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This is Hanford Dixon, Ex Cleveland Brown and creator of the Dawg Pound…join me and my dawgs Leroy Hoard, Frank Stams, Eric Metcalf and Mike Tomczak every week "In the Dawg Pound". Each week we will share locker room stories, give you our perspective on the team’s performance, serve up endless smack talk and tell you what and who we are betting on next week. We will also have surprise guests in the pound to see if they have what it takes to hang with the Big Dawgs. So join us weekly on our P ...
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The Way of Champions Podcast is brought to you by Changing the Game Project and hosted by Changing the Game founder John O'Sullivan. Each week we connect you with the top minds in sports, coaching, leadership, and building championship programs so you can take your athletes and teams to the next level.
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#374 Angela Hucles Mangano, 2x Olympic Gold Medalist for USWNT Soccer and General Manager of Angel City FC on Leadership and Building a Values-based Sports Environment
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Angela Hucles Mangano is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist for US Soccer, two-time World Cup Bronze Medalist, former professional soccer player and the US Soccer Foundation’s 2009 Humanitarian of the Year. She is currently the General Manager of Los Angeles’ women’s professional soccer team, Angel City FC, overseeing the sporting vision of the club,…
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#373 Pete Steinberg, Former World Cup and Olympic Coach for USA Women's Rugby, on Leadership, Coach Well-being, and the Difference Between a Great Culture and a Performance Culture
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Pete Steinberg is a leadership and innovation expert with extensive experience consulting with top Fortune 500 professionals. He also has more than 20 years of experience as an elite rugby coach, coaching the USA Women’s Rugby Team at two World Cups and the Rio Olympics. As a former U.S., international, and Olympic sports coach and commentator for …
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#372 Chad Metcalf, Former Navy SEAL and Professional Golfer, on the Key Components of Mental Toughness
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Former Navy SEAL, professional athlete, and entrepreneur Chad Metcalf (@chadmetcalf) is the author of Young Athletes’ Ultimate Guide to Mental Toughness. Chad’s journey began when he was a child. A self-described ‘late bloomer,’ he had the importance of faith, self-belief and focus instilled in him at a young age, equipping him with a strong mental…
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#371 Colleen Munson, Western Michigan Volleyball Head Coach, on Authenticity, Accountability, and Developing Your Own Players Instead of Looking Outside Your Program for Solutions
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Colleen Munson concluded her 19th season at the helm of Western Michigan volleyball in 2023. During her tenure at WMU, Munson has posted 10 20-win seasons, including a program-record eight in a row from 2005-12. She has taken the Broncos to the NCAA Tournament in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2023, including a berth in the Sweet 16 in 2008. Taking over a pr…
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#370 Steve Tashjian, Performance Specialist for US Mens Soccer, Everton, and AC Milan, on Trust, Collaboration, Leadership and Culture in High Performance Environments
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Steve Tashjian is the Founder of Elevation Project, which collaborates with elite organizations, communities, and institutions to build high-performance teams and systems. Steve is an expert physical therapist, sports scientist, movement specialist, and director of high performance. He was the High Performance Director of the Columbus Crew of MLS b…
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#369 Becky Carlson, 3x National Champion Coach of Quinnipiac Women's Rugby, on Becoming an Advocate for Coaches and Creating a Culture with High Standards in a Challenging Sporting Environment
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Becky Carlson (@tfcoachcarlson) is in her 13th year at the helm of the Quinnipiac Women's Rugby team, where she led the transition from a new varsity program into a three-time national champion. As the original head coach of the Quinnipiac women's rugby team added in 2011, Carlson boasts an all-time record of 81–33-1 including back-to-back-to-back …
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#368 Eric Potterat, PhD, Mental Performance Coach for the US Navy SEALs, LA Dodgers, and US Women's National Soccer Team
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Eric Potterat, PhD, is a clinical and performance psychologist and a leading expert in individual and organizational performance optimization. Eric retired as a commander from the US Navy after twenty years of service, during which he helped create the mental toughness curriculum used during Navy SEALs BUD/S training. Eric spent several years as th…
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#367 Mark Johnson, Author of Spitting in the Soup, on the History of Doping in Sports
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Mark Johnson (www.ironstring.com) is a sportswriter and sports photographer. He has covered cycling and endurance sports since the 1980s. His work often focuses on the business of pro cycling—a topic that frequently intersects with the sport’s long history of doping. Along with U.S. publications like VeloNews, his work is published in Cycling Weekl…
