Ironhorse Podcast

New York Yankees Mental Conditioning Coordinator Lauren Johnson joins Brandon Carr and David Walker to discuss ways your athletes can maximize their ability to control the mental side of sports. While strength and speed have long been emphasized, the proper mentality is the “special teams” of an athletes performance. In this episode, you’ll learn how the pillar of a proper mindset will allow your athletes to perform at their highest capabilities. 

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2x Super Bowl Champion and coaching legend Bill Curry joins Brandon Carr and David Walker to discuss the life lessons learned in “The Huddle”. You won’t want to miss one of the greatest story tellers in sports recounting his storied career. 

* Playing for Vince Lombardi
* Winning Super Bowl 1 with the Packers
* Playing with Bart Starr, Willie Davis and Ray Nitschke
* Playing for Don Shula in Baltimore
* Winning a Super Bowl with the Colts while snapping the ball to Johnny Unitas
* His time coaching at Georgia Tech, Alabama, Kentucky and Georgia Tech
* What he learned about life in the huddle
* The perspective football should give young athletes

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Former OKC Thunder Forward Kevin Hervey joins Brandon Carr and David Walker all the way from Russia to discuss life and basketball. Kevin was the 2017 Sun Belt Player of the Year at UT-Arlington, tore his ACL, and then was drafted by OKC. After two years in the Thunder organization, he is currently playing in Russia, for Lokomotiv Kuban of the EuroCup. 

*Finding his fit at the college level
*The value of playing the game
*Advantages of playing at a Mid-Major
*Getting drafted by OKC
*Grinding in the G-League
*NBA debut
*Behind the scenes of the NBA’s Disney bubble 
*How playing in Russia has impacted his world view
*Differences between Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook, favorite Steven Adams story and much more!

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Georgia Tech Strength and Conditioning Coach Lewis Caralla joins the show to share his unique approach to training athletes. So many athletes have no idea what to expect from their college strength training program, but this episode will help shed light on that. 

Strength coaches set the tone for their programs and Coach Caralla doesn’t take the opportunity to invest in his athletes for granted. You’ll hear him discuss the following: 
* The Hunger Board
* Value of the “Warm Up”
* Being your player’s “Best Friend” 
* Tips for young athletes’ well-rounded development 
* When to start training
* Why relationships matter
* And much more 

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As a point guard at Livingstone College, Chelsea Johnson-Muir suffered a brain aneurysm during a game, and lived to tell about it. 

Today, she is the head basketball coach at her alma mater, Godby High School, in Tallahassee, Florida. Chelsea has a passion for Servant Leadership and an infectious personality that is being used to empower young people to lead. You’ll hear her definition of servant leadership, how she uses her platform to build servant leaders, and the powerful work she’s doing as host of the podcast “The Servant Leader: Coaches Bible Study”. 

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From going 1-24 in his 1st season as a High School Head Basketball Coach to taking the University of Washington to the Final Four, to landing his dream job as the Head Coach at the University of Arkansas, Mike Neighbors knows all about the value of persistence.

In this episode Coach Neighbors joins the pod to discuss the persistent pursuit necessary to fulfill your dreams. You'll hear the following:

* His unconventional path from high school coach to D1 head coach
* Being the "Diet Coke Guy" for Texas A&M Head Coach Gary Blair
* A great Pat Summit story
* The three common sacrifices made in pursuing goals.
* The discipline of delayed gratification
* Traits vs Qualities 
* Placing value on experiences and people over wins and losses
* All that and more!

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NFL Quarterback Jon Kitna joins the pod to talk about his philosophy of “Building R.E.A.L. Men”. He was undrafted out of NAIA Central Washington University, but went on to a 16 year NFL QB career, including being named NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 2003. For the past 8 years he’s been making a difference in the lives of young men as a high school football coach. Today, Jon is the Head Football Coach at Burleson High School.

In this episode you’ll hear:
* Jon’s life changing testimony 
* Making it to the NFL from a small college
* The need for developing boys into men
* His R.E.A.L. 4 pillars of manhood
* How implements his R.E.A.L philosophy 
* In #AskIronhorse we ask Jon about favorite moments and players from his career. 
* Jon weighs in on who is in the conversation of Greatest Quarterback of All-Time. 

All that and more on Episode 23!

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ESPN Sportscenter anchor Jay Harris joins the pod to discuss athletes, journalists, and how they work together. With 17 years at ESPN, and over 30 years as a journalist, Jay brings his collected wisdom to the pod to be a resource in both educating athletes on how they can best interact with the media, and ways that they can pursue a career in the field. 

In this exclusive conversation, we discuss the following:

* Jay's path to ESPN
* What makes an athlete a good interview
* Things to do and to avoid when dealing with the media
* How you can pursue a career in sports media
* Tips on what skills to develop for journalistic success.
* Isaiah 1:17

In the #AskIronhorse segment Jay answers:
* Who was his favorite interview on Sportscenter?
* What is the most challenging part of being an ESPN anchor?
* Who is on his ESPN Mount Rushmore?

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Before Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts, there was Jason White. In a comeback story for the ages that crosses the sports spectrum, Jason bounced back from tearing an ACL in 2001 and the other ACL in 2002, before roaring back in 2003 to win the Heisman Trophy while leading Oklahoma to the National Championship game. He would be a Heisman finalist again in 2004 and lead the Sooners to a 2nd consecutive National Title game. 

As a highly recruited QB out of Oklahoma who had committed to the Miami Hurricanes, he flipped and joined Bob Stoops and Mike Leach to begin the launch of a great run of Oklahoma quarterbacks. In this incredible story of perseverance, you'll hear the highs/lows and what got him through what many felt were career ending injuries, to not only come back, but come back better than ever.

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Former University of Tulsa Head Football Coach Bill Blankenship joins the show to discuss Championship Character. He is a high school football coaching icon in the southwest, having been to 11 State Championship games, with 6 State Titles at the highest levels of Oklahoma and Arkansas high school football. He is currently the Head Coach at Owasso High School. 

* After losing the first 5 State Championship games as Head Coach, he won 3 6A state titles at Tulsa Union High School before resigning to pursue college coaching. He discusses the unique challenges that come with getting to the big stage and coming up short, and how that produced a great deal of character.

* After serving as an assistant at the University of Tulsa for 4 years, he became Head Coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in 2011. A former TU Quarterback, he discusses the emotions of successfully making the transition from High School to Division 1, while taking over the program at his Alma mater. During his 4 year stint as HC at Tulsa, Coach Blankenship led the Golden Hurricane to a Conference USA division title, was named C-USA Coach of the Year, and won the Liberty Bowl. 

* He talks about being fired from TU in 2014, and the ways his faith was tested in those times, before re-emerging in the high school scene. In 2016 he won a 7A State Title at Fayetteville High in Arkansas, before returning to Oklahoma to lead the Owasso Rams to 6A State Titles in 2017 and 2019. 

* Coach Blankenship discusses how a Proverbs 3:5-6 view of life and coaching has helped him along the way, and he provides a great deal of wisdom on Episode 20.

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