Coaching Minds with Justin Lewis
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Episode 22: Michael Federico ULM Baseball
Today’s conversation is with University of Louisiana-Monroe head baseball coach Michael Federico. Coach Fed has just recently been named the head coach after successful stints as an assistant coach at his alma mater Southern Miss and before that, t
Episode 21: Brandon Rosenthal, Assistant coach Northern AZ Suns (NBA-D League)
Today’s conversation is with a tremendous young up and coming assistant coach with the Northern Arizona Suns, which is associated with the Phoenix Suns. Brandon has a great story. He played college basketball at a DIII school in New York, because o
Episode 20: Rollie Fingers, MLB Hall of Fame
Today’s episode features Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers. Rollie is a 3x World Series Champion, he won the American League MVP and Cy Young Award in 1981 with the Milwaukee Brewers. He is the father of the modern relief pitcher a
Episode 19: Eric Thompson, Civil Organizations
Today’s episode features Eric Thompson from Civil Organizations. Eric is an executive coach and He is the co-founder of Civil Schools, a nationally respected comprehensive bullying prevention program. Eric also owns and operates Global Ascension Pr
Episode 18: Chris Collins, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Today’s episode is with Chris Collins who is the Southern Arizona Area Director for the FCA. I’ve known Chris for over 20 years. He played college baseball and was also a former college coach at Trevecca Nazarene University and also at Lipsco
Episode 17: Josh Pastner Georgia Tech Basketball
Today’s conversation is with Georgia Tech head basketball coach Josh Pastner. This is a little bit shorter of a conversation, so it is more interview style instead of the back and forth conversation that I usually like to have. I tried to cram in a
Episode 16: Smoke Laval, University of North Florida Baseball
Today’s conversation is with Ray “Smoke” Laval, Head baseball coach at the University of North Florida. I played for Smoke when he was the head coach at Louisiana-Monroe in 1998-1999. Smoke is one helluva baseball coach and a tremendous
Episode 15: Dean Whellams, Team Elite Performance
Today’s conversation was a blast. I’m really glad that there is someone like Dean out there teaching college athletes these strategies. These are things that I wish I would have learned when I was a struggling student-athlete. Dean asks the c
Episode 14: Erika Barnes, SR Associate Athletic Director University of Arizona
Today’s conversation is with Erika Barnes who is the Senior Associate Director of Athletics and she is also the Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Arizona. In our conversation, we talk about her time as the Interm Director of Athletics
Episode 13: Jon Wente, Pitching Coach UT-Arlington
Today’s conversation is a good buddy of mine who just happens to be a heck of a baseball coach. Jon Wente is the pitching coach for the University of Texas-Arlington. He is in his third season with the Mavericks, but before his stint in Arlington,