The Rebound: Real Stories of Leadership, Resilience, and Long-Term Success

Rarely in professional sports does a player, coach or even executive get to go out on their own terms. Few people know that as well as Coach Doherty, except for today’s guest.

From 2001-’09, JP Ricciardi was the General Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. After several uninspired years and questionable personnel decisions, Ricciardi was released from Toronto just two days before the end of the 2009 season. In the time since, JP has stayed close to the game of baseball, working for the NY Mets, ESPN, and the San Francisco Giants where he is a senior advisor. 

JP Ricciardi joins host Matt Doherty for a conversation about how to persevere through the end of opportunities, living with regrets, and also maintaining your sense of yourself and your values. 

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No matter who you are, addiction and substance abuse can be an unfortunately common force in either your own life or the life of someone close to you. Being in the spotlight, or places of intense scrutiny can only worsen these circumstances. 

Today’s guest  on the The Rebound Podcast is Robbie Shaw, a former North Carolina Tar Heel basketball player who shares something much deeper than having worn the powder blue - a place of recovery after an addiction to alcohol.

Today, Robbie Shaw is a health and wellness coach as well as the host of his own podcast, Champagne Problems. But during and after his playing career in Chapel Hill, alcoholism and substance abuse led Shaw down a very dark path. Since having quit drinking, Shaw now finds work and purpose in helping others work their way through addiction.

Robbie Shaw joins Coach Matt Doherty for a discussion about addiction, alcoholism and substance abuse, and what the costs were to them personally and the toll it took on their own health. Robbie talks about how he overcame his addiction, and how he helps others try to find hope and peace in their darkest days.

Connect with Robbie Shaw online at eventiderecovery.com. Find EVRYBDY Studios online at evrybdystudios.com.

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ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas stands out amongst his peers as one of the most respected voices in college basketball. A star center on Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s earliest Duke teams in the 1980’s, Jay went on to become a lawyer after his playing days were over. However, his love of college basketball quickly drew him back into the sport as an analyst for ESPN. 

Jay sat down with Coach Matt Doherty for a live podcast recording at Community Matters Café near Uptown Charlotte. In this episode of The Rebound Podcast, Coach Doherty leads a conversation with Jay in front of a live audience. Jay candidly discusses the influence his father had on him, stories and lessons learned from playing for Coach K, and what he sees as the future of college athletics.

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Danny Morrison is the Executive Director of the Charlotte Sports Foundation and a long-tenured leader in a variety of positions in the sports world, including Athletic Director of Wofford College (his alma mater), commissioner of the Southern Conference, and President of the Carolina Panthers.

Throughout his career, Danny has worked with large and diverse organizations, as well as other high level executives. During this time, he’s developed a leadership philosophy built on integrity, trust and collaboration. 

Coach Matt Doherty sits down with Danny Morrison on today’s episode of The Rebound Podcast for a conversation looking back on his career. Danny talks about working with the late Jerry Richardson, former owner of the Carolina Panthers and co-founder of Spartan Foods, where he built much of his fortune. Danny also reflects on his time with the Panthers, including their run to the Super Bowl in 2015. 

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Bob Beaudine is one of the nation’s top executive search professionals. He’s particularly active in the world of sports, having placed Bud Selig as MLB commissioner in 1998 and Deion Sanders as head coach of Colorado football this past year. Sports Illustrated once called him “the most influential man in sports you’ve never heard of.”

In 2006, Bob helped place Coach Matt Doherty as the head men’s basketball coach at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he coached for the next six seasons. Bob and Coach Doherty have been fast friends ever since, sharing a love for both college athletics and leadership.

In today’s episode of The Rebound Podcast with Matt Doherty, Bob Beaudine sits down with Coach Doherty for a conversation about overcoming life’s obstacles, as Bob shares details of what may have been the most challenging time in his life - when his 13 month-old grandson passed away. Bob also talks about his two books, 2 Chairs and The Power of Who, and how the lessons and ideas contained in those books can help guide any leader down the right path.

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Debbie Capen is the Exec Director of MiraVia at Belmont Abbey College. “MiraVia is safe haven and source of hope for pregnant mothers and their children”. MiraVia houses and supports women through their pregnancy, delivery and the first two years of their child’s life. All this while allowing them to continue their education. The amazing back story is that Debbie knows all too well what these young women are dealing with. In 1992 she had a choice to make…and she decided to have an abortion. In a wonderful “Rebound Story”, Debbie turned her “pain to passion” and now supports young pregnant women through the challenges she faced 30 years ago. By the way, Debbie is now a mother of 7 children! 

Take a listen to this amazing “Rebound Story”.

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Legendary Coach Bob McKillop talks about his journey and experience coaching Steph Curry at Davidson College. Matt Doherty has known Bob for almost 50 years and learned a few things about him in this interview that he knows you will find interesting. Success is never linear!

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Chad Hedrick was an Olympic speed skater and 5-time medalist. 

He won over 140 championships worldwide…yet he still felt like a loser. 

Listen to my deep dive with Chad as he struggled with his identity and then rebounded to become a man of faith and a successful real estate executive. 

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With March Madness in full swing former Clemson basketball player Merl Code will not be watching. That’s because Code, who played point guard for Clemson in the 1990s and later worked as a sneaker rep for Nike and Adidas, was betrayed by the game he loved. His love of the game led him to a jail cell. Merl Code is now working on his “Rebound”.

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Debbie Antonelli has had a great career as an athlete and a Hall of Fame college basketball analyst for ESPN. However, she faced a challenge bigger than anything EVER witnessed on the court.

Listen to this inspirational interview with Debbie Antonelli on how she and her husband “Rebounded” when they learned that their son was born with Downs Syndrome in 1997.

“The Antonelli’s were athletes, and athletes don’t deal in can’t and won’t. They deal in can, and will.” (Washington Post)

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