Never Stop Getting Better

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

Rick Jones

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

Dot Murphy

Dot Murphy worked for the Hinds athletic department for 33 years, where she served as the assistant athletic director before her retirement in 2018. She became the first female football coach in National Junior College Athletic Association history when she was hired to coach wide receivers at Hinds in 1984. In March 1999, she was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame for her career as a basketball standout and was also listed as one of Mississippi’s top 50 Athletes of the Century in Sports Illustrated.

Murphy is a Mississippi University for Women graduate, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree. At MUW, she received All-American honors, was selected as Rookie of the Year in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (NIT) and was a member of the United States Women’s Basketball team in 1972 and 1973, where she was a silver medalist in the World University Games in Moscow, Russia in 1973.

After receiving her master of education degree from Mississippi State University, Murphy coached women’s basketball at various stops before coming to Hinds.

The Starkville High School graduate is married to Gene, and the couple has three children; son Kelly, and daughters Ashley and Jennifer, along with six grandchildren.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER

Maben High (1966-1967)

Starkville High (1968-1970)

State Basketball Championships (’68, ‘70)

Overall State Title (’68)

Two time All State (’68, ‘70)

Team Captain, Mississippi High School All Star game (’70)

Scored 2,772 points in three years at Starkville High School with an average of 33 points per game

In 1968 and 1969, she competed in the Southern AAU track meet held in New Orleans, LA, where she won 1 gold medal in the 880 m. relay, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals

COLLEGE CAREER

Mississippi University for Women, Columbus (1971-1974)

Led MUW to National Woman’s Invitational Basketball Tournament National Championshio (’71)

All American (’72-’74)

First MUW player to score over 1,000 career points

Averaged 22 points a game in her four years at the “W”

Selected to play in the World University Games for the U.S. squad (’73)

Named an Outstanding College Athlete of America; honorable mention for that group’s Hall of Fame (’73, ‘74)

COACHING CAREER

Women’s Athletic Trainer, Mississippi State University (’74-’76)

Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, UT Martin (’75-’76)

Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Itawamba Junior College (’76-’77)

Head Coach, PE Instructor, and director of the MUW basketball camp (’77-’82)

Hinds Junior College (1984-present)

Assistant football coach in charge of the receivers on the Eagle football team (’84-’87)

Full-time assistant coach, athletic training coordinator, and physical education instructor (’87-present)

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1973, Dot received a rare honor with a parade when Starkville proclaimed September 21, 1973, as ‘Dot Easterwood Day’.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

Melissa Davis

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Melissa Davis is National Outreach Liaison for the state of Florida. She’ll be serving as a liaison to the community and a wide variety of referral partners on treatment-related questions. As a Certified Event Interventionist and Certified Recovery Peer Specialist, Melissa will also be a resource to families and individuals who need support with interventions and/or finding quality care for addiction or other mental health issues. Her wide-ranging, professional experience—in the behavioral health, business development, hospitality, and non-profit worlds—makes her uniquely suited for this role. She has served as a volunteer member of Broward Sheriff Office's clergy and is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Deerfield Beach.

A lifelong Floridian, Melissa recently graduated magna cum laude from Florida Atlantic University with a B.A. in Communication Studies and a minor in Hospitality and Events. She is also in successful, long-term recovery herself, which is one big reason she’s passionate about serving in this role: “I know that a dramatic life change is possible,” she said in a recent interview. “I love to sprinkle hope! I am passionate about being part of the solution to erase the stigma that is attached to getting treatment and being in recovery.”

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

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Pronounced GONG-wur

For over thirty years, Todd Gongwer has been building his expertise in leadership and team dynamics by serving in a variety of senior level roles in business and athletics. From entrepreneurial start-up, to public company to college athletics, Todd’s real-life practical experiences in these worlds have given him a perspective that allows him to connect with his audiences in powerfully impactful ways. As a best-selling author, speaker and teacher on leadership and cultural development, Todd has spent the last decade working with some of the most successful coaches, teams, business leaders and educators in America. His principles have been embraced by countless leaders, including coaches and athletes from championship programs in the NCAA, NBA, MLB and NFL. Stories of the profound impact of Todd’s message have been featured in ESPN the Magazine, ESPN.com, Bleacher Report and Forbes.com. Todd continues to work with many of the most successful coaches in sports and is a popular speaker at major universities, sports teams, national associations, and businesses throughout the country. He lives in Indiana with his wife and three children, Kaden, Kira, and Wadson and is currently leading a cultural transformation initiative as an executive vice president at Patrick Industries.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

Paul Simmons

AT HARDING

In 2017, Paul Simmons became Harding's 13th head football coach in program history and the sixth since the university restarted football in 1959.

In Simmons' six seasons ...

He led the Bisons to the 2023 NCAA Division II National Championship, Harding's first national championship in an NCAA sport, with a 38-7 victory over Colorado School of Mines.

He was the 2023 AFCA National Coach of the Year, 2023 Don Hansen Football National Coach of the Year, 2023 D2Football.com National Coach of the Year, 2023 Arkansas-Democrat Gazette Sportsperson of the Year and 2023 Great American Conference Coach of the Year.

He has a 65-13 overall record, becoming Harding's fastest head coach to 50 career wins ... has an .864 winning percentage in conference games and .825 winning percentage on the road ... has won nine or more games every season.

Harding has won the 2021 and 2023 Great American Conference championships and has never finished lower than second.

Harding has finished the season ranked in the AFCA Top 25 every season, topping out at No. 1 in 2023.

Harding has reached the NCAA Division II Playoffs five times, compiling an 8-4 record and winning the 2023 national championship, reaching the national semifinals in 2017 and reaching the Super Region 3 semifinals in 2021 ... no other active coach in the GAC has more than one NCAA II Playoff win.

Harding has had 77 All-GAC honorees and 31 All-America citations.

The Bisons have had 126 Academic All-GAC recipients and eight Academic All-Americans.

Simmons spent the previous 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Harding, joining the staff in 2006. He became Harding’s assistant head coach in 2008 and the defensive coordinator in 2010.

Simmons has coached in 18 Harding postseason games, including the 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 NCAA Division II Playoffs and the 2013 Live United Texarkana Bowl.

PLAYING CAREER

Simmons was a three-time All-America honoree at Harding University as a linebacker and defensive end. He compiled 415 career tackles (second all-time at HU) and 18.0 sacks (fourth all-time at HU) and was inducted into the Harding Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. Simmons is the only Harding football player ever to earn first team All-America honors three times.

EDUCATION

Simmons earned his bachelor’s degree in social science from Harding University in 1995.

FAMILY

A native of Ashdown, Arkansas, he is married to the former Kimberly Hatcher of Jackson, Tennessee. The couple have three children.

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

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Welcome to the Never Stop Getting Better Podcast, where we dive deep into personal and professional growth strategies to help you reach your fullest potential. In each episode, host John Perry explores topics ranging from leadership and productivity to mindset and self-improvement, featuring insightful interviews with experts and thought leaders.

But we're not just here to share knowledge; we want to engage with our listeners too! Your feedback, comments, and shares are invaluable in helping us grow and improve. So, if you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to like, share, and comment on your favorite episodes. And if you have any suggestions, questions, or feedback, don't hesitate to email John Perry at [email protected].

Join us on this journey of continuous improvement, and let's strive to never stop getting better together!"

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