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This is Intentionally Grounded, a podcast that strives to grow a community of coaching excellence. We interview football coaches from around the nation and share with you their stories, insights, and strategies so that you can become the best version of your coaching self possible.
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Episode 92 features former Texas Longhorn, NFL Player, and Green Beret Nate Boyer. Nate discusses with us his journey to football, his service to our country, and his unique experiences that have led him to use his platform for social change. 
Episode 91 features former University of Minnesota football player Casey O'Brien. Casey relives his football career, including a recently completed career with the Minnesota Gophers, and reflects on his multiple battles with cancer that he refused to let derail his playing career and dreams. Casey also shares with us his current endeavors while leaving with us an inspirational message that can help listeners of all ages in whatever situation they find themselves in. 
Episode 90 features the head coach at Minneapolis North High School Charles Adams III. Coach will discuss his career in coaching, the culture and program he has built to turnaround Minneapolis North, the lessons and impact of his career in law enforcement on coaching, and the impact of the tragic death of George Floyd on his team, his community, and our country. 
Episode 89 features the head coach of Indiana University, Tom Allen. In this episode, Coach Allen shares how he built the L.E.O culture, developed leaders on his team, and ultimately turned around Indiana Football into a program on the rise.
Episode 88 features the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Georgia Tech University, Lewis Caralla. Coach will discuss his career in strength and conditioning, his journey in the coaching profession, his philosophy for motivating and engaging student-athletes, and how he has adapted his instruction and program to fit the unique needs and demands of Covid-19. 
Episode 87 features the yearly return of 24/7’s recruiting analyst for the University of Minnesota, Ryan Burns.  Ryan discusses the current FCS Spring Season, the upcoming 2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers, and the prospects to look for in the upcoming 2022 class in the state of Minnesota.
Episode 86 features Hall of Fame Quarterback Kurt Warner. Kurt shares with us some of the lessons he's learned throughout his career, relives some of the most memorable and teachable moments, discusses how to develop full-field pass concepts, and explains different ways to simplify your passing concepts for effective QB reads.
Episode 85 features the head coach at Roland-Story HS, Matt Finn. Coach will share with us his journey in coaching, the mentors who have helped shape his philosophy, and detail the mindset and values behind his prolific offenses from season's past. Coach will also discuss his leadership and cultural development programs that have helped develop a mindset and atmosphere built around one word: trust. 
Episode 84 features the head coach of Aplington-Parkersburg High School Alex Pollock. Coach will share with us his journey through the coaching profession, including his stops at both the high school and collegiate ranks, and detail the mentors who have helped shape his coaching and program building philosophies. We will also discuss the influence and legacy of legendary Coach Ed Thomas on Aplington-Parkersburg Football and the tradition rich program that he started and Coach Pollock now carries on today.  
Episode 83 features former University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Running Back and current color commentator Darrell Thompson. Darrell speaks to us about his playing career at the University of Minnesota, culminating as the all-time leading rusher in program history, his career in the NFL, and his post career endeavors which include Bolder Options. Darrell delves into the importance of mentorship in the lives of our youth and discusses how Bolder Options seeks to connect people and provide mentorship to those in need. 
Episode 82 features executive director of the IFCA Brian Wilken and board member Scott Heitland as they discuss the upcoming changes that will be occurring across the Iowa High School Football landscape. Coach Wilken and Heitland explain and analyze the thought process behind the changes and outline the work that was done in order to reach the decision on the upcoming changes. Finally, both coaches detail the impact of the upcoming changes on the 2021 season and beyond. 
Episode 81 features the head coach of Solon High School, Lucas Stanton. Coach Stanton will detail his rise through the coaching ranks, share his influences in the coaching profession that have helped shape his philosophy, discuss the transition of inheriting a tradition rich program, and detail the basis for implementing Buck Sweep this past season. 
Joe Towne is an award-winning writer and director who got his degree in Acting from the University of Southern California. He’s been a coach for the past 19 years for both businesses and performers.  As an actor he has worked with people like Jennifer Love Hewitt and Hillary Swank and you can see him opposite Rebel Wilson in Isn’t It Romantic, which premiered in February of 2019 and is now available on iTunes. Joe’s also an acting coach at one of the top studios in Hollywood where he co-created their audition technique program. He works with professional actors and athletes, as they transition from their sport into the entertainment industry.  He  also works with corporations bringing Mindset into practice in the workplace.  Last summer Joe helped coached up the top 24 high school quarterbacks in the country at the Elite 11 weekend in Los Angeles. The Actors Mindset program has been in Los Angeles (both independently and at The Aquila School), at USC, UCLA and most recently at the Vancouver Film School.  In this episode Joe talks about the mission behind his work, the power the mind has over performance, and tips and tools we can use to help use our mind as a performance enhancement tool, rather than a performance inhibitor. 
Episode 79 features Alex Dachis. Dachis is a Mental Conditioning consultant based out of Washington State. A graduate of the University of Ottawa (Masters degree in Sport Psychology), Alex has worked alongside elite programs, athletes and executives since 2016.. He has served as a Mental Conditioning and Psychoeducational consultant to the University of Oregon, University of Georgia, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants and numerous other elite organizations. Dachis uses a strength-based approach in allowing his clients to identify and realize their optimal levels of performance even through times of adversity and finding “neutral” through a behavior based plan.
Episode 78 features former NFL Quarterback and Wine Entrepreneur Drew Bledsoe. Drew relieves some of the biggest moments in his playing career from attending Washington State, to being selected as the number 1 overall pick, and playing in a Super Bowl. We also discuss how he dealt with and overcame adversity throughout his career and transferred those leadership qualities into a coaching career at the high school level and an emerging wine business that ranks as one of the best in the United States.
Episode 77 features the RB Coach at UC Davis, Mark Speckman. Coach will share with us his coaching background and will delve into the install of "The Fly Offense" with a focus on its hallmark play: the Fly Sweep. Coach will breakdown the blocking fundamentals, timing, variations, and philosophy of the play so that you'll be ready to implement it into your own offense this upcoming fall.  For full video of the clinic, drills, and game tape, go to our YouTube channel or this link https://youtu.be/1e8PbR4b9pQ
Episode 76 features leadership advocate, host of the Success Is A Choice Podcast, and author of the new book "The Bus Trip", Jamy Bechler.  Mr. Bechler shares the story of his successful coaching career, his leadership training under John Maxwell, tips for creating a championships culture that empowers & cultivates leaders, and the 10 principles from his upcoming book "The Bus Trip" that can help any player in sports and in life.  
Episode 75 features the OL Coach for Lake Forest College Tony Shiffman. Coach will discuss his offensive line philosophy, the differences between gap and zone schemes, common misconceptions with Offensive Lineman, trends in offensive line play, using a sniffer back in your offense, and all things hogfbchat.  
Episode 74 features the former head coach of the St. Louis Rams, and architect of "The Greatest Show on Turf", Mike Martz. Coach will discuss his coaching journey, Quarterback development, building an offense, the assembly of "The Greatest Show on Turf", the base install of his offense, and his new Podcast: The Run it Again Podcast with co-host Ron Pitts.
Episode 73 features the Co-Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach at Gustavus Adolphus College, Charlie Cosgrove. Coach Cosgrove shares his journey becoming an offensive line coach, the mentors in his coaching career, his offensive philosophy, and the development of Gustavus' GT Counter Scheme.  For the video portion of the clinic, see our YouTube Channel where Coach Cosgrove details the basic GT blocking scheme, specific teaching points for the playside blocks and pullers, and cut-ups of the play from various personnel groupings against various fronts.
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