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Sideline Sessions

Designed for coaches, parents and other stakeholders in the world of youth, scholastic, and amateur sports, this show brings you interviews with leaders at the highest levels of their respective sports.

Hear from coaches and performance experts with experience in the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Olympics, and NCAA Division-I, plus those who run elite youth programs, successful high school teams, and more. Hear about their motivations, philosophies, and strategies for success, and take away actionable insights to support the athletes in your life.

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
47 minutes
Episodes
41
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Gabe Nosseir — Elevating Soccer Players Through Transformative Coaching

Gabe Nosseir — Elevating Soccer Players Through Transformative Coaching

Gabe Nosseir is a soccer coach, performance coach and life coach. He works with professional soccer players and does individual coaching.


In this episode, we discuss:

  • Goals for his athletes
  • What is tran…
00:50:06  |   Tue 05 Aug 2025
Dan O’Connor — St. Louis Cardinals Major League Video & Advance Information Assistant Coordinator

Dan O’Connor — St. Louis Cardinals Major League Video & Advance Information Assistant Coordinator

We have a great guest to kick off season 4 of Sideline Sessions. Dan O’Connor is Major League Video & Advance Information Assistant Coordinator with Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals.


Before…

00:46:23  |   Tue 15 Jul 2025
Matt Doherty — NCAA Champion Basketball Player and Former North Carolina Head Coach on the 6 Principles of Leadership

Matt Doherty — NCAA Champion Basketball Player and Former North Carolina Head Coach on the 6 Principles of Leadership

This is the final episode of Sideline Sessions season 3, also simulcast on The Authority. I speak with Matt Doherty, former head coach at Notre Dame, the University of North Carolina, Florida Atlanti…

00:54:31  |   Wed 05 Feb 2025
Best of Sideline Sessions: Charlie Miller on Teaching Young Athletes to Find Their

Best of Sideline Sessions: Charlie Miller on Teaching Young Athletes to Find Their "Bright Spots"

Next week, we'll have the final episode of Season 3. Today we're sharing a "Best Of" episode, one of our earliest conversations with Charlie Miller. This chat is packed with great insights. 

Charlie i…

01:07:33  |   Wed 29 Jan 2025
Running a Championship Practice with Adam Sarancik

Running a Championship Practice with Adam Sarancik

This week Adam Sarancik returns to the show. Adam is a longtime baseball coach teams have consistently won championships at every youth league and high school level. In administration, he has served …

00:52:07  |   Thu 23 Jan 2025
Adam Sarancik — Coaching with the Person-Athlete-Player Philosophy

Adam Sarancik — Coaching with the Person-Athlete-Player Philosophy

This week it’s a pleasure to be joined by Adam Sarancik, a longtime baseball coach and owner of Elevate Sports Academy. In baseball, Adam’s teams have consistently won championships at every youth le…

00:59:26  |   Wed 15 Jan 2025
Matt Murawski — A Player-Centered Approach to Little League Baseball

Matt Murawski — A Player-Centered Approach to Little League Baseball

Matt Murawski has been coaching Little League baseball for over six years. Like many coaches he has been inspired by amazing coaching experiences and seeing poor coaching situations for kids. He is a…

00:43:11  |   Wed 08 Jan 2025
George Andriopoulos — Serving Young Athletes Through the Police Activity League

George Andriopoulos — Serving Young Athletes Through the Police Activity League

Today I’m happy to bring you an episode about youth coaching with George Andriopoulos. George has coached basketball and flag football and serves as Commissioner of Basketball for the Police Activity…

00:43:31  |   Wed 20 Nov 2024
Travis Reed — International Basketball MVP Shares Lessons Learned Along His Athlete’s Journey

Travis Reed — International Basketball MVP Shares Lessons Learned Along His Athlete’s Journey

Travis Reed is a professional basketball player who played 10 years overseas in countries such as Colombia, Poland, France, Belgium, Holland, Estonia, Germany, Australia and more. He was a League MVP…

00:47:19  |   Wed 13 Nov 2024
Claudio Reilsono — Carnegie Mellon Baseball Coach and Pro Scout on Leading From the Heart Up

Claudio Reilsono — Carnegie Mellon Baseball Coach and Pro Scout on Leading From the Heart Up

Claudio Reilsono is the General Manager and professional baseball scout with the Global Scouting Bureau and the head baseball Coach at Carnegie Mellon University. 


