Mike Foster's coaching career is this episode's main focus. Thanks for listening.
Tim talks about his Babe Ruth team, shares Casey at the Bat (again), and toward the end talks about his favorite pie...enjoy!
In this episode, Tim talks about local football legend, George Whitcher. He shares stories from his past and a few more poems.
Dick Gallagher recently passed away and Tim wanted to honor the work this man has done. In this episode, Tim shares some of Dick's most memorable accomplishments and shares thoughts and reflections from other WNY coaches who were close to Mr. Gallagher. Dick is certainly one of Western New York's heroes who will be greatly missed.
So I finally got dad to put the papers down and have some unscripted conversations. Making progress ;) Enjoy this segment as he shares stories on one of his favorite friends, Nick Pitillo.
Tim reads a series of passages about a variety of topics including service, attitude, perseverance, etc. I tried to get him to expand on some of the ideas; however, he's into reading scripted writing right now. Enjoy this "audiobook" :) PS: Happy Birthday, Alex!
Tim shares some letters he received from 2013 (and one from 1998). FDR's famous quote closes this one out.
Check out Tim's reading of Four Life Lessons and a few Chain Emails "from 1993."
Tim shares some of his favorite quotes and coaching course curriculum.
Tim shares stories about two former coaches from opposing teams.
Tim talks about Danny K, and common signs you can find around your everyday life. Believe it or not, they also apply to sports. Enjoy :)
Tim and Janeen chat about George Whitcher, Glenn Hall and the senior trip to New York City in May/June 2001. This episode has a nice (read: better) balance of his written stories and fluid conversation. Thank you for listening.
Dad shares his childhood checkers and chess playground competitions and highlights humility being a trait every coach should have...enjoy.
Dad and I go back to the high school days of the Mt. Carmel Crusaders - this is a cross-country road trip down memory lane from Mt. Carmel to Arizona State and back again.
Dad shares more of his assistant coaches' stories, reveals his all-time favorite football manager who helped keep his team in top shape, and a broken dryer makes its debut in the show. Thanks for listening!
Dad and I chat about three of his assistant coaches and dear friends. I know them well and enjoyed hearing about some of the stories he shared. We introduced the connections between poetry and coaching (and why we open our piece with one) and dad reads from a school newsletter from 1988 when he was voted favorite teacher. Thanks for listening. It means a lot to him.
Janeen Bergan sits down with her father, Tim Bergan to talk a little about football and other things. This is the first episode and shares the Lineman's Creed, what family means to a team and the top female athletes from Tim's coaching career.
Tim shares stories from his childhood friend, Timmy Lattimore - the other half of the famous TNT :)
Thank you for being such a wonderful friend! My father is so lucky to have friends who are still willing to spend time with him.
Tim reads some of his favorite recipes from a cookbook he found at the church in Sun City, Arizona... His ultimate message, just leave off the onions when sharing foods with him.