H&LD E33 w/ Alex Dolly: The movers, the shakers and the retirers (00:00:34). Alex Dolly didn’t win a single match for 3 years and how an Olympian inspired his career (00:07:20). Getting placed with a kid on house arrest during his official visit (00:15:15). Overcoming major neck injury (00:20:25). Medical redshirt finally granted (00:29:30). Wrestling for Team Ireland (00:34:00). Running the gauntlet trying to qualify for the Olympic Games (00:42:00). “You’re going to travel the world and see nothing.” (00:47:37). A recruiting trip to the British Open (00:50:00). The ExperienceS of each World Championships (00:52:40). Anointing the blood boy as his coach (01:00:47). Leaving the business of college wrestling to the head man of a 6-person high school team (01:09:00). Didn’t drill or wrestle with a single wrestler all season (01:16:30). Ladies’ wrestling is fricking good! (01:27:40). Dolly’s parting advice (01:30:50).

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H&LD E32 w/ Cruse Aarhus: Olympic Trials Breakdown (00:01:20). JB loss breaks me (00:06:23). Women’s wrestling shows it is here to STAY and they are leveling UP (00:14:55). No need for rule changes just consistency in making calls is needed (00:22:50). Favorite current Team USA athletes and foreign competitors (00:27:20). Coach Cruse had no choice but to wrestle (00:41:30). Never be a day you don’t do something to get better (00:45:00). Being a 103 lb Senior (00:47:47). Picking to be a Northern Iowa Panther (00:53:00). Bulking before bulking was cool (00:59:00). Transitioning from college athlete to PWC athlete to PWC coach (01:01:50). Starting Immortal Athletics Wrestling Club (01:11:05). The benefits of still being connected to a university as a club coach (01:15:45). Making wrestling accessible to all by simply agreeing with IAWC 3 core philosophies (01:21:22). Stay in shape all the time (01:24:20). The purpose of making small challenges (01:34:00). Feed your kids when they’re hungry and only focus on the kids who are there (01:38:00).

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H&LD E31: Review of Last Chance Qualifier (00:01:00). Olympic Trials Predictions (00:04:55). Bucknell University Assistant Coach Kevin LeValley finds wrestling after a run in on the playground (00:26:18). Population 707 (00:29:55). Finding the right training environment to excel at the senior level (00:36:00). Wrestling allowed LeValley to travel the world and be grateful for all that we have in the States (00:38:05). The keys to the best 2 on 1 in the business (00:41:20). LeValley gives his perspective on some matches that caused some controversy (00:43:55). A return to Bucknell (00:48:20). He’s a coffee coach but ready to scrap at moment’s notice (00:58:50). Bucknell has its first All American since Coach LeValley (01:04:40). Importance of managing the pieces of your lifestyle to succeed (01:11:55).

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H&LD E30: Review of D1 Nationals (00:00:34). Last Chance Qualifier Predictions (00:07:40). Charlie Pipher from the “First family of Colorado wrestling”(00:17:28). I’d wrestle for you if you were anywhere else other than Gunnison (00:30:10). Having your own dad coach against you (00:33:50). Recruiting kids with X-factors (00:40:15). Mountaineer assistant coaches and what they bring to the program (00:46:00). Highest collegiate wrestling room in the WORLD (56:35). Winning is thicker than blood (01:07:00). Improvement over outcomes (01:10:15).

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H&LD E29: Team Titles all around (00:00:55). Guaranteed D1 Champs (00:02:30). Nebraska-Kearney Head Assistant Coach Andrew Sorenson was too rowdy in elementary (00:11:10). Cael Sanderson couldn’t find Sorenson at school (00:15:00). Learning from Cyclone Greats (00:22:00). The benefits and challenges of having his brother follow him to Iowa State (00:30:50). 2015 was best year of Sorenson’s life living in C.F. (00:35:00). Fulfilling a dream with his best friend (00:37:10). Super Region Champs to fear of missing the National Tournament (00:42:00). Point scorers and guys who want to challenge themselves are welcome at UNK (00:53:15). Coach’s parents always wanted effort and the work to match the goals (01:02:07). Athletes WRITE your goals down and Never let anyone tell you, you can’t (01:05:30).