In this episode, we discuss:

  • How Clau…
00:50:55  |   Wed 06 Nov 2024
Jennifer Gross — UC Davis Women’s Basketball Coach on Her Program’s Core Values and Building a Winner

Jennifer Gross — UC Davis Women’s Basketball Coach on Her Program’s Core Values and Building a Winner

Today’s guest Jennifer Gross is entering her 14th year as the head women’s basketball coach at the University of California - Davis.


UC Davis is a special place for Coach Gross, as she was a point gua…

00:49:16  |   Wed 30 Oct 2024
Damon Lembi on Helping Young Athletes Develop a Learn-It-All Mindset

Damon Lembi on Helping Young Athletes Develop a Learn-It-All Mindset

Welcome to “opening day” here for Season 3 of Sideline Sessions! I’m thrilled to start the season with a great guest, Damon Lembi.


Damon is a two-time bestselling author, the host of The Learn-It-All …

00:49:28  |   Wed 16 Oct 2024
Aaron Makelky — HS Football Coach on Overcoming the Challenges of Culture-Building

Aaron Makelky — HS Football Coach on Overcoming the Challenges of Culture-Building

In the Season 2 finale, I speak with Aaron Makelky.

Aaron has served as a head high school football coach for 12 seasons in Wyoming, assistant for 4 seasons, and has also coached wrestling, basketball…

00:44:13  |   Thu 25 Jul 2024
Lee-Anne Gilchrist — How Parents Can Help Junior Golfers Access Opportunities

Lee-Anne Gilchrist — How Parents Can Help Junior Golfers Access Opportunities

My guest today is Lee-Anne Gilchrist. Lee-Anne is currently the CEO of the Golf Performance Center & Academy, in Ridgefield, Connecticut working with young people from all over the world to nurture i…

00:37:36  |   Thu 18 Jul 2024
Taylor Cook — Retired Hockey Pro and Mental Performance Coach on the Building Blocks of Success

Taylor Cook — Retired Hockey Pro and Mental Performance Coach on the Building Blocks of Success

Taylor Cook is a retired professional hockey player with over 25+ years of international experience. She currently works as a mental performance coach serving athletes and sports coaches.


We discuss:

  • H…
00:40:32  |   Thu 11 Jul 2024
Adolfo Gómez Sánchez — Pro Tennis Coach Shares the Formula for Optimal Performance

Adolfo Gómez Sánchez — Pro Tennis Coach Shares the Formula for Optimal Performance

Adolfo Gómez Sánchez has dedicated over three decades to studying and modeling what drives optimal performance. 


Adolfo was a competitive athlete and is a performance mentor to professional athletes o…

00:49:09  |   Sat 06 Jul 2024
Best of Sideline Sessions: Boundary-breaking football coach Jen Welter

Best of Sideline Sessions: Boundary-breaking football coach Jen Welter

This week, we're sharing a "Best Of" episode, going back to the series premiere with the amazing Dr. Jen Welter. 


In 2015, Jen became the first female coach in NFL history when she coached linebackers…

00:45:32  |   Thu 27 Jun 2024
Jason Payne — High School Basketball Coach and Mental Performance Coach on Avoiding Burnout and Connecting with Today’s Student-Athletes

Jason Payne — High School Basketball Coach and Mental Performance Coach on Avoiding Burnout and Connecting with Today’s Student-Athletes

Jason Payne has coached the Varsity Boys Basketball team in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada for the past 24 seasons. He also works with teams and athletes as a Mental Performance Coach.


It was a pleasur…

00:52:35  |   Thu 20 Jun 2024
Connor Gettemy — Director of Sports Performance at Flagler College Helps Us Bust Strength Training Myths and Understand Weight Programs

Connor Gettemy — Director of Sports Performance at Flagler College Helps Us Bust Strength Training Myths and Understand Weight Programs

Connor Gettemy is the Director of Sports Performance at Flagler College and Owner of Gett Strong Performance, both located in St. Augustine, Florida. 


At Flagler, whose sports teams compete at NCAA Di…

00:53:41  |   Thu 13 Jun 2024
Mike Jarvis — Former NCAA Basketball Coach at St. John’s, GW and More Shares His Message to Coaches Who Want to Make Their Mark

Mike Jarvis — Former NCAA Basketball Coach at St. John’s, GW and More Shares His Message to Coaches Who Want to Make Their Mark

Mike Jarvis is a well-known name to fans of college basketball. In his long career at the high school and NCAA Division-I levels, he coached future professionals, including Hall of Famer Patrick Ewin…

00:45:51  |   Mon 10 Jun 2024
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