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NCAA & Olympic Soccer; Mia Hamm This week we welcome a coach who has won 93% of his games over the past 33 years, including the latest season. For Anson Dorrance of the University of North Carolina’s women’s soccer team, and former head coach of the U.S. women’s national team, the unwieldy word “winningest” has to apply. Coach Dorrance is very possibly the winningest elite-level coach in the world, in any sport, ever. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a coaching and leadership psychologist. You can follow us on Twitter, where we post useful articles and coaching tips just about every day of the week. The handle is @sportscoachtalk. And we'd be grateful if you'd leave a short review of the show on the Apple iTunes page. In addition to bringing home the women’s World Cup in 1991, coach Dorrance has won 21 national championships. He even had a winning streak of 9 championships and 92 victories in a row, finishing in 1994. Coach Dorrance is rightly famous for innovative techniques and tactics, a ferocious approach to competition and being an expert on the female athletic psyche. So far he has developed 17 of his young women into national players of the year, including Mia Hamm, considered by many to be one of the very best female soccer players ever. Here's how Coach Dorrance's 93% win record compares to some other all-time great coaches: Knute Rockne: 84%, John Wooden: 80%, Dean Smith: 78%, Mike Krzyzewski: 76%, Phil Jackson: 69%, Alex Ferguson 58%

"Michael Jordan of Wrestling" Iowa Legend This week we welcome a man who for many is a living legend. Wrestling's Dan Gable, one of the very few people in any sport who have reached the pinnacle both as an athlete and as a coach. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a coaching and leadership psychologist. You can follow us on Twitter, where we post useful articles and coaching tips just about every day of the week. The handle is @sportscoachtalk. And we'd be grateful if you'd leave a short review of the show on the Apple iTunes page. Dan Gable knows all about perseverance, consistency and mental toughness. He is famous throughout the wrestling world for having lost only one match in his entire Iowa State University career -- his last -- and then for pulling himself together and winning gold at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and for not giving up a single point during the tournament. He was head coach at the University of Iowa from 1976 to 1997, a team widely feared for their full frontal aggressiveness and universally admired for winning 16 NCAA titles. He served as head coach of the U.S. Olympic freestyle team in 1980, 1984 and 2000, with the 1984 squad particularly dominant, winning eight of the 11 gold medals available. Coach Gable returned to Iowa as assistant coach in 2006 and currently is assistant athletic director. A popular expression in Iowa sporting circles is that "Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball" -- except it's worth noting that Michael Jordan never won a championship as a coach. Among the many who consider Coach Gable their hero are actor Tom Cruise, novelist John Irving and work and lifestyle guru Timothy Ferriss. Classic Dan Gable quotes Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. No one ever drowned in sweat. Never concede anything. Some have wrestled without great skill. None have wrestled without great pride. Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy. If you're afraid to fail you'll never succeed.

Meb Keflezighi, minimalist footwear, men versus women The marathon and other distance running events are in focus this week on Sports Coach Radio. We’re joined by renowned track & field coach Bob Larsen, the long-time coach of the United States’ number one marathoner Meb Keflezighi. The show is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a coaching and leadership psychologist. You can follow us on Twitter where we post useful articles and coaching tips just about every day of the week. The handle is @sportscoachtalk. And we'd be grateful if you'd leave a short review on the Apple iTunes page. Bob began achieving national-level success in the 1980s at UCLA, eventually becoming head coach in 1984. Among the gold medal athletes in the program he led are Steve Lewis, Danny Everett, Kevin Young and Ato Bolden. Bob is a recipient of numerous coaching accolades, including the Bill Bowerman award from the National Distance Running Hall of Fame and the Robert Giegengack Award from USA Track & Field. He’s also one of the founders of the prestigious Mammoth Track Club, based at 7,900 feet (2,400 meters) in Mammoth Lakes, California. We talk about the challenge of breaking the two-hour barrier in the marathon, working long-term with an athlete like Meb through the entire length of his athletic career, the injury-preventing potential of minimalist footwear, the performance gap between men and women in long distance events and more.

