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Coach Like A Champion

30 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings

Coach Like A Champion is a podcast talking scheme, culture, and everything in between, helping each other to be championship caliber coaches on & off the field. The host, Bo Bradshaw, has coached football, basketball, girls golf, and esports. The guests have varied in the sports they coach.
Host: @bobradshaw15
Show: @CoachLikeAChamp

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Episodes

Ep. 30 Sha'Hada Artberry

June 14, 2024 03:01 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MB

Sha'Hada is the Director of Athletic Performance at Tulsa University. He is in his first year there with his priority being the women's basketball team. He has been over Athletic Performance/Strength and Conditioning at multiple colleges and also for the football program at Southlake Carrol in Texas.

EP. 29 Trent Earley

March 20, 2024 20:28 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MB

Coach Trent Earley was just promoted to the Co-Defensive Coordinator at the well-known and consistently successful D-2 program, Valdosta State University in Georgia. He also runs the special teams and coaches the linebackers. Bo knows him from Earley's early coaching days at Oklahoma Baptist University. Coach Earley has some great one-liners and ideas for motivating players to give their all at every opportunity.

Ep. 28 Kenzi Bradshaw

February 21, 2024 04:50 - 45 minutes - 39.4 MB

On this episode of CLAC, my wife Kenzi kindly graces us with her presence. She grew up a coach's kid, her dad coached the MACU soccer teams for the majority of her life. She was an All-American DII soccer player, and now has been married to me as I have coached football and other sports for the past 7 years. She talks about the time commitment, COVID, changing jobs, having kids, and everythign in-between. Your spouse is going to relate to everything she has to say!

Ep. 27 Edward Morgan

February 05, 2024 05:15 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MB

Coach Edward Morgan started off in the business world working in downtown Dallas, Texas. Friday Night Lights kept calling him back to the game he loved and Texas high school football lived up to the hype! He did whatever it took to get into coaching, and continues to do whatever it takes to help the players and fulfill his goals of being a coach. He has made a couple of stops coaching in Texas. I am proud to know Ed from our playing days at Oklahoma Baptist University. This makes two Bison i...

Ep. 26 Kimes Gilbert

January 22, 2024 09:50 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Kimes Gilbert is the head football coach at Chisolm High School in Enid, Oklahoma. He has held that position for two years. In year one, they won only one game. In year two, they won 6 games and made a playoff appearance. Bo knows Kimes from their playing days at Oklahoma Baptist University. Kimes was a defensive end and an All-American. He started coaching in central Oklahoma in Midwest City and then Choctaw before going to Chisolm HS. Kimes discusses the turn around of the program, coachin...

Ep. 25 John Boogaard

July 31, 2023 18:51 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

Coach John Boogaard is the brand new offensive coordinator at Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was just awarded the honor of being on the 35 under 35 list for rising football coaches in the state of Oklahoma by the OFBCA. His roots are from the west side of the nation in mountain country. He started his career off coaching as a GA and has quickly worked his way up the ranks in high school ball. Coach Boogaard discusses some drills that he had to invent due to lack of equipmen...

Ep. 24 Jason Melot

July 18, 2023 03:48 - 54 minutes - 51.7 MB

Coach Jason Melot just retired from coaching football after over 30 years! Most recently he wore many hats at Oklahoma Baptist University; Linebackers, Recruiting, Hudl, Special Teams, and more. Melot coached football all around the Moore district and some other programs in south Oklahoma. He also did a stint as the President of the OCA, so he is well known throughout the profession. I am proud to call him one of my coaches and thankful he was willing to come on and talk about his career and...

Ep. 23 Jay Price

June 05, 2023 08:12 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MB

Coach Jay Price is one of the most successful basketball coaches in the state of Oklahoma, both in regards to wins on the court and impacting young men to have a better life. He talks about mission trips to Nicaragua, coaching his kids, the 22-23 season, and coaching a Gatorade POTY. For Coach Price it is always more than just coaching basketball, and that is obvious in my conversation with him.

Ep. 22 Boone Copeland

May 22, 2023 09:54 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MB

Coach Boone Copeland is the TE coach at Carl Albert HS. He has been coaching for a long time, with long stints in the Lawton area and as the head coach at Western Heights. He has experience as a college coach early on. Coach Copeland has one of the biggest personalities when it comes to the coaching world and is known and liked by everybody! He also has lots of experience coaching golf. He mentions it on this episode, but we recorder before his CA girls golf team went on to win a STATE CHAMP...

