Coaches Clubhouse

Inside this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach talks to RB Salzburg Manager Jesse Marsch. After a coaching career in the MLS and with the US Men's National Team, Marsch landed in Austria in 2019 and proceeded to become the first American manager to win a top flight European league, as well as the first American to coach in the Champions League. He's also found time to pursue his other passion, traveling. He and his family have visited almost 70 countries, including a 6 month trip around the world in 2012.

On this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach talks to Hall of Fame Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer. The trailblazing coach has seen first hand the evolution of women's sports in America, from a promising youth player with no organized competitive outlet, to coaching the USA Women's National Team to a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, with a few college national titles thrown in as well. They also discuss her love of music, which prompted her to take up the piano as a release after the Olympic success.

Inside this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach talks to Bob Bowman, best known as Michael Phelps' lifelong swimming coach. They discuss how he first came to work with Phelps, the historic run of Olympic success, coaching in college at both Michigan and Arizona State and his other passion...cooking.

Inside this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach talks to Super Bowl winning head coach Dick Vermeil. He has amazing stories from his time coaching, and winning, at every level of football, like befriending a young graduate assistant named Bill Walsh, stepping away from the game shortly after a run to the Super Bowl and bribing a kicker with a bottle of wine. After growing up in the Napa Valley, he's come full circle and started his own wine label after retiring from football. He discusses his love of wine, and even gives some recommendations.

Inside this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach talks to D-D Breaux, who just announced her retirement after 43 years leading the LSU Gymnastics program. They discuss how she grew the program from a club sport when she was hired as a graduate student in 1977, into a top 10 powerhouse. She also has a passion for gardening, a hobby she picked up from her parents and is now passing down to her grandchildren.

Inside this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach talks to longtime Florida State men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton. They discuss his upbringing in the segregated South, how it centered around church, his winding road as a young basketball coach and the foundational lessons he teaches his players. They also get into his love of gospel music, which led him to start his own gospel record label — 5ive Oceans.

Inside this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach is joined by longtime DC United skipper Ben Olsen. They discuss how much soccer culture in the US has changed, his deep passion for DC United after playing and coaching at the club for over 20 years and how he was forced to learn on the job after unexpectedly becoming the head man. Plus, they get into his love of art and painting, which lead him to set up his own art studio in The District, where he can get away to really express himself on the canvas.

Inside this edition of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach is joined by Duke Football Head Coach David Cutcliffe. They discuss the secret behind his legendary work with quarterbacks, how he helped rebuild Peyton Manning's career out of a basement, when he knew he wanted to become a coach, and much more. Plus, they dive into his love of books and reading. He gives recommendations for adults, kids and anyone looking to enrich their lives.

On the first episode of Coaches Clubhouse, Nicole Auerbach talks to Atlanta Hawks Head Coach Lloyd Pierce about how his background shaped him as a leader, how he's stepped up to help promote social justice within the NBA coaching community, and how music builds culture.

Welcome to the Coaches Clubhouse. Join Nicole Auerbach for the first episode, with Atlanta Hawks Head Coach Lloyd Pierce, on Wednesday, July 8th.