Coach Morton and Friends Real Talk

By Brandon Morton

This podcast is conversation based with coaches and athletes that I have known(or known of) for years. We will talk about their stories of how they got into the sport and profession of coaching, curre... more

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Coach Morton and Friends Real Talk episodes:

April 11, 2020 Tim Langford-University of Oklahoma Head Cross Country and Track and Field
Tim Langford has been able to develop athletes to levels that see them get to numerous NCAA National Championships both indoor and outdoor. He has been known to do this at schools with very limited budgets. This ability has allowed him to ascend to University of Oklahoma where he is now the Interim Head Coach for the Cross Country and Track Program.
He has quickly hit stride while at OU. With the Covid 19 stopping everyone's season, Tim took time to appear on an episode of Real Talk. In this interview he goes over his path from being an athlete to getting into coaching. He also goes over different levels of athlete competency, differences in coaching vs training and the development of 2019 Toyota USATF Indoor 60m Champion Demek Kemp as well as 2019 NCAA Indoor 400m Champion Tyrell Richards.
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1h 24min
April 10, 2020 Dante Butler-Head Track and Field Coach at Boiling Springs High School in Boiling Springs, SC
Dante has been a great friend for the past 15 years. He has coached many levels ranging from club and AAU, Public and Private high school, and NCAA D1. He has a common sense approach but also understands the importance of speed, power and proper recovery.
His mentality is one that is faith based and his communication style derives from his God father and a history in football and other team sports.
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57min
April 08, 2020 Ben Paxton-Winthrop University Head Cross Country and Track and Field Coach
Ben Paxton has been at the helm of Winthrop Track and Field since 1993. During that time he has had numerous All Americans, NCAA Qualifiers, Big South All Conference Performers and Big South Conference Champions.
in this interview he goes in depth about how he got involved in the sport and coaching. He also goes into detail about training setup for distance events and high jump.
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50min
April 08, 2020 David Pickett-North Greenville University Assistant Track and Field Coach
David has been like a younger brother over the past 10 years. He is a track enthusiasts but he is also a very good coach. While at North Greenville David has developed two of the fastest sprinters in all of division 2 track and field.
In this interview he talks about his introduction into sports, people that have influenced him throughout his career as well as insight into the training of JJ Sherman and Tevin Richardson.
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56min
April 06, 2020 Kenny Anderson-Johnson C. Smith University Assistant Track and Field Coach
Kenny Anderson has been at Johnson C Smith for 2 years and has quickly made a name for himself as a great recruiter and very knowledgeable coach. If you keep up with his social media then you can get insight into the type of personality he has.
In this episode he talks about how he got into coaching, his weekly practice setup and communication being key to athlete buy in. Kenny has a great future in the sport, so please take a listen.
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40min
April 06, 2020 Tyree Price- Bethune Cookman Jumps Assistant Coach
Tyree Price has been in the coaching profession for 19 years. He has coached a number of All Americans, MEAC All Conference Performers and MEAC Conference Champions.
We talk about coaches that influenced him as well as his approach to training his athletes. He goes into some detail to explain the progression of improvement in his athletes. I hope you enjoy.
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41min
April 03, 2020 Johnny Bomar-Wofford Head Cross Country and Track and FIeld Coach
Coach Bomar is a blue collar coach that is great a development. He is a generalist which is becoming a lost art in this day and age of specializing early. He has coached athletes to 1st round qualifiers in the sprints and hurdles to having a 3k steeplechase first team all American.
He talks about how his personality influences his training as well as how his knowledge in the sprints has influenced him as a distance coach.
Please enjoy!!
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33min
April 03, 2020 Cord Sgaglio-Head Cross Country Coach at Limestone University
In this episode of Real Talk with Coach Morton and Friends, I catch up with my old assistant Cord Sgaglio. He is now the Head Cross Country and Assistant Track and FIeld Coach at Limestone University. Cord has a background in developing athletes from scratch and talks about the generalist approach to coaching. He also gives his philosophy on speed for distance runners and a more quality based approach to distance running.
We touch on everything from why take a quality based approach over a high mileage approach and Art vs Science. I hope you enjoy.
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36min
April 03, 2020 Mark Rennix- Converse College Assistant Cross Country and Track and FIeld Coach
Mark Rennix is one of the bright young minds in our sport. He has a great grasp on training for distance running events. His approach to training seems to be a mixture of common sense/older school mentality combined with a some of the modern approaches in our sport. Mark is a flexible coach that is willing to do what it takes so that the athlete experiences continued improvement.
He sits down to talk about that approach and how he got into the sport as well as other topics.
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37min
April 01, 2020 Mica Mccoy-Sprints and Jumps Coach Nations Ford High School
Mica is the definition of educator. He is a guidance counselor at Winget Park Elementary in Charlotte, NC. He has also been coaching track and field for the past 16 years. He was the first coach in York County to have a women's 4x100 state championship while at Rock Hill High and did the same the following year at Northwestern High. He has had numerous SC 4A and 5A all state qualifiers and State Champions. In this interview we talk about his entry into sports, also what led him to begin coaching and his overall philosophy on coaching. It is an insightful interview from one of the best coaches in the state of SC.
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35min

FAQs about Coach Morton and Friends Real Talk:

How many episodes does Coach Morton and Friends Real Talk have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.