Rob Koll joins the show to talk about his most recent move to become head coach at University of North Carolina. 0:00 - Retired from Cornell 0:01 - Why wrestled at UNC… bc not PSU 0:05 - Rob struggled 0:06 - Coleman leaving 0:10 - Propped up by Stanford $$$ 0:12 - Getting resources 0:15 - Coaching staff 0:17 - Have vs have not 0:22 - Chasing a team title 0:24 - NIL and transfer portal 0:26 - Mistakes, recruiting the wrong kids 0:31 - Chapel Hill 0:33 - Wins and whoopins 0:36 - Joke time 0:38 - F...
Sep 06, 2023•43 min
Zack Esposito leaves Oklahoma State after 21 years for a job with USA Wrestling as the resident developmental freestyle coach. 0:01 - Getting into freestyle 0:05 - Preferring freestyle 0:09 - Becoming the USAW resident developmental coach 0:12 - How college coaching has changed since he’s been at OSU 0:18 - Recruiting kids to the OTC 0:25 - Working with John Smith the savant 0:29 - Wrestling against John Smith 0:32 - OSU memories 0:37 - Coaching future 0:41 - Wins and whoopins 0:46 - Joke time 0...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr
Iowa NCAA champion Cory Clark joins the show to talk his wrestling career and his new situation coaching at Montini Catholic and his new club CC Wrestling. 0:01 - Becoming obsessed with Halo 0:02 - First match 38 pounds 0:06 - Facing Thomas Gilman from a young age 0:12 - Became obsessed with following wrestling 0:15 - NCAA Runner-up two years in a row 0:16 - Injuries 0:23 - Seth Gross 0:28 - CC Wrestling 0:32 - Wins whooppins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2023•40 min
OG Eloy Boy and Arizona State sophomore Emilio Ysaguirre joins the show to talk about the film series on Flo and his first full year of college wrestling and college life. Check out the FloSports Original Series The Eloy Boys 0:02 - Reacting to The Eloy Boys 0:10 - Transition to college life 0:14 - Transitioning to college wrestling 0:17 - Advice to incoming freshman 0:19 - Communication with coaches 0:22 - Taking risk 0:26 - Moving to Big 12 0:29 - Best and worst of last year 0:31 - Izzy ice pr...
Aug 10, 2023•40 min
Roger steps in as the new head coach at Oklahoma after building a solid program at North Dakota State University. 0:01 - Starting at NDSU 0:06 - Coaching opportunities 0:09 - Success at NDSU 0:12 - Coaching opportunities 0:16 - OU greats 0:17 - Meeting the OU team 0:19 - The message to the OU team 0:21 - Breakthrough moments 0:29 - J Rob 0:32 - Scheduling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 26, 2023•38 min
Ryan Warner is the host of Wrestling Changed My Life podcast and audio documentaries. 0:01 - Intro into wrestling 0:06 - Starting the podcast 0:17 - How did wrestling change his life? 0:21 - Getting into documentaries 0:29 - Surprising interviews 0:43 - What’s next? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 05, 2023•52 min
Chance Marsteller joins the show on the heels of knocking off Jordan Burroughs in a wild three match series at Final X. 0:01 - Chance the wrestling fan of Final X 0:05 - Training situations 0:08 - Coaches taking a chance on Chance 0:11 - 2022 vs 2023 perspective 0:15 - Between match 1 and 2 at 2023 Final X 0:21 - Remembering details from matches 0:23 - Match 3 vs Jordan Burroughs 0:39 - Russian Nationals 0:42 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2023•53 min
Zane Richards joins the show after upsetting Thomas Gilman at Final X to make the 2023 World Team at 57kg. 0:02 - Belief over time 0:05 - Maximizing potential 0:07 - Managing emotions 0:12 - Learning from mistakes - passenger on bus 0:17 - Making jumps 0:20 - Bryan Medlin 0:24 - Belief 0:29 - Prepping for Gilman at Final X 0:34 - Match 2 vs Thomas GIlman 0:45 - Lezginka Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2023•51 min
Chance Marsteller joins the show to talk about his upcoming matches at Final X against Jordan Burroughs 0:01 - Wiercioch match 0:06 - Introduction to JB 0:10 - Training w JB 0:13 - Loss of passion 0:17 - Stellar trained 0:24 - 2022 Final X 0:29 - 2023 Final X unfinished business 0:33 - Visualization 0:40 - It takes a village Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 08, 2023•46 min
Obe Blanc joins the show to talk about his coaching career and recent new position as head coach at North Dakota State University. 0:01 - Coaching at NC State 0:06 - Recruiting at NC State 0:10 - NC State ascension 0:18 - Moving to NDSU 0:21 - High confidence in being a head coach 0:23 - Five year plan 0:27 - Coaching staff 0:32 - Transfer portal and NIL 0:36 - NDSU pitch 0:40 - Coaching experiences 0:47 - Final word Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 31, 2023•51 min
