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The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast
Unlock the world of track & field coaching with The Gill Connections Podcast! Host Mike Cunningham brings you inspiring stories, real conversations, and coaching insights from leaders at every level. Discover a new coach's interview every Monday. Plus, don’t miss the Ted Talks of track/field podcasts with our NEW Gill1918 Project episodes Tuesday-Sunday — short, powerful lessons from top coaches to help you grow on and off the track. Powered by Gill Athletics — Supporting Coaches Since 1918.
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The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections PodcastBonus: Athletics LLC S2 E28 'Ft. Darryl Anderson' October 15, 2021
Welcome to another fun-filled Friday evening with the LLC crew joined by a special guest...Darryl Anderson! Director of TF & XC at TCU, and current coach of…
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#130: John Godina-Grand Canyon University
The Athletic and Coaching Odyssey of John Godina from Grand Canyon University In this episode of the Connections Podcast, host Mike Cunningham is joined by the…
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Bonus: Athletics LLC S2 E27 'Jon Drummond' October 8, 2021
It's about that time again! Happy LLC day!! This week we welcome a guest tile...Jon Drummond joins Sir Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde for some organized chaos. If…
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#129: John Weaver-Madison-Ridgeland Academy (MS)
John Weaver sits down with us today to discuss his amazing journey as an athlete and coach of track and field and football in the state of Mississippi. From a…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E26 'Growth' October 1, 2021
Hello LLC'ers! Chaos is in the air! This week Big League pokes the bear of chaos and pokes Clyde's side about CFB and NFL...we know you been waiting for the…
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#128: Brian Kula-Kula Sports Performance
Awesome time sitting down with 25+ year high school coach Brian Kula. In a twist from our normal podcast style, we leverage Brian's long experience in the high…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E25 'Ft. John Smith' September 24, 2021
Yep, we did it...we brought in John Smith, coach of many athletes throughout the years. Most recently he has been behind the success of Michael Cherry. There…
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#127: Chris Baptista-Cal Poly SLO
From the west coast to Alabama and then back again, Chris has a journey in every time zone except the east. From his time at TROY University to University of…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E24 'You're BANNED!' September 17, 2021
Hey LLC crowd! Happy FRIDAY! Let's start this week's convo with the realignment that occurred with the Big12, not only do we take it from the FB…
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#126: Steve Rippon-Queensland Academy of Sport
Today, we're going to the opposite side of the world as we welcome Steve Rippon to the podcast. Steve currently serves as the Athletic Performance Manger for…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E23 'Dr. Ross Flowers' September 10, 2021
It is Friday once again! Thank you all for taking the time to join us for a special episode because today we are joined by Dr. Ross Flowers, founder of Giles…
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#125: Mike McCabe-Union Catholic (NJ) High School
Mike was recently named the USTFCCCA National Girl's Coach of the Year presented by the US Marines. We sit down to talk about an amazing accomplished year…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E22 'Behind the Scenes' September 3, 2021
It's Athletics LLC day again! Hope everyone has had a great week! This week address a topic that we elected to push to this week, mental health and what it is…
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#124: Shelton Ervin-Summer Creek (TX) High School
Shelton was recently named the USTFCCCA National Boy's Track Coach of the Year presented by the US Marines. We are humbled to have him sit down and talk about…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E20 'Good, Better, Best' August 28, 2021
Happy Athletics LLC day! World Juniors, Alliance Group, Coaching Carousel update, and Prefontaine results...are those words not enough to intrigue you to…
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#123: Damion McLean-Appalachian State University
"It just means more" when an alum coaches at their alma mater. Today's guest nearly quit the App State track team as a sophomore and now serves as the Director…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E20 'Moving on' August 20, 2021
Happy days to all! Join (Sir) Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde this week for some very relevant conversation about all things moving forward in the world of track and…
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#122: Althea Thomas-Vanderbilt University
Althea has been the head coach of Vanderbilt University for the past 100 days when this episode was recorded. Today she joins us to share her journey from the…
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MEGAPOD Volume #4: Jeff Hartwig edition
