Coaching Podcast Episodes

Nov 13

Episode 86

Yianni D, A Ashnault, & Bo Nickal on Current Events

There’s a lot going on right now in the sport of wrestling! We’ve got everything from cancellations to trials to RTC cards and more. I wanna ...

Oct 26

Episode 84

Cornell's Mike Grey Shares His Story & Perspective

Pumped to have Cornell’s Associate Head Coach, Mike Grey, join the podcast today! Mike, a high school phenom that was the first 4x State Champ in New Jersey, has ...

Oct 8

Episode 82

NCAA Name, Image & Likeness Bill Discussion with Tony Ramos

Former Hawkeye and current UNC Assistant Coach Tony Ramos is back on the podcast today to talk about the NCAA Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Bill. It has a lot ...

Jul 2

Episode 72

Nazar Kulchytskyy on His Retirement & Coaching Aspirations

This past Sunday at Rumble on the Rooftop, Olympic Hopeful Nazar Kulchytskyy left his shoes on the mat after his 10-0 victory, signaling his retirement from competition. Today, Nazar joins ...

Jun 13

Episode 69

2x Olympian Kerry McCoy Shares Some Stories

Could listen to 2x Olympian and 2x NCAA Champion Kerry McCoy share stories all day, including how when at Penn State, he wanted his picture on the wall so bad. ...

May 28

Episode 65

2x NCAA Champ Imar on Overcoming Adversity

2x NCAA Champion/4x NCAA Finalist Isaiah Martinez knows adversity, and he knows it well, but it hasn't slowed him down from having a ton of success. The 4x ...

May 26

Episode 64

Olympic Medalist Coleman Scott On Having Success at Every Level

Olympic Medalist & Pennsylvania Native Coleman Scott has won and had great success at every level there is. The current UNC head coach knows how to win. Thrilled to have ...

May 21

Episode 63

Buffalo Bills Head Coach Sean McDermott on What Wrestling Taught Him

Sometimes, instead of an NCAA or World Championship, the accolade of only being taken down once in two years leads to a head coaching position in the NFL. Not only ...

May 4

Episode 57

2x NCAA Champion Matt McDonough on Burnout

Matt McDonough has won a slew of championships ranging from 3 State Titles and 2 Big Ten Championships to 2 NCAA Championships while appearing in 3 straight finals, but still, if he could go ...

Apr 29

Episode 55

Learn From Gabe Dean's Failures

2x NCAA Champ/3x Finalist and current Assistant Coach at Cornell, Gabe Dean, has had both his fair share of successes and failures. He's learned a lot through ...

Apr 27

Episode 54

Jumpin Around Some More with Jon Reader

My first conversation with NCAA Champion and Associate Head Coach Jon Reader (Episode 40) was full of so much passion and knowledge, we had to run it back and cover more ...

Apr 24

Episode 53

Chris Pendleton's Excited To Lead at Oregon State

He’s a 2x NCAA Champion and a 3x All-American. He also just took a head coaching job at Oregon State. Before he heads out (even farther) West, Chris and ...

Apr 10

Episode 48

Luke Pletcher's Moving On

2x All-American and 2020 Big Ten Champ Luke Pletcher of Ohio State is moving on - both mentally and physically. He recently had to let go of NCAA's being canceled ...

Apr 1

Episode 46

Mark Perry Tells Some Stories

Mark Perry knows wrestling. Heck, he is wrestling. Born into a wrestling family, on wrestling soil at Oklahoma State, a Blair Academy wrestler, a 4x All-American at Iowa, a 2x ...

Mar 22

Episode 44

Brandon Slay Knows His Purpose

Today, another Olympic Gold Medalist comes on the BASCHAMANIA Podcast as Brandon Slay stops by to shares his story. Brandon is not only an incredible wrestler and wrestling coach, ...

Mar 5

Episode 40

Jumpin Around with Jon Reader

He's no stranger to March! NCAA Champ Jon Reader has had some iconic March memories both competing and coaching. It was great chatting with Jon and the timing just a ...

Feb 21

Episode 37

Story Time with Tony Ramos

It was hard to keep this conversation with NCAA Champ & 2x World Team Member Tony Ramos down to one simple podcast episode that's around an hour long. He's got ...

Dec 18

Episode 24

It’s Izzy Style! This is the Israel Martinez Story

Pumped to have coach Izzy Martinez on the show for episode 24. I got a lot of good feedback on the Chris Bono episode and to play off of that, I ...

Dec 5

Episode 22

'Jump Around' with Chris Bono

Chris Bono has had a wild career as both an athlete and a coach. Over the past decade, Coach Bono has continued to jump levels as a coach, much as ...

Nov 13

Episode 19

Catching up with NJRTC's Reece Humphrey Ahead of The Bill Farrell

The Bill Farrell is this weekend and everyone in the wrestling community is HYPED about it. NJ RTC Head Coach Reece Humphrey is no exception. People are noticing there is ...