The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast

Straight from the mouth of the tiles, the show goes up, down, back, and forth with the phrase "I said what I said".  Starting off with the NFL play off weekend picks, the tiles are standing by what t…

You're not going to want to miss this one! While we get a great look into Erik's background as a Hilltopper of Western Kentucky University and his new role as the head coach of the University of Sout…

Sammy Dabbs is a highly successful track coach who's achieved outstanding results in the high school, college and professional ranks. Recently he held an Instagram Live event espousing his opinions a…

What are some goals that are being brought up this week?  Relay selection is up to the plate first: the tiles address what THEY THINK is the goal of the selection process?  Next, the NCAA has passed …

Director of Track and Filed of the Spire Academy, Kibwe Johnson joins us to talk some track. We get a fresh look at his athletic career that culminated in becoming an Olympian. This was a dream insti…

Sir FWP aka Sir Lucious has gotten a rep for dropping knowledge and they are tending to be words that start with the letter P.  Well this week, not only does Sir Lucious drop some valuable Ps...Clyde…

"I'm not going to fail, I'm not a failure."

Today we explore the journey of second year head coach of the Sooners, Tim Langford. From his days growing up in Virginia under the mentorship of Coach Ruf…

Wrapping up the 2022 year with some insight on some recent happenings/topics...  With the new Olympic qualifying standards and the WA qualifying procedures, what are the tiles thinking about them? Wi…

We hope you have as much fun listening to this episode of the podcast as our host and guest had recording it. Long time verteran jumps coach Jeremy Fischer joins us to discuss his growth as a track a…

As the tiles are back into our expected environments, they look forward to the coming year and chat about some of the changes that have occurred.  Which of the athletes who have relocated to Bobby Ke…

Building a Coaching Village: A Conversation with Dan Pfaff, Coaching Guru and Consultant

Join host Mike Cunningham on the Gill Athletics Connections Podcast for a riveting episode featuring Dan Pfaf…

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Today we're joined by our teammate Robb Mathias who oversees our track sales in the west region of the US. Robb's background as a track coach and athlete as well as decades spent in the running shoe …

A question we waited to answer...what is the difference of being a successful professional coach and a successful collegiate coach?  Obviously, we are able to have someone who has experienced those s…

There is a vast stratum of individuals responsible for making the track and field world spin. The most obvious are the coaches we feature on a weekly basis, less obvious are track surfacers, track re…

Hey there!  It's about that time!    Let's cut to the chase, every coach at one point or another has pondered if they have peaked their athletes too soon, too early, or at the wrong time.  Listen in …

Can a volleyball game help find someone's passion to coach college track and field? Learn the journey of Nate Rucker, head coach of the Peacocks from Upper Iowa in today's podcast episode. Hear him s…

Going thru the intricacies of the transfer portal with the tiles as we get ready for the new legislation to have an effect on moves in the coming year.  But what then?  What do we think the SAs need …

Can a distance coach become a successful sprints/jumps coach? Can an athlete who only runs one year of college cross country (because of poor grades) become a successful high school and collegiate co…

It's that time of the week!  As promised, Sir Lucious gets his 5 minutes of college FB recap...don't fret, I was on alert for muting Clyde.  Though, he was well-mannered and didn't need to be muted! …