Ep. 21 Tony Shiffman

April 24, 2023 08:04 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Coach Tony Shiffman is best known for his work on Twitter with the #HogFBChat that takes place every Monday. Coach Shiffman has been ALL OVER. He is a well known coach due to his online presence. He talks on Coach Like A Champion about all of his stops around the country and his experiences at each place. The coaching journey is unique for every coach and Coach Shiffman might have one of the most one-of-a-kind coaching experiences out there. He is a coach who prides himself in having a succe...

Ep. 20 Evan Dresel

April 10, 2023 09:10 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MB

Evan Dresel is the Head Coach of the Oklahoma Christian Women's Soccer Program. He is a staple of the soccer community in the OKC area, having been coaching/playing in the location his entire life. He has invested heavily in the game and the game has invested more back into him. I loved getting the perspective of a college coach on how they navigate the Transfer Portal from a D2 perspective and his team building approach to coaching. Motivational, technical, and committed are three words the...

Ep. 19 Jack Dingus

March 27, 2023 13:51 - 2 hours - 125 MB

On episode 19 of CC we have our guest, Jack Dingus, discussing how he found his way into coaching and what the grind of that consisted of. He explains his experience as a Carl Albert Titan and how it molded him into the coach he is today. Coach Dingus is the co-host of the weekly football twitter chat, #HogFBchat. He founded this and helps facilitate it every week. He is an O-Line connoisseur and currently coaches at John Marshall HS in OKC, Ok. He has been to a few different schools in cent...

Ep. 18 Chris Bliek

March 15, 2023 09:01 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

Coach Chris Bliek  is the head football coach for the Harrah Panthers in Harrah, Ok. He has been in coaching a while now, but made the move to head coach fairly rapidly. Bo and Coach Bliek discuss some impactful decisions and things that he implemented in Harrah to help create the culture they have out there. It is a close knit community that is highly involved in the football program. Coach Bliek has made an impact on the athletic program as a whole. He loves and supports the student athlet...

Ep. 17 Mike Dunn

February 27, 2023 04:27 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

Coach Mike Dunn is the Head Coach at Carl Albert High School. His team recently won the Oklahoma 5A State Championship in December 2022. Coach Dunn provides a lot of insight to mixing old school and new school coaching and leadership techniques to a historic and continuously successful program. He has had the privilege of coaching for, against, and alongside many great coaches. He talks about starting off as a GA before moving to Texas and spending time there before coming back home. This is...

John Herbert

February 13, 2023 08:10 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB

John Herbert is the defensive coordinator at Carl Albert High School. In his 6 years there, he has helped coach the Titans to 5 State Championships. Coach Herbert talks significantly about the 2023 Titans. He rattles through the 2 Minute Drill with some interesting answers, and then follows up with his Coaching Journey. He comes from a coaching family, but also adds to that coaching family throughout his life. He is a great coach that was built up by other great coaches. Another great episod...

Brandon Johnson

February 02, 2023 09:16 - 42 minutes - 37.3 MB

Coach Brandon Johnson is the current Offensive Coordinator for the Carl Albert Titans. He has been under numerous legendary Head Coaches throughout his coaching career and a part of two of the most legendary runs in Oklahoma HS football history, starting his career at Ada HS in the early 90s and currently at Carl Albert HS. He has won 10 State Championships at Carl Albert. He is very humble, but has a lot of football knowledge to share. Honored to give Coach J a platform to share just a glim...

Shane Farley

January 16, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutes - 37.7 MB

Shane Farley ([email protected]) talks State Championship number 17 for the Carl Albert Titans, what it means to be at Carl Albert, his journey through the profession, and some of his favorite sport teams and players to follow growing up. Farley is as good as it gets when it comes to coaching in Oklahoma high school football. Hope yall love listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it!

JT Ketch

May 16, 2022 05:22 - 58 minutes - 54.4 MB

Coach JT Ketch is currently the offensive line coach at Newcastle High School in Newcastle, OK. His football history consists of high school ball and then playing at Oklahoma Baptist University. He graduated from there in 2017 with a Sports Management Degree. He first coached at Mcloud HS for a year, before going south to Lawton HS where he was the OC. JT gives his side of the story when he coached against Cy Stallard (friend of the pod) and also struggles to remember how far his team went t...

Paxton Kilby

April 18, 2022 07:00 - 54 minutes - 44.9 MB

Coach Pac Kilby is currently the assistant basketball coach at Harrah HS. He was formerly the head coach at Sasakwa, Earlsboro, Latta, and Shawnee. His teams made appearances in the 2021 5A State Tournament and 2018 Class B State Runner-Up. He graduated from East Central University and Ada HS. He is married to Sadie and they have two sons, Jamison and Kobe. Coach Kilby talks about the craziness of being a head coach of so many different sports from 8-man football to slow pitch to cross count...