We combine episodes #102 and #107 into one long MEGAPOD to celebrate Jeff Hartwig's birthday. Today you'll hear from Jeff from how he got started in the pole…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E19 'Olympics Hangover' August 14, 2021
Who has that ibuprofen and electrolytes?! Join us to welcome back Sir Lucious back from overseas! He shares and reflects on the games giving us all perspective…
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#121: Paul Sargent-Sargent Distribution
Paul is the former head coach of Franklin (IN) College. Today he joins us to talk about his unique background in the sport of track and field and how that led…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E18 'STICK!' August 6, 2021
OLYMPICS week #2! Phew, are you tired too!? But it is more than just the performances that are making noise at Tokyo 2020ne! There is so much noise happening…
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#120: Justin Davis and Staff-Livingstone College
Sit back and enjoy hearing today's guest awesome story where he parlays two years as a volunteer college coach and two years as a middle school track coach…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E17 'Olympic Moments' July 30, 2021
It's officially the Olympics! Sir Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde chat about the Olympics and more this week. Movement to the SEC, men's basketball, favorite moments…
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#119: Shawn Thielitz-Carrol University
Join us for an awesome conversation with the Shawn Thielitz the head track and cross country coach of Carrol University. We learn Shawn's journey through high…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E16 'Olympic Predictions' July 23, 2021
The time has come! There isn't much to say besides, who you got? EVERYONE, Sir Lucious, Lamar, Clyde and Big League give their medal predictions for chosen…
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#118: Mark Koski-NFHS Chief Marketing Officer
Join us today as we sit down with CMO of the National Federation of High Schools Mark Koski. Mark tells us what the NFHS does, the goals and missions, and…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E15 'Good Vibes Only' July 16, 2021
As these kids say nowadays, "GOOD VIBES ONLY" y'all! As we are down to single digits away from the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, we want to lift up…
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#117: Britten Olinger-Montreat College
Happy to sit down with Coach Britten Olinger from Montreat College. Britten shares with us his journey from a small cross country only program as an athlete to…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E14 'New Player: Welcome to the Game' July 9, 2021
Here we are getting ready for the Games and there are some new players who have hit their "start" buttons. This week's recap could go on for days but we made…
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#116: Patti Hupp-Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center
Patti sits down today on the podcast and gives us a verbal tour of the new 200m hydraulic track facility (with an outdoor 400m track facility attached!) in…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E13 'When GOOD just isn't good ENOUGH' July 2, 2021
Welcome back after an exciting US Olympic Trials! The athletes of track and field didn't not come to play over the last two weeks. We will highlight a little…
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#115: Lemar Daniels-Lourdes University
***Safe, long lasting, and high-performing hurdles are the name of the game at Gill Athletics. How can Gill help you with your next hurdle investment?*** Today…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E12 'Decisions, decisions, decisions' June 25, 2021
Hello there! We're back, and I didn't mess anything up! Jumping right into the Trials for Tokyo, how do you even know what to highlight first!? Lucious, Lamar…
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#114: Raffael Craig-Louisiana Tech University
***Investing in a pole vault or high jump pit next season, find out why coaches choose Gill more times than any other manufacturer. Email Mike Cunningham…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E10 'NCAA Outdoor Championships Edition' June 9, 2021
We made it! We made it to the CHAMPIONSHIP meet! The best results producing meet that isn't professional. Tonight's episode comes to you early so you can hear…
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#113: Ian Hankins-Keystone College
***Do you like your program to be on the cutting edge of technology? Look no further than Gill's brand new HALO wireless starting device! Head over to…
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BONUS: "Coach Growth Podcast" interviewing Mike Cunningham
The 'Coach Growth Podcast' hosted by Andrew McGhghy interviewed Gill National Sales Manager. Today we rebroadcast that interview for you here. Coach McGhghy…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E9 'Be where your feet are' June 4, 2021
Apologies to those out there who are use to our regular posting time, we have been having major technical difficulties recently and time HAS NOT worked in our…
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#112: Carrie Lane-University of Wyoming
