Ironhorse Podcast

MLB legend and World Series Champion Matt Holliday joins the guys to discuss the value of playing multiple sports. With so many athletes being pressured to specialize, you won’t want to miss the invaluable perspective of this 7x All-Star, who was also a highly recruited, Blue Chip quarterback in high school. Now as a baseball coach at Oklahoma State University, how does he view multi-sports athletes in recruiting? Tune in and find out!

In the #AskIronhorse segment Matt answers questions about his career that included: 
*7 All-Star games 
*3 Home Run Derbys 
*2 World Series Appearances
*2007 NLCS MVP Award
*2011 World Series Championship 

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• The guys are joined in Atlanta by 2018 WNBA Coach of the Year, Nicki Collen to discuss the role intentional preparation plays in maximizing your opportunity to be successful. 
• We sat down with the Atlanta Dream Head Coach to talk about how learning to intentionally prepare as a young athlete led her to be the Coach of the Year at the highest level of the sport, in her first ever season as a Head Coach. 
• Coaching in the Bubble: Coach Collen talks about preparing for the unpredictability of coaching a season in the bubble and the fine line between having a strategy and adjusting on the fly. 
• In #AskIronhorse, the guys share examples of teammates that had great preparation and what stood out about the way they prepared. 

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Super Bowl Champion Mo Claiborne joins the show to discuss defining your own success and not letting the outside noise diminish the value you place on your accomplishments. He talks about going from humble beginnings in Shreveport to being SEC Defensive Player of the Year, an All-American and a Jim Thorpe Award winner at LSU before being the #6 pick in the draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Eight years and nine surgeries later, he would go on to win a Super Bowl in 2020 with the Kansas City Chiefs. Mo and Brandon discuss the best receivers they played against and Mo describes his epic practice battles against Dez Bryant. All that and more on Episode 7!

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It is all about TEAM in Episode 6! Brandon sheds light on how a blockbuster mid-season trade affected affected him in the 2019 season with the Ravens, and how he decided to respond to it. The guys discuss how you can be a great teammate regardless of your position on the roster. We also debut the #AskIronhorse segment.

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Former NFL Linebacker, and OSU legend Kenyatta Wright joins the pod to talk about raising athletes who know their purpose and value go beyond their performance. Kenyatta is a father of 4, including two highly recruited sons, one who recently signed with Central Oklahoma and another who is committed to Texas Tech. Today, he coaches High School football at his hometown of Vian, Oklahoma and is a prominent speaker on the FCA scene. Kenyatta and the guys talk parenting, the challenges in coaching your own kids, and a few things in between. 

Arkansas Offensive Line Coach Brad Davis joins the pod to discuss the value of self-discipline. We talk about his experience in being a part of one of college football's greatest turnarounds, as his Oklahoma squad went from 5-6 to 13-0 National Champions in just two seasons under Coach Bob Stoops. As player, Brad was a National Champion, Two-Time Big 12 Champion, and winner of the Don Key Award-the highest honor an OU football player can receive within that storied program. Now in his 17th season of coaching college football, Brad shares insights on how self-discipline has shaped his career, on and off the field. 

In the pilot episode, Brandon Carr and David Walker lay the foundation for the pod and answer the following questions: What is the Ironhorse Mentality? What is their background? Why are they passionate about building leaders through athletics?
How did this come to be and what should you expect to hear? All that and more on the debut episode!

In this episode, Brandon opens up about the passing of his Mother, during training camp in 2014, and how mental toughness helped him through a difficult season. The guys talk about being Dads that allow their kids to fail so they can grow, and about the value of mental toughness beyond the field. 

Brandon Carr and David Walker break down the significance body language plays in the development of an athlete in Episode 3. Whether it is eye contact, posture in response to adversity or non verbal communication to their teammates and coaches, they share stories from their career of how the little things make all the difference. 

What is Ironhorse Podcast? In this quick preview, Brandon Carr, nicknamed "Ironhorse" for the durability that has led him to start 188 consecutive games since entering the NFL, gives you a sneak peek at what lies ahead for our subscribers.