Kona Ironman World Champion; Elite Triathlon Coach               This week we welcome a triathlon legend to Sports Coach Radio: Six-time Ironman World Champion Dave Scott. Dave Scott was so dominant in the 1980s that he was simply known as The Man. The finishing times and splits he posted then still stand among the very fastest ever. Now Dave Scott is The Coach – working intensely with several top triathletes, including four-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington as well as a highly promising up-and-comer named Drew Scott, who Dave has known intimately since Drew was born.  Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a sports and leadership psychologist. You can subscribe to us on Apple iTunes and follow us on Twitter with the handle: @sportscoachtalk. And if you have a moment, we'd very much appreciate it if you could leave a short review on the Apple iTunes site. Your review will help other people find out about the show. We talk about the challenges of becoming a world champion coach after having been a world champion athlete, coaching his son, launching a comeback -- sort of -- and lots more in this fascinating wide-ranging conversation, which took place recently in his office in Boulder, Colorado.

Paleo Diet, Better Swimming, Leaner Racing Weight Joe Friel is a master coach in triathlon and one of the world's most experienced leaders in multi sport training. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a sports and leadership psychologist. You can subscribe to us on Apple iTunes and follow us on Twitter with the handle: @sportscoachtalk. And if you have a moment, we'd very much appreciate it if you could leave a short review on the Apple iTunes site. Your review will help other people find out about the show. Joe’s been coaching endurance athletes since 1980, making him one of the pioneers of triathlon. He’s co author of the recently released book Triathlon Science, as well as the author of the Training Bible series and co author of the ground-breaking Paleo Diet for Athletes. Joe is based in Scottsdale, Arizona but also spends a lot of time in Boulder, Colorado, near the headquarters of specialist sports software company Training Peaks, which he co-founded.

Mental toughness, innovative coaching & training techniques Brad Alan Lewis has been up and down the race course in numerous successful incarnations: Olympic Gold medal winning rower, coach, gonzo journalist and prolific novelist. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a sports and leadership psychologist. You can subscribe to us on Apple iTunes and follow us on Twitter with the handle: @sportscoachtalk. And if you have a moment, we'd very much appreciate it if you could leave a short review on the Apple iTunes site. Your review will help other people find out about the show. Brad struck gold in the double sculls in Los Angeles in 1984, an improbable tale of an outsider triumphing over the establishment. He tells the story in one of the most amusing and insightful sports books I’ve ever read: Assault on Lake Casitas. In addition to a diverse writing career, Brad has coached at the collegiate and Paralympic level, most recently helping the mixed double sculls win bronze in London. Other Brad Alan Lewis works include: Wanted: Rowing Coach Lido for Time A Fine Balance: Documentary on DVD (about the Men's' Eight in the 2000 Olympics) Walking Towards Thunder Confessions of a Grinder (about competing in the America's Cup) The Idiot Years Demon Bean

Evolutionary nutrition, strength & conditioning, Paleo fitness Robb Wolf is one of the primary and most provocative leaders of the Paleo pack - an international band of nutritionists and strength and conditioning specialists who draw on evolutionary biology to underpin advice on health and fitness. Robb is co-founder of the nutrition and athletic training journal, The Performance Menu, and co-owner of NorCal Strength & Conditioning in Chico, California. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a sports and leadership psychologist. You can subscribe to us on Apple iTunes and follow us on Twitter with the handle: @sportscoachtalk. And if you have a moment, we'd very much appreciate it if you could leave a short review on the Apple iTunes site. Your review will help other people find out about the show. Robb Wolf is author of the New York Times best-selling book The Paleo Solution – The Original Human Diet and hosts a wildly successful weekly Paleo Solution podcast alongside Olympic weightlifting specialist Greg Everett, who was a guest on this show a few months ago. You'll find out in a minute that Robb has his hands and feet in dozens of interesting projects, including competing in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, training athletes in sports ranging from triathlon to motocross, helping keep the fire fighters and policemen in Reno, Nevada alive, consulting to the Navy SEALs and occasionally hunting for elk with primitive weapons. Don’t miss his epic appearance on the Discovery Channel series I, Caveman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYrfwqGe-oo Robb also gamely took on a "Lightening Round" addressing a wide-range of topics in only 60 seconds each! He admirably handled: - Mental toughness - "Safe starches" - Ketosis - High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) - Almond butter - Cross Fit - Coffee - Kefir - Intermittent fasting - Kettlebells And finally... Bacon!

