns. She talks us through her childhood about how she went from being the team manager in JH for her basketball team to a college basketball player. We even hear about the unfortunate passing over her younger sister and the emotions that come with losing a sibling early in life. (Since recording this ep...

In this episode Coach Kight will talk to us about his father and how he modeled being a Coach for him to being an Assistant coach and how those two components shaped him into the Coach he is now. We’ll sneak a little concession food talk while also diving into the waters of the WWE. Oh and there’s also basketball talk in there too!

Coach Lowe walks us through his battle with cancer, coaches who helped him get his start, and helps us understand who he is behind the title, Coach.

Listen as Coach Owen walks us through how being homeschooled at some points of his life led him to being in Public Ed and coaching a sport he’d never seen played before. Follow along as his journey has taken him all over the state.

Take a behind the scenes listen to Coach Larry Johnston. He talks about how his relationship with Christ and a stint in the ministry led him to where he is now. Find out all of the things a 22 year teaching and coaching career has taught him and what molded him into be the person he is today.

In this episode, Coach Hadley from Varnum High School discusses how his early days of playing for his dad and living on campus led him to the teaching and coaching profession. We’ll get into specifics of some of his state tournament runs on each of his teams and maybe even a coaching quirk or two.

Listen as Coach Bryen walks us through his journey of how basketball led him to coaching Cross Country. He talks about everything from having his first season as a coach end in the big house to becoming a HC at a tradition rich program and how all of those things led him back home.