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H&LD E28: Weekend in review and weekend up ahead (00:00:45). D1 at-large selections and brackets have been released (00:02:00). Coach Ethan Kyle brought some Laramie temperatures to Stillwater, Oklahoma (00:04:16). John Smith came, he saw, he signed Ethan Kyle to be an OSU Cowboy (00:07:05). Being surrounded by Olympians and being Eric Guerrero’s training partner for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games (00:15:00). Steve Mocco makes his way to town (00:25:35). Weight check gone wrong (00:32:30). Coach Mark Branch’s recruitment of Ethan to Laramie (00:36:05). Caring for the person to help them become great wrestlers (00:41:40). “The Kick” (00:48:10). Convincing Miss Rodeo to move to Stillwater (00:50:30). Pick your sacrifice or see it in retrospect (00:58:00). Don’t blur the lines between parent and coach (01:08:45).

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H&LD E27: Couple Colorado PAC12 Champs (00:01:00). Check out my Twitter for some schools we need to bring wrestling back to (00:02:27). National and conference tournaments galore on deck (04:25). Buck Watkins’ love for wrestling was created through exposure to high level wrestlers (00:07:40). Time in Texas catapulted Buck’s desire to be a coach (00:13:40). Work with Winning (Wrestling) Mindset to create DRIVEN athletes (00:18:20). Surrounding yourself with the right people and learning to finish (00:22:20). Helping small towns in all 50 states (00:25:20). Best experiences outside wrestling while traveling (00:35:10). Panthers “are the standard” for small colleges (00:40:35). Coach Watkins drops his advice (00:46:00).

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H&LD E26: Heavyweight wrestling is fire! (00:01:18). Colorado natives showing out in D1 wrestling (00:02:50). 4x NCAA finalists and National Champion Duane Goldman’s start to wrestling and how he became a Hawkeye (00:05:55). Overcoming THREE 2nd place finishes to become a National Champion (00:12:00). Living in a police station in Switzerland (00:21:00). Coaching his son as the Head Coach of Indiana University (00:28:35). The pride of seeing former athletes go on to be great coaches (00:35:00). Moving the family and livestock to Colorado (00:36:50). Missing the sport lead to the W.A.R. aka Wrestling Academy of the Rockies (00:39:45). Bringing ALL the wrestlers together (00:44:10). 12 year olds handing out black eyes (00:51:41). Get into environment where you can be successful (00:52:40).

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Women’s wrestling shows out (00:00:45). Upcoming Events (00:03:05). Colorado studs showing out for their universities (00:05:00). Virginia Tech All-American Jarrod Garnett fell in love on day one (00:08:20). What is Delaware wrestling (00:11:05). Peaking and making the right changes to become an All-American (00:14:40). Jumped at the chance to leave his comfort zone to join NDSU coaching staff (00:23:10). Adjustments from high school to college (00:32:10). 7 days of Knowledge (00:42:40). Wrestling represents people (00:51:35). Are you rowing in the same direction (01:04:45).

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Big time news for DIII wrestling thanks to the NWCA (00:00:55). Upcoming wrestling events (00:02:45). Heath Eslinger followed his brother to the wrestling room and never looked back (00:06:30). Left college coaching ranks to coach at his high school's rival (00:09:40). From coaching a high school power house to head coach of University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (00:12:12). Southern Scuffle comes to Chattanooga (00:16:50). Heath says bring on the duals (00:22:00). Layaway vs credit card success (00:28:50). Surround yourself with people who are honest with you for the benefit of you (00:33:05). Learning to follow before leading (00:36:34). (00:41:28). Keep them hungry for what they should eat (00:47:00).

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