Phil Weber has spent time with Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns, University of Florida, Chaminade University, Iona University, New Orleans Pelicans, and he was the Head Coach of the Sioux Falls team in the D-League. He is a basketball lifer who has coached in a number of different ways. He also worked as a player development coach from 1995-1998 where he worked with over 100 NBA players.
Read MoreEric Mangini played college football at Wesleyan, and has since spent his entire career working in football where he actually began as a coach in Australia. Eric was an assistant coach with the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, and at the age of 34, he was hired as the NY Jets Head Football Coach. After being the head coach for the NY Jets, Eric was then the head coach for the Cleveland Browns.
Read MoreJen Rizzotti is entering her third season as the head coach of the George Washington women's basketball team. Jen guided the Colonials back to the NCAA Tournament in her second season at the helm in 2017-18 after leading the program to the Atlantic 10 Championship. Inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, Rizzotti is well-known in basketball circles around the world.
Read MoreJulie Elion has developed one of the premier sport psychology practices in the professional golf world. She is currently working with multiple players on the PGA Tour, including winners of multiple major tournaments and regular tour events totaling over 60 wins and five majors. She worked with the 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team in their victory at Valhalla Golf Club, as well as with four members of the 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup and four members of the 2011 U.S. Presidents Cup teams.
Read MoreMano Watsa presently serves as the President of PGC Basketball. He joins Brian Levenson to discuss coaching and PGC basketball. If you don’t know about PGC, they provide intense, no-nonsense basketball training for players and coaches. Their basketball camps are designed to teach players of all positions to think the game and to be leaders on and off the court. They have served thousands of basketball players and coaches all over the country. He was selected as a two-time All-Canadian and earned Academic All-Canadian honors at the University of Waterloo.
Read MoreKris Herman is the Head softball coach and an assistant athletic director at Williams College. Before working at Williams, she spent 17 years at Tufts University as an Assistant coach before becoming the head coach of both softball and volleyball. She is now in her 15th year at Williams as their head softball coach.
Read MoreRebecca Scritchfield is a well-being coach, registered dietitian nutritionist, and certified health and fitness specialist. Through her weight-neutral Body Kindness practice, she helps people create a better life with workable, interesting self-care goals. She has influenced millions through her writing, podcast, and appearances in over 100 media outlets including NBC Nightly News, CNN, the Today show, the Washington Post, O Magazine, Health, Shape, and many others.
Read MoreAdell Harris is a strong woman who has not just survived adversity, but thrived from her adversity. Adell has been a victim of sexual abuse, was raised in a chaotic household, and has lost a number of important people in her life. But, that's just part of her story. Adell played division 1 basketball at Wake Forest University and had a 14 year coaching career that led her to become the head coach of UNC Wilmington at the age of 31. She recently resigned from her post as head coach to pursue her dream of being a public speaker where she leverages story to help people make adversity their advantage.
Read MoreJustin Su’a is a mental performance coach with the Cleveland Browns and Boston Red Sox. Justin also was a division 1 baseball player at Brigham Young University.
Read MoreMartin Bahar is an assistant coach with the men's basketball team at the University of Southern California. Martin has been coaching for over a decade and his coaching journey has taken him all over the country. Because I am in the basketball community, I am constantly meeting people who know and love Martin. He's a special guy.
Read MoreDave Smith was the Canisius College men's ice hockey coach for 12 seasons. At Canisius, he built the Men's Ice Hockey program to a number 25 ranking among Division I NCAA Men's Ice Hockey teams. Dave guided Canisius to a 21-11-7 record this season and was named the Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year after winning the program's first regular-season title. He led the Golden Griffins to three straight trips to Atlantic Hockey Championship weekend for the first time in school history, including consecutive appearances in the title game and the team's first crown in 2013.
Read MoreDarris Nichols is an assistant coach with University of Florida Men's basketball. Darris has also coached at many other schools. Before coaching, he was a standout guard at West Virginia University where he was a four-year letterwinner under legendary coaches, Bob Huggins and John Beilien.
Read MoreHernando Planells is the associate head coach with Duke University's women's baskebtall team. Hernando's journey is anything but linear. Basketball has taken him all over the world and his entrepreneurial spirit can be heard throughout our conversation. Hernando is not just a coach. He also has a company that puts on workshops to develop leadership, communication, and culture, predominantly by using improv.
Read MoreJessica Kern is the head women's basketball coach at Tennessee State University. Coach Kern has a terrific way with words, is super engaging, and has an incredible and irregular story. She will discuss her path to coaching, what it was like to growing up around basketball, and how sport psychology helped her excel as a college track athlete and in the future as a pro basketball player.
Read MoreIn this episode of Beyond the Surface we chat with Dr. Amber Lattner of Lattner Performance Group. Dr. Lattner works with individuals, teams, and organizations to build chmapionship mindsets. Dr. Lattner will share her journey in sport as a soccer player and her decision to pursue Sport Psychology. She will provide insight into her mindset and the mindset she works to cultivate with her clients.
Read MoreJohn Scott Rattan is a golf professional at Congressional Country Club where he works with top junior, amateur and professional golfers. John Scott also previously worked as a coach with The University of Maryland and University of Virginia. John Scott also played collegiate golf at Univeristy of Tennessee and played professionally for 4 seasons.
Read MoreCoach Chris Caputo discusses his journey from playing division 3 basketball, to Geroge Mason Univesity where he helped that team on an improbable run to the final 4, to where he is today at the University of Miami.
Read MoreToday I go beyond the surface with Jon Torpey, the head lacrosse coach at High Point University. Coach Torpey talks about his journey to playing D1 and professional lacrosse and the mentors who helped him along the way. He also talks about his mindset as a coach and how he approaches helping his players. Coach Torpey also discusses the values that he has embedded into the culture of his lacrosse team and how he empowers coaches, players, and parents.
Read MoreTim Gentry discusses his upbringing, discipline, adaptability, dealing with adversity, and his overall mindset. Take note of how Tim has bridged his experience in sport with his role as a manager.
Read MoreCoach Raphael Chillious is the Associate Head Coach for the University of Washington Mens Basketball program. His journey is truly remarkable as he talks about his upbringing, his experience as an athlete, and how he approaches coaching.
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