Rugby versus Football, Basketball and Soccer  Rugby - it's fast and furious and sometimes quite brutal. But it's not big in the United States... yet. Nigel Melville is the man in charge of making the sport succeed in America as head of USA Rugby. The stakes are rising by the day because a condensed version of the game - called Rugby Sevens - will be played in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and medals are up for grabs. The last time rugby was played in the Olympics, the U.S. won the gold! (although that was in 1924 and there were only two other competing nations - France and Romania.) Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a sports and leadership psychologist. You can subscribe to us on Apple iTunes and follow us on Twitter with the handle: @sportscoachtalk. And if you have a moment, we'd very much appreciate it if you could leave a short review on the Apple iTunes site. Your review will help other people find out about the show. Nigel grew up in Yorkshire, England and began playing for his country at the age of 19. He eventually captained the senior squad seven times and played for the London-based club team Wasps, among others. As a coach and director of rugby he worked for Wasps and then Gloucester, winning several championships. He moved Stateside in 2006 to take his current position as USA Rugby's CEO and director of Rugby Operations. We got a chance to sit down recently in his office in Boulder, Colorado for a wide-ranging chat.

Triathlon, performance fueling, recovery, mental toughness This week we’re talking to a triathlete and coach for whom an Ironman race is just too short a distance. Mark Kleanthous has completed two double Ironman distance races and a triple Ironman in just under 46 hours. Yes, that’s 46 non-stop hours of movement, in other words swimming, biking and running and not sleeping for nearly two days. Sports Coach Radio is hosted by Glenn Whitney, a sports and leadership psychologist. You can subscribe to us on Apple iTunes and follow us on Twitter with the handle: @sportscoachtalk. And if you have a moment, we'd very much appreciate it if you could leave a short review on the Apple iTunes site. Your review will help other people find out about the show. Our guest Mark Kleanthous, 52, has also finished three Ironman distance races three days in a row, as well as 71 marathons under 3 hours. One of his current goals is to reach one hundred sub 3-hour finishes. He is also a prolific coach of triathletes of all ages and the author of the Complete Book of Triathlon Training. If you’re fascinated by ueber ultra endurance training and its many challenges – including what and when to eat and drink and when and how the heck to go to the toilet, this interview is for you.

Meb Keflezighi, Nike Oregon Project, NFL Combine Preparation   Colorado Springs-based sports physiologist and nutritionist Krista Austin has a fascinating practice that runs the gamut from working with USA Triathlon to top podium-finishing marathoner Meb Keflezighi as well as the American national Taekwondo and Wrestling teams.Throw in collaborations with the International Center for East African Running Studies, the Nike Oregon Project and time spent with the English Institute of Sport and the England Cricket Team and you’ve got someone with one of the widest perspectives on high performance sport in the world. Sports Coach Radio is a weekly audio show providing in-depth insight to the people and passion behind winning performances. It's hosted by sports and performance psychologist Glenn Whitney, and you can listen to it on this site or on Apple iTunes. Krista is co-author of the book Performance Nutrition: Applying the Science of Nutrient Timing. In the interview Krista addresses on a wide range of nutrition, physiology and strength and conditioning topics and how she takes a comprehensive approach to solving tricky performance problems.

Selecting young athletes with the greatest potential. It’s a key challenge for many coaches. And it’s the focus of today’s guest Joe Baker, a leading expert in the area of Talent Identification. Joe is Associate Professor at the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in Toronto, Canada. He's co-author of the book Talent Identification and Development in Sport, and the soon-to-be-published Developing Sports expertise: Researchers and Coaches Put Theory into Practice. Joe has also written about triathlon as well as older athletes, and he's a triathlete himself. Sports Coach Radio is a weekly audio show providing in-depth insight to the people and passion behind winning performances. It's hosted by sports and performance psychologist Glenn Whitney, and you can listen to it on this site or on Apple iTunes.  

