Metro East Sports Podcast

Metro East Sports Podcast


Season 5; Episode 43. Featuring Coach Dylan Dudley and Coach Cortney Walker.

December 16, 2024

This episode features two of the area's top young coaches: Dylan Dudley of Alton High School Boys Basketball and Cortney Walker of Mater Dei Girls Volleyball.


Coach Dudley kicks off the show to talk about the Redbirds' hot 8-1 start, becoming a first-time dad, creating the "everyday dudes" culture, and working with "adaptive PE" and how that experience has changed his life. Dave insists that Coach Dudley looks like Ben Affleck and both suggest that everyone spend their holiday money in the Metro East.


Next up, Cortney Walker led the Mater Dei Girls Volleyball team to a state championship in her first year as Head Coach this fall. It was the 9th in program history, and Walker discusses being the first "non-Rakers" to coach at the school and what she learned from program founder, Fred Rakers. She also talks about managing a busy schedule as a nurse, mother, and coach; she gives "a lot of credit" to her husband!