Inside the Headset with the AFCA

Mike Bloomgren, Head Coach - Rice


Listen Later

This week on Inside the Headset – Presented by CoachComm, we sit down with Mike Bloomgren, the Head Coach at Rice University. In this conversation, Coach Bloomgren takes us through his career that has taken him to schools across the country, explains the value of coaching at different levels of football, and talks through how he took the lessons others taught him and applied it to his coaching. Coach Bloomgren, who led the Owls to a bowl game last season, was recently selected as a member of the AFCA Board of Trustees.  

Follow Coach Bloomgren and Rice Football on social media here: 

@mbloom11 & @RiceFootball 

Show Notes:  

1:05 Starting out as a football coach, playing football vs. coaching football, including your significant other in career decisions.  

17:23 Sharpening your tools as a young coach and experience coaching in the NFL. 

28:15 Opportunity to coach at Stanford, interviewing and hiring coaches, making the jump to being a head coach.  

43:42 Turning down head coaching jobs in order to find the right fit, creating a culture, being named to the AFCA Board of Trustees. 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Inside the Headset with the AFCABy American Football Coaches Association

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

220 ratings


More shows like Inside the Headset with the AFCA

View all
The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel by Joe Daniel Football

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

427 Listeners

The Audible with Stew & Bruce: A show about college football by The Athletic

The Audible with Stew & Bruce: A show about college football

1,183 Listeners

NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks by NFL

NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks

2,718 Listeners

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast by FOX Sports

The Joel Klatt Show: A College Football Podcast

2,132 Listeners

Pardon My Take by Barstool Sports

Pardon My Take

81,863 Listeners

Coach and Coordinator Podcast by Keith Grabowski

Coach and Coordinator Podcast

399 Listeners

Cover 3 College Football by CBS Sports, College Football, Football, CFB, College Football Picks

Cover 3 College Football

4,006 Listeners

The Pat McAfee Show by Pat McAfee, ESPN

The Pat McAfee Show

19,158 Listeners

Josh Pate's College Football Show by CBS Sports

Josh Pate's College Football Show

3,461 Listeners

The Unnamed Show by Barstool Sports

The Unnamed Show

5,268 Listeners

Coach Bandstra Podcasts by Nicholas Bandstra

Coach Bandstra Podcasts

18 Listeners

Pivot Podcast by It's Never Too Late To Pivot

Pivot Podcast

2,974 Listeners

Always College Football with Greg McElroy by Omaha Productions, ESPN, Greg McElroy

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

1,406 Listeners

The Coaching 101 Podcast by Kenny Simpson and Daniel Chamberlain

The Coaching 101 Podcast

46 Listeners

The Play Caller's Club by Dan Casey, Rashad Bates, Jake Hubenak

The Play Caller's Club

45 Listeners