World Team Trials champion at 61kg, Nahshon Garrett joins the show to talk about his unique journey over the last few years and upcoming match against Vito Arujau at Final X. 0:01 - 2018 Injured before Worlds 0:05 - Was Nahshon retired? 0:08 - Fear, worries and doubt 0:16 - I wasn’t in balance 0:19 - 2023 US Open 0:23 - World Team Trials 0:25 - WTT finals vs Daton Fix 0:36 - Vito Arujau 0:43 - Write it down 0:45 - Visualization Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 24, 2023•52 min
US Open Mike Macchiavello joins the show to talk about winning the US Open, making Final X and turning down a WWE contract offer. 0:01 - First time paying attention to World Team process 0:03 - Kyle Snyder’s/J’den Cox’s training partner 0:05 - Making mental jumps 0:14 - I’m not keeping score, no match is the same 0:19 - Not getting the COVID shot 0:22 - US Open finals vs Kollin Moore 0:36 - WWE opportunity 0:41- Final word Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 17, 2023•44 min
US Open champion Tyler Berger joins the show to talk about his recent last second takedown to win in the finals. 0:01 - California RTC 0:07 - JB is unmatched in his training 0:11 - Joining the PRTC 0:16 - US Open expectations 0:18 - US Open finals vs Sammy Sasso 0:37 - Zain Retherford at Final X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 10, 2023•48 min
Nick Lee joins the show to talk about his journey through wrestling and specifically his recent US Open title where he beat Beau Bartlett and Joey McKenna in the semis and finals. 0:01 - Intro to wrestling, Mater Dei 0:04 - Wasnt good at the beginning 0:07 - College wrestling 0:11 - Cael Sanderson’s personality 0:13 - Penn State vs Mater Dei 0:16 - High school freshman, college freshman 0:18 - Freshman NCAAs 0:22 - NCAA COVID cancelation 0:27 - Joey McKenna at US Open 0:35 - Beau Bartlett match ...
May 03, 2023•52 min
Ohio State head coach Tom Ryan joins the show to talk about the up and down season that the Buckeyes had this past year and the proposed NCAA rule changes. 0:01 - Last season 0:02 - Injuries 0:05 - Doubt 0:07 - Jesse Mendez 0:09 - NCAA Championships 0:15 - Next year 0:18 - Portal and NIL 0:22 - Rule changes 0:28 - Need a season with value 0:31 - Need to view college wrestling as a business 0:34 - Ohio State in Vegas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2023•39 min
2x NCAA All-American wrestler Peyton Robb of Nebraska joins the show to talk about this journey in wrestling and his recent issues with a skin infection. 0:02 - Four years old into wrestling 0:06 - College decision, SDSU originally 0:09 - 2020 no Nationals 0:11 - Growth mindset 0:14 - Skin infdection 0:20 - Kidney failure etc 0:25 - Might have to cut off your leg 0:30 - Recovery process 0:35 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 18, 2023•40 min
Air Force NCAA wrestling All-American Wyatt Hendrickson joins the show. 0:01 - Introduction to wrestling at 5 0:03 - Introduced to mental toughness 0:05 - Threw air force letter away 0:11 - Military training 0:14 - Roller coaster training 0:17 - College expectations 0:19 - Big pinner 0:24 - Third place pin over Cassioppi 0:26 - Joke time 0:27 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 12, 2023•33 min
Vito Arujau joins the show to talk about his impressive run at the 2023 NCAA Championships 0:01 - First time watching NCAAs 0:05 - 2019 NCAAs 0:09 - Having to sit out in 2021 0:12 - Bumping up to 133 0:16 - Loss to Latona 0:19 - 2023 NCAA run 0:21 - Semi Finals chaos when Lee lost 0:24 - Game plan for RBY 0:26 - Watching NCAA finals vs RBY 0:37 - Confidence heading into US Open Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 11, 2023•41 min
Matt Ramos shocked the world when he pinned Spencer Lee. He joins the show to talk his wrestling career, Spencer Lee and that moment in particular. 0:02 - Intro to wrestling at 4 years old 0:06 - Skipping vacation for cadet trials 0:10 - Going to Minnesota 0:13 - Transferring to Purdue 0:16 - Goals into college 0:18 - 133 to 125 0:22 - Spencer Lee 0:43 - Finals vs Glory 0:45 - Freestyle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2023•50 min
2023 NCAA Champion Andrew Alirez joins the show to talk about his recent National title run. 0:00 - Still riding high 0:01 - Deciding on UNC 0:02 - S32 bad performance 0:04 - UNC culture was shifting 0:07 - Troy Nickerson 0:09 - “The hard way is the easy way” 0:12 - Training adjustments 0:15 - Goals and adversity 0:20 - Turning Point in career 0:23 - Living the wrong lifestyle, just doing what you’re told 0:25 - CHARACTER 0:33 - NCAA Championships 0:36 - Saturday at NCAAs 0:43 - NCAA finals 0:47...
