In this episode of the Lifework Podcast, President Stan Norman sits down with Caleb Garner, Chair of the Department of Health and Physical Education and Assistant Professor of Sports Management at Williams Baptist University. Caleb shares how growing up in the “boondocks” of Brooksville, Mississippi, in a close-knit, church-centered community and a hardworking family shaped his view of vocation and calling.

He reflects on watching his parents persevere through job loss and tough seasons, early experiences working in his grandfather’s feed store, and the formative influence of camp work that taught him to see even unseen tasks as service to Christ. Along the way, Caleb talks about his lifelong love of athletics—right down to his quirky gift for “chasing mascots,” memorizing college teams and stats—and how God used that passion, together with key mentors and campus jobs, to begin steering him toward a future in sports management.

Learn more about the health & physical education department at WBU: https://williamsbu.edu/physicaleducation/