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#366 Ian Goldberg and Amy Masters of iSport360 on Sports Parenting, Winning vs Enjoyment, and Managing Expectations in Youth Sports
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Ian Goldberg is the Founder and CEO of iSport360, a youth sports technology company that is changing the culture in youth sports for over 4M people. Ian’s career started at the White House where he worked for the economic advisors to two US Presidents and then spent more than half of his career in digital product management and sales for early-stag…
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#365 Dr Mitch Greene on Quieting Your Mind Chatter and Why Having Courage is More Important Than Confidence
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Dr. Mitchell Greene (@greenepsych) is a nationally recognized licensed clinical and sport psychologist, whose success over the past 15-plus years is his ability to tailor personalized solutions to his client’s problems. Dr. Greene works primarily with athletes pursuing high performance goals, or coaches and athletic departments looking to educate t…
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#364 Wells Thompson, Former MLS Player and Founder of Soccer Resilience, on How to Think Better so you can Perform Better
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Wells Thompson is a former Major League Soccer Player and the Founder of Soccer Resilience, an mazing resource for players and teams to build inner strength and help athletes think better so they can perform better. Wells was an all ACC player at Wake Forest and the 5th pick in the 2007 MLS Super Draft. he played for the New England Revolution, Col…
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#363 The Performance Doctors on Overcoming Fear and Creating the Optimal Environment for Your Athletes to Perform Their Best
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This week we are joined by The Performance Doctors, three leaders dedicated to creating the optimal environment for your athletes to thrive. They are Dr Michael Mantell, Dr, Darin Davidson, and Dr. Brendan Meany. For nearly 50 years Dr. Michael Mantell has focused on how improving mindset climate positively influences optimal performance, helps peo…
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#362 Stephen Rollnick on Using Motivational Interviewing to Coach Athletes to Be Their Best, Overcoming the "Righting Reflex" and Working to Not Be a "Deficit Detective" (replay)
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Stephen Rollnick provides consultancy, mentorship and training on the subjects of motivation, change, teamwork and Motivational Interviewing. Stephen is also a clinical psychologist with many years of experience in service provision and in the training of practitioners. This work, much of it on motivational interviewing (MI), has taken him into div…
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#361Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Women's Basketball Head Coach and All Time Winningest Coach in NCAA History, on the Power of Influence, Being a Lifelong Learner, and Loving Your Players No Matter What
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Congratulations to our friend Tara VanDerveer, the Head Coach of the Stanford Women’s Basketball team, who recently became the all-time winningest coach for men and women in NCAA basketball history, surpassing former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Coach VanDerveer is a 3-Time national champion coach, a 5 time national coach of the year, has been to 14…
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In Tha Dawg Pound- Looking Forward - Grading the Season
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The guys look back at the end of the season leading to the playoff appearance. Great playof stories, and grading performances. #Raw #Unfiltered #FootballBy Alumni Media
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#360 Tree Beeckman, Coach Educator, Team Culture Specialist, and Former NCAA Volleyball Coach: "When we don't feel seen we feel judged"
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A highly-respected coach and educator, Theresa "Tree" Beeckman (@tbeeckman13) is the president and founder of Tree Roots Culture Consulting and Camps LCC. She possesses more than two decades of coaching experience at a variety of levels and has built a championship pedigree with success at numerous stops. The longtime collegiate coach served as an …
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#359 Aaron Cusack, Professor of High Performance Sport Coaching and UEFA A License: "Try Not to Let Someone Else's Decision Define Who You Are"
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Aaron Cusack is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and PE at Plymouth Marjon University in England where he program leads an MSc in High-Performance Sport Coaching. Coupled with his academic career, he is also a football coach with over 20 years of experience in coach education. Formerly a trainee youth player with Plymouth Argyle, Aaron turned hi…
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The guys look back at the Browns season thus far, and into the last contest of the regular season as the Browns get set to make their playoff run. #Raw #Unfiltered #FootballBy Alumni Media
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#358 Dr. Ben Freakley, Former NCAA Head Coach and Sport Psychologist: "It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are."
