Coach Like A Champion

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 country and then back to basketball. He also discusses his once in a lifetime experience at this year's NCAA March Madness Final Four and National Championship games as a UNC fan. 

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 how he got there. JD has a cliche HORSE opponent and dominates the Two-Minute Drill. Y'all are going to love everything JD has to say. 

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 in 2012. Dwight discusses the intricacies of starting the Sooner7 team and how he is able to train high level athletes to push themselves to be better while mentoring them throughout life. 

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 way. 

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 as a HC for the first time. 

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 to Texas. 

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, @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. 

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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. 

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