Hear It From Harlan!

Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan is joined by the Voice of the Utes Bill Riley for the first episode of the 2024 season. In Segment One, Harlan and Riley discuss the beginning of the Big 12 Era at Utah, Utah Football, Camp Kyle and the Opener against Southern Utah. Harlan explains in depth the Utah Football Ring of Honor and it’s first inductee Alex Smith.

 In Segment Two, Utah Running Back Micah Bernard joins Mark for an in-depth chat about Bernard’s Utah Career and the upcoming season which Bernard thinks could be special.

Segment Three Harlan talks about Utah Baseball’s soon to be new home on campus, the Utah 360 App, the ever-changing landscape of collegiate sports in the NIL and Collective departments and they wrap up discussing the historic anniversary seasons for many of the Women’s Sports at the University of Utah.

Utah Diving's Holly Waxman joins Utah Athletic Director Mark Harlan on this month's episode of the Hear It From Harlan Podcast. Holly discusses her personal journey throughout her time at the U and how she decided to become a Ute. (Season 6, Episode 6)

Branden Carlson of men’s basketball joins Utah athletics director Mark Harlan, who also discusses the 2024 football schedule and the Utes’ transition to the Big 12 Conference

(Season 6, Episode 4)

Utah director of athletics Mark Harlan dives into the winter sports season and looks ahead to the beginning of spring sports. Runnin’ Utes center Branden Carlson drops by for a one-on-one interview to talk about his lengthy career at Utah and professional aspirations. The 2024 football schedule has been released and Mark discusses its layout as well the overall department’s transition to the Big 12 Conference. He also shares some details on Utah’s new NIL initiatives with the Crimson Collective and recent academic success.

The Hear It From Harlan podcast can be heard on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Alexa, Spotify and YouTube.

Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan sits down with women’s basketball National Player of the Year candidate Alissa Pili, talks Utah basketball and previews the Las Vegas Bowl (Season 6, Episode 3) 

Basketball season is heating up at the U and athletics director Mark Harlan welcomes National Player of the Year candidate Alissa Pili as his student-athlete guest. Women’s basketball is ranked No. 11 and men’s basketball is off to a 7-2 start, both recording wins over BYU in the Huntsman Center in in recent weeks. Ute football will face Northwestern in the Las Vegas Bowl on December 23. Harlan talks about their seasons as well as cross country’s 13th-place finish at nationals. He also discusses Utah’s excellent Graduation Success Rate that was released recently and America First Credit Union’s naming rights for the new on-campus baseball stadium.

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Hear It From Harlan – October 2023

Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan welcomes women’s soccer player Courtney Brown, discusses a major NIL event with the Crimson Collective, and talks about his appointment to the College Football Playoff Committee

The fall sports season is underway as Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan looks back at the first full month of competition and Utah Athletics Hall of Fame Weekend. The Crimson Collective held an NIL event on October 4 at Rice-Eccles Stadium, announcing a new program benefiting Utah Football. Harlan also talks about his first few weeks as a member of the College Football Playoff Committee. Veteran midfielder Courtney Brown of the Ute soccer team joins Mark with his one-on-one interview.

The Hear It From Harlan podcast can be hears on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Alexa, Spotify and YouTube.

Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan give insight on Utah’s move to the Big 12 Conference in 2024 and sits down with tight end Thomas Yassmin

The start of another athletics year is upon us as Utah A.D. Mark Harlan joins us for the first episode of the fall. Harlan talks in depth about Utah’s announcement to join the Big 12 Conference in 2024 and the factors that led to the decision. The 14th-ranked Utah football team opens its season on August 31 against Florida in Rice-Eccles Stadium. Tight end Thomas Yassmin joins the show for an extensive interview, sharing some insight on a few of his biggest plays from last season. Harlan also talks about the grand opening of the expanded Dumke Gymnastics Center and looks ahead to the start of fall sports.

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Mark Harlan welcomes All-Pac-12 pitcher Mariah Lopez and discusses Utah’s spring conference championships in lacrosse, men’s tennis and softball, as well as the Red Rocks’ third-place NCAA finish

As a highly-successful athletics year enters its final weeks, Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan shares his thoughts on the gymnastics team’s third-place finish at nationals as well as Pac-12 Conference championships captured by men’s tennis and softball, and an ASUN Conference title for lacrosse. Mariah Lopez, who pitched Utah past No. 2 UCLA for the Pac-12 softball tournament title last weekend, joins the show to look ahead to NCAA Tournament games in Salt Lake City. Harlan also shares details on plans to build an on-campus baseball field and the launch of the Crimson Collective.

Mark Harlan looks back on the ski team’s NCAA title run, previews March Madness for women’s hoops, and is joined by the Red Rocks’ Jaedyn Rucker ahead of the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships

(Season 5, Episode 5)

The Utah ski team captured its 16th national championship last weekend in Lake Placid, New York. Utah athletics director Mark Harlan was on site and looks back at the Utes’ title run. He also salutes women’s basketball’s Pac-12 championship and No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament, bringing first and second round games to the Huntsman Center this weekend. National champion vaulter Jaedyn Rucker of Utah gymnastics visits with Harlan and looks ahead to the Pac-12 Championships. The show covers other athletics highlights from the winter and early spring and some significant academic honors.

New developments with the NCAA, Pac-12 Conference, NIL, and exploration of an on-campus baseball stadium are discussed, and Mark Harlan visits with women’s basketball player Kennady McQueen.

As we head into the heart of the winter sports season, Utah Athletics Director Mark Harlan welcomes sophomore guard Kennady McQueen from the No. 9-ranked Ute women’s basketball team. The big moments from the past few months are relived and the 2023 football schedule is discussed. Harlan shares his thoughts on news coming out of the recent NCAA Convention, Pac-12 Conference media rights negotiations, developing plans for an on-campus baseball stadium, NIL, and another successful fall in the classroom.