The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals

#534 - The Championship Secrets of Longhorn Softball Coach Mike White


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Texas Longhorns softball coach Mike White chats with Trey Elling, shortly after leading the program to its first-ever national championship. Topics include:

  • 0:00 Life since winning a natty
  • 3:50 Men's fast-pitch softball in the 1980s &'90s
  • 5:56 Growing up in New Zealand
  • 11:04 Moving to the US
  • 15:18 Entrepreneurial spirit
  • 17:42 Getting into coaching
  • 23:24 Learning how to properly instruct
  • 26:29 Becoming head coach at Oregon
  • 28:15 Quick program turnarounds
  • 31:00 Fostering a killer instinct in players
  • 33:46 Business lessons for coaching
  • 36:55 Controlling emotions
  • 38:53 College softball's changing landscape
  • 43:59 Odes to coaching & fatherhood
  • 45:03 OKC & double birds
  • 48:13 Learning from Chris Del Conte
  • 49:39 Advice to Steve Sarkisian
  • 50:32 Toughest coaching gig ever
  • 51:41 ATX food recs


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