End Zone Wives Podcast

End Zone Wives is back.
In this episode we talk about 2023 spring sports, job openings, making coaching moves, and what to expect for the season 2 podcast.

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The state championship games have concluded and the football season is over for everyone. Shawna and Jen discuss watching the state games and which games they thought were exciting.

Christmas is right around the corner and the ladies give last-minute Christmas gift ideas for your coach or if coaches need to buy for their wives.
You can go HERE to get links to some of the suggested ideas.   

This is the last episode of Season 1.
More details about Season 2 are mentioned in this episode.   

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Playoff 2022 Special

A special Wednesday episode in light of the State championship games starting on Wednesday, December 14.  In this episode, Shawna and Jen discuss the playoff season, the passion coaches have for the game, why you should watch a game with your husband, and a brief overview of the 12 state championship games that will take place for the 2022 season.

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Playoff 2022 Special

In this episode, Shawna and Jen visit with Amber Ivy of Aubrey, Texas.  Amber and her family have lived in many places and as a coach's wife and she shares her experience. 

One event that played a big role in their lives is her husband's battle with Guillain-barré syndrome.  Amber shares about this difficult time but tells us how this burden becomes a blessing and how she fought to keep hope alive.  
The ladies also discuss: 

• changing a culture
• feelings after a playoff loss
• adjusting to having your husband home after the season is over
• the grieving process of a loss
• how it gets harder every year
• the highs and lows of the playoffs

Amber tells us the hard part of being a coach's wife. We also get to hear about how one young man helped grow the student section at Aubrey HS.

Her favorite playoff memory proves that you should never quit playing until the clock runs out. Amber's advice on what she wishes she would have learned about being a coach's wife is great for new wives to know and consider.

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Playoff 2022 Special

Shawna and Jen visit with Andrea Ables of Hawley. Andrea's husband Mitch is the HFC/AD at Hawley as well as the HBB coach. Andrea tells the ladies all of the places they have been to get to where they are now. 

In this episode, Andrea mentions:

• How hard it is to move from place to place.
• Transitioning from being at a bigger town/school to a small town/school.
• Athletes have to play everything in a small school.
• Sharing athletes and conflicts that come up.

Both Andrea and her husband Mitch are coaches as well as both of their boys playing multiple sports.   Andrea shares how at times they had to rely on a lot of people to help juggle all the places they had to be. 

Andrea talks about how they get to know the boys outside of football with chicken spaghetti and Monday Night Football.

Hawley is in the playoffs and she talks about:

• Game Jitters
• Getting the Awww factor out of the way
• Small-town playoff game turnout.
• Working around stadium availability

In the end, some of the best content includes:

• How people comment at games regardless of how well the team is doing.
• How it is hard to have friends when your husband is the AD and you coach as well.
• Having a kid in the program.
• Andrea's cute tradition before each game to Mitch.
• Handling being a mom of an athlete and coach's wife 
• Following God's plan when you have to move.
• The perks of being at a small school. 

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FYI... Hawley won the state championship in 2022.

Playoff 2022 Special

In this episode, Shawna and Jen talk to Sheri Rhoades of Cameron Yoe HS. Sheri shares all of the places they have been in their 30+ year coaching life. If you have moved schools a lot, some of you can really relate to all of the moves.

Sheri tells of their experience of leaving a school and coming back to it years later. She also mentions how to handle when people speak untruths about your family and how they have handled it in their career. 

Other topics include:

• The difference between large schools and small schools.
• What it's like to live with a family of coaches.
• The difference between the regular season and the playoffs. 
• A loss doesn't mean coaches didn't prepare.

Shawna and Jen love to hear each coach's wives experience.  Sheri shares...

• A favorite stadium memory.
• How to make Thanksgiving easy while in the playoffs. 
• A favorite playoff memory and it is so precious. 
• The biggest change over the years in the coaching world.

In the end, the ladies get a little history lesson about what a Cameron Yoe Yoeman is and how they came up with that mascot.

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Playoff 2022 Special

Shawna and Jen welcome Emily Fuller from Kilgore and have a fantastic conversation with her about so many things that all coach's wives can relate to or take something from.
Various topics include...

• The difference in lifestyle when your husband is the AD/HFC compared to being an assistant
• Why the complications of the playoffs are a good thing.
• Being lonely in the first season as a CW and how she handled it.

She discusses why coaching is important and touched on...

• How coaching is not just a passion or calling, but it's how husbands provide for their families. 
• How wives and families get to have an active involvement in what the husbands/coaches do.
• She tells about her favorite playoff experiences and also mentions how hard it must be for coaches to keep players focused at the state championship game when it is on such a big stage. 

Emily shares the cute story of how she and her husband meet and also...

• Their gameday routine.
• Why setting boundaries as a CW is important.
• How superstitions can bring comfort.
• The network of coaches' wives.

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Playoff 2022 special.
The next few episodes will feature coach's wives who have a team in the 2022 TXHSFB playoffs.  

In this episode, Shawna and Jen visit with Tisha Rich of Katy HS. 
Tisha shares her experience as a coach's wife on many topics.  

• How they keep their marriage strong.
• Finding ways to make time together.
• How and if she communicates family events to her husband.
• The benefit of a close community of your school's coaching families.
• FCA involvement and how it changes lives.
• Her husband performed a wedding of an FCA athlete and how it impacted her and her husband.
• Non-profit work (adoption - their two daughters are adopted) and how it is near and dear to their hearts.

And of course in getting ready for the playoffs, Shawna and Jen wanted to ask some questions about playoff season.

• What she loves about being a coach's wife.
• Any good playoff memories, thanksgiving traditions, and superstitions?
• What is exciting about the playoffs. 

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Shawna and Jen visit with Dave Campbell's Texas Football contributor Matt Stepp in this episode. As the playoffs approach this week, we wanted to get his insight on his thoughts about districts and teams that are the ones to watch for the 2022 playoffs.  

Matt also talks about... 

• how he got his start with DCTF
• how he decides what games he attends
• what he likes the most about TX HS football 
• his top 5 TX HS football stadiums 
• his picks for the playoffs
• he talks about a fun coach's prank and how he was involved
• follow the DCTF video vlog on Youtube for each week's travel, fb game, and food in Texas

Listen to hear all about him and his vast knowledge of football in Texas. Also, find out why he prefers to wear his baseball hat backward.  Shawna and Jen really enjoyed getting to visit with him.

You can follow Matt Stepp on Twitter at @Matt_Stepp817.  You can also listen to the Tep and Stepp podcast  HERE  or on Google podcasts and hear about each week's game lineup. 

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The regular season is over after this week. Half the teams in the state of Texas will be done while the other half move on to the playoffs. 

Shawna and Jen discuss: 

• 10 weeks went by so fast
• The long season and preseason of hard work is over for those who don't make the playoffs.  
• Positives from the season
• Will you be preparing for the playoffs or staying home?
• Coaches starting their second sport
• Traveling to watch playoff games
• What the playoffs are like
• Adjusting to your husband being home again.
• Coaching schedules change based on seasons
• Sport seasons instead of the four seasons

Although Shawna and Jen's team did not move forward, they will be covering the playoffs and having special guests to help with that. Stay tuned for playoff season.

Follow End Zone Wives on Twitter and Instagram @endzonewives and on Facebook at End Zone Wives.  You can also reach out by email at [email protected].
You can also check out our website HERE.