Mar 22, 2023•53 min
Janida Garcia joins the show to talk about her journey through the sport and to announce her college decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 07, 2023•18 min
4x undefeated Iowa high school state Champion Ben Kueter joins the show to talk about his journey through wrestling and football and his future as a Hawkeye in both sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 28, 2023•26 min
ASU true freshman Emilio Ysaguirre recently beat #4 Brock Hardy of Nebraska 10-6. He joins the show to talk about the win and his upbringing in Eloy, AZ. 0:02 - Intro to wrestling, a family matter 0:03 - Describing Eloy, “it’s the hood” 0:05 - Training in trailers, backyards and garages growing up 0:10 - Dad pushed him hard, breaking the cycle 0:17 - Valiant prep 0:18 - College decision 0:21 - Eloy boys in college 0:22 - Tough adjusting to college 0:23 - In the line up twice, beat #4 in the coun...
Feb 22, 2023•33 min
David Bray sits down with Mark Bader to pick his brain on the making of Flo's latest film, No Sad Stories: (Episode 2) Dunia Sibomana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023•28 min
Miguel Rodriguez joins the show to talk about Dunia Sibomana and how they met. Dunia was attacked by chimpanzees, came to the US and won a state title in New York as an 8th grader. 0:01 - Miguel watched the film 0:04 - Long Beach 0:05 - Isaiah Bird 0:09 - Long Beach wrestling 0:12 - Meeting Dunia 0:17 - If he stays in LB we can help him 0:20 - Have to have a sense of humor 0:23 - Dunia’s wrestling introduction 0:26 - Dunia making varsity in 8th grade 0:31 - Tough road ahead medically 0:33 - Bles...
Feb 15, 2023•45 min
Maryland head coach Alex Clemsen has brought the program to a solid place. This year they beat Pittsburgh, Virginia and most recently got their first B1G win since 2016. 0:02 - Falling in love with coaching 0:07 - Job shadow Brian smith 0:14 - What Alex told the program from the start 0:16 - COVID and terrible timing for Maryland 0:19 - Gaining Momentum 0:23 - Beating Purdue 0:25 - ‘We gotta get 4 of 5’ 0:29 - Just 5 guys 0:34 - Joke time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
Feb 14, 2023•40 min
Oklahoma State's Luke Suerber joins the show after a big upset win over top ranked Rocky Elam of Missouri. 0:01 - Intro to wrestling 0:04 - Getting hooked 0:06 - The dad-coach relationship 0:09 - Setting goals 0:12 - Luke loves to follow wrestling 0:15 - Oklahoma state 0:17 - Just kept getting bigger 0:23 - 197 this year 0:28 - Big upset 0:32 - Wins and whoopins 0:44 - Joke time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2023•38 min
Steve Brown was an NCAA All-American at Central Michigan and the last person to beat Jordan Burroughs in folkstyle He started working with MMA fighters after college and through those connections met some people in Hollywood. He then became a stuntman and has developed into one of the top fight coordinators in the world and has worked on some of the biggest films, including 300, Roadhouse the Avatar Sequels. 0:01 - Intro to wrestling 0:07 - Competing with Gillespie, Metcalf, Burroughs 0:10 - Sur...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Northwestern's #4 ranked heavyweight Lucas Davison joins the show. 0:01 - Dad was a wrestler 0:04 - Ttaking lumps early on 0:08 - Fargo success 0:12 - Self dialog and reflection 0:14 - Jimmy Kennedy hates “I CANT” 0:17 - Recruiting process 0:21- College expectations 0:23 - Moving up t0 285 0:30 - Preparing to beat the top heavyweights 0:35 - Joke Time 0:37 - Wins and whoopins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 01, 2023•39 min
4x NCAA qualifier Micky Phillippi of Pitt joins the show to talk about his journey through wrestling and finishing up his 7th year of NCAA wrestling. 0:01 - Western PA, first wrestler in family 0:03 - Some natural athleticism, good not great at first 0:05 - Dad passed away 0:07 - Having success and turning the corner 0:13 - Recruiting process 0:19 - Taking the extra years 0:23 - NCAA tournament takeaways 0:27 - Keith Gavin building up Pitt 0:31 - Outlook for the rest of the year 0:33 - Joke time...
Jan 31, 2023•43 min