***Is it time to upgrade your throwing facility? Look no further than Gill's discus and hammer cage lineup. Designed with safety and longevity in mind, maybe a…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E8 'Tick Tock; You're on the clock' May 28, 2021
Happy Championship season! Do you feel that in the air? The air is filled with people trying to be better than they were yesterday or last week. Let's get it!…
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#111: Alonzo Webb Jr and Alonzo Webb III-University of Pittsburgh
***Creating a championship sprint/hurdle program? No program is complete without Fusion Starting Blocks from Gill Athletics. Consider the most popular…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E7 'Rest in Love-Lee Evans' May 21, 2021
It is with the utmost gratitude and grace that we lift up the Evans family this week. The track and field world has lost a great human being. #speedcity…
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#110: Cameron Babb-Washburn University
Cameron is the head coach of Washburn University, the Ichabods. We sit down and talk about his roots in track and field, how he became a decathlete, as well as…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E6 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T' May 14, 2021
What you want? Track ain't got it! Whatever you think we are going to talk about regarding DK's performance at Golden Games, it ain't it. Clear your mind, open…
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#109: Ervin Lewis-Senior Associate AD of Facilities & Operations | Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Athletics
Today we talk with an important member of the track and field community who is 'behind the scenes'. Ervin is over the operations and facilities at the…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E5 'Broke-professional'-May 7, 2021
Hey Wilson! You'll get it once you start watching this week's episode ;) DK Metcalf. OOhwee, everyone has their two cents about the FB player taking a spot at…
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#108: Jesse Herbst-Dayton (KY) High School
Today we 'Kick Some Asphalt'! Jesse Herbst of Dayton HS in Kentucky let's nothing stand in his way. His alma mater has no track facility, yet he hosted a home…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E4 'Comfortable with Uncomfortable'-April 30, 2021
Whoop whoop! Happy Athletics LLC day aka Friday y'all! It has been a week, has it not?! Well, as a must, TRACK IS BACK and there is no way we didn't forget at…
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#107: Jeff Hartwig Part 2-T&F Agent/Coach/Advocate
If you haven't listened to part 1 (Episode 102 back on May 10th) do yourself a favor and listen to that first. Then join us for today's episode where we pick…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E3 '#reinstate48'-April 23, 2021
Hey there! Thanks for joining us in season 2 of Athletics LLC! What a week it has been for track and field...and Sir Lucious, Lamar, and Clyde will tell you…
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#106: Derrick Calhoun-Morgan Park (IL) HS
The opportunity to sit down with a legendary coach such as Derrick Calhoun is a special treat. We learn the specialness of a 30 year coaching career as the…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E2 'From the audience'-April 16, 2021
Happy Friday! Thanks for joining us for episode 2 of Athletics LLC season TWO!!! After going over what happen last week in TRACK IS BACK, we field a question…
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#105: US Air Force Academy Coaching Staff
Today we welcome the entire coaching staff of the US Air Force Academy. Led by 30+ year USAFA head coach Ralph Lindeman we're joined by vertical jumps coach…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC S2 E1 'Sophomore year'-April 9, 2021
Season 2!!! Welcome to the next season of Athletics LLC, thanks for hanging out with us! Track is back and is it ever!? Performances from the weekend, when we…
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#104: Maggie Vaults Over the Moon
Today we welcome author Grant Overstake and sports psychologist Dr. Melissa White to the podcast to talk about the book Maggie Jumps Over the Moon. We learn…
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MEGAPOD Volume #3: Athletics LLC edition
We're big fans of the hit YouTube show Athletics LLC. They produce funny, reverent, detailed conversations about the great sport of track and field and publish…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC EP52 'ft Leroy Burrell & Carl Lewis'-April 2, 2021
Happy Anniversary Athletics LLC! We did it! We made it to a year of coming together, bringing forth knowledge/opinions, and having some good ol' fun! Thank you…
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#103: Craig Collins-Director of Track Operations at Gately Indoor Track Facility
Today we welcome the Director of T&F Operations for the brand new Gately Indoor Track and Field Center in Chicago, Illinois. We learn more about this exciting…
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BONUS: Athletics LLC EP51 'What were they thinking!?!?!?!'-March 26, 2021
We got it together this week folks! Episode up in time and in an organized fashion...like we been doing this for 51 weeks or something ;) Well, WHAT WERE THEY…