Coaching Mud

Coach Campbell is entering his 27th season as a head girls’ basketball coach and his 16th as the head coach at Clovis West. He’s won 15 straight league titles & 8 straight section titles with Clovis West. Clovis West is the only public school  to be selected for the CIF Open Division the last 7 years straight, which is the top 16 schools out about 1500+ high schools. Coach Craig Campbell has been named Coach of the Year for multiple publications 23x in his 26 years as a head coach. Lot’s of great information in this episode. Let’s roll it back!

In 2017, Clovis West won the CIF Open Division State Championship and were selected as National Champion by USA Today, MaxPreps, and ESPNW.  They defeated 9 of the top 25 teams in the nation that year and also defeated 8 McDonald’s All Americans.

Coach Craig Campbell can be found on twitter @CoachCCW

Coach Michele Rebozzi is entering year 2 as the top assistant for Life Pacific University Women's Basketball. Life is a new program in the  not so new, and highly competitive Golden State Athletic Conference. To give you an idea just how tough the GSAC is, three schools from the GSAC go to the NAIA National Tournament every single year. Coach Michele tells us about her path to coaching at the college level, LPU's approach to building a program, and her career as a physical therapist with her very own injury prevention program. Check it out!

Coach Michele can be found on twitter @CoachBozzi40

Coach Brian Agler is the winningest coach in US women's professional basketball. He has two American Basketball League Championships, two WNBA Championships with two different franchises (only coach to do that), and he even has a National Championship from his playing days at Wittenberg University. He is now the Head Coach of the WNBA's Dallas Wings where he is tasked with building yet another championship team. In this episode he tells us about his journey coaching in the WNBA, the keys to winning championships, what it's like coaching superstars like Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson, and Candace Parker (to name a few), and so much more! I absolutely love this episode!

Coach Brian Agler can be found on twitter @brian_agler

Oliver Nam is the first personal trainer to be a guest on Coaching Mud. He's worked with athletes from all levels, and business professionals from all walks of life. He's got a unique approach to training, which has led him to have a successful career. He recently opened up his own fitness studio, Thrive Training, in Irvine, California. Oliver is all about building connections with good people and team work. For his clients, he has a team of trainers, a physical therapist, registered dietician, & a yoga and manual stretch coach, on site. He aspires to provide the absolute best for his clients. I am excited for everyone to listen to this episode and hear his perspective on training and some proper strategies in doing so.

You can check out Thrive Training @ https://thrivetrainingirvine.com/

On this episode I chat with Coach Max Ethridge of the University of Nothrwestern Ohio Women's Basketball. Ohio Northwestern is an NAIA program. Coach Max has a very interesting story in that he was a football & track athlete in high school and made his way to coaching basketball shortly after. His journey is only just beginning and has so much more in store. In addition to coaching at Univ. of NW Ohio, Coach Max has been involved with Point Guard College and he is the co-creator of one of my personal favorite coaches Zoom hang outs, 'Beer & Basketball'.

You can find Max on twitter @max_ethridge

This episode features current University of Northern Colorado Assistant Coach Jana Pearson. Coach Jana was at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California prior to joining the staff at UNC. Before Vanguard University she was the assistant at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee. Both Freed and Vanguard are two of the top women's basketball programs in the country for the NAIA. Coach Jana tells us about her experience as a walk on at Harding University and how it led her to becoming a 5'8, NCAA division 1, post coach. She shares some insight on mistakes made, recruiting now vs recruiting then, and so much more. This episode is one of my favorites as Jana coached me at Vanguard University and my respect and admiration for her has grown tremendously since that time. Check it out!

Coach Jana can be found on twitter @CoachJana33

Coach Joe Rutigliano is not a coach who had his foot halfway in the door to coaching due to his college playing career. In fact, he didn't play college hoops at all. He absolutely loves basketball and when he became the manager for Canisius Women's Lacrosse team, he voiced, even then, that his goal was to make a career coaching basketball, not necessarily lacrosse. From being a lacrosse manager all the way to becoming an assistant women's basketball coach at Cornell University, we talk about his journey, what factors make getting a career in coaching so difficult & ways to break into the profession, coaching IVY league, and so much more! Check it out. 

Coach Joe Rutigliano can be found on twitter @Coach_Rutz

On this episode I spoke with Coach Lauren Coleman. She is the current Head Coach at Arnold O. Beckman High School in Irvine, California. We discussed her journey through coaching, which started very quickly after playing and graduating from Florida State University. Coach Lauren takes us through her achilles injury that happened before her sophomore season at FSU, and how she bounced back. She tells us about things she has learned as a young head coach, and what it was like helping start a program at Cal Marimar.  She even dives deep into the Black Lives Matter movement, and shares her perspective which between her and I, is the only one that matters. I'm excited to share this conversation. I believe it is one that many should tune into!

Coach Ernie graduated in 2009 and did not skip a beat. He started coaching immediately after, at the age of 18. He holds the record for the youngest coach in New Mexico State history. Currently he is a teacher & the Head Coach at Washington High School in Glendale, Arizona for the boys varsity basketball team. In this episode we discuss the struggles of coaching boys high school basketball, his involvement in USA & Snow Valley Basketball, and even the approach to addressing the Black Lives Matter movement with our teams. 

Coach Ernie can be found on twitter @CoachErnie_34