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Jeff McGinness - From Mat Rat To Mastermind :: Ep 19 The Full Tilt Podcast
Jeff McGinness sits down to go full tilt on his journey from Iowa City mat rat to Hawkeye legend, and how that path eventually led him to build a powerhouse women’s program at Simpson College. From brutal 90s Iowa room stories to modern sports science, NIL, and recruiting women in a fast-changing landscape, this is a deep dive into what greatness really looks like in wrestling.
Timed highlights:
01:00 – Reuniting in the studio and early days in the Iowa room
04:30 – Training under Gable, Brands, J Rob, and the “old torture equipment”
09:45 – Late-blooming greatness: when wrestling finally…
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