110m Olympic Hurdles; USA Track & Field; Texas A&M  Andreas, 33, is one of elite Track & Field’s youngest coaches. He has been based at Texas A&M for the past eight years, five focusing on a post graduate group of athletes that includes Aries. Sports Coach Radio is a weekly audio show providing in-depth insight to the people and passion behind winning performances. It's hosted by sports and performance psychologist Glenn Whitney, and you can listen to it on this site or on Apple iTunes. Among the topics Andreas covers in the interview are quality versus quantity of training sessions, nutrition, rest, recovery and alternative approaches to rehabilitation and therapy, including acupuncture. These are critical issues for an athlete like Aries with quite a history of injury: "Left and right hamstring tears," Aries told reporters before the Olympics. "Tore my quad. Torn ligaments in the ankle. Stress fracture in my foot. Blown out my knee. You name it, it has happened to me."  In the interview, Andreas also provides a comprehensive explanation of what it takes to go from an eight-step approach to seven steps. Aries explains it as "like trying to write in cursive with your left hand if you are right-handed. "It is really difficult to make the switch.” Aries was remarkably consistent throughout the 2012 season, posting numerous times under 13.0 seconds, culminating in 12.92 for gold in London, and smashing that about four weeks later, with a 12.80 on Sept. 7 in Brussels, breaking the record of 12.87 set by Cuban Dayron Robles in 2008. The results put Aries in great company, with the legends of high hurdling: Renaldo Nehemiah, Roger Kingdom, Colin Jackson and Liu Xiang. In addition to Aries, Behm has worked with sprinters Muna Lee, La'Shaunte'a Moore, and Ebonie Floyd, as well as hurdlers Jermaine Cooper, Lauren Smith and Chris Thomas. Andreas grew up in Madrid, Spain and Frankfurt, Germany but did his university education in the U.S.; his bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee, and a master's degree in sports management from the University of Texas.

Skiing: U.S. Women's Head Coach; Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso For some it looks like Alex Hoedlmoser has one of the best jobs in the world. He’s women’s head coach of the U.S. Ski Team, helping the likes of Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso bring in piles of Olympic and World Championship medals.  When it comes to speed racing, his skiers are now at the top of the hill, regularly beating the traditionally dominant Austrian, German and Swiss teams.     Sports Coach Radio is a weekly audio show providing in-depth insight to the people and passion behind winning performances. It's hosted by sports and performance psychologist Glenn Whitney, and you can listen to it on this site or on Apple iTunes. Alex is a former Austrian national champion and professional World Cup racer, making the transition to coaching nearly 15 years ago. He has twice been named USSA Alpine International Coach of the year, and divides his time between Austria, Utah, Colorado and about a dozen other places where you’ll find snow and steep slopes.   We caught up with him when he was making a brief refuelling stop at his hometown of Sant Johan in Austria.        

Kona & 70.3 Competition; Endurance fueling with real food This time on Sports Coach Radio.com we’re speaking with Nell Stephenson – a world-class age group Ironman triathlete and leading Paleo sports nutritionist and food coach. Nell is the author of the ground-breaking holistic health book Paleoista. It explains, adapts and modernises the increasingly popular Paleo Diet for high-performance people who don’t necessarily want to spend their lives in a cave or hunting with a spear for their next meal. Sports Coach Radio is a weekly audio show providing in-depth insight to the people and passion behind winning performances. It's hosted by sports and performance psychologist Glenn Whitney, and you can listen to it on this site or on Apple iTunes. Nell has also written The Paleo Diet Cookbook with Loren Cordain, the leading research in Paleo nutrition. You can take a closer look at Nell’s diet and food coaching thoughts on her daily blog: Paleoista.com.

Olympic-level track cycling is among the fastest and most furious sports in the world. Andy Sparks is a dynamic, innovative young coach who is already achieving great things. This summer he was instrumental in helping Sarah Hammer win two Silver Medals at the London Olympics in the Team Pursuit and the Omnium. This follows Hammer’s world record in the individual pursuit, achieved in 2010. Sports Coach Radio is a weekly in-depth insight to the people and passion behind winning performances. It's hosted by sports psychologist Glenn Whitney and you can listen to it on this site or on Apple iTunes. Andy is a pioneer. He and his team are working with a diverse collection of top cyclists from lesser known countries including Ireland, Turkey, Mexico and Spain. Together with Sarah, to whom he’s married, Andy established www.performance-united.com. It’s been called the United Nations of Cycling. It’s based on the island of Mallorca off the coast of Barcelona, Spain. It benefits from a world-class velodrome, beautiful hilly roads and a mild climate much of the year. Performance United riders have already won over 25 World Cup Medals.                 Andy is an impressive and passionate innovator and a man who looks likely to be making a big impact on the sport of track cycling for many years to come.