Cornfed Coaching

The Cornfed team was excited to have Josh Parker on the pod today! Josh plays for Jack's hometown club, Wycombe Wanders in the Championship league in England. Josh details his journey through the professional ranks and different challenges he's had to overcome. This is a fantastic epiodse because it encapsulates exactly why we started the pod. An honest conversation. Josh has played with and against some fantastic players and has represented Antigua and Barbuda. Josh touches on a prominent topic in football and across the world right now, racial abuse. We appreciated Josh's openness about this and his time!

The Cornfed team was delighted to welcome the US Soccer ENT Technical and Grassroots Director, Stuart Sharp to the podcast. Stuart is the head coach of the Para-National Team who competed in the World Cup last year. He dives into the details of coaching the para team as well as his soccer background. We had former guest and friend of the pod, Ross Moffat, as a co-host as he helped Stuart as an assistant coach on the team. An amazing episode that left us speechless. 

The Cornfed Coaching team were delighted to talk with Kelly Cagle. Kelly walked us through her journey of being a star player growing up in Arizona, going to Duke and stints in Japan and the inaugural women's soccer league (WUSA). Kelly has had an illustrious coaching career coaching at Texas and Wake Forest before leading the Virginia Tech Women's program. She now serves as the leadership director and works in the ECNL for the Phoenix Rising. Kelly talks about the level of players she's played with and against. She tells the very humbling story of her time at Virgina Tech while the mass shooting happened on campus. A facsinating conversation and one the Cornfed team won't forget soon.

What a time! The Cornfed team were very lucky to have the opportunity to chat with David Copeland-Smith. David has established himself as an elite individual trainer of players with his company, Beast Mode Soccer. He has worked with numerous players off of the USWNT world cup teams and other professional players. We talked with him about the development of players and David gave great insight to player development. He discusses his approach to working with players not just on the technical side of things, but how important the mental side is as well. Great listen for all fans of soccer to get insight of how players can improve their game from someone who knows it from the top.

The Cornfed Coaching team was joined today by Dan Rothert. Dan was head coach of the Loras Duhawks men's and women's soccer teams for over 20 years. He coached collectively over 40 seasons for the Dubuque-based program and took them to numerous NCAA tournaments and led the boys to two NCAA DIII Final Fours. During his tenure he took the role as Associate Athletic Director, but left to combine his expertise in a different form. He know is the founder of Top Student Athlete Recruiting, which is a full-service recruiting platform to help student-athletes find the right fit. We talk all things recruiting on this episode and there are a few of our favorite Duhawks name dropped throughout. A must listen for all players and families going through the recruiting process!

When the Cornfed Coaching team found out they would get the opportunity to talk with Todd Beane they were giddy to say the least. Jack and Jon have been inspired by the TOVO methodology that Todd has championed, which was largely inspired by Johann Cruyff's teachings. TOVO is a learning-based approach to coaching that has online and in-person offerings for both players and coaches. Todd joined the Cornfed team to discuss all things TOVO and methodology in soccer. He gave great insight to different areas of the game and his take on player development. It was a great chat and a must-listen to anyone wanting a different look at the game. 

The Cornfed Coaching team are back in a long over-due episode with a fantastic Iowa Soccer guest, Jon Cook. 'Cooky' is the director of coaching for ISC in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids. He is a long-tenured Iowa coach and student of the game with a methodical and educationally-based approach to the game. We have a great conversation about style of play and his individual and club philosophy. We also touch on his educational approach and a few items he'd like to see addressed in coaching education. Truly a great episode we wish we could've kept rolling!

The Cornfed Coaching boys sat down with Nathan Hunt for this installment of Cornfed Coaching. Nathan is the Director of Coaching - Affiliates for Sporting Kansas City as well as a USSF Course Instructor. Jack and Jon were delighted to finally sit down and pick his brain about core values, coaching education and SKC. It was a great chat and is wonderful for anyone involved with the youth game. 

Reminder that we have started a blog called Breaking The Press where coaches tackle whatever is on their soccer brain that week. This week was the fifth installment, we have featured Ross Moffat, Jamie McQuillan, Adelai Gay as well as contributions from Jack and Jon.

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We are delighted to be back in podcast form! For the first official pod back we have a dual episode with Troy McKerrell and Francisco Murguia. We socially-distanced interviewed them in Kansas City where they are both based right now. Troy is originally from Scotland and has quickly made his way up the coaching ranks and has a diverse set of experiences. Francisco is a KC native and has coached throughout the country in the youth game at the highest levels. We were running short on time, but we had to get him on the pod. We will get a more in-depth interview with him next time we are able to make it back down the Kansas City. Great dual episode. Give it a listen!

Adrian Parrish joins the pod for the final installment of the Iowa Socer Symposium Mini-Series! Adrian has a vast array of experience within the game holding different roles throughout the country for the past few years. He talks us through the differences and challenges in positions like a DOC, coach developer and discovery program director. Adrian was the state director of coaching for Kentucky for a number of years before joining the new MLS franchis FC Cincinnati this past year. He has a wealth of knowledge and we were lucky enough to pick his brain!