JD Runnels

March 21, 2022 04:42 - 46 minutes - 32.8 MB

JD Runnels is on week one of his new coaching job as the Running backs coach of the USFL team, the Houston Gamblers. JD moved through the ranks quickly. He had a very successful playing career going from Carl Albert to OU and then being drafted by the Chicago Bears. He started his coaching career at the middle school level and has jumped from to the college ranks and not onto a new professional league. He discusses his excitement and energy to be at his new position, all that it entails, and...

Dwight Dobbins

March 07, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 30.4 MB

Dwight Dobbins is a Co-Founder of Oklahoma 7 on 7 team, Sooner7. He is also a skill positional trainer/developer of movement and body control, working with youth, high school, collegiate, and professional athletes. He is based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a Tulsa University and Carl Albert HS Alumni. He played at Tulsa between 2011-2014 and followed up his playing career with a year as a GA in 2015. While he was at Tulsa he won a Conference USA championship and a Liberty Bowl Championship i...

Grant Haynes

February 21, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes - 34.1 MB

Grant Haynes coaches at Jones HS in Jones, OK. He is the offensive line position coach and the special teams coordinator. He graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2019 with his bachelors in History Education. He is entering his 8th year of coaching football with stops at Choctaw HS, Greenwood HS (Ark), Carl Albert HS, and Jones HS. Grant discusses his journey from playing in HS straight into the coaching business and the impacts that every coach had on his journey along the wa...

Cy Stallard

February 06, 2022 21:41 - 45 minutes - 35.2 MB

Cy Stallard is the Head Football Coach at Cleveland High School in Oklahoma. He is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University. OBU is also where he began his coaching career. He started out as the receivers coach. He went on to be an offensive coordinator at Cleveland HS and also Choctaw HS. He is now finishing up his second year of being the HC at Cleveland. In this episode, we discuss what it's like coaching in the town you grew up in and the other obstacles that are faced when taking over ...

Zach Clark

January 24, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 47.2 MB

Zach Clark coaches at Ennis HS in Ennis Texas. He is the offensive line coach, as well as the recruiting coordinator. He graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2017 with a degree in professional accounting and played football all four years there. He began his coaching career at Venus HS as the offensive coordinator and H-backs coach before moving to where he is now. Zach discusses how he works with his position players on the o-line and what it was like making the move from Oklahoma ...

Jason Eaker

September 06, 2021 06:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB

Jason Eaker, @jeaker, is the head men's basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist University. His team has been to two consecutive D-2 NCAA tournaments and recently won the SKINZ league this summer in OKC. He was named the 2021 Great American Conference Coach of the Year.   

Byron Gutierrez

August 30, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 36.2 MB

Byron Gutierrez, @Byron22911 , is the head girls' soccer coach at Edmond Memorial HS. Previously he was the head soccer coach at Western Heights and Harrah HS. He has coached both boys and girls soccer and football as well. He tells a great story about making the 6A State Playoffs last year, and he mentions many people by name who have been an integral part of his coaching career. 

Phillip Spess

August 23, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 22.9 MB

Phillip Spess Twitter: @CoachSpess IG: @phillipspess Phillip talks about his new FCA position as he moves states. He is a DB coach with experience as a ST coordinator and defensive coordinator that has been to SMU, Tecumseh, Norman North, Cleveland HS, and now moving to Tempe, Arizona. Phillip finally gets more than one answer correct on "Singing or Coaching" and picks the GOAT in his HORSE game. 

Blake Blanton

August 16, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.8 MB

Bo interviews Blake Blanton, the offensive line and assistant wrestling coach at Perkins HS. He just made the move out to Perkins and fall camp is underway! Blake talks about the buck sweep and the legendary Coach Rose. Football season is around the corner! @thecoachblanton

Mitchell Gomez

August 09, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

The guest on this episode of Coach Like a Champion is Mitchell Gomez, @OfficialMGomez1. He officiates HS and collegiate basketball. He also coaches 7th grade football and boys track at Choctaw/Nicoma Park Middle School. Mitchell shares some great stories and defends every bad call any ref has ever made. You will LOVE this interview with Mitchell, check it out! (If you are interested in becoming a ref reach out to Mitchell on Twitter!)

Episode 1: Levi Lunsford

August 02, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.2 MB

In the very first episode of Coach like a Champion, Bo hosts Levi Lunsford, coach & teacher at Harrah HS. Levi talks about the Power and calls out Lincoln Riley to a game of H-O-R-S-E. This episode is sponsored by Anchor. Graphic art for C.L.A.C is created by TJ Johnson. Special shout out to Noah Nelson for assisting in the production.  Social: @Coachlikeachamp Host: @bobradshaw15

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