A Coach's Perspective

In this episode, we visit with Hall of Famer Coach Bob Kinloch about his career and the impact that he has had on multiple athletes throughout his decades of coaching at Central High School. We also previewed the Kinloch Wrestling Tournament coming up on January 3-4, 2020 at Parkview High School. We also caught up with Greenwood Girls Basketball Coach Mike Percival about the holiday basketball tournaments going on this year between Christmas and New Year’s including the Greenwood Blue and Gold and the Greenwood/Springfield Public Schools Pink and White Lady Classic among others in the area.

In this episode, we enjoy a “Thanksgiving dinner with Ned Reynolds and Art Hains” at Springfield’s first and finest Japanese Steakhouse, Nakato. We reflect on the gratitude, professionally and personally, that Ned and Art have and how sports broadcasting has changed and evolved over the years. We also gave these two legends a challenge – they performed play by play and color analyst work of our Hibachi Chef at Nakato! They did an excellent job and give a whole new meaning to, “And he goes for the butter AGAIN!” My thanks to these two gentlemen, they have been wonderful mentors and friends.

In this episode, we hosted former Olympian, Lori Endicott–Vandersnick and Head women’s volleyball coach from Southwest Baptist University Caira Dortch. We looked into the mission of in season and out of season sports and how both high school coaches and off-season coaches need to communicate and bridge that gap with a centered focus on the athlete and their development. We also explored the value of multi-sport athletes and how beneficial it is for athletes to have experience in more than one sport if they choose to do so. As a former Olympian, and as a head volleyball coach at the collegiate level, my guests made excellent points in trying to provide the best experience for student athletes.

On this show, we previewed our new book, Raising Razorbacks: A Collection of Burnett Stories with an interview with Tommy Burnett, Billy Burnett, and Lacy Newman Humphreys who hosted the book launch party. Order online on our product page! We also previewed the upcoming Step Up to the Plate event with Coach Keith Guttin with Missouri State University Baseball. We also caught up with talented local broadcaster Ray Meyer. Take a listen!

Next week we have “Thanksgiving Dinner with Ned Reynolds and Art Hains.” We sat down at Nakato Japanese Steakhouse with these two talents and had some wonderful conversation. Plus, wait until you hear the challenge, I gave them and how they responded. Yeah, teaser. Wednesday’s from 6:00-7:00 on JOCK 98.7FM!

In this episode, we celebrated the Springfield Area Sports Hall of Fame season and had a plethora of sports figures. We were very grateful for Ebbett’s Field in hosting the show and for all of the participants that were willing to join us and play some games on air. We had, in no particular order, Corey Riggs, Art Hains, Ray Meyer, Ned Reynolds, Mark Stillwell, Mark Fisher, Dan Cashel, Lynne Miller, Lisa Tinkler, Becky Oakes, Reba Sims, Ed Beach, Bill Rowe, and Tom Mast who all braved the airwaves playing our segments of “Out of the Hat” and “This or That”. What a fun evening!

In this episode, we visit with former two time All-American from College of the Ozarks Women’s Basketball player Kelsie Cleeton and celebrate her career as a Lady Bobcat and the retiring of her jersey. She also joined in on our insightful conversation with Missouri State University Director of Athletics Kyle Moats. We discussed the current state of Missouri State’s athletic programs, the new NCAA guidelines on pay to play, and the mental health support athletic departments are giving their student-athletes.

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In this episode, we speak with former heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist Michael Spinks. He was a total gentleman while he recalled what the sport of boxing did for him and the journey he experienced through his career. We also spoke with, and congratulated Miranda Atkins, on her title win this past weekend. Her, and Alicia Acero, in different weight classes, won world titles and showcased their skills by winning both of their fights in the first round. We also hosted Hall of Fame and Southern Middleweight Boxing Champion John Pinney about his boxing career and his stand-up comedy career. We wrapped up the show by debuting our new Human Champion Collection – check it out at https://www.acoachsperspective.com/hcc-product-line

Next week we will host Missouri State University Director of Athletics Kyle Moats about his thoughts on the new NCAA guidelines and what is happening in MSU Athletics. We will also catch up with former two-time All-American Women’s Basketball player from College of the Ozarks, Kelsie Cleeton (yes, one of my former players) and celebrate some wonderful news she has to share. Tune in next Wednesday from 6:00-7:00 on JOCK 98.7FM!

In this episode, we were jabbin and punchin with some of the coolest in the industry! First of all, thank you to radio host and American Idol coach Bobby Bones for sharing with us his journey and how he has developed such a multi-faceted career. We then promoted a very special event. Alicia Acero, a local boxer, will be going for a WORLD TITLE this weekend in Springfield, Missouri. Her coach, Darrell Smith (Coach Smitty) shared with us, along with Alicia, how she got to this point. Her story is amazing, and we are very proud of her path. Coach Hal Lewis was also on the show and has some athletes from his gym fighting this weekend. All of this is brought to us by John Carden from Carden Combat Sports and he is the event promoter. We also received a special call from Heavyweight Champions and Olympic Gold Medalists (both!) Merciless Ray Mercer and Michael Spinks. Best of luck to all of the fighters this weekend!

In this episode, we met with the Content Strategist for Missouri State University, Kevin Agee, and explored his position and mission at promoting Missouri State University and how he accomplishes that with several outlets including social media. We also spoke with the Sports Information Director at Drury University, Ed Beach and how he uses several techniques to engage the community and inform fans about Drury Athletics. The insight of these gentlemen and their positions are fascinating. Coaches don’t only teach on the court, part of what they do is promote their program and Kevin and Ed gave out some valuable advice on how to do that and it relates to businesses and organizations, too!

We welcomed in this episode two Hall of Famers, Coach Mike Keltner and NFL official Larry Nemmers. We spent the first half of the show talking about the psychology of coaches and officials in their game preparation, holding concentration, and minimizing distractions. . We then debuted a new segment called “Out of a Hat” where we drew random questions and they had to answer them on the fly. We are happy to report they did a tremendous job! If you missed it, make sure you listen on the website or Apple iTunes Podcast.