EPISODES
STORIES of people who have overcome
#100 Matt Painter Purdue -From Forklift Driver to Coach of the Year
When Matt Painter University Head Men‘s Basketball Coach. He completed his playing career at Purdue University, he knew he wanted to be a basketball coach. Like many coaches, the journey begins at [...]
#99 Twany Beckham Former University of Kentucky Basketball Player – Maximizing Your Side Hustle To Impact The World
When Twany Beckham received the devastating news that his collegiate basketball career was over due to a back injury. This National Champion had already began to work on his future. As a [...]
#98 Jack Owens Miami University Head Basketball Coach Take Advantage of Your Time To Lead
After 17 years as an assistant coach Jack Owens finally got the opportunity to lead his own program. However right before he began his head coaching journey, he lost his father, the [...]
#97 Craig Aukerman Tennessee Titans Assistant Head Football Coach
In 2011 Craig Aukerman had lost his first job as an NFL coach, his wife was 34 weeks pregnant and they got stuck in a blizzard. With so much on the line [...]
#96 Jedd Fisch University of Arizona Head Football Coach – Traditional or Untraditional I Never Played Football
Traditional or Untraditional. Coach Jedd Fisch decided as a young boy that he wanted to be a football coach. Growing up a star tennis player and never playing organized football, this would [...]
#95 Chris Creighton Eastern Michigan Head Football Coach – Love the Transformation
Chris Creighton constantly reminds himself why he still coaches after 31 years. Transformational rather than Transactional coaching has been the key to his success. When his players understand that 90% of his [...]
#94 Dan Dalrymple New Orleans Saints Strength and Conditioning Coach – Super Bowl Champion and 2018 Coach of the Year
There's only a few people in our lives when they ask you to do something no matter what it is, you're going to do it. After 25 years at the same mid [...]
#93 Frostee Rucker 13 Year NFL Veteran – Someone is Always Praying For You
When his father told him at a young age "someone is always praying for you" those words stuck. In order to play 13 years in the NFL you must be intentional when [...]
#92 Michelle Clark-Heard University of Cincinnati Women’s Head Basketball Coach
Coach Heard joins the UDP to talk about some of the adverse moments in her career. From turning around Kentucky State as a young head coach to understanding her process to develop [...]