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Dr. Ben Freakley has coached individuals, teams, and organizations on the psychology of performance, team dynamics, and well-being. A former NCAA Division I athlete, Ben has been an NCAA Division I men’s soccer coach, mental performance coach for special operations forces (75th Ranger Regiment), general manager for a sports club with over 1100 memb…
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#357 Levi Nelson, Coach and Author, on How To Instill Love, Effort, Attitude and Discipline in Your Teams and Athletes
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Coach Levi Nelson is a long time football coach and teacher, and holds a doctorate in Sport and Performance Psychology, two master’s degrees, and he also currently serves as a college professor and coach developer for USA Hockey. In His new book LEAD: A Coach's Playbook on How to Positively Impact the World Through Love, Effort, Attitude and Discip…
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The guys look at the Browns and the rest of the league heading into playoff territory.By Alumni Media
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#356 Alan Kirkup, Former Man United Player and 30 Year NCAA Coach, on Creating Connection Through Conversation and Instilling a Culture of Excellence
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Alan Kirkup is a former professional soccer player with Manchester United, and then spent multiple decades coaching in the US. He was head women's soccer coach at SMU, Maryland, and the University of Arkansas before joining Becky Burleigh at the University of Florida for nearly two decades. He compiled over 250 wins as a head coach, leading SMU to …
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Heading into week 15 the guys look at the Browns chances of making the playoffs. #Raw #Unfiltered #FootballBy Alumni Media
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#355 Paul McVeigh, English Premier League and International Soccer Player: "Do your limits allow you to achieve what you want to achieve?"
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For over 25 years, Paul McVeigh (@PaulMcVeigh77) has been an elite performer in two of the most competitive industries on the planet; elite sport and performance psychology. As a thought leader in business, performance psychology and as a published author, he’s dedicated his career to understanding what makes humans ‘tick’ and how it affects the wa…
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#354 Dr. Cassidy Preston, Mental Performance Coach, on Being Process and Purpose Driven, Playing with Confidence, and Performing When it Matters Most
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Dr. Cassidy Preston (@cassidypreston) is a Mental Performance Coach for professional athletes and high-performers like surgeons, hedge fund managers, and CEO’s. The challenges he faced as an elite hockey player created a passion for finding a better way to work on the mental game. He has dedicated his life to helping his clients use practical and p…
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In Tha Dawg Pound - A Must Win Game for The Browns?
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The guys break down the Browns performance in last weeks loss to the Broncos. Then look forward to next weeks contest vs the Rams with playoff implications for Cleveland. #Raw #Unfiltered #FootballBy Alumni Media
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#353 Dr. Michael Gervais, Performance Psychologist and Host of Finding Mastery Podcast: "Performance is meant to be an EXPRESSION of who we are not a DEFINITION of who we are"
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Dr. Michael Gervais (@MichaelGervais) is one of the world’s top high-performance psychologists and leading experts on the relationship between the mind and human performance. Dr. Gervais has spent his career being called on by the best of the best across the worlds of business, sport, the arts, and science when they need to achieve the extraordinar…
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In Tha Dawg Pound Thanksgiving day weekend
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The guys react to the win over the Steelers and look forward to the game against the Broncos. #Raw #Unfiltered #FootballBy Alumni Media
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